POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : RGOCFIASR : Re: RGOCFIASR Server Time
1 Aug 2024 20:08:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: RGOCFIASR  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 27 Mar 2008 05:50:01
Message: <web.47eb7adb43bc7358731f01d10@news.povray.org>
"Kirk Andrews" <kir### [at] tektonartcom> wrote:
> How did you model the globe holder (what do you call that anyway?  "the arm"?)?
> If it was CSG you did a good job, the corners all seem slightly rounded.

Yup, CSG; a while ago I wrote a macro to build curved rounded bricks for use in
arches, and it does very well for this too.

> The
> one thing I would change:  the chrome seems too chromed, like the fake plastic
> chrome that looks really shiny for two days before it starts flaking off.
> Maybe some blurred reflection?

Yes I know what you mean. Blurred reflections are something I must play with.

Thanks for the comments, everyone!


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