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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Darkage on October 14, 2003, 10:10:09 am

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Darkage on October 14, 2003, 10:10:09 am

i finaly can extract the HW2 ships, so i decided to make a simple render. Not my best render but i still like it.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/inferno/darkage/bentus.jpg)



The Sun is made by Thorn.


Comments?

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: StratComm on October 14, 2003, 11:56:46 am

I finally put my finger on what's wrong with Thorn's sun.  Give that sucker a corona.  Put a huge glow around it so that you don't go from sun to background in one quick drop.

Good perspective though.

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Nico on October 14, 2003, 01:22:29 pm

that sun sure doesn't look like a huge fireball...

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Ashrak on October 14, 2003, 01:36:52 pm

it definately needs some work......

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Deepblue on October 14, 2003, 02:07:05 pm

Maybe a sphere gizmo around the sun with a fire effect implemented? It definitely needs a glow though.

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Darkage on October 14, 2003, 02:49:22 pm

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Originally posted by Deepblue
Maybe a sphere gizmo around the sun with a fire effect implemented? It definitely needs a glow though.

Erm....it has a glow.

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Nico on October 14, 2003, 05:03:23 pm

need some special glasses to see it? :p

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Setekh on October 14, 2003, 10:13:18 pm

I like it, but I think the glow (which I can see) is low enough to make this a very, very cool star. Like, to the point of dying. I really like the composition, though. :)

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Shrike on October 14, 2003, 10:21:24 pm

Not glare-y enough.

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: Deepblue on October 15, 2003, 11:21:43 am

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Originally posted by Setekh
I like it, but I think the glow (which I can see) is low enough to make this a very, very cool star. Like, to the point of dying. I really like the composition, though. :)

He send you some special glasses?:blah:

Title: Bentuis Ruins
Post by: StratComm on October 15, 2003, 02:28:08 pm

I think I see the glow too, now that I look for it.  Trouble is, it's atmospheric (no more than 5% wider than the star itself) which would look great on a planet but which is completely lost on a star.   Make the glow radius somewhere in the neighborhood of 200-300% the size of the star, and see how it looks.