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Offline Fineus

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The dark side...(image)
I've been putting various recently discovered techniques into practice to bring you this, I hope you all like it  

 

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Offline DragonClaw

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  ehehe that small pic of it in the art section looks like its a head of a weird species with a seraphim by it lol

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Offline Top Gun

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Looks Good, I like the shadows and light

 

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Very good, dude. Now I have a request: Do the same render, but apply bump-mapping to the Demon. :drool:  

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Sweet. But what about the text? Who's saying it? And why are they so hard on the Shivans- they're not evil, just misunderstood, I'm sure a support group they couldn't incinerate is all they need!

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Glad you all like it, the text is just a "caption" not said by anyone but suitable to the picture...


and the Demon does have bump-mapping... maybe I can make it a bit better... not sure though.

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Offline QXMX

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Wonder what the Shivans think about the GTVA.  I wonder if they say "Oh, it's them again, send fleet #2204"  

Anyway, sweet render  

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Cheers   looking at it I think a few more fighters would've been good... but I'm working on other things now  

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Offline Setekh

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I like the shadows and light  

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I LIKE this...definitely going in my wallpaper collection.  



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Originally posted by Thunder:
and the Demon does have bump-mapping... maybe I can make it a bit better... not sure though.

Actually, I can tell (barely) that it is bump mapped. Bump mapping shows up the best when a relatively large face has nice contrasting textures (light grey hull plates with dark lines in between, for example), and has a light source shining on it from a shallow angle. Because the Demon in your pic is mostly in shadow, bump mapping has almost no effect on the render (aside from that one lit-up spot, that is...).


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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

  

Offline Sushi

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I figured out what the picture needs- all the red areas on the Shivan ships to be glowing. Making the self-illumination maps might be tricky- but if you can pull it off, worth it.  

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Offline NeoHunter

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Nice but a bit too drk. Maybe you could add a bit more light but not too much. Just enough to see the Shivan ships more clearly. And yes. Bump mapping as well.

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Originally posted by Sushi:
I figured out what the picture needs- all the red areas on the Shivan ships to be glowing. Making the self-illumination maps might be tricky- but if you can pull it off, worth it.  

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