===== From spanky@wpi.edu: That planet texture job is absolutely incredible. You also did a great job modeling the marine, and the red media object with the blood blobs was a creative and remarkably realistic effect. On the downside, your heightfield is kinda weak, as well as the ring explosion ===== From denny1@home.com: I like the burn marks in the flag, I think they're a nice touch. The atmosphere around the blue planet is very convincing. The grey moon behind it suffers a bit by comparison though, it seems a bit flat. ===== From xtmb@solutions.fi: Nice exploding head you got there. ;) ===== From mztyree@sedona.net: Really nice fire, there. Fairly good compostition also. The terrain could use more texture, graininess maybe. Too dark overall for a Marine ad. Great laser blast, though. ===== From Alain.Culos@bigfoot.com: The thing I really like about this one is the perspective given to the picture by proper placement of the earth and moon. The other thing I really liked is the laser beam, nicely done, looks brilliant. Pretty straight interpretation of the theme, but war stuff is not my cup of tea. ===== From shipbrk@gate.net: Looks nice -- though it might have looked a touch more realistic if the explosions and laser beam illuminated their surroundings a bit more. ===== From houston.graphics@iname.com: The terrain looks a bit clean, I like the flag and the explosions. the marines are a little dark to make out the details, but they look good. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Interesting concept. ===== From gshaw@monotix.co.za: Maries are nice. Look a lot like the terran marines in StarCraft. I like the blood (I assume that the object on the right hand side is a dead enemy) and the explosions. ===== From kniazfam@ohio.net: It's a little hard to tell what just happened to the bloodied marine. Is that explosion far out in space something that passed through him or her?? (Yes, I want all the details) ;-) Also, at least on my computer, the whole image is a little too dark for my taste. I like that flag and the general feel of the picture, though. ===== From mar@physics.usyd.edu.au: Nice laser fire. Backlighting on the marines doesn't really work... it hides all the details. The planet surface is a bit too smooth. And I don't really understand the spray of blood at right... hardly conducive to signing up! Pluses: the planets.. nice explosion and good atmosphere on the big blue one. ===== From jull43@ij.net: The image does not match the verbiage.