TITLE: KAOZ NAME: Michael Visser COUNTRY: The Netherlands EMAIL: nijman@nmtrix.com WEBPAGE: www.nmtrix.com TOPIC: History COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: kaoz.jpg RENDERER USED: 3D Studio Max default renderer RENDER TIME: 2.39 minutes HARDWARE USED: Dual Pentium 333 IMAGE DESCRIPTION: ALternative History, During the dark ages these Dark Knights were often seen around the Alkmarian walls, and it is said they guard the inhabitants of Alkmaar. The dark knights of which know one truly can prove their existence are said to be part of a strongforce that was set out to aid the beseiged garrison at Alkmaar. But as the story goes the saviers came to late and found their friends murdered and the gates broken. Heavely outnumbered the knights entered the city to engage the enemy forces They were never seen alive again... nor were their enemies. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: The scene is modelled using 3dstudiomax and took about two weeks to complete. The knight is built from scratch and consists of 158.347 faces. It takes about 2.39 minutes to render this frame ( 320 x 600 ). It is part of a greater animation scene starring a demon and a female warrior.