TITLE: The Snow Queen Palace
NAME: Didier
COUNTRY: France
EMAIL: didieric@free.fr
WEBPAGE: http://www.multimania.com/didier3d/
TOPIC: Fantasy and Mystic
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: snoqueen.jpg
ZIPFILE: snoqueen.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    povray 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    poser 3, rhino demo, 3Dwin, Polywog

RENDER TIME: 
    about 3 days (interrupted by electricity blackout)

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 350


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


"The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors
of the cutting winds. There were more than a hundred rooms in it, all as if
they had been formed with snow blown together. The largest of them extended for
several miles; they were all lighted up by the vivid light of the aurora, and
they were so large and empty, so icy cold and glittering! ... Empty, vast, and
cold were the halls of the Snow Queen. The flickering flame of the northern
lights could be plainly seen, whether they rose high or low in the heavens,
from every part of the castle. In the midst of its empty, endless hall of snow
was a frozen lake, broken on its surface into a thousand forms; each piece
resembled another, from being in itself perfect as a work of art, and in the
centre of this lake sat the Snow Queen, when she was at home. She called the
lake "The Mirror of Reason", and said that it was the best, and indeed the only
one in the world.
Little Kay  ...  dragged some sharp, flat pieces of ice to and fro, and placed
them together in all kinds of positions ... . He composed many complete
figures, forming different words, but there was one word he never could manage
to form, although he wished it very much. It was the word "Eternity." The Snow
Queen had said to him, "When you can find out this, you shall be your own
master, and I will give you the whole world and a new pair of skates." 
 ... 
The Snow Queen might come home now when she pleased, for there stood his
certainty of freedom, in the word she wanted, written in shining letters of
ice."

Hans Christian Anderson


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


I first designed the map of the visible part of the palace, placing the
columns.Then worked on the floor, placed the hole in it, added the northern
lights, the ice letters in the water. Finally inserted the character.
all architectural element are CSG.
ice letters are mesh made with Polywog.
The character is a poser model, the dress made with rhino. 3Dwin used for
export.