TITLE: Last Victory
NAME: jpancho
COUNTRY: Argentina
EMAIL: jfpancho@yahoo.com
WEBPAGE: None
TOPIC: WARFARE
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: jflvict.jpg
ZIPFILE: jflvict.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    MegaPOV .6

TOOLS USED: 
    sPatch, PhotoPaint

RENDER TIME: 
    20 min.

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 600MHz. 64MB


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


April 20th , 1918 - WW I - 
Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, is flying his all-red
Fokker triplane. 2nd/Lt. David G. Lewis makes desperate efforts to lose his
persecutor, but when the Red Baron is on your tail there is nothing you can
do.
That was Richthofen's eigthieth and final victory.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


Unfortunetaly I ran out of time to finish this scene. (And I ran out of skills
and patience, also).
Basically, the Fokker triplane was made in sPatch, except for the machine guns
and propeller that were made in POV-Ray. I used some pictures and sketches
found on internet, but I don't have the addresses.
The Sopwith Camel is 100% POV CSG.
PhotoPaint was used for the symbols on the planes, and for the signature.
The landscape is a huge isosurface. I don't quiet get how isos work, so this one
is just a modified version of the one Alberto Mendoza used for water in his
scene, on the 'Sea' Round. The texture on the landscape is were i need to work
more, it is too plain right now, but i don't have time to improve it.
Look at beatiful clear sky!!!
I've tried using planes for the clouds, and  tried with media but I couldn't get
them to work.

The sPatch file for the fokker is not included in the source file. Mail me if
you'd like to see it.