TITLE: The Shooting Phase
NAME: David Higgins
COUNTRY: Australia
EMAIL: higginsdj@bigpond.com
WEBPAGE: http://users.bigpond.com/higignsdj
TOPIC: Warfare
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: shooting.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    Animation Master 8.5p+

TOOLS USED: 
    Animation Master 8.5p+, DKS Skylighter v1.5

RENDER TIME: 
    1hr 40mins

HARDWARE USED: 
    PIII 800, 768mb RAM

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

I had always wanted to modle my Warhammer Minatures so now I had an excuse.  I
have since animated this scene for another competition.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


The maps used were scanned from my own models/warhammer game.  The very
background was a still image that I mapped to a flat plain.  It took a little
time to get the illusion of light comming in from that window then adding a 50
light 'skylight rig' to achieve an even interior ambient lighting effect.

The hand took a long while to texture and to save time was only mapped on the
palm side and a procedural texuture build to disguise the map edges.  

The real hassle I had was trying to achieve the 'plastic' look of the minatures
as the ambient light rig removed all specularity.  Some tilting and rotating
was required to make use of the strong light comming in from the window to
achieve the look.

I didn't include a Zip because the source files total 50mb.  I have made
many individual components publicly available via
http://www.animationpitstop.com 

Hey - I'm no expert and there were a lot of 'happy accidents' in this one.