TITLE: The Old Fashioned Way NAME: Ron Gow COUNTRY: USA EMAIL: rgow@lanset.com TOPIC: Old Technology COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. JPGFILE: tofw_rg.jpg RENDERER USED: Bryce 5 TOOLS USED: Bryce 5, HamaPatch, Poser 4, Wings3d Paintshop Pro 7 used for textures and conversion to .jpg RENDER TIME: 2 hrs 41 min HARDWARE USED: Pentium IV 1.8gz 512 mg RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Meet Merilinch. He makes money the old fashioned way. He turns lead into gold. But that's all private and secret of course, otherwise he'd never get a chance to spend it. Publicly he's an investment counselor (and sorcerer, alchemist, barber, dentist, doctor, surgeon, crop specialist, tax attorney, insurance sales and family planning.) 17th cousin to Merlin, 32 times removed. He's widely regarded as the kingdom's leading expert on investing. Keeps lots of records, can read the old scrolls, and even has a lot of those new-fangled books. Waves his arms, stares into his crystal, mutters to the cat for a while then picks three stocks. Pulls your teeth while you wait. And the results? Well, you take your chances... Thank goodness nowadays we have the stock market, computers, actuarials, healthcare systems and the pill. And the results? Well, you take your chances... But you get to keep your teeth. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Merilinch is Poser head and hands converted to .mdl in Wings3d and imported into Hamapatch where I made the hood, arms and body. Skull started as the Poser skull, but the final is heavily tweaked with dental work added in Wings3d. Cat is pure Poser. Books, quill & inkpot, candles, paper and hourglass modeled in Hamapatch. Glassjars done in Wings3d, everything else modeled in Bryce. Textures are mostly procedural, all made by me.