EMAIL: libelle@webbwerks.com NAME: Samuel J. Goldstein TOPIC: Science Fiction COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. RENDERER USED: Strata StudioPro/Blitz 1.75+ Raytracer TOOLS USED: Strata StudioPro/Blitz 1.75+ Modeller RENDER TIME: 00:37:24 HARDWARE USED: PowerMac 8500/120 with 80M RAM, 200M Virtual RAM IMAGE DESCRIPTION: The Robotic guard prowls his master's house, never sleeping, looking for intruders. His electronic broad-spectrum eyes can see in perfect darkness, or stare unblinking into the sun. His tunnelling-junction amplified ears can hear individual air molecules colliding when he adjusts them to maximum gain, and the directional inputs can track two separate noise sources simul- taneously. His fangs will cut through sheet steel, can crack hardened bearings. The hydraulic muscles that propel him have the power to hurl him with unmatched speed. Truly, none will enter this house without the permission of his Master. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: Just about everything is straight-forward modelling here. The legs were made out of repeated groups. Fangs were made by deforming spline-based cones. The ears were rotational sweeps that were then edited in the vertex editor to be asymmetrical. Some of the textures are NOT original: - the wallpaper patterns come from an old clip-art book. They were scanned and colorized in Photoshop (the originals are black & white). - the marble and floor tile textures come from an ArtBeats sampler. I'd be happy to share the model file with anyone who requests it. ___Samuel___