===== From djconnel@flash.net: Nicely modelled engine, and a nice subject choice! (although not terribly original in its display). The major room for improvement is in the grass and gravel , which unfortunately distract a bit from the better-rendered components of the scene. ===== From castlewrks@aol.com: Lovely train. The gravel rail-bed looks like brown wavy water. ===== From sonya_roberts@geocities.com: Great picture! The Rocket is very beautifully modelled and detailed. It's the attention to detail of doing things like varying the texture of each plank of the barrel that really make the difference between a "good" image and a "GREAT!" one. Your solution for the creation of the gravel roadbed was good, though I think it was a little less successful for the grassy embankment. I think one minor problem with the image is the white shadowless light makes the lighting seem to "fake", as it washing out areas without providing the contrasting shadows necessary for realism. Either a shadowless gray light (a gray30 or thereabouts) or a dimmer light that did cast minor shadows would possibly have been better. Overall: good effort, great image. ===== From beliaev@utu.fi: A very nice model indeed. However, I think you should pay more attention to textures and colors. Those of yours are not too realistic (IMHO). ===== From chipr@niestu.com: Delightful image. Excellent background, very good application of the trees, and good sky. The weakest part of the background is the grass, and even that is pretty good. I could have wished for more detail on the model, but I'm not sure if that is really warranted. I certainly can't fault it for lack of detail as it is. Great colors and textures on every part. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: Excellent details, especially the barrel. Nice composition and point of view. ===== From ethelm@bigfoot.com: Nice colourful image. Good construction. ===== From bsieker@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de: Very nice one. ===== From lpurple@netcom.com: Excellent modelling on the locomotive; and nice, richly detailed background. ===== From r@dial-up42.webbernet.net>: I particularly like the hf grass and rocks. They are not precisely "realistic", but they work well. The barrel is very nice and the modelling overall is good, but some of the engine textures need detail tweaking.