===== From kingofmycastle@gmx.net: That is the best image ever seen in this competition. It looks so real. Nice textures, view and ... all. Wow! ===== From tek@evilsuperbrain.com: That hand is really hard to see, I only managed to spot it after reading your description of how it was made so I knew where to look! It's a clever idea though. Nice image too. ===== From tony@awmcs.net: I don't know how you do it but you make the most realistic images I have ever seen. Especially your textures. You really could write a book on how to use POV-Ray I know I would buy it in a second. ===== From jaimevives@mixmail.com: Your abilitie to combine every know technique is impressive. But wich I like the most is your texturing: seems almost perfect. ===== From youknow@ucan.foad.org: As I've come to expect from your pictures, quite pretty. I don't really know what to think about the immense horde of birds; they seem weird. The text file indicates they're meant to be in that odd grasping hand shape but I'm not sure I like the effect. Everything else is terrific, though. ===== From wozzeck@club-internet.fr: Il m'a fallu quelques jours pour comprendre que, peut-etre, quelqu'un bougeait sa tour dans une autre partie. Une superbe mise en abyme! ===== From delfeld@mailcity.com: Very nice work on this theme (fortress). There is a clear relation between the world that is to be protected from an external threat, indicated negatively by the ability of the external threat to overcome the barrier and the guards' inattention. I have a complaint about the crows (ravens?). They look like a flock coming from the tower, and not like a hand from the sky. I had to see the mpeg file to understand it. The chess game is well choreographed. Excellent work with poses and gestures. When are you going to publish a book of your work?