Hi Everyone, I want to create a statue-esque rendering of a Poser figure I've been working on. I suppose to make the figure look more "carved" than organic, an attempt should be made to reduce the geometry (or polygons?) to get that chiseled look. I have tried using P2 and P4 Lo Res figures but they are too low res -- I would like to be able to pose my figure, and perhaps preserve facial expressions. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions on how I could achieve this effect? I am using P4 and have Carrara at my disposal, if it would be effective in garnering the desired effect. Thanks! Todd

Not sure if this would yield the results you want or not, but if you want to give it a try... Pose your figure as you would like it in Poser. Next export it as an object. Import into uvmapper. Use the Edit>Tools>split verticles command option. Save object (if for use in Poser, you can uncheck the export normals as Poser does not use normals. Other 3D ap may). Splitting the verticles will often eliminate smooth edges and may give you the chiseled look you want. You could try this on one of the les res figs as that may give it an even less organic look.

If you are rendering in Carrara, the answer is as simple as to go into the vertex room and selectively crease certain edges. In all likelyhood you could do a global "sharp edges" command with an insanely low value for the crease angle.

A lot of statues, especially old classical ones, don`t actually have a chiselled look, because they sanded them down after chiselling them, you might be better with a rough bump or displacement map to show the roughness of the surface.

Heh. Quite true. My mental image when he mentioned this, though, was not so much a Greek statue but the odd geometric look of those old Communist Party posters.

Thanks, everyone for your help. I really appreciate it! I will try each of the methods you have suggested. I agree with xantor's statue assessment -- but I am indeed going for the effect nomuse suggested. Thanks again, and have a smashing day!