Would coral be a nice touch perhaps? Any other ideas? More boats? Less?

Looking really good, the Marinas near where I live are more "busy" you know like a big traffic jam [lol] and they have 2 entrances or if you like they come in one way and go out the other with a central mooring pier so they have to go round, a bit like a one way street if you like!

Looking good! Few ideas:

More variety in boats, not more boats. Lighting & light poles? Lockers/storage/electrical boxes at individual births? Sea birds? Little bit of foam? No cars? No sails?

Maybe you're not looking for ugly realism, but typical buildings have lots of ugly HVAC on the roof, tho sometimes covered with decorative materials. And power poles and cables everywhere.

It’s coming along very nicely. As jc said, the first thing I noticed is that the boats were all of the same type. Unless you are at a boat dealer’s marina, the chance of two boats being the same is very slim. Get a few different types and scatter them so they aren’t next to each other.

I know you said you have to work on the ocean. The water seems a bit too clear. I was confused by the second, lower, whale. At first I thought it was a reflection of the first and that the first was above the water because I could see its whole body too clearly. If the water is truly that clear, I would just place the whales next to each other just under the surface. Great WIP.

~jr

Now I'm guessing that you guys all live somewhere nice and warm most of the year which is probably why the marinas over here are jam packed with boats because it's too bloody rough and cold to take them boats out!! [rofl].

These look Sooooooooooooooooo tidy in comparison [lol].

Ryan, Some great comments here. I think the boats look too perfect. All the large boats are together and the small and med. boats too . ry mixing it up a little put a large boat beside a small and a medium beside a small etc. soit's more random. Also I would angle eachj boat ever so slightly. Floating boats aren't perfectly symmetrical. Looks good though. I really like the whales. Just a few more details will make it great!

Personally, I like your marina quite a bit. Most of the ones on the West Coast have just one entrance, as do any marinas where the ocean is rough. Speaking as a person who just spent 40 days at sea all along the Alaskan coast, every harbor I entered had a reasonably tall light pole at the entrance. This will be a white light, and its distinct from the navigational buoy lights. It is to mark out the marina and harbor entrances in the case of heavy weather or heavy fog. Even at Dutch Harbor out in the Aleutians, there was that light pole on the end of the spit. Also, any harbor than handles ships over 35 feet typically is required to have navigational buoys as well - usually both the red and the green to mark the two sides of the passages.

Hey, Ryan, still using Vue, then?

Yep, especially for a scene like this.  My VRay skills just aren't up to par yet.  Just haven't had time.

Quote - Personally, I like your marina quite a bit. Most of the ones on the West Coast have just one entrance, as do any marinas where the ocean is rough. Speaking as a person who just spent 40 days at sea all along the Alaskan coast, every harbor I entered had a reasonably tall light pole at the entrance. This will be a white light, and its distinct from the navigational buoy lights. It is to mark out the marina and harbor entrances in the case of heavy weather or heavy fog. Even at Dutch Harbor out in the Aleutians, there was that light pole on the end of the spit. Also, any harbor than handles ships over 35 feet typically is required to have navigational buoys as well - usually both the red and the green to mark the two sides of the passages.

Great info btw.  I'll have to find some reference photos.