Hmmm, just looked up some images of that thing, apparently "Bubble Ship" is it's proper name. That's a really cool looking machine!

On second thought maybe I'll just start from scratch with my own 3D version if I want to end up with something that more closely resembles the one from the movie (haven't seen it by the way).

Reality/LuxRender was behaving badly yesterday when I tried a test render of my new prototype: some parts rendered pitch black or without any colour. Also the saved material properties turned out to be a mess. When I started a second attempt other parts were black, and the black ones from the first render had their proper material. Never had that happen before, Strange.....

Cheers!

Erik