Awsome effect :)

Some basic rules of optics definitely work in Bryce, has anybody tried to construct a working refractor yet? ;)

Holy...!! I'd be dead if I see this monster in my bathroom, here the biggest spider are only as small as the small ones and when I see on of these I start crying like an idiot and my wife has to kill it .-D

Thanks for the links, I was already going mad because mayang ist down

I already commented your cool hollow world images, the second cames much closer...

The problem with a "Dyson Sphere" is that if it's huge enough you won't be able to see hardly a difference to our real world, that's the reason why some weird persons still believe we actually live in a hollow world ;)

The still from Star Trek shows this right good, you can hardly say the ship just comes out of a hole in the ground..

I'd say your second image is as close as it can get, at least it gives the "look&feel" of a hollow world :)

A ringworld seems indeed be easier to visualize,

Excellent modeling so far,  I would recommend to remove the splashs with postwork, just do a second render without the rain bumb and paste the original image over that and then use the object transparency brush or a tool like that to remove it.

Obviously I'm very new to the forum though I'm a Renderosity member for quite a while and I must admit that I didn't really liked the old forum-style, maybe cause all other forums I use are just like this new one, it's more clearly arranged ;-)

Oh yesss, thank you so much - it works! That was a very tricky point for my further work! I'll repost the model when I'm finished editing the texture. :-D

Thanks a lot, I've already downloaded UV Mapper yesterday, there are plenty of different methods creating the map, not sure if there is one that works, but let's assume UVM creates a map that fits to the model - how should I apply it in Bryce?

I really like it so far, you could add some huge structures far away at the horizon like remains of a civilization. And you could think about adding the planets in the background during the postwork to give them a more diffuse look.

I've never seen such much (excellent) entries for a contest but unfortunately we can only vote for three: 3points to ICM 2points to electric 1point to AgentSmith