Flak opened this issue on Jan 26, 2003 ยท 35 posts
Flak posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 6:06 AM
Attached Link: http://www.homestead.com/syndre80/files/s20_FINAL.jpg
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Fillingim posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 6:09 AM
As I mentioned to you in the chatroom....This is a Masterpiece!!!! Superb!!! So how did ya do it?
Darkmagi posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 6:22 AM
This is a great picture, the depth and sheer number of figures adds a real touch of realism, you can almost smell and hear the battle. Top notch
FWTempest posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 6:27 AM
In-Freaking-Credible!!
miyu posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 6:30 AM
Oh wow! VERY nice!! :)
vasquez posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 7:10 AM
this is super!!!!!
Sambucus posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 7:57 AM
Stunning picture.
Moebius87 posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:01 AM
It was both a pleasure and a privilege to watch this render evolve. This was a real labour of love... and it shows in your incredible results. BRAVO!!!
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raven posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:03 AM
That's outstanding! What was the final file size? Must have been huge!
Flak posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:34 AM
It is done by using layers - about 25 I think. Each layer taken using the same terrain (i.e. castle, smoke, ground), same point of view, but with a different part of the population in each. Total size of all the bryce files used for the layers is about 4.3GB. Approx 2400 attackers, and maybe 200 defenders in scene. Started it in late october, but had a few distractions along the way.
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sabaman posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:37 AM
flak, amazing piece, really, amazing,...
Andini posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 9:31 AM
That' crrrrazy!!! What an excellent piece...you should be proud.
Erlik posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 9:35 AM
Well, Helm's Deep it isn't... Just kidding! Just kidding! :-) It actually rivals what they did with much more resources. Awesome. How did you do the forest? A photo?
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catlin_mc posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 10:14 AM
This is simply stunning Flak. I remember looking at this on your web page last year when all that it contained was the structure, forest and some smoke. I thought then that it was great work, but you have exceeded all the expectations I had and produced a very believable scene. Well done. Catlin
pmoores posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 11:15 AM
Excellent pic, massive detail, only thing missing would be to see it at 2x the resolution.
ICMgraphics posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 11:47 AM
I'm in AWE! Super piece!!
TheBryster posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 12:41 PM Online Now! Forum Moderator
I saw LOTR The Two Towers last night...and I was stunned! What's freaky though is that I get to see this fantastic work today and can't help comparing it to Helm's Deep, as Erlik just mentioned. This is a master-piece! Congratulations, Flak. Take a bow and plug your ears against the thunderous applause! The Bryster
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lsstrout posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 12:46 PM
Flak, I am totally in awe of your dedication and talent in creating such a brilliant picture. The only thing I would change would be to have it much larger and hung on my wall. I suppose now all you want to render are a couple of primatives against a plain background. :) Lin
Doublecrash posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 1:03 PM
Incredible! I'm impressed way beyond words!
Aldaron posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 1:08 PM
Simply amazing! So much going on and excellent attention to detail. The textures are superb and the lighting wonderful. It's almost like it's a shot taken out of a movie. Well done!
Claymor posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 1:45 PM
Awed, amazed, stunned into silence...this is what puts the "Master" in masterpiece.
GROINGRINDER posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 5:51 PM
Announcer's voice......."and the crowd goes wild!!!!!!!!"
Aldaron posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:28 PM
Post this image in your gallery here at Rendo' so more people can see this great render.
Roch222 posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 8:47 PM
This is better than watching the Super Bowl What Can I Say - You should be patting yourself on the back Superb Detail roch222
bikermouse posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 9:51 PM
I see you used the cauldrons - looks realistic. Great pict!
Cheryle posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 11:45 PM
Good Lord Flak! that is STUNNING!!!! excellent ! well ok so excellent is a tad understated but i don't have any words strong enough to desribe this!! ok epic comes to mind...
Gazghull posted Sun, 26 January 2003 at 11:49 PM
Wow! thats alot of undead
Flak posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 12:15 AM
Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=322332
Done, aldaron - its now in the gallery for the rest of Rosity. First gellery post yay ;) Vote or whatever it if you want. Erlik -> The forest - is actually about 120 2d picture objects that are placed continuously back into the distance in the 3d scene to get the right haze effect with increasing distance that I was after. I originally tried a single 2d picture object, but it didn't work. Bikermouse -> cauldrons - yeah, the boiling liquid won me over in about 10 secs after reading your post way back when.Dreams are just nightmares on prozac...
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Cheryle posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 12:42 AM
HA! i found the defender punching out the skellie in the picture! ;)
Zhann posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 12:59 AM
Absolutely monumental! Did you pose each an every one of the figures?, what a feat, very realistic....love the caldrons, they do so much damage....
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pauljs75 posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 3:36 AM
Reminds me more of "Evil Dead - Army of Darkness" rather than LOTR. Probably because it's skeletons rather than orcs. Now all you need is that crazy guy from our dimension with the beat up car, shotguns, and a chainsaw. Man that movie was funny. By the way, are there any up close and personal detail shots? L8R!
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Rayraz posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 5:51 AM
Is there a version at a res of 4K?
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Flak posted Mon, 27 January 2003 at 9:06 AM
Cheryle -> well done, that takes some eyes to find him :) Rayraz -> no, sorry, there's not a 4000x4000 (whole PC was struggling as it was, not just cpu wise, but HDD as well). OK, a few people have asked the how's and whats of it all, both here and in chat, so I'll try and make a tut or something. Give me a few days on that and we'll see what comes of it. In general - thanks for all the positive comments - glad you liked it :) And as I said before - thanks for the ideas and suggestions I got earlier - they got used and incorporated and improved the project.
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SevenOfEleven posted Tue, 28 January 2003 at 4:43 PM
Looks wonderful, so many characters. Guess thats what happens when you sell those undead axes at half price.
Bladesmith posted Thu, 24 April 2003 at 2:17 AM
heh, just checkin on that tut....8^)