Not the most fascinating thing, perhaps, but it is my first real dig into classical architecture. It is for our Christmas ad this year. It's the one thing that I can really spread my wings on (no pun intended) each year, so I usually try to make it something different and special. This rendering is not the actual rendering I'm using for the final design, because Bryce went belly up several times because of the beefy geometry involved, so I couldn't complete the full structure nor save in Bryce. Those interested may see the (basically) final rendering at the following URL: http://www.renderosity.com/viewed.ez?galleryid=1111847&Start=1&Sectionid=42&filter_genre_id=0&WhatsNew=Yes I'd be most gratified for anyone who goes to see it to let me know what your thoughts are. It certainly is not placed in the most looked-at section on 'rosity.

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention tools used. The pillar capitals and bases were created in Wings, as was the scrollwork base. Cornices, logo, tiles and the pillars themselves were created in Rhino. In the other version, all words were added in Photoshop.

Well done modeling and presentation.

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Excellent modeling! It's always interesting and inspiring to me to see how other folks combine the output of 3D modelers and Bryce.

It's certainly a pity Bryce didn't like this model, the marbleing complements it nicely. Um... what's "Entropy" - I know you said "rendered in", but is it part of another prog? a stand alone? Cost? Just curious...

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Entropy is a no-longer-available RenderMan-compliant renderer. It is a stand-alone if you want to program shader code by hand, which most of us -- me included -- don't probably do very well. I use it in conjunction with Rhinoceros and a lovely little free plug-in called RhinoMan. I IM'd you about some other things, FranOnTheEdge, but the gist of it is that I agree: I sure would have liked to have been able to do it in Bryce. My fault, probably, as the geometry is rather high-poly and may include some flaws because of my method in Wings. I just don't have time to fix it and try over for a week or two. My deadline is Friday, and I have about a bazillion other projects due this week, too.