Hi!

It occurred to me that for all the time I've been working in 3D, I've never done a Chess Set render. Logically the next step after the ever-popular S.O.W., I have never done one (my secret shame ),

So, anyway, I think the time has come. But at least I can be original enough to model my own chessmen (and women). I went down to the local WalMart yesterday and blew 4 bucks on a small plastic chess set and started working in Wings3d, and here is a test render with all 6 types of chess pieces, textured and rendered in Bryce5.  I think I'm going to texture it like the cheap plastic it is in the final scene which will be something similar to my Mouse Trap Game render. I mean, marble, wood, crystal, they've all been done. But cheap plastic done realistically?

Another note: I almost used a Poser horse's head for the knight, because I stink at organic modelling, but decided to try anyway. I think the result is close to the actual piece, so maybe I'm still learning.

PS: The actual render above is 800 x 600 so click on it (I hate these low res php demo pics).

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

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