Hell of a Trick! Here is the 1sy of my 2 Dawn of the Dark entries. Not perfect but fun to make. The way I got clouds over the moon to match sky behind the moon without post work may become a tutorial, it is an interesting technique. - - - Entry text - - - Dawn of the Dark, their day has begun. while we are sleeping, the Moon is their Sun. Midnight is their Dawn, the Sun far away, beware the dark places where they come to prey. We have our scares, they do to, stay indoors, please, or they will get you! Thanks go to all the free content providers, their work made render possible. - - - End Entry Text - - - Credits: Set decoration, art direction, lighting, camera work, and clean up by mcv. Purchased Models: Stage Manager is Farrow the Dragon Rat from Electric Ardvark at PosersPros Freebies - Cast of Hellions. . . The Juggler is Demon by Blacksmith3D "Balcony view bat" is Bat by J. West aka Ghastley Peanut gallery one is Coodie by S. Ray at BryceAlive.net Peanut gallery two is Mighty Mite by J. Purdon at Renderosity.com Audience one is Demonoid by Fatale at Renderosity Audience two is Goblim by M. Sergey Audience three is Skeleton from Poser 3 standard content Freebies - Props . . . Evil Staff by N. Creed at RDNA Pumpkin spilled guts puddle adapted from candle wax RDNA Halloween freebie Juggling Pumpkins by HWP at RDNA Wood Sign by R. Pest Blood of Dracula TT font by B. Nelson Created items: Background is an indepentent DS render of imported Vue d'Esprit terrain Foreground is an imported Vue d'eSprit terrain. Foreground terrain texture modified from Imageafter.org image Demon texture adapted form origin supplied by Blacksmith3D Moon is Daz Studio Primative sphere with modified JPL-Nasa PD image map Broken Pumpkin bits imported from Wings3D simple polygons Transparent Daz Primative over moon with image map matching cloud color & whirls. Moon cloud-match overlay cylinder is Daz Primative with special rendered transparency map, avoids need for postwork to make Moon match sky behind it! Sign Text is Daz Primatives Plane with original text image map. Original lighting (6 lights) and all poses Rendered in Daz Studio 1.0 with Infranview postwork to size image. Submitted to contest 13 Oct 2005 - The prefect night to submit this entry! Sigh - not a single contest vote, but still fun to do! All comments welcome, mcv