Royal Guard by jdstrider
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Another of the textures from http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/tensi-warrior-fantasia/89091, this time rendered in DS, render time 6 minutes!
I am not so sure the extra 7hours and 54 minutes is worth the gain in quality from the previous image : http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2561735
Credits:
The Alcove : DAZ3D : ArtCollab
Magical Granite Shader : DAZ3D: DAZ3D, Digital Lite Design
Real Metals for DS : DAZ3D : DzFire
Comments (7)
grafikeer
Cool character and outfit...there is something about Reality and LuxRender as far as realism in the lighting and shadows that seems hard to duplicate with DazStudio,but I know what you mean about render times versus quality of render...always a challenge with Vue when you push the light and atmo quality up and render with global radiosity!
jdstrider
Isn't it always the way, everything costs in some manner or another, but "quality takes time" pretty much sums it up...
Cyve
It's an awesome image... Gorgeous girl and fantastic outfit... Outstandingly done once again !
jdstrider
Thank you very much Cyve, I really appreciate your positive feedback.
bebopdlx
Most excellent, great outfit and render.
jdstrider
Thank you very much for the high praise, bebopdlx
Rock69
Beautiful and dangerous guard, I bet!! ;-)
jdstrider
Thank you very much Rock69, you're right, she would be very dangerous... :-)
Nonsolum
Gorgeous beauty for a guard. Having view the two pics to compare, I've no idea on the best depiction. The only thing that makes the choice for me is the render time, cause IMO, they both need some light and contrast settings using postwork... And for sure I won't spend 8 hours to wait for any "Amateur" render-contest. For a "Pro" commission...it will depend of the price from the deal lol ;-) Nevertheless thanks to share all your tries that opens mind to make the choice(s).
jdstrider
I have had another image rendering for almost 3 days now, I have a Luxrender slave on an AMD 6 core linked up to my i5 4 core as the master. I am only using 1 core on the i5 so I can continue working on other things.. Based on the state of that render, I figure at least another 2 days before it is done. The render quality of the physical render engine is hard to beat, but if you want a larger image (1920 x 1080), it takes for ever to render fully. I am really just trying to find the happy medium on image size and render time. So far I think that if the image 1000 x 1000 or smaller the Luxrender is worth using, but if you want a large image, it is not worth the time.
P3Design
Awesome image :)
jdstrider
Thank you very much.
shannonsuzanne
They both look good, but I just can't do Reality. I'm back playing with Studio myself and Renders are 20 minutes for good lights and quality.....Poser PRO 2014 about the same if I have a lot of stuff in there. Longer for SSS. I just have no patience for the realism. I don't try to achieve realism, I like to do fantasy style post work.... A picture for fun, IMO, is not worth 8 hours rendering LOL. For work..well maybe....but it's just not for me. They are both really good either way.
jdstrider
Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it.