"... we should not be splitting up." "The palace is under attack; there isn't time to argue about this." "Exactly, it only dilutes our forces..." ".. and borrowing Chalme's vest does not count as being dressed for a battle." "What, and you are? That weave wouldn't stop a heavy breeze." "At least I have shoes on. Make your way to the armoury and meet me at the landing pad." "This is the last time I wear heels to the Officer's Ball. You owe me a dance when this is over!" "Gladly, now go." --- This was a fun scene to put together. I am trying to piece together the framework and backstory for a story project I am working on, and this tumbled together from the detritus. It feels, with practice, that each scene is getting easier to compose. I am still barely scraping the surface, but I no longer feel quite like a novice. I did have an odd issue; no matter what I tried, I could not get the material on the cape swapped out. It would change in OGL, but in Iray it stubbornly stayed shiny silver. That is a nut I'll need to crack before long. I just *barely* scraped under 4GB for the scene, meaning I could use my GPU and did not have to resort to billboard or GIMP trickery, rendering in one go. I did cull bumps and normals from the distant figures and reduced textures on nearly everything but the two characters in focus. There are a lot of little assets packed into here, but I'll try to list them all. Credits: Victoria 8 Pro, Michael 8, Nix 8, Braided Band Hair, Classic Side Part Hair, Stylish Shaved Hair, Universal Dress, ATLAS Armored Suit, Tactical Assault Rifle, SciFi Firearms Pack, Sci-Fi Interior Kits 2 and 3, dForce Fleet Commander Outfit, Ghost Bride Dress (for the shoes), Basic Wear MuscleShirt, Domino for G3F and G8F (nails).