Cornish Pump by dwmccullough
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Description
The Cornish Pump was an enormous steam powered machine, originally used to remove water from the tin mines in Cornwall England. Produced from the mid to late 1800's, it was capable of pumping around 3,400 gallons per minute. The flywheel could reach a diameter of forty feet or more.
Although the surroundings are more modern, I kept the actual pump true to its original form as best as I could tell from my available references.
Bryce 5, Photoshop 6.
Comments (51)
Nanothect
I'm always impressed by this realism, stunning attention to detail.
ericdaniels
Stunning is indeed the word.
Yoro
the realism is stunning indeed, this is excellent work!
jedswindells
Excellent render,really shows off the enormity of these engines.
striving
That is HUGE. Insane modeling here. The lighting is awesome as well. Really nice work. Textures and all. Grand image.
Pelican
Wonderful historical render, image and idea excellent !!
dshield
Absolutely amazing work! The modelling and lighting are fantastic.
zulaan
Fantastic scene !!! Perfect artwork !!!! ;)
schmalle
Wow, as I saw the thumnail, I thought it is a photo :) Excellent scene and lights. How long did you work on it?
Wahnfried1959
Excellent realism, fantastic scene!
dwmccullough
Thank you all!! I've been working on this off and on for almost a year now. I would guess it took around 60-80 hrs including creating or finding textures etc. It really started out as a factory but when I went to look for equipment photos for inspiration I saw the pump and had to make it. The rendering took 15 hrs. at normal. It was very hard to manage and there are a few goofs in it. The lighting isn't exactly what I wanted and Ill probably remake this in a new building closer to the historic pump house.
jrcejaspulido
Fabulous image and models, and I like very much the light now. V
pauljs75
Great looking render there! I like the copper pipework... As far as the surroundings being more modern - didn't some mines still run these things until the 1940's?
JNH
3400 gpm...that's awesome power! Awesome scene and render, also! Just fantastic realism!
donniemc0
breathtaking artwork. absolutely awe inspiring, a new level to aspire to!the attention to detail is to be commended.
drawbridgep
I've just stared at this without blinking for a minute. This is one of the best pieces of CG I've ever seen, in any platform, of any software. Ok, I like (not sure I got that across). VOTE!
Jaymonjay
so.... real....
richardson
It's nice to meet people who are crazier than me. I would not want to hear that beast!
fastburn
Amazing job!!! Looks so real!!!
Smallworld
Superb!
Sapphyre_net
Extremely nice, and excellent work. Must VOTE for this one. Awesome. :)
lordstormdragon
Awesome image, your sense of interior design and scale is really astounding! The pumps look great, I think your year-long project turned out wonderful!
dougocd
Superb job with the modeling, excellent work.
Anjour
Cool work and excellent textur,modeling...bravo!!!v
Kemal
Simply briliant, texturing is seriously kicking arse, best I seen in quite some time, congats on this one !!! :D
jstsittinghere
superb image.one of the bests!
Bungalo
Unbelievable!!! Great modeling and textures mean nothing compared to the courage and faith creating such thing in Bryce. BRavo! The image looks great and the scale of the whole machinery is presented simply outstanding! Vote!
masterst
WoW - a masterwork of modeling Excellent !!!
grind
Amazing work. Love the copper textures and the lighting is perfect. v
brylaz
Wow - brilliant scene!! Fantastic modelling, so many details and so realistic!! A real masterpeace! Vote