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I am finally done!!!**
PLANET 'DEKMAR V' - 620 STD HOURS.
An attack squad of Three AHTs go about their regular early morning patrol, while two Raptor fighters watch over their heads.
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PROGRAMS: 3DSM 7
MODELING TIME: About 10 Hours
RENDER TIME: 14 Hours
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Comments: 95
Allrighters then! Let's go for it... From now on, let's only talk about it via notes on DA or e-mails. Ok?
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You know what I noticed just now?
The thing I like most is the steam/dust coming from under the tanks. A fabulous effect!
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Lol, well thank you!
It's actually a simple fog effect using the cylinder gizmos, I'm sure you know how to use them. But thank you!
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Actually, no, I don't ^^
I'll have to learn that... once I have some free time...
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If you wish I will be glad to help you out with it!
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very nice render, love how the nearest one on the left is a little blurred to show the motion, nice touch. the particals showing from the hover add a nice touch as does the contrails from the fighters, sweet work, the moone in the background is a great touch as well, nicely done.
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Thank you very much!
I am glad you liked it!
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WOAH 
Keep up man! U know, its so cool that you take the time to make scenes and even landscapes for your models, most 3D modelers don't do that. And I luv scenes, thats how you really "tell the story" hehe
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THANK YOU!!!!
Im really happy you liked it, thanx a lot for the encouragement, now I wish to do a scene for the SHV too... 
Thanks a lot dude, and no worries, you don't have much to learn, personally, I think we are both kind of in the same level as far as 3D goes... What made this render so special actually was all of your support and the support from the rest of my friends here in DA. Without all that feedback, this wouldn't be the way it is now.
Thanx for everything man!
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this looks awesome. it'd make a really killer print/poster too. great work.
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You really think so?? Wow!! Thank you so much!!!!
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amazing, good job, looks like it took time.
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THANK YOU!!!!
And it did!!! It took me a LONG time to finish, but without the support of all my friends here at DA, this wouldn't been possible!
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That is like... The porn... Of 3D images! O.O
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Amazing, really good job! Definatly gets that feel of the charge
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Hey, great shot, you can tell you put tons of work into this pic.
About the smoke trails, one thingy dusty didnt see/didnt mention is to me atleast they seem kind of.. wide for how they start out. Smoke trails always start very concentraited and then taper out as the wind distorts them and they diffuse with the rest of the air.
Also i do not know what you were trying to go for with the ground but the right side looks very dirty/dusty but with so much reflection the left side kind of looks like water.
The lights on the front of the vehicles look really cool though, good job with those.. interesting color choice on them.
Great job though (sorry, it feels like i tore apart ur picture, lol)
Whooperz
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Lol, no worries!
I like taking the critizism so for the future I can do better and better works and so on. But for now (unless, one day I am bored and have nothing better to do) I dont think I want to go back into this render because of its render time.
But thanx a lot for your support, I really appreciate it and it will not go to waste!!!
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Yeah i know how that feels, i have tons of pix where i wish iw ould have changed like one thing and made it a higher resolution but ihate leaving my computer on for a week, lol
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Yups, we share the pain. Plus now I'm liking to use my mom's comp (cuz its more powerful and I hate to see such power go to waste) but she has a problem with me leaving the comp on for a couple of days... Oh well...
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That's a very good point about the trails, I forgot about that and it's often presented with aircraft that can be seen overhead.
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Indeed it is, now I know for next time
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Glad you finally got the final product rendered. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but did you render the AHT's higher in this then previous shots? It almost seems above "eye level".
The lens flare is a bit intense. Suppose it'd be alright if you would reduce the intensity and size a little, but it seems to want to compete for the viewer's attention as opposed to the main subjects of the image. The ground is nicely rendered - like the attention to detail, seems like the ice has inside textures to it, those little white 'dots'. They look like air bubbles that got trapped in the freeze process. The AHT reflections are also a good addition as they make it feel like the vehicles are interacting with their surroundings.
Been trying to think of how you could improve the exhaust trails of your fighters and I have some conclusions: winds that would blow or distort the plumes, and the need to make it look like the fighters are coming forward, if just a little bit. If one fighter is above the other, it would perhaps shadow at least one of the exhaust trails.
As for the background, it still has a few issues. Not major ones, but they could be touched up. With ice, that means that there is water vapor, and with that, it produces clouds. The chances you'd see a planet that 'clearly' are very nil, unless it was as close as Earth's moon. Also, maybe have a couple of bright stars (or planets like Jupiter or Venus) sparkling in the sky?
As for the AHT's themselves, they are looking good. Finding the perfect way to add blur is not easy, and it seems still, a bit forced, and un-natural how you have it incorporated. Not sure just yet, how you could improve or fix that. For the area between the front lights/gun turrets of the closest AHT, in the future, perhaps you can add grime or some sort of extra texture to give it a βfullerβ look. It seems like you textured all surfaces but that one.
Thanks for showing me a copy of this in advance, only wish that the critiques I had made would have made it to your inbox.
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Man, don't I love your comments
Well, thanx a lot for the suggestions, and I'm also very sorry that your suggestions and critiques didn't make it and I couldn't finish fixing up the scene. 
Well... I really appreciate all of your suggestions, honestly, but with a render time of 14 hours, I don't think I want to refix this particular scene!!!
For what it's worth (future lessons) I really thank you for your deep and encouraging critiques!
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Thanks. 
You spent a lot of time on this scene and maybe someday, when you're bored you can come back to it. For now though, you have done very well. *applauds you*
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Yeah, perhaps some day I can come back indeed! And thank you very much!
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That's weird... That's never hapened to me, not to that extent at least... It's weird...
By the way, I am just like the Saving Private Ryan movie dude (what a great movie D
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FUBAR - fokked up beyond all recodnition
and my other favorite just in case I use it in the future - SNAFU - situation normal all fokked up
I think the admin are doing edits to the message centre; do you also notice some of the formating for personal info has changed slightly? Takes up less room now. At least I think they changed it - it's more compact. I swear I'm not daydreaming.
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Yeah, no worries, your head is fine, you haven't studied that much... Yet... Hehe, anyway, yeah, they are changing a bunch of stuff, the interface is a lot different now.
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Hehe I like them, too. makes life easier. Different from net speak, though - some of those "acronyms" are irratating as hell.
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ROFLHGJKBBFGJD
Rolling On Floor Juvinally Killing Big Butts For Great Juicy Dinner
FOCL
Fall Of Chair Laughing
DILLIGAF
Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck
me too, these are my favorites. the first one an old friend of mine just beat the keyboard (you know,s dgjhdklgsjhdkjh) and then he made it up. hehehehe. sorry i couldnt resist this little convo!!
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FUBAR = F'ed Up Beyond Any Recognition.
As always, cool as heck. It's a fav right there, pardner.
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Fed Up Beyond Any Recognition, eh? Sounds good, gonna add it to my everyday dictionary
Thank you so much for the fav, my friend. 
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Well, not so much Fed up... It's the so-called F-word... but it can mean fed up...
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Yeah, I figured that out too... Lol... You were just being nice to me... awwww... j\k
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Yeah, perhaps some day I can come back indeed! And thank you very much!
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