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Carrara Challenge #65 - Turning Points - Stills, Comics, and Animations Accepted

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Stezza said:

    Diomede said:

    WIP #1 - Edmund Dantes Retrieves the Treasure in Count of Monte Cristo

    Having a lot of trouble with the props for this one.  Very disappointed in some otherwise good Daz Published Artists.  The treasure chests and the treasure bags have only one material zone and one shader.  No differentiation for the contents.  Will probably try to fix in post rather than do more renders.  I have attached the raw render and the scene setup.  I put volumetric clouds in the distance then shined some different colored spotlights backwards to get the dawn effect.  Michael 6 with some Carrara hair grown directly on the mesh.

     great render @Diomede... but just wondering how he fitted into that small boat ... cool

    love the atmosphere and posing.. awesome yes

    Thank you.  Maybe he made multiple trips?  It would be worth it.  laugh

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Dartanbeck said:

    Very Cool Stuff going on here!!!

    Thanks for the compliments. Alas... trying to keep the internet on is becoming difficult so I'm disappearing once again. Hope to be back in time to compete

    OK, try to stay warm up there in the polar vortex land.  Will be thinking of you.  Let me know if there is anything I can do to make it easier to participate.

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Santa's Annual Turning Point

     

    Twas the night after Christmas

    Where Santa undressed

    On an Adelaide beach

    For a well-deserved rest!

     

    A small tribute to the Aussies who support Carrara. yes

    Went old-school, with Freak 3 and V3.  Carrara sun and realistic sky.  My Beach for the land and sea props.  Santa Beard for G3 again, but a different hat (Santa Baby).  And cutouts. :)

    No postwork.

    Great render!  Santa is ripped, ready, and resting.

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Diomede said:

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Santa's Annual Turning Point

     

    Twas the night after Christmas

    Where Santa undressed

    On an Adelaide beach

    For a well-deserved rest!

     

    A small tribute to the Aussies who support Carrara. yes

    Went old-school, with Freak 3 and V3.  Carrara sun and realistic sky.  My Beach for the land and sea props.  Santa Beard for G3 again, but a different hat (Santa Baby).  And cutouts. :)

    No postwork.

    Great render!  Santa is ripped, ready, and resting.

    +1 !!! yes

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,200
    edited December 2022

    And   &  W.I.P.s

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588
    edited December 2022

    Thanks all, for the comments on Santa's night after Christmas.

     

    A widescreen update:

     

    Added G2F and an old Carrara object.

    Red sky at night, Santa delight. :)

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  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    ed3D said:

    And   &  W.I.P.s

    Beautiful stream turning point.  yes

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Thanks all, for the comments on Santa's night after Christmas.

     

    A widescreen update:

     

    Added G2F and an old Carrara object.

    Red sky at night, Santa delight. :)

    Santa's Delight!  Each update is getting better and better for Santa.  yes

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Happy New Year!

    A new year's celebration can be a turning point.

  • ed3Ded3D Posts: 2,200

    Diomede said:

    ed3D said:

    And   &  W.I.P.s

    Beautiful stream turning point.  yes

    ~  And Thanx  ,  but the stream ai'nt  really the  Turn Point  +

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,080
    edited January 2023

    Whose Voice or should it be Who's Voice indecision

    modelled all except the Daz dog, stuffed toy and the elf... can you find the elf?

    used Carrara hair on the dog and used a HDRI image for the background.

     

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Diomede said:

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Thanks all, for the comments on Santa's night after Christmas.

     

    A widescreen update:

     

    Added G2F and an old Carrara object.

    Red sky at night, Santa delight. :)

    Santa's Delight!  Each update is getting better and better for Santa.  yes

    Getting betterer !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    ed3D said:

    Diomede said:

    ed3D said:

    And   &  W.I.P.s

    Beautiful stream turning point.  yes

    ~  And Thanx  ,  but the stream ai'nt  really the  Turn Point  +

    First Contact or The Day the Earth Stood Still ? (I spot some UFOs)

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Stezza said:

    Whose Voice or should it be Who's Voice indecision

    modelled all except the Daz dog, stuffed toy and the elf... can you find the elf?

    used Carrara hair on the dog and used a HDRI image for the background.

    Very cute !!!

    Is the Elf's reflection showing on the Gramophone ?

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,251

    I thought maybe Spike ate him

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    I think the elf is inside a cube on a chair.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,080
    edited January 2023

    Diomede said:

    I think the elf is inside a cube on a chair.

    locked up till next Christmas laugh

    Turning Point in a game of cricket 

    the turning point in the game came when the teams best player Mr Bobble was bowled behind his legs by a cracking yorker..

    modelled the scoreboard, cricket pads, helmet, gloves, bat and ball and morphing stumps.. converted Mr Bobble's soccer pitch to a cricket pitch.... like why wouldn't you smiley

    and retextured Mr Bobbles clothes. The background is the Sydney Cricket Ground.

     

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Stezza said:

    Diomede said:

    I think the elf is inside a cube on a chair.

    locked up till next Christmas laugh

    Turning Point in a game of cricket 

    the turning point in the game came when the teams best player Mr Bobble was bowled behind his legs by a cracking yorker..

    modelled the scoreboard, cricket pads, helmet, gloves, bat and ball and morphing stumps.. converted Mr Bobble's soccer pitch to a cricket pitch.... like why wouldn't you smiley

    and retextured Mr Bobbles clothes. The background is the Sydney Cricket Ground.

    Looking Great !!!

    You're making me tempted to buy Mr Bobble as well !

  • GrimmvaldGrimmvald Posts: 65
    edited January 2023

    Here's a very prelim WIP for an idea I'm working on.  It uses Portal of Riza, Carrara shaders and displacement bumps, a couple of figures yet to come, rendered in Carrara and post work in On1 photoraw.  Shrodenger's Dilemna:  what do you get when you cross Schrodinger's cat with "The Lady or the Tiger"?  And yeah, you have to go in because there's a couple of big guys with spears to move you along.

     

    *file won't upload so I'll try again later*

     

    @Bunyip02    Thanks!  not much to see here yet....

     

     

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  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Uploads finally working again.

    I redid the Santa hat with Carrara hair per Stezza's request.

     

    Adding the hair wasn't difficult, but getting the lighting right took a lot of fiddling.  And unlike what I have heard recently on this forum, Carrara hair loads very slowly - even with 24 buckets.  Testing the lighting took a couple of hours.  I do love having the hair available to use - but it ain't fast. :)

     

    The previous version:

  • UnifiedBrainUnifiedBrain Posts: 3,588

    Stezza said:

     

     

    Excellent render, Stezza!  Great emotion, lighting, modeling and textures.

    I don't exactly understand the appeal of this character, but it is nice to see standalone figures still being made. You definitely made the most of this one. yes

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,080
    edited January 2023

    thanks @UnifiedBrain ... I don't get the appeal either... maybe that's the appeal indecision cool

    with the hair renders can take a long time.. what  I do is turn the highlights down from the default 25 to either 0 or 2 or 3 ... depend where I get the slider to.. that helps heaps and I untick GI because I fake it.. devil

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,080
    edited January 2023

    The turning point when aliens decided not to make further contact was when one was forced to do the limbo!

    you can get the limbo sticks I modelled from the wacky modelling pages

    all models were modelled in Cararra except for Genesis and Dawn....

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  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Grimmvald said:

    Here's a very prelim WIP for an idea I'm working on.  It uses Portal of Riza, Carrara shaders and displacement bumps, a couple of figures yet to come, rendered in Carrara and post work in On1 photoraw.  Shrodenger's Dilemna:  what do you get when you cross Schrodinger's cat with "The Lady or the Tiger"?  And yeah, you have to go in because there's a couple of big guys with spears to move you along.

     

    *file won't upload so I'll try again later*

    Sounds good !!!

    When the forums won't let me directly upload an image I post the image to My Gallery and copy the image location to the forum post.

     

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    UnifiedBrain said:

    Uploads finally working again.

    I redid the Santa hat with Carrara hair per Stezza's request.

     

    Adding the hair wasn't difficult, but getting the lighting right took a lot of fiddling.  And unlike what I have heard recently on this forum, Carrara hair loads very slowly - even with 24 buckets.  Testing the lighting took a couple of hours.  I do love having the hair available to use - but it ain't fast. :)

     

    The previous version:

    Definate improvement !!!

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 8,655

    Stezza said:

    The turning point when aliens decided not to make further contact was when one was forced to do the limbo!

    you can get the limbo sticks I modelled from the wacky modelling pages

    all models were modelled in Cararra except for Genesis and Dawn....

    The torture methods of Earthlings .....

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Bunyip02 said:

    Stezza said:

    Diomede said:

    I think the elf is inside a cube on a chair.

    locked up till next Christmas laugh

    Turning Point in a game of cricket 

    the turning point in the game came when the teams best player Mr Bobble was bowled behind his legs by a cracking yorker..

    modelled the scoreboard, cricket pads, helmet, gloves, bat and ball and morphing stumps.. converted Mr Bobble's soccer pitch to a cricket pitch.... like why wouldn't you smiley

    and retextured Mr Bobbles clothes. The background is the Sydney Cricket Ground.

    Looking Great !!!

    You're making me tempted to buy Mr Bobble as well !

    +1

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Grimmvald said:

    Here's a very prelim WIP for an idea I'm working on.  It uses Portal of Riza, Carrara shaders and displacement bumps, a couple of figures yet to come, rendered in Carrara and post work in On1 photoraw.  Shrodenger's Dilemna:  what do you get when you cross Schrodinger's cat with "The Lady or the Tiger"?  And yeah, you have to go in because there's a couple of big guys with spears to move you along.

     

    *file won't upload so I'll try again later*

     

    @Bunyip02    Thanks!  not much to see here yet....

    Glad you were able to get your WIP pic uploaded eventually.  Looks like a great start.  I think the upload problems are widespread and occur often.  And for some reason, I could not both (a) include your pic in my quotes, and (b) add my own comments.  Argh.

    Looking forward to where you take this portal idea.  yes

     

  • DiomedeDiomede Posts: 15,176

    Stezza said:

    The turning point when aliens decided not to make further contact was when one was forced to do the limbo!

    you can get the limbo sticks I modelled from the wacky modelling pages

    all models were modelled in Cararra except for Genesis and Dawn....

    Oh, is that the Poser figure Dawn?  I have not been able to get the rigging to work for figures after Poser 8.  Great job.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,080

    Diomede said:

    Stezza said:

    The turning point when aliens decided not to make further contact was when one was forced to do the limbo!

    you can get the limbo sticks I modelled from the wacky modelling pages

    all models were modelled in Cararra except for Genesis and Dawn....

    Oh, is that the Poser figure Dawn?  I have not been able to get the rigging to work for figures after Poser 8.  Great job.

    thanks @diomede ... no it's not the Poser version it's the DS version of Dawn... like you say the Poser version don't work in Carrara cool 

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