I am using Arnold for Houdini with ACES to render the scene. Lighting for the final render is an IBL HDR lighting, a directional light to represent a star, and a few thousand Arnold mesh lights. The mesh lights were used to imitate sunlight inside the ring, and to create light inside the elevator shaft […]
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3D Specialism – Instancing
In total, the scene I sent to the render farm consisted of approximately 215000 objects. Most of these were instances of houses, trees, the glass roof, windows and other models. I used SideFX Houdini to lay out the points, and then copied the instances to them. Glass roof The glass roof was the setting stone […]
3D Specialism – Modelling the ring
The shape of the ring is a simple cylinder with three cut-outs, allowing for radial symmetry. These cut-outs serve as a place for a drive module which propels the ships when in space. These modules are fully modular – able to manoeuvre and orient themselves to suit any configuration. The outer part of the ring […]