TITLE: Counter Attack
NAME: Stephen M. Farrell
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: StephenF@whoever.com
WEBPAGE: n/a
TOPIC: Warfare
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: smflgm.jpg
RENDERER USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows 3.1

TOOLS USED: 
    POV-Ray for Windows 3.1; Paint Shop Pro 6.02 (for jpg conversion and
signature only)

RENDER TIME: 
    1 hr 1 min 49 sec

HARDWARE USED: 
    1.4 GHz Thunderbird; 512 MB RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


  A bunch of little green army men engaged in battle.  At the end of the day,
they go back to their box and heal their wounds, only to begin fighting again
the next day.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


  When I first started this scene, it wasn't meant to be anything.  After the
events of Sept. 11, I had a lot of trouble working on my other entry for this
round, and decided to alternate between working on that and just playing
around.  So I decided to do a scene that just showed light coming through a
window onto a counter (originally meant to be a kitchen counter, but once I
added the tiles and trim it looked more like a bathroom to me, so I decided to
go with it.)  The scene grew from there, and after a few days it occured to me
that it could be fun to have some army men using ordinary bathroom items to
wage a war, so I put some in, and before I knew it, I had a full-fledged scene
which fit the topic, so I decided to go ahead and enter it.  

  As far as a technical description goes, there doesn't seem to be too much to
say.  Almost the entire scene is simple CSG, including the shower curtain and
towels.  (I think the shower curtain looks pretty decent, considering its
simplicity, but feel the towels could definitely use some additional work.) 
The army men are very simple blob constructions, and could also benefit from
additional work.  The tiles were placed using a double while loop, with
randomization altering the color values for each one.  

  This scene marks my first attempt at radiosity.  (Never used it before simply
because it took way too long on my old computer.)  It uses fairly simple
settings, and I'm not sure how well I got it to work.  The main difference
seems to be that the lighting looks a whole lot better than it did before I
added the radiosity.

  As always, comments/constructive criticism definitely appreciated!



