TITLE: War Birds
NAME: Antonio Herranz "Chus"
COUNTRY: Spain
EMAIL: chus48@wanadoo.es
TOPIC: Warfare
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: warbirds.jpg
ZIPFILE: warbirds.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Brazil R/S

TOOLS USED: 
    Max 4, Photoshop, Terragen.

RENDER TIME: 
    11 hours 27 minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium III 600


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 


The image shows a WW2 B-24 bomber crashed in a lake at the mountains after a
forced landing.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


The B-24 was modelled using images from different views as references. I began
with simple polygonal objects and I obtained the correct shape by working in
sub-object level. All the screws and details have been created with geometry,
but the textures have some details too. The propellers have been bended,
simulating the deformation caused by the crash. The aeroplane environment was
created with two planes, one for the lake (water plane) and the other for the
ground that emerges from the water. The ground plane has been created with
Terragen and imported into Max. Finally, I rendered the scene with the public
preview of Brazil R/S (www.splutterfish.com), to create a realistic atmosphere
with global illumination and great reflections.

