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ActionArt

09-18-2007, 01:53 PM

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Title: Homeward Bound on the Continental
Name: Len Krenzler
Country: Canada
Software: Lightwave 3D

This is a hybrid image of CG and oil paint. The train, smoke and northern lights are CG and the scenery is paint. I used LWCAD for all the piping and found it very useful indeed. Robert Landry painted the scene. I did the CG.

MAB991

09-18-2007, 10:57 PM

Hi there,
I liked the train very much, but I feel that the smoke is too much and too long as well!
but very nice work man, keep it up :thumbsup:

souledge3

09-19-2007, 02:19 AM

superrr work i like it so much

ActionArt

09-19-2007, 02:44 AM

Hi there,
I liked the train very much, but I feel that the smoke is too much and too long as well!
but very nice work man, keep it up :thumbsup:

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. As for the smoke, in a cold climate like this it's mostly steam and sometimes (if you look at old pictures) it gets to be so much you can hardly see the train! This is actually a bit understated compared to reality.

ajfavaron

09-19-2007, 02:46 AM

Great work there Len Krenzler!
Very harmonious colors. This image brings me many good memories, congratulations :thumbsup:

Potworeq

09-19-2007, 07:15 AM

Great work :)

ActionArt

09-19-2007, 12:50 PM

Thanks guys!

MAB991

09-23-2007, 05:02 PM

Thanks! I'm glad you like it. As for the smoke, in a cold climate like this it's mostly steam and sometimes (if you look at old pictures) it gets to be so much you can hardly see the train! This is actually a bit understated compared to reality.

Aha, you know better in this case, you know I'm from Saudi Arabia and we have no snow, and I didn't see any train working in snowing area.
so it's good work :thumbsup:

ActionArt

09-24-2007, 08:23 PM

There were some requests for wireframes so here they are :)

ActionArt

09-24-2007, 08:30 PM

There was also a request for how LWCAD was used. This is nice for those of us that do any industrial illustration.

1) Draw lines where you want your pipe
2) Add a radius to your corners (either all at once or individually)
3) Apply a profile (in this case a circle)

Pow, you have a pipe with proper radiused corners. Very quick!

stefizat

10-08-2007, 01:40 PM

reminds me of the Polar Express!

wonderfully done! keep it up!

:thumbsup:

KyoshiB

01-11-2008, 08:22 AM

Being a "picky" railroad fan, Id say well done.

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