Environment : The Walled Citadel

[Kuba1]

I would add some Volume Light to Create some kind of a fog or smoke effect.

[Dave Black]

The textures on the walls have lighting info in them. Look at the wall on the right. The stones are lit from a light source that doesn't match the light source in the scene. Try painting that out, or messing with the high-pass filter in Photoshop. Also, the transitional geometry(the wedge shaped things at the bottoms of the walls) needs a different texture, at least, IMO. Just looks like the wall texture applied to a long thin polygon. I'd make it a solid color, or better yet, actually model the stones along the base of the walls.

One other thing to try, is a script called "Advanced Painter" for Max R5.1

It's a great tool you can use to "paint" grass, stones, instanced geometry, vines, etc,etc. directly on your surfaces. I think there is an earlier version available for R5, called "Nature Painter". Both these scripts are invaluable tools to have in your set-design toolbox. You can get 'em here:

www.scriptspot.com

Last thing I'd say, is that you need to better establish a sense of depth. This could be as simple as some mountains against the sky with some fog, or a DOF effect.

Just some thoughts.

Look'n really cool, though. A few polishs and some more geometry, and I'd say you're on your way to photoreal. The lighting is lovely. I especially like the cool colored shadow.

-3DZ

:D

[itsasunny.Com]

u need to wrk a little on ur sky, add some life in the scene

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