Steampunk Myths and Legends Entry: Zachary Hogan

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Just a quick mock of my scene. Based on the scene from Tolkein's "The Lord of the Rings" in which Gandalf travels through the Shire in his horse-drawn cart.

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A work-in-progress of the mechanical horse.

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Added more framework and gears, also threw in a chimney.

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Haha, I like the idea of a robot Gandalf! Your horse looks good so far, I really like the exposed gears on the underbelly. The chimney looks strange to me, though. I think it could be a more interesting shape.

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The third stage of my horse - the basic head-shape is finished, complete with windup handle. Now to detail this beast.

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Basic materials and a little more detail.

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First render including the newly modelled cart. Still heavily WIP, with loads more detail still to be added. Fireworks are going to take a LONG time to place.

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A very interesting concept! Take it from a certified Tolkien nut; I'm all for exploring modern mythologies. I hope you will go the distance, and I have to tell you that I can't wait to see Mithradir himself! We should definitely do some Tolkinesque conceptual art together if you are interested. Since the release of "The Hobbit" is right around the corner I think that we should give it a go!
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[OZ]

qmqzing design... I like it a lot!!:buttrock:

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A very interesting concept! Take it from a certified Tolkien nut; I'm all for exploring modern mythologies. I hope you will go the distance, and I have to tell you that I can't wait to see Mithradir himself! We should definitely do some Tolkinesque conceptual art together if you are interested. Since the release of "The Hobbit" is right around the corner I think that we should give it a go!
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Sounds good dude! Sadly, I still haven't finished the books. I've skimmed them, but now I'm going back and reading them cover-to-cover.

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A steam powered horse pulling a cart! Haha, thats great, I love it.

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First test-render for Gandalf. Still heavily WIP (as you can see, he has no arms and hardly enough innards).

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Modelled more detail into his head, added pipe.

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Little update - a video showing Gandalf's rig thus far;

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More detail on Gandalf's head.

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Spent most of this time rigging him. My first fully operational rig, and it's still not finished. I'm slowly getting it working, with a simple leg setup and a probably completely unoptimal arm setup. Getting the pistons moving with the body is probably the easiest bit.

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Added more inner-detail and rigged the legs.

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The full project thus far.

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Working on my surrounding scene. Layer-isolated lights to keep the grass lit without over-exposing the windmill and characters. Rendered without particle-grass to save on rendertimes.

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To replace the previous submission.

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5 hour render. I don't know if it was the grass or the water, but I wasn't expecting that.

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I had to render the backdrop in 25 parts then put them together in photoshop.

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Latest Update: Final Image (sadly, a few minutes too late)

Even though I was too late to enter the challenge, I thought I should share the final image.

Put together from two renders, one for the background (everything excluding the reeds and lake), then a second render using the first as a backdrop, rendering the reeds, lake, bridge and 'fighting' Gandalf over the top. A couple of hours in Photoshop to touch up any errors, applying a couple of photo-filters to give contrast to the two halves of the image and giving it an unsharp mask.

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