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[DocCharly65]

Testimony from the old days in real! Just impressive!

[mhaze]

Terrific stuff.

[Dune]

Thanks.
It wasn't solved; I had to set the altitude of the middle boat 80cm different from the flanking boats that are on same heights. But I guess it has to do with the simple shape being used to get the gap in the embarkment (outer boats maybe just outside that area), and some flattening in a surface shader to get the beach smoothed, but I haven't checked it out yet. I don't think I used a compute terrain too. The altitude in terrain I used must have come from a place where that difference was still apparent. But it works.

[bobbystahr]

Thanks.
It wasn't solved; I had to set the altitude of the middle boat 80cm different from the flanking boats that are on same heights. But I guess it has to do with the simple shape being used to get the gap in the embarkment (outer boats maybe just outside that area), and some flattening in a surface shader to get the beach smoothed, but I haven't checked it out yet. I don't think I used a compute terrain too. The altitude in terrain I used must have come from a place where that difference was still apparent. But it works.

for situations like that I find dandling a Compute Terrain of the stack bottom and anchoring to that fixes most everything...thanks for that tip of long ago.

[Dune]

Yes, for pops, but these are 3 the same object, and not a final altitude, but altitude in terrain, or it can't be angled.

[bobbystahr]

D'oh, my reading comprehension is a bit off lately!

[Dune]

Horseman under construction... in a 2-minute landscape.

[bobbystahr]

The horse gets it, some times y gotta stop and smell the flowers heh heh heh...looking good Ulco.

[DocCharly65]

A really good horse! But as well I am fascinated by the damp earth that seems starting to dry and the scattered tufts of grass.

[Dune]

It's 'only' a DAZ millenium horse, but with Zbrush tail and manes.

[René]

The horse looks good, especially the gloss on the skin. The guy however has too much shine I think. By the way, I think people generally have a rather dark skin and hair in this otherwise beautiful series, if I may say so. But that could also be due to my screen. Have you tried to fake subsurface scattering? That is of course easier said than done. Maybe a bit of reddish translucency and luminocity.

[Dune]

I tend to give the people a bit of sweat and a tan, as they're mostly outdoor people, but it might be too much sometimes. I also tried translucency and luminosity, but that's hard to control in different light circumstances, so as a default I keep it off. Thanks, René. May have another go at it, especially for close-ups.

Edit: with a bit of faked SSS, but it's hardly (or not at all) visible. Hat off for more light on lighter face.

[bobbystahr]

Looking more real now...

[Hannes]

This horse is really great! I like the subtle shininess and the bump showing the veins.

[N-drju]

Just got here. Agree with Hannes. The models look super - horse's skin reflectivity and vascularity is a nice step towards realism in this example.