Planlet Pt.1 - WIP

Started by dandelO, January 12, 2008, 03:20:07 PM

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dandelO

This is just the first instalment of a scene I'm building in Terragen 2, I don't get much rendertime these days, what with a new job etc so, images don't appear as frequently as the did before from me, I'm still always rendering though so stay tuned.
This is kind of inspired by the new upcoming game 'Spore', where your sandbox editor view contains caricatured versions of your worlds etc. Check it out!
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If a tiny Moon viewed in the sky is known as a moonlet, then this little fellow is known as a 'Planlet'. Let me tell you why...

To get a real sense of what I mean, consider the following:

1. This planet is hovering about 5 metres above the ground(the shiny black plane).

2. The cloud height level around the planlet is 1 metre high.

3. The volcanO has an inner diameter of 1.75 meters.

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Like I say, this is just part 1 of this but I'm posting it as I think it looks pretty decent (for a first-run test of my tiny planlet) already.

Still to come:

Some ocean transparency...

More ecosystems/landmarks/etc's...

PYRAMIDS!...

Possibly a table globe holder and stand set upon a desk?...
I need some way to get this planet into a regular scale scene...

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Credit: Harvey Birdman for the palm tree .tgo's, thanks man! :)

As I get this together I'll post the updates...

child@play

wow, now this is darn cool, i think this would make a globe everyone wants in his livingroom  ;D
perfection is not when there's nothing more to add, it's reached when nothing more can be left out


nvseal

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Superb work!

matrix2003

This is killer! Awesome work my friend!
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Will

The world is round... so you have to use spherical projection.

dandelO

Thanks folks but, it's nowhere near finished just yet.

Bear with me... :)

Mr_Lamppost

Nice idea and looking good so far.

Isn't there a children's story with a planet about that size?
Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast.

dhavalmistry

"His blood-terragen level is 99.99%...he is definitely drunk on Terragen!"

Mr_Lamppost

The Little Prince.  Wikipedia entry here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince

If I remember correctly The Little Prince also had a lamppost  ;)
Smoke me a kipper I'll be back for breakfast.

rcallicotte

Very nice and lots of fun.  It reminds me of number 42, for some reason.

So this is Disney World.  Can we live here?

Oshyan

Very nice work, great idea and well executed. I'm also looking forward to Spore, although they're taking way too long with it, and a lot of that seems to have been a shift in the art direction to a more cartoony look, which I'm not a fan of...

- Oshyan

zhotfire

That's very bizarre  :o ... can't wait to see the next update!  :)