Render this - Flak 88 cannon.

[solo]

With a huge thanks to 'Numbthumb' who has donated his frigging awesome model of a Flak cannon for us to play with, as seen in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=333&t=35504

Okay, as per usual, any render engine, any setup, any materials, any style. Get creative.
Render as is, create a scene, do anything.

Most importantly have fun.

Here is the model in SU8.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1129899/Flak%20cannon.zip

[Rich O Brien]

That's one tasty model NT. Thanks for sharing

[cobb89]

[urgen]

[solo]

That's a valuable piece for us to play with...

Yes it is, we at SCF pride ourselves in giving our members the best quality possible.

*insert promo logo*

[solo]

7777, hmm, never thought there was any significance to it.

Okay, first quick go, things should get better from here.

Toy soldiers.png

toy soldiers.jpg

[derei]

Just a quick view (trough binoculars)... and more post-pro
Hope you like it.

[numbthumb]

Thanks, guys. It is a real pleasure watching this. They all look great - old & rusty, toy soldiers, flak in Afghanistan ... ( don´t know what´s it doing there, but it looks great anyway )

[solo]

Fotosketcher and Vue.

[numbthumb]

I like this scene. I was also thinking about making some kind of a night scene, maybe lit by muzzle flashes or by searchlights.
Could you please explain, what would be the most convenient way to do that? Light sources? Photoshop?
Thanks in advance.

[numbthumb]

All quiet on the western front.

[solo]

Must be English, as it's getting dark and close to teatime.

[numbthumb]

Why not? Just in time to replace that rusty one!

[urgen]

...30 min Hypershot...3 min photoshop ...but it's a bad image ... without any interesting ideas

Flak cannon1.jpg

[numbthumb]

Wow...great job, urgen!
Shell cases...great detail.

[urgen]

Wow...great job, urgen!
Shell cases...great detail.

....thanks numbthumb ...details is great... but I want more ..hypershot can be much better ...

[A.Lacko]

My Flak 88 render

[boofredlay]

Here is my take on it. I just cannot let those little Dunny's go

Twilight and Photoshop.

Thea and Photoshop.

[boofredlay]

Twilight Sepia

Thea Sepia

[numbthumb]

OMG. It´s alive!!!
Thanks, Eric, these are real beauties!
May I ask, did you use Artisan on these sandbags? For sculpting and painting textures?
Thanks once again!

Edit: @ A.Lacko: sorry, somehow I missed your work
What rendering engine is that? Where did you find the image?

[boofredlay]

I did use Artisan on the sandbags but only for sculpting. The texture is just a basic burlap applied. I then used Pipe Along Path for the seam.

These were fun to do.

[MrWip]

My Attempt...

FLAK 1.jpg

... Sadly, a cannon is made to fire at something, so...

ps : I hope the picture is not too dark for some screens.

[solo]

Looks great.

[numbthumb]

MrWip, this is a great image indeed.
Did you add muzzle flash in PS? How did you use it to lit the scene?

[pilou]

Model by Numbthumb

canon1.jpg

[numbthumb]

Thanks, Pilou, for adding your personal touch.

[MrWip]

Thanks for the positive comments !

hmmm... sadly it looks a lot darker on my work computer than on my laptop, so I suppose it should be quite dark on many screen...there are some details in the background, and there barely visible now... I will try to edit that...

The lighting is done by a simple point light place at the base of the flame.

[numbthumb]

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The lighting is done by a simple point light place at the base of the flame.

Hehe, ooops Thanks for the explanation.

there are some details in the background, and there barely visible now... I will try to edit that...

The second cannon in the background is visible on my screen. A little brightness/contrast tweaking revealed something more.
If it´s not too much of a hassle, please post the edited version as well.

[derei]

@"MrWip"
Your canon flame is even nicer than real ones

(from http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=5544)

[KiraNL]

My try on this one, not that intresting, but testing my new renderer.
Original:

Editted: (Dont know why, but i kinda like it like this personally.)