Project - Mamod Steam Engine

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When I was a kid, my parents bought me a model steam engine - when I saw a picture of one recently on the net, I decided it would be a nice model to make with Wings 3D.

The images are rendered using Wings own OpenGL render engine. Although this does produce a nice clean image, it lacks the shadows and reflections that would be produced in a competent ray-tracer such as Povray. Therefore to complete the project, I will rendering the final image in Povray (there's a Povray export plug-in available for Wings 3D).

Updates

• Jul 2003 - Completion: 100%
  • As I don't plan to do any more work on this, I'm declaring the project complete
• Jun 2003 - Completion: 99%
  • I've made some slight changes to the model but I'm not totally happy with the materials and colors that I used
  • The grey 'metal' needs brightening, the black elements need to be shinier with a more 'hammered' finish and the red base needs re-modelling
  • I don't want to spend any more time on it at the moment, so I'm going to leave the project in it's current state
  • I may return to it in future to correct the elements described above and perhaps create an 'environment' for it to sit in.
• May 2003 - Completion: 95%
  • Added first Povray render

Test Renders

Just a few tests for progress...

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