TITLE: An Exhibit of Space History
NAME: Stephen Lumini
COUNTRY: Canada
EMAIL: s_lumini@hotmail.com
WEBPAGE: http://westwood.fortunecity.com/sander/108/
TOPIC: First Encounter
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: exhibit.jpg
ZIPFILE: exhibit.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    Pov-Ray 3.0 for Windows


TOOLS USED: 
    Moray 3.01 for Windows; Paintshop Pro 5 for adding text and for
JPEG-Compression


RENDER TIME: 
    about 5 hours


HARDWARE USED: 
    P90, 40MB RAM


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

Welcome to the Human Museum of Aeronautics and Space Flight.  You see an exhibit
containing artifacts from the First Encounter of Humans and an alien race named
the Veetok.  The display case contains a number of artifacts used at that time,
both Human and Veetokal.  The ship around the corner is a scale replica of the
Veetok crusier "Uneven Curiosity".  The pictue of their home planet Grao.  The
helmet belonged to the Captain of the "FES Daedulus", Illya Julia Lumini.  The
dent on the top from a previous misson unrelated to the encounter.
The objects on the shelf are Veetokal in origin, as is the prayer hanging.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

The helmet is almost entirely a sPatch object, with some POV primitives through
in for good measure.  The zigzaggy thing is also a sPatch object.  The red felt
ropes themselves are sPatch objects, while the caps are POV primitives.
The text is a gif of White letter on Black background, and turned into a
bumpmap.

Trivia Note: The other "language" on the plaque is actually the Interlac font
used in the old Legion of Superheroes comics.  I wanted a strange translation
and figured I would have to make a graphic one - a little surfing on the web,
though, and I found Interlac as a Windows and Mac font.  Thanks to Kashif
Husain for making it.

Everything is is simple POV primitives and CSGs.  the most difficult thing was
coming up with "realistic" alien objects that looked functional and not dopey. 

The lighting involves 9 spot lights and 2 point lights.  I have never used that
many lights in an image before it took alot of tweaking to try and get
everything lit properly without washing out something else.

  


