Old-Timey Gadget Contest

SO - In light of a contest via C4Dcafe.com regarding old-timey gadgets/machinery, I've taken to modeling a pretty complex, old looking telescope. This is a WIP that will, in order to stand a chance in the contest, look MUCH better with insane textures. Comments, criticisms, etc are welcomed!

Image: The Sun

This is an interesting one - happened by accident. It's actually a very long, tapered cylinder with the camera inside, and an omni-light placed far ahead. The inside of the cylinder was textured with a rock-like texture except with no specularity, and the light created a ring. And there it is. Now if only I KNEW what I was doing at the time...

Image: Playing Catch-up

So, many of you have already seen these images, so I want to post them and get them out of the way in one post. That was an amazing sentence.

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