EMAIL:lholtorf@nwlink.com
NAME:Chris Holtorf
TOPIC:Fortress
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE:Radar Base
COUNTRY:USA
WEBPAGE:n/a
RENDERER USED:Megapov v0.7
TOOLS USED:Rhino, Moray, Megapov, Corel, MS Photo Editor
RENDER TIME:7h 00m 10s
HARDWARE USED:800mhz AMD K6-2 processor, 128 meg ram
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
Night is falling over a large, shallow sea seperating two countries who have fought several wars. One side has created a network of radar sites (a sea based DEW line) to give advanced warning of an impending attack. Over the years, the sites have been upgraded and armed. Barbed wire around the perimiter of the base and between posts planted out in the water now keep small boats and commandos away. Several twin multi-barreled gatling gun positions provide anti-air cover. The three 32-cell rocket launchers are to keep away small boats and aircraft while the two twin cannon mounts are for long range action. The main search radar is supported by two weapons radar units. In addition, last week a command post trailer was airlifted onto the base to support a covert mission. 
The base has also just been resupplied and a number of boxes and barrels still need to be opened  and their contents stored inside of the base. The crew has settled in for the night and will finish unpacking tomorrow.

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:
All of the objects were created in Rhino and exported as udo files. This was done more for practice using Rhino than anything else.  Moray was used to assemble all of the objects and to do the initial texture aplication and to determine camera angles. The heightfield image for the water was created with Corel. The final rendering was done using Megapov v0.7 at a 1280x1024 resolution. Photo Editor was then used to convert the image to jpg format and to resize the image to fit the 250 kb maximum image size. 
Note that the inc file for the barbed wire is not included in the zip file. This is a very large file (over 500 kb zipped). If anyone wants it I can email it to them.

This is my first serious attemp at a POVRAY scene, so any and all comments and constructive critisism will be greatly appreciated.