It happened that Christophe Bouffartigue had created a very complex model of a fire hydrant, and gave me the permission to use it in my picture (and to release the source file). Though the model was already very good (you can see it in his own IRTC entry), I wanted to improve the textures. So I spent a day or so on it, first replacing the spheres and cylinders by isosurfaces (so that I could add 3d noise) and then creating a few textures. Actually, it was overkill, because the model could have been used directly, but I had some fun doing so. This model also uses the "link" macro by Chris Colefax. The image on the right shows how it looks with a good lighting. To see a close-up of the model in the Wet bird situation, click here. The source for the fire hydrant is available here. |
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