Image © Richard D. LeCour
A few months ago, I picked up the latest version of Newtek’s LightWave 3D with the eventual goal of producing some movie-quality animation. But first, I had to reacquaint myself with some of the basics — starting with modeling, and not the fashion kind!
Having created some bouncing ball wire-frame animations, played around with some low-quality dice renderings, and subjected animated fabrics to exploding rubber balls, I decided that the One Ring from the Lord of the Rings would be a fun first real project to render.
I’m very happy with the shape and texture of the ring, and the fiery background was a challenge the results of which are pretty darn good. I’m not totally thrilled about the quality of the elvish lettering, though; it’s a bit jagged in places, but it’ll have to do. Other than that, I wouldn’t change anything.
I did add the copyright notice in the bottom right-hand corner with Photoshop. Other than that, no other modifications were done outside of LightWave. It’s pure LightWave, baby!
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