Here is a scene inspired by the Movie 'Das Boot'. The Original Movie scene was a daytime shot, so I wanted to make it a nighttime shot, adding a little more menace to the U-boat. Here is a link to the scene from Das boot that inspired this work.

http://www.spankybus.com/Das%20Boot%20Original%20Image.jpg

It was done in a week, using absolutely no Mental Ray and no raytracing what-so-ever (all done in Maya software). There are some texture maps here, but most are prodecurals, and rather compelx shaders as a result. The goal here was believable without the high rendertimes that come with raytracing)

All models are Numbs, including the submarine, which is really the only complex model in the scene. While the submarine is a complete model, i stripped all parts that were not visible to optimize render time..

Total scene render time at procudtion quality level, with a res of 1280 x 1024 4 minutes, 27 seconds on my workstation (dual 270 opterons, 4 gig of ram, dual Nvidia gtx 7900's yielding 1 gig of ram - have to get quatro's later when i strike gold lol). Project time was about 1 week for the submarine and one week for the scene. Honest crituques are always helpful, as it will make me a better artist :-)_

Note on the Flag: So it is understood, i do not agree with what this flag in this scene represents. It represents some of the worst acts of humanity in our planets short history. However, it was begrudgingly included it (at the behest of our professor) in the name of historic accuracy and the rules of a good establishing shot..that is the ONLY reason i included this flag.