Rendering a high poly?

[Timist]

Hi, first time posting and also my first attempted high res. I'm at the stage where I'm satisfied with how it looks (It's a Red Alert 2 Prism Tank) and was just curious if anyone had some tips/links/tuts for getting a good render for portfolio use. (specifically with mental ray since UDK can't handle the high poly.

I just made a simple AO mat and slapped it on in Maya but...I feel like there are more steps to it.

Also, I'm open to any crits.

http://i.imgur.com/UEEn2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FWokf.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iQBln.jpg

oh yeah, I did do a search in forums but whenever I found a link it was either dead or some random render tutorial for animators.

[Pumpkin]

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[cptSwing]

There's a couple of helpful links in the wiki (http://wiki.polycount.com/Model%20Presentation)

[BARDLER]

The image you posted isn't showing up, but I followed this tutorial for a simple setup to make renders look good. http://vimeo.com/27687559

The only thing I would recommend doing is softening the light by adjusting the light angle to 5-15. This will make the shadows nice and soft and a more natural look.

[Timist]

So I don't know how to fix the image problem. Opening it in another link works though...

Yeah every time I try to open the render tutorial it gives me a 403 forbidden error.


Edit: Thanks BARDLER I'll check it out.

[BARDLER]

So I don't know how to fix the image problem. Opening it in another link works though...

Yeah every time I try to open the render tutorial it gives me a 403 forbidden error.


Edit: Thanks BARDLER I'll check it out.

Use a 3rd party hosting site like Imgur, imageshack, photobucket, ect. Then just post the direct image url with the .jpg link in these tags [*img] [*/img] with out the *.

[gsokol]

Here, give this a shot:

http://eat3d.com/free/rendering_presentation

Pretty decent and free tutorial for rendering high poly stuff.