first render output tests on over ground rollercoaster scene.

here are a few previews of my track above ground. to down size the file's im doing 3 renders where im joining up the files on final cut pro to make the complete animation. this enables me to do individual lighting for each scene rather than having to do it on one land scape. hopefully this will work better than what i've been doing before.

this is a pic of my concept track. just to bang it down on my blog as a work in progress.

Mental Ray light testing

Here's a light test that i did with mental ray trying to emulate a ocean scene. Im currently doing a tutorial i found on the net to add rays into the lights which ill post soon. I recon this is the effect that ill be looking for when i do my final animation of the rollercoaster. adding some density into the lights will give the cloudy effect of water and changing the enviroments colour should give a better over all look.