EMAIL: jvarner@netmcr.com
NAME: Jim Varner
TOPIC: Science Fiction
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
RENDERER USED: 3DStudio MAX, VistaPro 3
TOOLS USED: None
RENDER TIME: ~45 minutes
HARDWARE USED: Pentium 90 mhz w/ 32mb
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

A lone AT-AT on patrol (from the movie Empire Strikes Back). 

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

This picture was actually rendered in 3 parts.  

First, the moon was rendered using 3dstudio.

Second, the atmosphere and clouds were rendered using vistapro3 
(and the moon was pasted onto the resulting image with photoshop).

Third, the At-At itself was rendered over the new background.

It is important to note that the AT-AT mesh is a modified version of
one created by Harry Chang at http://www.loop.com/~hhc/starwars.html