TITLE: dw_check
NAME: David Wells
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: davidwells@woh.rr.com
TOPIC: Out of Place
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: dw_check.jpg
ZIPFILE: dw_check.zip
RENDERER USED: 

        POV-Ray for Windows version 3.6


TOOLS USED: 

        MS Paint for book cover image-map
        bmp2jpg


RENDER TIME: 
    20 Minutes

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium 4

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

        The first thing I though of when I read the topic was how many times
has
someone used a checker piece for that missing pawn.  Like most things missing, 
it is in plain view.


DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 

        I coded the entire image using scene code.

1st, I created the chess board and chess and checker sets.  The one piece I
would 
like to work on more is the knight. Many years ago, I had started working on the

chess set, but lost the code, but it was quickly redone in a day.

I next modeled the table, walls and floor.  First I made a wooden tabletop and 
floor, but that was just too much wood and it looked like the light colored 
squares of the chessboard were clear and showed the table.  I then changed
the floor to look like an old school lunchroom floor and the table to have 
a marble top.

Next, I modeled the bookshelf and created a macro to make a random stack of
books
to place in each shelf.

After this, I created the two chairs and the fireplace and other odds and ends.