Only just now got time from my 2 other jobs to actually switch on my computer and try out the render method...

http://easmod.com/random/manythanks.jpg

... and it worked! Cheers! :beer:

easy...

Using version 8.0 and the max distance thing, no I didn't. But then I even without altering that it would have changed the appearance a little wouldn't it?

Maya's in-built help isn't that great....

:headbang: After trying both methods suggested and getting to the stage where I felt like banging my head against my keyboard I stopped. 2+ hours wasted.

Can somebody give a clear concise guide to...

Thanks! :attn: After a bit of searching and and admiring the quality of the renders in the challenge forum I found the details you meant.

Details start about 1 third down the page-->...

How do I get create a render that looks like this?

http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/andy/blogimages/ucl.jpg

or this...

http://www.hybrid.fi/main/research/pics/aoc-cover.jpg

or this...

Excellent, thanks :)

Not really. If in my preferences I had Maya ticked, someone else could equally have say Lightwave and Photoshop ticked. The whole idea of the web is that it is dynamic. If I wanted to trawl through a...

I voted yes.

Although I appear here as a new user, I have read SimplyMaya on and off for a couple of years. And while the video tutorials alone are worth the visit, the forum is an encyclopedia of...

Thanks for the reply, Mike. I guess your signature says it all. :)

/me shuffles off to learn how poly model properly

I would like to know which type of modelling would be best for a new Maya user who wants to create game objects.

I dabbled with Polygonal modelling a couple of years ago and whilst I was able to...