Its to be an old kind of computer system but its huge spanning miles, each of the hex cylinders would be a different system.

Im looking to do an animation where the camera tracks along the ground and up to the hex collum that has risen up.

I was considering using a texture and a bump map but will i get the same results being as its not a static shot?

Yeah little old aussie here lol just testing the waters seeing what i can do really.