08.07.09 Progress

A panoramic shot showing some of the latest updates:

• punched the portal holes in the bleachers
• added bleacher stairs/walls/railings
• finished basic walls around the interior
• created the 1934 field
• added dugout walls
• closed all seams between elements in the seating bowl (which took longer than you'd think)
• And most importantly, wiped my laptop clean and installed XP 32 bit, saying goodbye to Vista forever.

Any of the renders I post in the construction state are pulled directly Vectorworks with rough texturing and lighting. Once the model is ready to be skinned, it will be worked into a final state in 3d Studio Max, where Mental Ray will provide a much better result.