EMAIL: velenux@penguin.it
NAME: Gilberto Ficara
TOPIC: Fortress
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Baby Fortress
COUNTRY: Italia
WEBPAGE: http://www.veleno.f2s.com
RENDERER USED: Blender 2.04
TOOLS USED: The GIMP (to create and/or scan textures)
RENDER TIME: 6 minutes and 36 seconds (1600x1200)
HARDWARE USED: AMD Athlon 550mhz with 256mb ram. Trust scanner 9600.

IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
This is my very first image done with Blender. I think it's pretty realistic.
Approximately 1700000 faces here! :)

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 
Modeling was not so difficult, shapes are simple. The most work was done 
searching for photorealistic materials and correct lighting. This is my first
image ever done in Blender, and the first in my life with this type of
photorealism in mind.
I hope my aim was achieved! :)

The Peanut's albums was scanned from books I got in my childhood, other drawings
are from my brother, my sister and me, done in a distant past... I think around
1986-8.
The parquet texture was downloaded from somewhere on the net. (that's identical
to my bedroom's parquet!! goo!! :D )