===== From scooby@pld.com: The grail is awesome! Great work. ===== From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com: Not sure what it has to do with the elements, but its an awesome grail! ===== From swl7m@virginia.edu: Very good first image ===== From nx@chez.com: The golden cup has good details, and should be reused in a more realistic picture... This one is your first trial, so you will probably do it ! ===== From mwhite@concourse.net: A little bit dark, but it brings out the Holy Grail. ===== From wembly@theramp.net: I like the um challas but I dunno where the rock comes in that it sits on, seems maybe should be on a table or perhaps on a silk cloth perhaps. ===== From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk: The golden cup is quite excellent, the lightning lets the scene down a little but as you appear to be a beginner I must commend you highly. As much effort in background as went into the cup and you will be a winner. ===== From bobfranke@halcyon.com: The outside sky with the lightning is very strange. The torches are pretty good. Now, the cup... it is fantastic. This is a very good first image. ===== From gmccarter@hotmail.com: The grail looks very realistic. Lighting, modelling, and especially good textures. Good flames, but they seem to be casting white light, instead of yellow light. ===== From kosh@nesys.com: The rest of the scene is pretty food, but the grail is outstanding. ===== From djconnel@flash.net: I am stunned!! This is an excellent first image -- incredible. A few comments: 1. The lightning doesn't appear to be from clouds -- it appears to be right outside the window and approximately 1 meter long. 2. The flames look a little bit too solid. But the grail is an EXCELLENT piece of work. Well done! ===== From bill@apocalypse.org: beautiful chalice - though, I always like the idea that the grail would be a plain clay cup (from Indiana Jones 3) because Jesus was a humble carpenter. Still, that wouldn't have been as pretty as what you've created here. :-) ===== From ekennedy@voyager.net: I like the intricate details on the grail. ===== From r@cust193.webbernet.net: The connection to the topic is weak even in the story and not evident at all in the image. The cup is great. The modelling of the building is good, but the textures need more detail. The lightning looks very good except that the perspective and positioning make it look more like a nearby small spark than a distant huge bolt. The gems on the cup need a bit more glitter. The lighting is pretty good. This comment by clem@dhol.com.