Final version and a scenary of my Yamato works...
The baground are taken from photos, the water itself is painted.
Done in Softimage XSi 5.11
Rendered in Mental Ray (Multi Passes)
Textured and painting done in Photoshop 7.0 + 3d Total Textures
Total tris : 1.650.000 (unsmoothed)

Front Side View
Back Side View
Full View
Studio version

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Credits :
= thanks for lending me his wacom graphire 4
= thanks for sharing me his mighty brilliant technique of painting skills
= thanks for the camera view help
= thanks for the input of color correcting
= thanks for being my biggest rival.. haha
= thanks for the supports

and thanks for viewing.

regards,
Egar | Der_Peiper