Carrara Animation Entry In Renderosity Video Game Cutscene Contest

Steve K

An entry in Renderosity's contest for a cutscene for an imaginary game.  The game is set in the Age of Sail, and involves getting past the next obstacle, a tall island in a narrow channel, with artillery and sail power guarding the channel.   Animated in Carrara Pro using 3D elements from Renderosity and DAZ3D.

Headwax

ha perfect time to panic - loveit

really atmospheric - greta choice of locations and camera angles 

good luck!

Bunyip02

Nice work, hope it does well.

Steve K

Thanks, folks.  You can see the winner here, very nice work. (Scroll down a little till you see the "Play" symbol, then it streams.)

https://www.renderosity.com/mod/contest/?entry=37583

Diomede

Very impressive.  I had a board game called Wooden Ships and Iron Men when I was a youngster, brought back good memories.  

Steve K

Diomede said:

Very impressive.  I had a board game called Wooden Ships and Iron Men when I was a youngster, brought back good memories.  

Thanks.  I've played a few video games involving large sailing ships, but never found one that was very convincing.  I did enjoy the movie "Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World".  It was adapted from a novel (two actually, I think) by Patrick O'Brien, maybe the best author in the genre (naval combat around 1800).  Roger Ebert (4 stars out of 4): " ... an exuberant sea adventure told with uncommon intelligence; we're reminded of well-crafted classics before the soulless age of computerized action ... it re-creates the world of the British navy circa 1805 with such detail and intensity that the sea battles become stages for personality and character."   I'm not a fan of a lot of dialogue, but this had some good lines:

Calamy, Midshipman: [while viewing construction of the decoy Surprise - a small raft with a fake mast and lanterns to draw enemy fire at night] Excuse me, sir, but what are they building?

Capt. Jack Aubrey: Your first command.