3d Watch Mechanism D&D Plot Device.

[Sagenlicht]

well, I dunno how it does it...its basically a mental ray rendering effect. What you're talking about is a post-processing effect. This actually lets me punch in shutter speed and f-stop and all that and it renders it accordingly.

Here's the animation...its a 15 meg .avi file. I'm probably not going to leave it up long, so see it now before I take it down.

http://www.cartographersguild.com/hosted/arankey.avi

Thats really great Arcana, I am eager to read the fully story for that device

[Redrobes]

Hey Arcana, did you catch this which was listed on boing boing today...

http://watchismo.blogspot.com/2008/1...tic-clock.html

a pneumatic watch ? Its well bizarre and one for all you clockwork aficionados.

[Robbie]

That is pretty cool! I've seen something like that before though I think.

I should probably update you guys on this thing...I rendered a quick render the other day to show the characters a general idea of what the device looked like, but its unfinished. I plan on doing some engraving and decorating overall...its missing a lot of that. Plus I'm going to tweak the gears so they're a bit more properly timed to the 20 hour days of my world.

[Steel General]

Very nice...

I dub thee newly repped *Bonk*

[Redrobes]

The motion blur is excellent Its all excellent, but the motion blur is particularly excellent

[Midgardsormr]

I ran across this impressive project while doing some research on orreries:
http://www.my-time-machines.net/astro_index.htm

For those not inclined to click through the page, this guy's building some insanely intricate clock, including an orrery and a lot of stuff that I, frankly, don't understand at all. According to his design notes, the mechanism will require a 130 pound weight to drive it all for eight days.

There are several videos of various parts in motion--it's truly amazing.