    EMAIL: castlewrks@aol.com
    NAME: Robert J Becraft
    TOPIC:  Fortress
    COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
    TITLE: "Fort Wilderness"
    COUNTRY: USA
    WEBPAGE: http://www.angelfire.com/md2/castlewrks <<<<<<<------- VERY Important.
             http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/labs/6080
    RENDERER USED:  MegaPov 0.7
    TOOLS USED: Povray (image creation), I_view32 (TGA>JPG conversion), 
                PaintShop Pro (add copyright), FastZip98 (zip)
    RENDER TIME: about 1 hour, 70 meg
    HARDWARE USED: Pentium 700

    IMAGE DESCRIPTION:

    This is Fort'ress' Wilderness... on the edge of the great wild out-yonder.  The last
    bastion of childhood resistance and mom's flower gardens... out yonder where the hippolumpus
    and gargabuchi live.                                                       
    
    DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED:

    O.K.  This is what happens when you give up on one picture and then turn around and
    start another.  However, this one was restricted to no more than 4 hours of work... give
    or take an hour or two.  So, with limited time, I generated the fortress and surroundings.
    Here it is.   Of note, the limbs of the scrub in the back are done with a crackle texture
    scaled to give the illusion of branches.  The leaves are also a crackle texture with clear
    between the "leaves".

    The sand in the sand-box is a heighfield sized appropriately.

    There are two rows of hills in the background... one low set intended to look like wild
    beyond the mowed lawn area and the mountains, fogged for distance.

    Short, simple, and sweet.  Enjoy.