little update...
added lanterns on the sides ( no lighting yet ), made a moon, and now I'm working on my oillamp....gee subpatches are great !
I never worked with them before I did the head tutorial on this site, now using them on my lamp, nice !
the gate is only a first try, gonna make it more fancy....
haven't solved my render problem, hope the pic shows up a little decent....have no clue how it looks on another monitor...
http://users.pandora.be/sma/004.jpg
http://users.pandora.be/sma/005.JPG