hey guys...thanks...for all you help...i've finally settled on an image and went with it...hope you like it...i'm pretty satisfied with it...
...nostromo...i made a cpl tweeks and got the glowing eye of the rat in there...and if you look at the full res you can see the eyes on all three of them...and of course the clock's definately readable...
...cpl versions so you can see what's goin on...the contrast is a little rough against the white forum and there's some small details you might not be able to make out on the 640 version...
...the 1280 version...large enough to fill the screen...
http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/5...g1280010ot.jpg
...and for the thrill seeker...here's the full res...
http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2...g1600015gv.jpg
...i'm working on gettin' some wires posted up here and what not...give you the full break down on my scene...for now tho...here's the details...
...3 area lights
...raytraced everything thats raytracable
...50 or 60 thousand polygons
...about 15 unique objects
...250 to 300 bones
...more IK nulls than you can shake a telephone pole at
...5 image maps
...3000 and some odd procedurals [nah...just kiddin't but there's a lot as its almost all procedural]
...more hours in the last two weeks than i can count...and probably than there are in two weeks...at least that's what it feels like...
...final render time...197 minutes and 6 seconds for the 1600x900 version