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Here are my new renderings of the Golgotha. I made much more than planned at first but it was so exciting that I couldn't stop lol. Many hours of work but very arousing. I hope the result is worth the wait.
I made them for this board only, please don't repost elsewhere.

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Wow, impressive! Remarkable work Nightfall and thank you very much for sharing here!
 
Thanks Nightfall nice work, and thanks for taking our requests and suggestions into account. I see the men are now suitably circumcised, and there are women in the crowd. The nailing scene is well done, with onlookers cooling watching the bloody events. I see the victim doesn't resist, offering his arms out and wrists to the nails. Was that deliberate?

I look forward to what you do next. The simple power of a crucified figure is a wonder to behold
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Thanks for the nice comments. Actually my choice was led by two considerations: the Christian one, telling that Jesus willingly accepted his sacrifice and pain, and the technical one (and maybe the most important) telling me that I was limited with the characters quantity in the scene to keep a reasonnable rendering duration and reducing the poses to create for more soldiers to carry him and hold him in position during the process, which take much much time.
 
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Thank you for all the comments and welcome suggestions about my renderings. I'm trying to integrate the max of them but the 3D tool has its limitations. And I need also to create several new poses. I hope to finish not too late but give me some time :)
What a great series,the Golgotha series was just amazing.You should keep it going through the leg breaking and taking down of the bodies,and you might want to show the thieves being paraded to the execution sight as well. Great work,can’t say enough about your work,It is very realistic and stunningly so.
The possibilities for your work are endless and it’s good to see male crucifixion for a change, keep it up!
 
This series is a masterpiece, a big improvement over the first set, which was good on it's own. I like how you have carefully depicted the human emotions on the JC figure; fear, pain and despair. Also more variety to the shapes of the crucified, one being hairless. The blood streaks on crosses, suggesting perhaps just another routine execution, the cross to be used again on some poor hapless victim. I love that look of strained agony as he's carrying the full cross, seeing what's coming to him ahead. Then made to strip and stand for sentencing. That look on his face as the nails go in wow!. And the whip marks.

Speaking of that, maybe some more pictures of the "BEFORE" scene, the scourging and coronation? Also the interaction of the crucified and spectators who torment and torture them.

Again, great job!!

Jack
 
That series is excellent Nightfall!

I particularly like the details such as the rocks holding the cross up off the ground for one. If the victims were to be roped in place to stop struggling before the nailing the cross would have to have a gap underneath.

I'd like to see a bigger crowd & perhaps some hostile poses from those watching. Personally I like to see those on the cross a bit more bloodied & bashed about. Also a bit more trash & shit on the ground, smoke billowing around etc. But hell, it's churlish to say these things I think it an excellent series.

By the way what is the software for such images? I only know Photoshop so all the images I made up in the past I had to use photographs with me in every role!
 
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Not necessarily an improvement, just different..depends on your viewpoint. We still have copies of the background you kindly posted us, and two pics, 9.06 am and another. I can't think of anyone else who would go to such pains to achieve such a realistic effect (Apart from Jedakk and his Deep Thought computer!). I wouldn't worry about removing the pic you had in mind. I'm not sure which one it is or where it is. As far as people exercising Christian moral outrage I would love to read what Apostate would say about that!
Now please do me a favour. In our project folder for Easter Funday (cine7 pic) we have a detail called "cross vendors" which is attached. At the time I asked if anyone had the original pic with absolutely no luck on either site:( I hope you still have the original so please post it here.
Thanks

Melissa
Maybe waiting his comic for the description through
Are you hinting here?
William, maybe you could combine your two great talents to come up with an illustrated story or book, that would be fantastic!!!
 
That series is excellent Nightfall!

I particularly like the details such as the rocks holding the cross up off the ground for one. If the victims were to be roped in place to stop struggling before the nailing the cross would have to have a gap underneath.

I'd like to see a bigger crowd & perhaps some hostile poses from those watching. Personally I like to see those on the cross a bit more bloodied & bashed about. Also a bit more trash & shit on the ground, smoke billowing around etc. But hell, it's churlish to say these things I think it an excellent series.

By the way what is the software for such images? I only know Photoshop so all the images I made up in the past I had to use photographs with me in every role!

Thank you and the others for your words.
I'm using Daz Sudio, a free and powerful sofware, and rather easy to use for simple scenes. The editor earns a living with selling some elements (sceneries, clothes, characters, props, etc...), but the prices are often not cheap at all. These elements can of course be "homemade" but I have no skills for that so I'm totally dependant on what I can find for my assets library. I can try to find some bruise, bash or wound effects for my next pics and things for the ground but I can't promise anything.
I would like a bigger crowd too but my pc already begs for mercy with this small one so I fear I can't burden it with more people. I heard about some low-poly crowd to be used with this software but they don't have ancient outfits so people won't really fit in the scene. And anyway they couldn't be animated and have various facial expressions. I however can work more on the poses and expressions of the few present ones to make them more hostile yes.
 
Thank you and the others for your words.
I'm using Daz Sudio, a free and powerful sofware, and rather easy to use for simple scenes. The editor earns a living with selling some elements (sceneries, clothes, characters, props, etc...), but the prices are often not cheap at all. These elements can of course be "homemade" but I have no skills for that so I'm totally dependant on what I can find for my assets library. I can try to find some bruise, bash or wound effects for my next pics and things for the ground but I can't promise anything.
I would like a bigger crowd too but my pc already begs for mercy with this small one so I fear I can't burden it with more people. I heard about some low-poly crowd to be used with this software but they don't have ancient outfits so people won't really fit in the scene. And anyway they couldn't be animated and have various facial expressions. I however can work more on the poses and expressions of the few present ones to make them more hostile yes.
I had only one time made a project with poser (and needed Repertor's help).
A Suggestion for your weak machine. Make and render only one shape per task, save as .png. When you have all shapes you build the scene with a normal graphic App (Photoshop, Gimp or other. I use PaintShopPro.)
A few examples for doing that so.
Rendered and cutout shapes, placed before a background.
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Thank you and the others for your words.
I'm using Daz Sudio, a free and powerful sofware, and rather easy to use for simple scenes. The editor earns a living with selling some elements (sceneries, clothes, characters, props, etc...), but the prices are often not cheap at all. These elements can of course be "homemade" but I have no skills for that so I'm totally dependant on what I can find for my assets library. I can try to find some bruise, bash or wound effects for my next pics and things for the ground but I can't promise anything.
I would like a bigger crowd too but my pc already begs for mercy with this small one so I fear I can't burden it with more people. I heard about some low-poly crowd to be used with this software but they don't have ancient outfits so people won't really fit in the scene. And anyway they couldn't be animated and have various facial expressions. I however can work more on the poses and expressions of the few present ones to make them more hostile yes.


I am sorry I didn't realise the limitations of the software. I think you made an admirable job of it though.
 
I am sorry I didn't realise the limitations of the software. I think you made an admirable job of it though.

I do all my creations with Photoshop, I modify both the backgrounds and the characters.
I have an old version of Photoshop, but to do what I need is more than enough, even if it's a very long job to get pretty realistic images.
 
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