Great work, and sbs.... Very best of luck author

this is great

Congrats man

Congrats!!

Congrats Ichappel!!

Congratulations!!

Congrats...

Fun concept!

Nice work, Bubba!

Great thinking author...well done

Great work author...superb lighting effects...gl

Nice effect, best of luck

Nice fix!

Nice...but it's Saloon not Salloon.

Very good.............Good Luck..

the margarita neon is divine!!

Good job but I think the Earth would be bigger and maybe not as blurred.

Either this astronaut built and put the sign here...or he has some unexpected company...either way...

congratulation...

Congrats!!

Congratulations! Thought this would be up there

nice second,congrats

This is good! Nice stock with convincing blending.

That's one heckofa ride he's got! Very nice work on the guitar also.
Yeeeeeeee-haaaaa!

Couldn't resist... Steve miller band
P.S. i had this on my mind :
Iron Maiden - Flight of Icarus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt3zdoLO-pM&feature=related

Ride 'em Space Cowboy! Yahoo! Great interpretation of a great song!

Those sure are some wild and crazy friends you got, author, and one more gittin' ready to join the air show.
Great bright colors on a clear flyin' day in your 'hood! Nice chop.

Fantastic work author...great blend and very nice positive overall look...well done

very very cool interpretation of great song...best of luck author

ACK ACK ACK... DOCTOR STRANGELOVE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKK

(Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb) giggle snort..

(YOU SO WEIRD.. LOVE IT)

holy cheese sauce... I forgot how great this entry is )

Very nice work and what a lovely spot ... can I have a little corner in the back somewhere ... something overlooking the valley! Great Chop (I do agree about the shadow but I probably wouldn't have noticed it had I not read KingRa's comment)

Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. I want that house in the background dammit (great job)

Congrats! Nice work

awesome! just one thing, IMO I think you should reduce the opacity of the shadow under the big plane...

Congrats.....Keep up all the good work!!

hahahahahahahaha...lucky bustard...well done author

Fantastic work author...all elements great fit with each other but the dices are simply amazing...well done

Continued:

Which brings be to the point for future reference. Author looking at your render the Depth of Field is incorrect. The dice are soft when they should be sharp and the ashtray and last dice at the back are sharp when they should be soft (unless this was intentional)

Reason for this is Focal Distance of the camera has over shot (did you use auto focus?) you will find in most 3d applications this will happen. I always manual adjust mine.
If you take a look at step 4 you will see the bottom edge of the triangle is on the very last dice this is where your focus point is. The two parallel lines should be way back at the front of the ashtray. I have not used 3D Max since version 4 but am pretty sure you can manual adjust the camera.....

I’m going to jump in here and add my 2 cents, I can see what mossyB saying from looking at just the render alone and I see no harm in constructive criticism. From what I can see I would say that the scale of the objects is indeed correct looking at step 4.There are many things to take in to consideration Reflections and Refractions /Indirect bouncing of light/ Absorption Distance / reflective index of each item in the scene /camera angle the list goes on.

No argument that 3d isn't easy, but that's no excuse when things are out of proportion, nor is it an excuse against having things pointed out.

Pretty rude to say "Shut up," missy...Nice behavior from a mod. VERY encouraging to members who comment.

If the "cigarette is fine," then your dice are are about 1 1/2" in diameter...Look at the size of the dice BEHIND the ashtray, and you will see why the cigarette is too thin. The glowing tip would fit into the pip impressions on the dice...

wow, very nice work! Love that cobalt glass, and great reflections in it. I think the cigarette looks fine, too, author. Good smoke, amazing how you do that in 3D and not ps!

nice entry ,the dice are loooking very real the shadow is also very good done

agree with mossy..try making the picture brighter with a touch of contrast..and im really lovin' those gorgeous red dice!!

Too dark. The beautiful effort on the ashtray is lost with the black background, and you don't have enough light reflection on the glass in comparison to the rest of the image..
Also the cigarette is way too thin, even as a "slim 110."

Hey nice Congrats on 2nd Place

Tit for tat! He's having so much fun, his eyes are glazed over! Nice work author, on the butterfly and the finger.

You made it, and that' s for sure !!!
author you

Congrats!!