Howard Day's video: TMP Romulan Strike Final-For-Now 4K

Okay, Trekfriendos, I'm done with this for now! I'm very happy with the results, so much so, I splurged on a low-noise, high-sample 25-hour render! New background art, higher res- Topaz AI Upscaled nebula and clouds. I also changed the tint of the federation shield hits to match the color of the torpedo hit on the Excelsior in The Undiscovered Country. Now I just gotta update the "retaliation" shot to match the new phaser and shield effects! 4K Download! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/894120750221496340/1126242205166731274/WarbirdStrike_35.mp4 The original concept for this model is by AtolmAzel - here's his sketch! https://www.deviantart.com/atolmazel/art/Romulan-TMP-Bird-of-Prey-01-793210073 The original Shangri-la class design is by Bill Krause! https://www.instagram.com/admiralbuck/ More shots of the Niimiipuu in 8k here! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1E9Mhz4KvSdYqChC5NoJAplrAoeOpOqnZ?usp=sharing As always this is rendered in 3DSMax 2022.3, using VRay 6 GPU Optix. I'm using a 4090 RTX. Render time averages were 2m30s and 6m30s respectively, with about .5s-1.5s for post effects application per frame. It's 320 frames long at 24fps. I used settings of 512 max samples, .02 noise target, 32 samples per pixel and 384 ray bundle size. I maxed texture res out at 8K. (some ship textures are 16K) Post in After Effects, using Sapphire by BorisFX for the lens flares, and Red Giant Looks for the color correction.