The Far Reaches Webcomic

This page is very FX heavy and I started rendering images days ago so I’d have everything on time. But I’m really happy with the look of it. I think I’m starting to hit on a weapon FX that I like, though it’s fun to keep playing with new looks. These guys are weapons dealers, after all, so they’ve got all kinds of stuff.

You may also notice I love doing shiny vehicles. That’s one of the coolest things about 3d is that it’s relatively easy to do realistic reflections. Hand-painting such a look, on the other hand, is very time-consuming and takes a lot of effort. I think I mentioned earlier that one of my main reasons for adding the cops is that I had already designed and built the cop car a long time ago and just really wanted to use it. Actually the villain’s fighters are a fixed up version of a ship I did many years ago as well. That’s the nice thing about 3d, is you can just reuse stuff as much as you want for new projects. Back when I was originally doing 3d art I never thought I’d be using it in a comic.

Another fun thing to do was the Gruesain thug’s cockpit. I didn’t have time to spend making this elaborate set, so I kept it simple. Besides, it’s only shown small and a couple times. Considering I didn’t really spend a lot of time on it, maybe an hour and a half, I’d say it looks fairly good. I kept the reflections on the canopy light so they didn’t overpower the little bug-guy inside.