I did it this way. Its similar to yours dougal, but I have only one rotation. At first extrude a cube several times, then you have the diameter of your ring. Use shape interpolation to create one half of the ring, try to achieve half of a twist. Then delete all the cubes so the half ring stays. Comp...

Which Programm can calculate such long numbers?

Ok, here is my try. I could have rendered a bit longer, but I think its already quite ok. Nickname: alex22 Version of Indigo used: v0.7 t7 Rendering time / CPU's: 16h on 2,6 ghz P4 List of tools used: blender, mapzone, photoshop Your motivation for the image: Small things get lost, especially import...

It would be nice with a slight sss, so that you have underwater volumetric caustics.

When does this competition actually end? I mean exact time, because I live in Germany. Maybe I could post something (My P4 is sooo lame, so i don't know, if it will be ready).

Das passiert, wenn man das in einem Forum voller irrer postet: http://www.the-web-matrix.de/showthread ... ge=1&pp=20

Es wird nachgespielt.