1909 plane engine

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UPDATE: First render is now 800 samples + filter glossy. Still not perfect. I will also post a 800 samples version of the second render with a different lighting setup in the comments.

Here’s my last little project:

The Seguin plane engine (1909). Saw a picture of it in a book and I made it the most accurate possible. However, I textured it in a modern way.
This engine has cylinders which rotate with the propeller to cool them better.

Quite high poly overall.
Rendered with cycles, 300 samples (should have made it 600).

I tried to animate it but I really can’t figure out how it works.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it and feel free to feedback!

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this is amazing! the 300 samples does not make justice to the awesome work! give it a try with 700 or maybe 800!

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Looks amazing! But what do you mean that the cylinders rotate with the propeller? Is it not a normal radial engine? And how is that even possible?
Can I also ask what the lighting setup is?

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thank you! I’ll try and give it a best render and update it

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well Impreza, it also seemed odd to me, but apparently the engine rotates around itself, so that the cylinders are air cooled. The book itself didn’t give much info, but I just checked online and it seems to be right! As for the how… I have no clue at all!
This PDF seems to explain it, but it’s in french: http://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/moteursdelegende_gnomeomega.pdf
Oh and the lighting is just two sun lamps, and a sphere around the scene with random faces deleted, with an emission of 1, only visible to glossy

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Beautiful job of modeling and rendering.

Here’s an example of a rotary engine that rotates with the prop…
(skip ahead to 5:15)

Steve S

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Thanks!
And thanks for the link, quite a thing to see it work, especially when you think this was invented more than a century ago!

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Very nice - the materials look spot on.

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Woah…Detail!!! :smiley:

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Swmo, thanks! Materials are pretty simple here, but I’m glad it does the trick :slight_smile:
Also thank you bonrw1 :slight_smile:

Here’s a 800 samples version of the second render. Lighting setup is different, a little less good in my opinion.

Also Dimebag you were right, 800 samples is a minimum, at least with that render setup, which could use some improvements for sure.

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