I derived the planets rocky texture from something which is readily found on the beach... SAND! Being a fan of the Metroid franchise I couldn't give up the opportunity to call the planet 'Zebes'. I made sure to include the Brinstar and Tourian areas. It was very easy to model yet time consuming nonetheless since I wanted the texturing to look just right before rendering it complete. Get it... aarh, whatever. The lava was a bit difficult because I found myself constantly tweeking it to match the terrain. Cheers. Date modelled: September 2001 Back           Forward