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From scooby@pld.com:
Fantastic!  Only way it could be improved is too have some imperfections in the
textures to increase realism.  Truly outstanding job!

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From Sean_Hamilton@amrcorp.com:
Oh, for hands that look like hands...  I like the idea, and the story!  And
where can I get one?

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From nx@chez.com:
Poor, poor Eiffel Tower (French opinion) ! Objects are REALLY amazing, scene is
original, details make realism ("random" cutain rod). Great !




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From gmol@my-dejanews.com:

Very creative! I like this one a lot!
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From guilhem.christol@hol.fr:
What imagination !
Great !
impressive...
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From ewgr@abaddon.globalnet.co.uk:
Well this is quite excellent but I am having trouble grasping the "element"
connection despite your dissertation.
Very good image.

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From bobfranke@halcyon.com:
Very ambitious, great modeling.  The Eiffel tower alone would make a great
image.  My thought for improvement is to turn up the anti-aliasing or would
that destroy the detail in the upper part of the Eiffel tower? 

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From arcana@sinbad.net:
The one thing that stuck out for me, more than anything else, was the lack
of textural detail on the hand jostling the coffee cup. It's a great image,
with a lot of reflections. I got dizzy trying to map track them all. <grin>

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From ethelm@bigfoot.com:
Very imaginative and crisp.
The accompanying novelette entertaining.

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From djconnel@flash.net:
Incroyable! C'est magnifique!

Seriously, this is one of the most bizarre images I have seen.  Yet the
rendition of incommensurate scales is very deftly handled.

The modeling is in general outstanding.  Some specifics:

glasses : awesome!  This alone is a POV masterpiece.

cup o'joe, sugar cubes, micromaching device, sugar crystals,
cafe window, curtains, cafe table, cafe chair, Eiffel Tower :
These are all expertly modeled.  Most impressive....

A few comments :
* There relative depth of the robot relative to the tower isn't really
   well defined.  It looks a bit like those 50's movies where
   the actor stands close to the camera to appear to be a giant.
   Some interaction or overlap would be nice to establish depth.

*  The robot's fist has moved approx 7x as far as the fragments
   it hit.... I would expect typical collision physics would imply
   a bit more recoil on the fragments.

*  There are regions of notable starkness : the city seems virtually
   empty except for the tower.  And the region to the lower left seems
   rather strikingly empty.  Perhaps my brain expects to see
   the human there.

* 2/2 lefties :) ? (I can't tell on the micro-robot)

Still, this is an amazing piece of work, and clearly a worthy winner.


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From bill@apocalypse.org:
Nanotech was a good concept, and I like the way you added the glassed to
use as a magnifying glass (clever).  I have this knee-jerk negative
reaction to mega-robots though, and the hand holding the coffee cup
looks like CSG cylinders, it could be smoother.

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From wozzeck@club-internet.fr:
Really nice! However, as a question of taste, I don't like the metal used for
the robot, which makes it hard to understand at first sight.

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From ekennedy@voyager.net:
Very creative thinking!

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From 101741.541@compuserve.com:
Imaginative concept, great (structural detail speaking) Eiffel Tower.  Good
attention to every detail (screw in the chair).  I also love the "POV-Ray
cafe"
writing on the glass, it's always good to put some tribute to our beloved
raytracer.  Maybe some textures (table, cup) are too reflective ? (note :
in a Paris' cafe, you'll NEVER get a big coffee cup like that, only small
ones!)


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From r@gc-usr7.pld.com:
Wow!  A modelling masterpiece!
Notable for originality, composition, modelling


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From r@client8788.globalnet.co.uk:
Notable for modelling


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From r@cust193.webbernet.net:
Brilliant concept and great attention to detail.  To be honest, I found your
last two entries to be below your abilities, and I am very pleased to find you
back in form.  Great modelling on the Eiffel tower.  Why do people want to pick
on Gustave's beautiful eyesore?  It took me a moment to pick up on the giant
robot, even seeing the tower destroyed.  I guess my intuition wants such a
thing to be more boldly colored.  I really love the curtains .  Bolting the
frame to the back of the seat is a nice touch, and the reflections on the
glasses and table add a lot.  This comment by clem@dhol.com