Another satellite that I modelled from a reference image. Though I wasn't going for 100% accuracy, that would be boring!
Again going for the rusty and withered look, I used a free texture from cg textures to help mimic the rusty exterior.
Background image is from Google images.
-3hrs modelling time
-mental ray
-68,000 polys (non-optimized)
-lanzcos filter 1 min 16 max
-standard settings
-1 target spot and 2 omni lights
Cheers :)
