Houdini 18.5 Star Destroyer Breaking Ice + breakdown
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Rendered through Mantra, Comped with Nuke, edited with Resolve.
Featuring: global vel for particle sims, RBD upres sim, new RBD instance setup, Ultra Panavision 70 ratio
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Project info:
Star destroyer size: 542*242*827 metres (scaled down)
Main RBD piece count: 230,000
Main RBD upres piece count: 19,000
Peak instance piece count: 2.1 million
Peak particle count: 40 million
Frame range: 1 - 384
Camera focal length: from 125mm to 85mm (thanks the comment for asking)
Final res render time: 22 days @1958*709 (2% overscan)
Total project time: 45 days
Total project disk usage: 935GB
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3D model by: Ansel Hsiao