[LDD] [MOC] "Die, Rebel scum!"

[Blip]

Those Rebels clearly aren't very clever, trying to hide from the mighty Empire in the forest wearing a bright shiny whi--- uh... Nevermind.

[Jerac]

The Rebel Soldier might be stupid, but is lucky. Imperial made a mistake, he is in a high speed turn and will for sure miss his target, and expose his back to the Rebel, being a nice juicy target!

How did you make this scene in LDD? You can customize backgrounds now?

[Blip]

All of the brick elements you see are modelled in LDD, yes - then rendered using Bluerender with the Bublible mod patched in.  :)

[Jerac]

Oooh shiny, that Bluerender thing! Thanks! 

[Blip]

Lol it really is!  TBH the lighting is a tricky so-and-so to get just right though: The main scene took about two dozen renders and re-adjustments of lighting, colors and materials to get right, and in the end used 3 light sources (one for overall fill light from above colored green so as not to cause blue or white reflections on the tree canopy, another smaller high-radiance light directly above to cast leafy shadows down, and a final one from the rear left to help ensure the Rebel's face and torso decals were well lit), plus multiple high-intensity lights for a separate render of the blaster bolts, recolored in white glow and shot against a black background, to be superimposed over the main image using photoshop.... Honestly I'd be nowhere without Photoshop these days