So yeah, another celestial body completed, used microdisplacement, so craters and terrain are 3d and with infinite detail. Already calculated that rendering the animation will take 24h, rendering 468 frames 2560x1080, 3 minutes each on 32 CPU threads (can't use GTX980, since the project uses 5GB of ram). There are cold nights now, so I don't mind!

Here is my latest CGI, the render took 25 minutes on two CPUs, 32 threads. Rendered in cycles engine, 512 samples, 2560x1080 resolution.

Work in progress on nebula shader for Blender Cycles smoke simulator. As you can see it's not the best resolution due to hardware limitations.

Here is my completed rendering of Imperial II Star Destroyer from scifi3d.com stylized to match scheme of Imperial I Star Destroyer from Rogue One trailer.



Transparent version:



Original frame from Rogue One with Imperial I Star Destroyer:



Completed comparison:

Work in progress on my Death Star, rendered in Blender Cycles.
Thanks to scifi3d.com for providing amazing Star Destroyer 3d model.

Work in progress on my "Endeavour" spacecraft.

Work in progress on untitled (yet) spacecraft. Modelled in Sketchup. Materials, Rendering, Compositing - Blender Cycles.