A little 3D render of Kerbin

[Felsmak]

So I've been playing around a litttle, trying to create a somewhat realistic-looking render of Kerbin with Space Center-land looking at us through the clouds. I'm still not sure if I'm completely happy with the atmosphere, but whenever I try to improve it I usually end up messing it up. I'll leave it like this for now, but I'd love to get some feedback on how to improve it.

Many thanks to Chant778 for the surface texture and to NASA's Visible Earth for the cloud map.

[Tommygun]

Looks like a real planet.

[Rareden]

nicely done, what program are you using for the atmo.

[Felsmak]

Looks like a real planet.

I was hoping someone would say that.

nicely done, what program are you using for the atmo.

Thanks! I used 3ds max.

[Rareden]

I was hoping someone would say that.

Thanks! I used 3ds max.

i presume you are using a gradiant map based on light direction to create the atmo then, if so, create a seperate render pass of the atmo and if you have after effects set the image layer to add, then add some glow effects to it along with a gaussian blur

[Felsmak]

Thanks for the advice! Yes, I'm using a gradient, but now that you say it, it's probably a good idea to just edit it in later. The way I'm doing it now is basically hit or miss.

[Pachi3080]

looks cool, really!

But... i don't know... maybe it has too much clouds...?

[Felsmak]

Here's a little work in progress of Jool. The texture is based on the original, but with a little less intense colors and a hint of yellow near the equator to make whole thing look a little less unreal. I'll tweak it some more add some more detail later to make it look more interesting. You know, storms and stuff.

[tygoo7]

That kerbin looks really nice!