Hey!
I was reading here the thread of yours:
First of all: Nice work. I really like the second one, the first one has a bit of a men looks, but its just me. Also agree with some guys - the scene does look a bit boring.
With all do respect I have to disagree with you and agree with guys about the node compositor - IT WORKS!!!
I know you said you tried it…,but damn, try again. Here is one of my last projects: www.visionstudio.co.za. The render is a bit noisy, but its just an example.The machine it self is 5mln verteses, every monster is close to 600K, I am not even going to talk about the ruins. My Blender refused to even open that file, nevermind move it.
I had to split my scene on 26 layers and put it together in the node compositor.
So what shell I do??? You talk to guys around here and instead of telling them “It doesnt work” just say “What do I do wrong and how do I get it right?”.There are so many bloody ways to trick a system. Unless you are happy with what you have and dont want to go on. But dont let PC performance to stop you from making a master piece.
Once again, great work.
Take care