Thought I’d see what a computer game I own would look like if it was an old-fashioned board and counter game from the seventies and eighties. The computer game is called ‘War in the East 2’ and it’s by Matrix Games.
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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
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Thank you kindly Bart
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One of the very few Cycles renders that gets past the uncanny valley. Simple, but effective! 
Now, one very small nitpick: My dad had a lot of these games, and back then none that I can remember came with transparent dice (or even anything other than D6). Mostly I remember white plastic with black dots and larger bevels than on your render. 
Edit: Oh, sneaky, I see where you borrowed the dice from now! Well done, guess they are age appropriate at least.
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Wow - so “simple” and perfect textured. Looks convincing for me. Photo-Quality.
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I’m old enough to remember some of these games… both hex-based wargames with map boards and loads of cardboard counters and role-playing games. I think the wargames (like Squad Leader) tended to use more traditional 6 sided dice. RPGs used all sorts. I decided this mythical game would benefit from a range of dice.
They are actually based on my memory of the dice I got with a boxed role-playing game called Runequest in the early Eighties. They weren’t created specifically for this project, but lifted from an updated version of a scene I’ve posted here before.
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Ok wait, is that last pic a render? 
It’s getting really hard to tell lately with the talent level on this site. 
Looks like a Commodore 64 on the right, there. 
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Yeah… it was a tweaked version of this scene
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Oh yeah, I remember liking that image. The new angle and dice look great; you had me second guessing.
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amazing man.
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It looks SOOO good, I wanna move some batallions 
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I guess we both rewound casettes after load errors a lot.
You have a very good sense of lighting in both renders. Most realistic I’ve seen Cycles ever produce.
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