In this Project i tried to portray the dramatic story of the “Endurance” which is a sailing vessel that got stuck in the ice during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1915.
Rendered with Cycles and some touch ups in DaVinci Resolve.
You can check out the animation and breakdown on my ArtStation:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nJZrX4
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Is it ship model from polyheaven?
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I got it from Blenderkit but i think its the same Model yes
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looks lovely but it got a bit more stuck than that though (totally iced in).
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There’s actually a lot of really good photos of the wreck, if you want more inspiration:
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yup, youre right. I wanted to add more ice around the ship but my PC just couldnt handle any additional Polygon 
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Thanks! i found those photos too when searching for reference. I was surprised how many good photos there are.
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I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
Thank you! 
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There is also some film footage, Frank Hurley was a photographer on the expedition.
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Oh interesting, i have only seen still photos so far
Unfortunately they had to abandon a lot of material when they evacuated and only saved some of the footage.
Anyway I really like your render, well done.
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Oh, thats very unfortunate indeed. I would have loved to see more material of this Expedition.
Thanks for the compliment!
You’re on the featured row! 
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Great scene 
Have you used the rig ? I have made it and have always been wondering if that was convenient or not. And I should update it as it is a bit old, but can’t manage to find the time to do it
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Hi, thank you!
I actually didnt realise that the ship had a rig. Apart from a cloth simulation in the sails, the ship was static in my animation and i posed some parts manually.
Its a very cool model btw when i found it, i instantly thought it would make a great fit in my scene.
The model is not mine
I was just wondering if that such a rig was convenient, but it seems it wasn’t useful to you anyway 