The bright reflections on the ground/tiles at the base of the windows is not being reflected back onto the glass? this is an odd look (the pool scene)

it almost looks like nothing outside the home is being reflected back onto the glass of the house. you would in reality see the outside reflected ...

that is awesome

I just happened to be listening to Tool "Stinkfist" when I watched this. They go good together. Very surreal!

very nice! try to add some variety to the needles.

that looks go so far. Maybe you could try to remove the hard edges from the right and left sides of the alpha so that they blend better together.

That is an awesome looking tool. The retopology is amazing.

cool, I will give it a try.

will it work even with images in the material?
I tried to upload one a while back and it didn't work so I didnt want to mess anything up on your end

stained, beat concrete material

http://www.jackschmidt.com/concrete_stained.7z

if you mix it with a steel metal material. you can control the rust coverage through turbulence etc.