snooker table

[cresshead]

hi
I've been asked by one of my students to make a snooker table as a project in the video tutorial for lightwave, he's a profesional snooker player currently placed in at 95 in the world ranking table.

so here's my in progress snooker table from what i remember about the look of it from t.v a week or so back [i've never played snooker nor really follow it!]

not made the pockets yet and the lower half of the table n legs will be redone at some point, but for an introduction to lightwave cdrom video it looks okay so far...

steve g

www.cresshead.com

[cresshead]

and a more upto date render with a texture applied to the table [wood]

steve g

[Stewpot]

Hi cresshead,

When you redo the legs add an extra pair. Asnooker table has 8 legs!

Good luck

[cresshead]

ahh! well spotted! thanks i didn't know that...the book i got from the library today only had a few photos in it showing the table and most were from above! which make it hard to figure out what the legs look like n how many!!!

cheers for that information..i'm also looking for a decent pic of what a pocket looks like...

steve g

[Stewpot]

Hi cresshead,

Try this link, a couple of long shots:

[URL=http://www.snookersports.com/snooker/snooker.html]

[cresshead]

Brilliant!

thanks for the link...i'll update my table this weekend and post a new render

good old internet!

steve g

[starbase1]

Looking very nice to me...

One suggestion - the lighting from above the table is normally VERY strong compared with light from the rest of the room - the rendered strong side lighting is a real no-no.

In my experience, only when there are TV cameras present is anything well lit apart from the table.

Cheers,
Nick

[colkai]

And from my wasted days in the snooker hall, I'd say don't try to model all the 'furniture' for he table, most of it usually went missing, or got broke ;)

Also, tables aren't normally that "deep", the side cladding seems excessive. The pocket rails are also quite thick and padded on a normal club table.

Try here: http://www.rileyleisure.com/snookertables.htm