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This was my final exam for my 3D Studio Max course at ITT Tech. We had to choose something elaborate to render, and I chose a chess set because I love chess. The whole thing took about 18 hours.

All the pieces, minus the knight (horsehead for those who don't play chess) were made by drawing half the piece and using Lathe to extrude it 360 degrees. For the knight, I drew the horsehead and extruded it outward. Looking from the front, it doesn't look like a horse. This made designing the knight easier.

Once they were done, the rest of it was a breeze!

The table was provided by (used with permission. Thanks!). I used raytracing to make the board reflective. A different wood material was used on the background.

As luck would have it, 3DS has a checkerboard template, which I changed the tiles to match the table, darkening it for the black tiles. I used the same wood template on the tiles.

The pieces are also shiny thanks to the lights on either side of the board. For some reason, the pieces don't cast shadows (Never resolved that one ).

I passed with flying colors!