Image:Fighting lightsabres.jpg

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[edit] POV-Ray code

Peo's version is made using the Persistence of Vision Raytracer, or "POV-Ray" for short. Use the code below to have this program render this image in any desired size/resolution:

global_settings {max_trace_level  10}

#declare HandleMetal=texture {pigment {color rgb .5} // Metal for end
  finish {ambient .4 reflection .6 phong 1 metallic} // parts of handle 
  }
  
#macro Saber(BeamColor) // Renders one saber with specified beam color
union {
  // Parts forming the handle:
  cone {<0,-4,0>,.05,<0,-3.9,0>,.17 texture {HandleMetal}}
  cylinder {<0,-3.9,0>,<0,-3.85,0>,.17 texture {HandleMetal}}
  cone {<0,-3.85,0>,.17,<0,-3.83,0>,.15 texture {HandleMetal}}
  cylinder {<0,-3.83,0>,<0,-2.3,0>,.15 pigment {color rgb .5} finish {ambient .4}}
  cone {<0,-2.3,0>,.17,<0,-2.28,0>,.15 open texture {HandleMetal}}
  cylinder {<0,-2.28,0>,<0,-2.26,0>,.17 open texture {HandleMetal}}
  cone {<0,-2.26,0>,.17,<0,-2.01,0>,.1 open texture {HandleMetal}}
  
  // The beam:
  cylinder {<0,-2,0>,<0,4,0>,1
    pigment {color rgbt 1}
    hollow
    interior {
      media {
        intervals 10 samples 10,100 confidence 0.9  // Settings re-
        variance 1.0/128 ratio 0.9 // garding the "glowing" beam
        absorption rgb <1,1,1>-BeamColor
        method 3
        density {
          cylindrical
          density_map {           // Density: Most dense along
            [0 color rgb 0]       // the axis, or "center", of
            [.4 color rgb .0625]  // the beam; fading off at
            [.5 color rgb .125]   // greater distances from the
            [.6 color rgb .25]    // beam.
            [.7 color rgb .5]
            [.8 color rgb 1]
            [.9 color rgb 2]
            [1 color rgb 10]
            } // End of density_map
          } // End of density
        } // End of media
      } //end of interior
    } //end of "beam" cylinder
  } // End of entire saber definition:
#end

#declare Spotty=pigment { // Pattern for "spotty
  bumps                   // surroundings", to
  color_map {             // make metals look
    [0 color rgb 0]       // "really metallic".
    [1 color rgb 1]
    }
  scale .3
  }
 
sky_sphere {pigment { // Combine spotty pattern
  gradient z          // with a neutral, white
  pigment_map {       // background for the a-
    [0 Spotty]        // rea the camera "sees".
    [.884 Spotty]
    [.884 color rgb 1]
    [1 color rgb 1]
    }
  translate -.5
  scale 2
  }}

#object {Saber(<1,.3,.1>) rotate <0,0,-53>}
#object {Saber(<.1,.3,1>) rotate <0,0,53>}

camera {
  location <0,0,-5.5>
  look_at 0
  }

light_source {<-100,200,-150> color rgb 1}
light_source {<200,150,100> color rgb 1}