• I wanted to create a submarine to play around with Lightwave's fog effects (ala seaQuest DSV) so I drew this one up on paper, then modeled it in Modeler. I then placed the sub above a seabed and rendered it.

• I used a sphere and did several boolean subtractions to create the protective shell that surrounds the bathysphere-like bubble. I used booleans to create the rear compartment, which was designed to be removable. Basically, the cab is a self-operating unit, and it can attach any cargo payload it needs to haul.

• The propellor housings are simply lathed ovals. They are independently pivotable. Using these pivot points and sped-up propellor envelopes, I can simulate any kind of maneuvering I need.

• I use the DreadHull bitmap that came with Lightwave 3.0 as a diffuse map to dirty up the yellow colour of the sub.

• The lightbeam was also supplied with the version of Lightwave I have. I won't get into how it's done here, because I didn't create it.

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