I did enjoy this so friggin much and still amazed you took the time to craft this 3D Cactus for me : ) I'm truly honoured man!

Hey, no problem, dude... it was fun, and it was good practice. I had a chance to return a favor to a friend and practice my 3D skills, so it was like killing two birds with one giant poisonous heat-seeking bird grenade.

Anyhow, I have a few large renders of the pictures that I can send to you if you wish (or alternately, I can always make wallpaper-sized versions if you like), plus I have a higher quality version of the video that I can send to you (youtube really crushes the details when they compress the video). Since the model is complete, if you have and requests for different backgrounds or angles or anything else you might like, let me know and I can make it happen.

Happy Birthday again, dude... This would have been done on time, but the render took about 24 - 30 hours to complete, so I couldn't finish in time for your birthday.

HB

I'm truly honoured that you dedicated so much comittment to this video, I'd love a HD copy to be honest : D And no need for a bigger wallpaper edition, this pic works fine as a wallpaper allready ; )

Well, actually, this was one of the wallpaper-sized ones, but if you need any other specific sizes (for a different sized/aspect ratio monitor), it takes little effort for me to make that happen. As for the video, it's about 67 mb, so what is the easiest way for me to send it to you? Likely rapidshare or some other file-sharing site, I'd imagine.

HB

yeah rapid share or megauploads will be fine :) man 67mb? So damn much D: quality is costy

True, 67mb is pretty hefty for a 1 minute clip.

Anyhow, here it is:

http://rapidshare.com/files/3884384.....spin1.mov.html

HB

certainly looks cool man : D thanks again for this, wish I could post it on the VVV site somehow : (

Yeah, the full-quality version would snap your bandwidth like a twig... But you could always just link to my Youtube video, that's better than nothing, right? Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. If you ever want another render of the Talking Cactus in any situation, just let me know. Now that the model is built and ready, re-using it will take very little effort.

HB

thats the beauty of using 3D you can reuse the model over and over in anyway you want, thanks for the offer man I'll keep it in mind : D

Cool.

How'd the rest of your birthday go, anyhow?

HB

Wow took me 3 days to reply to this : B must be getting slow at my old age, erm my Birthday was so and so never had a big celebration cus Wednesday's are an awkward day to celebrate any occasion on, just got money, had a meal with my wife : B and just kept it simple : ]

Wife?

HB

oh sorry just making a joke : B pretty close with my girlfriend might as well start calling her wife : D don't worry if I got hooked up for llife I'd let my close buddies know ; )

Lol, it's no worry... I've had friends on the 'net get married before without me having a clue. I was ready to give you a 'belated congrats'!

HB