[Matador]

Nice viper.

I was using Omni lights with volume/fog effect added. The kicker is that the effect seemed OK if the Omni light was sitting just outside the hole, but once I put it inside, as to give effect the thrusters were inside the hole, it caused that wierd effect.

Default scan line and Vray seem to handle this much better and are giving the effect that I'm striving for.

Can't wait to see your animation.

I'm currently working on re-texturing the gun turrets and laser cannons. I'll also work on creating some hull detail. I may just cheat and use Greebles.
I'll probably render a few animation sequences this weekend.

I'm looking into purchasing vue 9, by xstream. Have you seen it? pretty cool!