And I forgot to post these shots:
And
After getting back High Def tests, we decided that the series will be rendered and edited in 1920x1080 for possible output someday to 1080i or 1080p on Blu-ray or HD DVD or iTv or whatever comes next. For major online distro though, the output will be for iPod video.
So basically by the end of the season we are going to be attempting feature level effects with Blender 3D.