Ocean Monolith

[GrooveMan.exe]

@Grooveman: Really? I keep going over it in my head, I think that's the way the spike would line up on it. Also, the slight variations on the angle don't allow for a very stable, straight line, and on this I thought that the angularity of it was a little more important than a perfect line up. Maybe we can chalk up the builder of the obelisk as an idiot :p. The matte look was a little more what I was going for, but do you have a suggestion on how I could make the reflections less prominent? Also, my initial idea was shiny, but I couldn't make it look like anything other than just bands of various grays without dithering or using ten million colors.

Thanks for the comments guys.

It'd look less shiny if the reflection was more indestinct. Using a more subtle shading/colouring change, and not having the 'edges' of the ray reflection as prominent would do this. Basically; where shiny surfaces reflect, matte surfaces diffuse. The point of the obelisk is leaning a bit too far to the right.