6am update, got some grass in, 77,000 instances, scene remains responsive, so I'll crack on with some fun greebling, color grading is all over the shop, I'm just experimenting at this stage, full lighting and grading on 14th. Also just realised there is barely a wrangle in the entire project but I'm not Vexed with my lack of Vex flexin (Attribute Adjust node on random FTW

editing the grass, tweaking the post process and greebling like I planned what seems like 23,000 days ago, more to come but its the final day tomorrow of assembly tomorrow...
fun factor 9.8/10

(edit, added some ruins atop the clover towers, long day and same tomorrow with focus on some better leaf foliage on the trees, knocked out saturation for these shots,)

...and that's a wrap, as far as elements being added anyhow. Tomorrow is about getting a submission packaged in some reasonable amount of GB's. certainly not anywhere near as complete as I hoped but learnt alot...

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I love yeas all, I'm stepping aside from the digital Art domain, I expected the measured and rational response from the excellent folk @SideFX regarding Ai, we are within interesting times, and we are within good hands and Houdini(not just some flashy toy, yea all know it),, she is something unique and very much aligned with Humanity's vector , the Ai wave is coming,...so what, a piece of **** all compared to the real deal. Make tools not Slop. Peace , Love and Respect to yeas all...,...its not over (Chaos makes the rules, but, in the end,...Love wins