The scene of second image has three emitters (left, right, and front),
and I controlled their intensity using multilight.
In this time, strong left light and faint front light only.
Maxwell Render + CINEMA4D R9.6/R10.0, Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz, Mac OS X 10.4.8
Hi Thomas, I used CINEMA 4D for the seahorse (as usual...)
I think it took about 8 -12 hours...
it certainly took two nights (I'm at university during the daytime).
Maxwell Render + CINEMA4D R9.6/R10.0, Power Mac G5 Dual 2GHz, Mac OS X 10.4.8