River Table

One of my favorite subject matters, which I watch continually on YouTube, is content creators who craft epoxy resin furniture. Specifically, river tables with live lumber. I’ve been a fan of this type of woodworking for many years. Some of the design work can be very elaborate and elegant. Several of the creators use a variety of design programs to come up with their concepts. This inspired my interest by endeavoring to create one using 3D Studio Max.
For the past 15+ years of as a 3D Artist the bulk of the content I have produced for several clients was hard surface modeling assets. As I said this is my first attempt at creating a river table with accompanying chairs in Max. The wood and epoxy textures were examples found while researching the different types of tables. In the future I will experiment with creating more unique patterns for epoxy. The initial style is a very simple dinner table. The wood sits in a black painted metal frame supported by metal legs with a wide base. The chairs are a low seat high back configuration upholstered with blue woven fabric and red oak wood legs. The carpet is a simple blue/gold pattern with a rust-colored quilted trim. All the assets were modeled in 3D Studio Max rendering with Arnold. The assets are modeled using mid to low poly counts, except for the chair backs to achieve the desired pitch and curve. I used a combination of PBR textures and Arnold material editor to demonstrate the gloss of the epoxy and varnish. My scene is lit by three Arnold lights. One above the asset and two angled from behind the cameras. Each projecting a different level of Kelvin value to achieve a photorealism to the scene.