AlphaMan: This is a faceless male human figure by Todd DeMelle (Ejwize@aol.com). It was built for the GUNK project:
http://www.gunk.org/
Apple: Just a little model made of several colored materials, and no textures. Whenever possible, create your models using colored materials rather than textures; it will be easier for you, quicker to render, and smaller on disk.
Balls: This sample shows the two methods of creating a sphere. The one on the right uses the original sphere algorithm, while the one on the left uses Sphere 2. They were matched as closely as possible in coloring and complexity. The most noticeable difference is that while the ball on the right has obvious north and south poles, the one on the left is more symmetrical and has no obvious poles.
Manta: This is a prototype of a fighter ship developed by Matt Burch for Exobattle. Textures have been removed for the sake of the sample, and the geometry has been modified very slightly by J. Strout. Check out Exobattle — it's awesome:
http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~mburch/exobattle/
Peanut: This is a quick little shape used for exploring the various kinds of texture mapping. You'll find it featured in Section 2 of the manual.
Globe: This is just a sphere with a map of the world wrapped around it. It's here to demonstrate how a standard Mercator map can be used very effectively in building planets.
test-texture.PICT: This is a sort of "test pattern" used as a texture, to explore various kinds of texture mapping.
