"My submission for the Garry's Mod Background Competition.
Look closely for all the moments frozen in time, count how many bottles there are, the right answer gets a gold star!
Hidden somewhere in this image are 2 boots and a hula doll, can you find all 3?

Check out the 8k version here! http://fav.me/ddxjw27

Made with softlamps and lightsprayer with compositing done in photoshop.
Almost every prop comes from useful construction and comic props. Only hl2 characters were used.
Half way through my renders I found out Gman and Odessa don't cast shadows so I placed the player model versions inside the existing ones. I had a few painful crashes while making it and lost a lot of work, but in the end it was all worth it."