Thank you Michael.

Hi Jamie,
good idea. I will try it with a 2D-Person just black in the entrance.

Hi Brian,
no, these are some great suggestions. Before i started i had the aim for the first time to use Bodypaint(Cinema4d) to paint the textures, but i totally underestimated the scene size ( i have now 5.x million polys ). The material on the railing is only one tiled material and if i start to paint on it, cinema will create a huge untiled image. To have still a good resolution i might need perhaps 10.000x10.000 or more , i don`t know.

Another way could be to group the railing differently so that i can give every post or pillar a unique material. At the moment one whole level is only one object.
But at first i will only change the easy things, as i am a bit afraid about the work involved if i change the texture of the railing.;-)

Hi Pilou,

you are truly a master. See my reference image below.
En francais je veux dire "chapeau"

cheers
vinced