So I got one successful render.....

Tried the complex section cut rendering once more tonight and out of 4 passes it made it once again to 3 3/4 and crashed. But I did manage to get one simple rendering done. It doesn't have any context around it, so it really makes it kind of blurry but overall it's better than nothing I suppose. I'm going to try and loosen up the rigid sphere and see if I can get a few more screen captures before school starts back on Monday.