[Hybaj]

Just a simple 2 layer system. I just realized that I lost the material and the map too. Bummer

[Tim Ellis]

LarsSon metallic car paint with M~R glare:-




Black version of my metal flake paint, no glare:-



Wow, the tiling shows up a bit too much in the black. Maybe need to fix that Timmy.


Tim.

[LarsSon]

WoW!!!

You made me really happy!
I like it alot. Nice to see how that little
coating candy works in your model.

Even without tiling problem, black paint is really
hard to get right. I didn't and i don't even know why.

Good work Tim!


-LarsSon

[daros]

Great renderings Tim and cool material Larson.
However i must say that in my opinion the car paint is to reflective.

[Tim Ellis]

However i must say that in my opinion the car paint is to reflective.

Heh, this has been the thorn in my side since I made my first ever car render 4 years ago.

I know it's personal taste, but please check these photos of my real car and then please tell me again if our materials are too reflective.







Cheers,

Tim.

[sandykoufax]

Great!!!!!

Here is my car render.



but I can't use Larsson's materials because that my materials already have weightmapped texture in the side panel.

It just have 2 bsdf layers and coating layer.

How could I make a Larsson's metallic material with another weightmapped texture?

[Tea_Bag]

Wow! Good Renders Tim I really like your lighting too!! Cant wait to use your car paint! More! More! More!



Tea_bag

[Tim Ellis]

Cheers Tea_Bag.



Sandy, I would use another layer, similar to the method I used for the metal flakes in my paint.

Let the weightmap reveal a black bsdf layer. If you are only putting the black text on your great car.

If you need to use a reflectance map, which from your render I think you do, then weightmap that layer. I think you could get away with just adding another layer to LarsSon's paint stack.

For the graphics on my Pimpala model, I used a slightly different method.

I took the colour values for the two layers of paint, from the MXED, using these I created a texture in Photoshop and overlayed the graphics.

Loading my car paint, I then put this texture as a reflectance map. In bsdf layer 1 the graphics are very prominent, if in layer 2 only, then the graphics have that painted over look.

So you could take the base colours of the paint, create a texture in PS or similar, then overlay this with your graphics. Obviously you need to match up your mesh for the UV mapping.

Hope this helps,

Tim.

[Tim Ellis]

Just a new render with Maxwell V1.1. Glare added with Maxwell after render.
Bump mapping fixed in shadow areas of the cobbles texture.



Rendered in 14hrs to level 16.

Tim.

[superbad]

However i must say that in my opinion the car paint is to reflective.

I would say not reflective enough actually. Check out these photos:

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mer ... ode=PHOTOS

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mer ... STIMONIALS

Some of those cars are so reflective you can barely tell what color they are.

[Tim Ellis]

However i must say that in my opinion the car paint is to reflective.

I would say not reflective enough actually. Check out these photos:

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mer ... ode=PHOTOS

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/mer ... STIMONIALS

Some of those cars are so reflective you can barely tell what color they are.

Hence my posting the photos of my car.


Glad you agree.


Tim.

[sam7]

Hi!

I really like that material!!!

what glare maps did you use?

[CJElven]

Sandy! When did you come over to my house? I thought I had the only one of those! Stinkin' salesman. I'll bet he gypped me quite a bit...thinkin' I had a totally unique car. DANG IT!!!!! And the ride isn't even that good.

[ricardo]

Tim,

The works on the car is just great, cheers!

You really need to share your knowledge on glare. It's miles ahead anything I was able to achieve. Or if you already did that and I didn't see the post please let me know...

Ricardo

[Tim Ellis]

Glare maps will be online for download tomorrow, including a short tutorial cos' there's many different ways to add glare.

The one used in the last image is a fine 6 pointed white star on a black background.

The black paint is available in the Maxwell Goodies/ Share materials thread and is included in my car paint with the red & green versions.


Cheers,

Tim.