[dutch_designer]

Go blue! Clear the noise though and it will look much better

[aitraaz]

Piss! blue is nice...

[NicoR44]

Thanks guys!!
playing with the camera a bit


and a studio setup:

[Mihai]

This studio setup one is great! Send it to that Maya real vs rendered challenge

[glypticmax]

Beautiful work.
Great modeling in Rhino.
I wish I knew how to do such things.
But I have one question.........
What is that white area on the right, where the cables come together?

[Tim Ellis]

Studio set up rocks.


Did you model the seam, or is it a bump map?

Great work Nico.

Tim.

[Jozvex]

That studio setup render is 95% realistic!!

You lose 5% because it looks to me like the cables are intersecting at the first crossover from the bottom plug?

[NicoR44]

Thanks guys!!!

Hey Mihai, That would be nice

Hi glypticmax,
You mean in the right bottom corner? it's just the Light plane reflecting on the floor.

Hi Tim,
I modeled the seam

Hey Jared,

you mean this area here?

I don't think it is

[Maximus3D]

As always when you produce anything Nico it's very well done, and the same goes for this cable. Nice work! your studiosetup is a good one on these latest renderings you posted but i'm missing one or two things.. the specular highlights on your materials are too even, a little bit of irregularity will add realism to your surfaces. Give them some roughnessmaps and a tiny bumpmap and the realism will be there.

/ Max

[glypticmax]

Hi Nico,
I was looking at the top render, where the cables come together and touch. Right side, about mid way.
Great work, as always.

[Jozvex]

Well! It must be so realistic I was dazzled into seeing an optical illusion!

[NicoR44]

Thanks Max!!!
Indeed you're right, I'm planning to use a very light bump and roughness map

Hi glypticmax,
Ah I see what you mean, not sure what that is?? strange..

@Jarad .

I've been playing with Rhino 4 and bending objects in R4 works really great, have a look:

[glypticmax]

Hi Nico,
Maybe that little bit of weirdness is due to meshing either out of Rhino or in the mxs?
Just a thought.
I agree Bend is very handy in the V4 Betas. And just watch your isocurve count jump through the roof. There is a price to pay for NURBS abuse.

[lebbeus]

sigh…NURBS abuse

This is great Nico, any chance you'll be sharing your materials?

[Prowler]

Great studio setup!!!

I don't dare to ask: would you mind sharing a bit of your light setup you used for the last studio shot? Would be nice!