[b-kandor]

This is a small part of a project I recently finished. I'm quite happy with how the acrylic looks.... but the black plastic part needs *lots* of work.

[Thomas An.]

Hi B.

Thanks for posting this one I didn't know it can look that good.

(P.S. Did you have to modify the material at all ? )

[4 HeRo]

Wow very nice

[JCAddy]

Yup, that's what it looks like!

Very nice.

[aitraaz]

Yup, i'd be happy too, the acyrlic looks amazing

[JDHill]

Holy cow...that's perfect!

[b-kandor]

Hi B.

Thanks for posting this one I didn't know it can look that good.

(P.S. Did you have to modify the material at all ? )

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Thomas: I changed the weight of the second (frost) layer to 5 from 15 (which was the value of the last version). Thanks again for your help with it.

[Thomas An.]

Thomas: I changed the weight of the second (frost) layer to 5 from 15 (which was the value of the last version). Thanks again for your help with it.

Thanks B.

Thats the "internal reflection boost layer"
I remember it started as 5 or so, but then it went up, because the edges were not shiny enough in your last scene. So, is 5 a value that works best in most situations ? ... or do you keep changing per case ?

[b-kandor]

Havn't made enough tests yet to say. I've been deep in part/tool design land for 3 months

I just remembered that 15 seemed a little much so I made a guess at 5, then when I saw that the test was looking nice I just let it run overnight. That's 1600x800 and it's got about 14 hours each on my 2 dual core machines. With 3 emitters and a skydome.

As an acrylic mat. it definately passes muster!

[tom]

Model itself plays an important role, too. Having no hard edges makes this material roar here. Very nice finish! ...also thanks to Thomas!

[b-kandor]

Thanks, Tom,

That's one of the benefits of modelling part that are manufactured. Everything I model gets built one way or the other. In this case I designed all of those parts and then designed the injection mold tooling for them. The tools are being cut now and will be ready by next week.

[Mihai]

Very convincing!

[glypticmax]

You guys hit it on the acrylic material.
Very nice work.
I'm in awe of such skill with the Material Manager.
Or should I say getting the image out of your head, and onto
the monitor.
Incredible.

[Maximus3D]

I agree, this is spot on perfect. It has that smooth nice acrylic look and feel ..perhaps toss in a couple of hairthin long scratches in various places and you got it.

/ Max

[Hervé]

... solid..