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By Mihai
#394236
I'm starting on a series of metallic car paints, based on real car paint samples (Renault, VW, Ford, Peugeot etc.). This one is called Renault 926 "vert epicea". The sample shape is 20x10cm.

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By Mihai
#394258
Thank you sirs, I think it looks now very close to the reference. I had a bunch of real speed shapes painted by a car paintshop, and I 3D scanned the speedshape so I could have the same shape to compare with, and same lighting conditions. Really makes it a lot easier...
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By Mihai
#394339
Another test with the VW LA7N, otherwise known as "Limestone Grey" (almost certain that's the common name).

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This one was a little tricky to get the color and tone right, it seems like it changes quite a bit depending on which environment it's in, as you can see in the photo references below. It has a definite brownish tint but as it has so many metal flakes, the environment it's in can take away quite a bit from the brown. I think Maxwell behaves nicely to show that :) Without a reference shape and controlled lighting in the real world to produce the reference photos, it would have been very very difficult I think...

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