how to create spilled water

[vizuals]

I've tried a lot of different ways to create spilled water on a hard surface

But I cant create a curved area with chamfered egdes.

Is there anyone who knows where to find a tutorial for this???


Thanx

[Morbid Angel]

Im not sure what you mean by "I cant create a curved area with chamfered egdes. " but I can say that you can achieve spilled water with realFlow simulation. If you need just a texture map you can use wetmaps to get that effect.

[olitech]

yes..RealFlow rocks...glue3d is fun.

But if you insist on doing it 'ol skool,
don't use extruded splines...You should
take the time to build it from a plane (plan view), extrude it,
then you can chamfer the edges and msmooth.
It's not actually that painful..and you'll feel like a
terminator if you pull it off...!

[Da_elf]

for water cant you just extrude the shape, then convert to editable poly, then selecting the top face use bevel. 1st bevel should be small extrude, tiiiny bevel. then a larger bevel. then a larger bevel smaller extrude and do that about 3 or 4 times to give an ok curve

[percydaman]

that wouldn't really work, cause the second you used a meshsmooth, it would look whack. And I dont really think beveling 3-4 times is really a doable function.

[vizuals]

but I can say that you can achieve spilled water with realFlow simulation.

Hmmm Morbid, seems your Realflow advise needs a lot of training in a new program. (which I just started doing)

And Da_elf, I tried it, it takes a long time to get it "nice" but it was the best look I got till now.

Still wanna check out olitechs idea

thanx for now, but still not satisfied

[Da_elf]

i do it all the time and i dont need a mesh smooth for it

[olitech]

Ok, obviously spent no time on this, but with more attention...
-if you do want to meshsmooth, don't chamfer the edges.

[Da_elf]

nice one. mine is more simple. 457 faces on mine. how many on yours?

[vizuals]

WHAHAHAAHA

Whahahahaha

I ought to have know this would end in some kind of contest.

Olitech and Da_elf, would you be so kind to send me your water-mesh

And Olitech, and cant get a plane extruded
A little explaination would be greatly apreciated

techon6@yahoo.com

[Da_elf]

you could probably use shell in his case.

[olitech]

1504 polys - 2 iterations
376 - 1 iteration

lol!...i wasn't going for lowest polys
btw: i usually use Elf's technique anyways

doh! i don't think i saved the file, but...when u have the plane
set up, just go into sub-object mode> select faces> extrude (mine)
-or- >bevel (like Elf's)

the main point of my pic was this:
you can't msmooth if u use a spline for your shape...the verts will
converge in the center and pucker.

[olitech]

you could probably use shell in his case.

yes, i did 2 tries
-1 like the example above (using extrude)
-2 shell modifier (to get a bottom surface)

i preferred the results above for some reason

*come to think of it, i've been using Elf's technique hardcore for a
golf community that we're working on...no other way to control poly
counts

[Da_elf]

hehe. both of ours look good. just gave your way a try too. looked nice. both cases work. one of the main things with the water however which mine didnt portray well though since i just did it quickly (and didnt save it) is that reflections play alot in defining it. BTW i painted a wetmap in PS with softedges then in max i traced inside the wetmap with the spline.

[vizuals]

I going mad

I get stuck at the very start

I create a plane (in standard primitives)
And thats where the fun ends