Making a starry sky ceilling

[spas_studio]

Hi,

For our work we make sauna and steambath renders for our clients. I would highly appreciate any advice for making a realistic looking starry sky ceilling ( like on photos attached ) - tried working with vray light emmiting material and also with mesh but the results are not convincing...any advice is highly appreicated. Thanks.

[particlerealities]

I don't know the answer, but watch this video from the ChaosGroupTV YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/HZ_FeuG9WSE?t=25m38s

[spas_studio]

Thanks , I already saw the video, just found no new clue on how to handle the issue from above...

[guillaumelepage]

Well in the first photo it looks like the stars are added in post (photoshop). To achieve the second picture look, just use a bunch of small radius disc lights with a narrow cone angle and volume fog. Hope that helps

[spas_studio]

Well it does...up to now i was trying with emissive material discs which didnt work very well. Now i tried placing disc lights with skatter as you suggested and there is real potential there..Thanks!