nacre material

[Deflaminis]

I hate to necro the nacre thread that's 8 years old, but I have a project coming up that needs a good pearl material. I've found a few from various places but I don't really understand the theory behind them. Anyone care to share their updated understanding?

[Vizioen]

I hate to necro the nacre thread that's 8 years old, but I have a project coming up that needs a good pearl material. I've found a few from various places but I don't really understand the theory behind them. Anyone care to share their updated understanding?

I remember a tutorial Viscorbel did a year back. You might benefit from watching it. http://viscorbel.com/creating-mother...ial-with-vray/

[Rens]

For the coloured shimmer, plug a Gradient Ramp in the refl colour, set it to Mapped, then use a Falloff map as the source. Adjust the gradient for the colour, adjust the Falloff map for the angle.