starfish shader??

[maxer]

hi friends
i've some problems to make a nice starfish shader like this one:
http://www.erikhenne.com/images/Star...tar%20fish.jpg

some tips and hints to do that

greets

[instinct]

are you referring to the look of the surface or the displacement for the bumps ? as for the bumps i'd say an electric map set to exponential with an inverted cellmap in the white slot should do the trick with a bit of tweaking.

Thorsten

[percydaman]

frankly I would just paint the map manually.

[studioDIM]

I'd agree with both: a cellular, a mask and some tweaks might prepare a really good base.
It's so very easy to refine (less so to make organic-looking, but that's only user skill) with photoshop or equivalent.

Lele

[peterC]

Yes paint the color map.
Then use perhaps the fast sss with the vrayblendmtl
to get the wet look and nice surface shading, and finally use displacement ( variation of the colormap ) to get the small geometry.