Ice material

[peter008]

the best ice is the one from percydaman. all other look fake.

the problem is that ice would nned a 3d texture.
you will not get good looking ice with only one texture mapped on an object.

you need geometry in the ice (clipping planes) you need air bubbles, cracks etc.

[Gander01]

ice

Has anyone come up with a convincing icecube like the one illustrated by Percydaman yet?
Would be much appreciated if they could share, I havn't even come close, with a vray material it always seems to come out a greeny color.

Cheers!

[Gander01]

my effort

Ok heres an ice material i've tryed to create.

http://www.virtual-light.net/forums/ice.jpg

Obvioulsly a long way from Percydamans material, but I havn't been able to render his in an acceptable timescale (I need to animate.)

This material still needs a lot of work in my opinion so if anyone has any ideas/tips that won't singnificantly speed up rendering time i'd be very glad to here them.

Heres the max file:

http://www.virtual-light.net/forums/chotic.max

Many thanks!

[percydaman]

I took the liberty of taking your file and adjusting it some. Heres the result. Not perfect, but hope its a step in the right direction.



Heres the adjusted scene file:

http://myweb.cableone.net/amylenhart/images/chotic.zip

Keep in mind the scene was rendered using latest 1.46.xx version. Not sure how well itll work with older version.

[Da_elf]

dude. that doesnt look real. not real at all. you forgot the puddle of water heheeh. nice ice though