How Can I do tortoiseshell material for glasses?

[andre_spence]

I have been trying to get this material to work for some time but I am not getting the result I would like. If anyone has any tips what I should be focusing on would help a lot

[sirio76]

I would use a translucent shader for the base and a dark volume with procedural noise

[andre_spence]

thank you for tip, then you mean base. Is this what you mean

[sirio76]

Here is a quick test, is done on Vray for Cinema4D but you can do 100% the same in Vray for Max.
Base geometry with translucent shader:



Environment Fog with volumetric noise shader:



Combined:

[andre_spence]

this the result I got

[sirio76]

You should use smoother noise

[Vizioen]

Yes I would use less Levels of noise.