Soap with loofah

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Hi all,

I am trying to render a block of soap with loofah inside and does not really know how to approach this challenge. Naturally I could not think of a better place to ask for advice.

Thanks

[flipside]

What is loofah?

[J_Bug]

I think it's a dried up ocean creature.

GyroHip, do you have a photo to show us exactly wht you're trying to get?

--Jon

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Loofah

J-Bug is correct, basically it is a type of sponse that you sometimes find within soap which acts as an exfoliator.

Sorry, no pics handy and no digital camera to take a pic of the soap I have, but I will try to find a existing photo.

Thanks

[RErender]

How real does it have to look? I did this one by lofting the "star" shape and the used3d displacement to get the texture.

[Psy]

nice, fix the ground and it'll look better.

also, add some noise to vary the dmimensions of the loofa. sponges aren't perfect cylinder.

[flipside]

But probabely the question was about how to render that loofah inside a whole block of soap, no?

I think you should use blurry refraction for the soap material and it will look ok.

I'll do a little test here.

[RErender]

nice, fix the ground and it'll look better.

also, add some noise to vary the dmimensions of the loofa. sponges aren't perfect cylinder.

:P Just a proof of concept, hardly intended it to be a piece of art...

Missed the part about "inside a block of soap"

[flipside]

Here's my test:




Is this what you meant?

[restoeboemi]

very sweet flipside!

[percydaman]

it looks like glycerin soap

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Loofah

Rerender, it looks pretty good and closely resembles the type of loofah one would use to wash yourself. However the loofah normaly used within the soap is a lot more irregular in shape. I wil really try to get a pic.

Flipside your soap is looking great. What is your render times like and would you mind sharing your material settings?

Thanks

[flipside]

soap mat:




I had AA set to simple two level, 1/4.
Rendertime was 14mins on P3-800Mhz

Lighting is just skylight, refractive GI caustics turned on.

Kitchen.hdr for reflections/refractions in the vray override slot.

That's all!

I just played with the material colors untill it looked right, there is no logic behind it...

regards,

flipside

[J_Bug]

As is the way of Hon Solo , the elusive octa-loofah has been imprissoned for eternity. Never to dry up as all loofahs dream to do one day. Somewhere, in a gallaxy far far away, there is a brave soul who will choose to release the octa-loofah from it's captors eternal gaze....

[flipside]

Let me be that brave soul...