Grant Warwick- Mastering Vray: Material Ideas Needed.

[Dariusz Makowski (Dadal)]

This looks to me like simple marble/wood/ocean texture with brushed reflections. How could you not do that? o.O

[fraggle]

This looks to me like simple marble/wood/ocean texture with brushed reflections. How could you not do that? o.O

Lack of talent, or too picky and never satisfied, or probably both, I guess.

[grantwarwick]

How could you get your first attemp better than thousand on my side? Hope you will deliver your secret on your tutorial soon.
Procedural, for example, are impossible to predict and understand, so I went back to basic bitmap.
it looks promising.

Honestly, they can be pretty frustrating to control but with practice you begin to understand a few underlying values needed to produce certain results, then its just a matter of narrowing down.
(With this example I already had a procedural creating that wood grain like texture)

[voltron7]

Gotten around this recently!

That's great news ---^-----^

I would be interested in a pre-purchase, too

[grantwarwick]

Maybe already mentioned, but often need good powder coat paints, especially black. I can never seem to get it right...
Anyway, the progress looks great!

Render size is doubled and samples are reduced to overcome the sampling issue.
very first test.

[squintnic]

ok can i please pre-purchase

[jacksc02]

Grant,
Is there an error in the model you are using for rendering your materials?
In the red powder coated material it looks like there is some dark triangles at the top

[grantwarwick]

Grant,
Is there an error in the model you are using for rendering your materials?
In the red powder coated material it looks like there is some dark triangles at the top

There is with that version of the model.

[voltron7]

Render size is doubled and samples are reduced to overcome the sampling issue.
very first test.

Wow Grant, that looks very convincing!
Thanks, really looking forward to the release...

[voltron7]

Well, I have another one that presents some challenge at times...Concrete masonry unit (CMU) Split-face block style, sim to image...

[grantwarwick]

Well, I have another one that presents some challenge at times...Concrete masonry unit (CMU) Split-face block style, sim to image...

I'd probably use displacement with that example on top of the shader.

[grantwarwick]

To everyone interested in Pre-Purchasing.

I will have the first set of 24 materials ready This coming Sunday -17th November

I'll be going with a subscription model so it will cost $120USD for the first 24 materials plus all future materials I create for an entire year.

Included in the pre-purchase will be an introductory tutorial explaining my process and understanding of how to replicate real world materials.

Anyone willing to make a purchase, please send me a PM or leave a response in this thread. Cheers.

(Also remember, I will offer a discount to anyone who offered their material ideas in this thread)


So far the following people have shown interest-


tom182
dmf-123
TRGraphics
bigapple90
devin
DADAL
tricky
JezUK
Donald2B
cheerioboy
voltron7

[Morne]

To everyone interested in Pre-Purchasing.

I will have the first set of 24 materials ready This coming Sunday -17th November

What system unit and display unit are you using for this?

[grantwarwick]

Thanks Donald.
I'll be taking the same simplified approach with the materials as I did with modeling.

Ive just finished the base coat to my "Black metal" shader seen on guns and scifi equipment out of District 9.
Once again, a simple looking shader that has taken months of refinement in the values to get looking right in different lighting conditions.
(3 layers in the blend)

[grantwarwick]

What system unit and display unit are you using for this?

cm and cm

The measurements on the floor grid are accurate so the ball has a radius of about 25cm (Or a large chrome HDR Ball)