Help with translucent plastic material needed.

[Alex_M]

I'm having a hard time creating a simple translucent plastic material. I tried FastSSS2 in Raytraced (refractive) mode as well as plain Vray material but I can't really nail the look. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here's the reference image. Notice how the parts that have thicker plastic are less transparent:



And my attempts:



EDIT: I think I made something that I'm satisfied with by using VrayMtl with translucency turned turned on. If anyone is interested, I'm providing the material settings below.

[Macker]

Looks good. I think that's one of the hardest materials to create.

[bardo]

It's looking really good.
What's map did you put in the refract color?

[kosso_olli]

I think you nailed it! But same question as before, what is in the refract color?

[Alex_M]

Thanks. Don't pay attention to the map in the refract slot. It's a texture that I painted to make some parts of the plastic opaque. Like the little bead at the bottom of the container. Maybe I could have made it a separate object with a more opaque refraction but whatever.

[bardo]

Ok. Thank you!

[AJ Jefferies]

That looks great!

White semi-translucent plastic seems to be extremely hard to nail.