Looney Gears (MoI exercise)

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:05 am

that's why I didn't suggest gold and silver

You could try a dark or bright copper

(Void or Pt blended with it)

I also tried 50:50% gold and silver - looks good

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:11 am

Animation size render done to 100 spp, took 35 minutes.

Do you think I should add an exponent map to the large gear to make the spokes have blurry reflections? BTW, the large gear is steel, the small gear is aluminum with exponent 1000, and the cross-bar gear is copper.

Post by **OnoSendai** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:12 am

I think you should put at least a subtle bump on all the gears.

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:14 am

As in a slightly brushed look?

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:21 am

looks great

a scratch map

btw, your brush map - is it JUST bump or also Exponent? I suggest you, trying, to make it both

(as well as the scratches on the grears. if you make them)

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 4:23 am

Right now it's just bump, I'll try adding some exponent. What would you think of a mahogany mounting base instead of brushed metal?

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:43 am

lol sounds noble

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:39 am

Mahogany test. The grain is a bit out of scale and there's no bump yet. I like it so far, though.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:52 am

looks good, indeed

Is this already a combined exponent + bump map?

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:56 am

Not yet.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:07 am

You need the same map, for both, for brushed material, maybe a little darkened, if you have pure white in the map.

for scratches, it can stay similar

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:48 am

Here it is with the bump map applied as exponent as well, but I don't see a difference at first glance.

Kram1032 · Post by **Kram1032** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:34 am

hum, yeah, true...

neither better not worse... also the cleanness isn't affected...

What does the samplerate vs time say? are they similar or is there an obvious difference?

I guess, that effect might get stronger, when you use it with heavier noise... so, it doesn't matter, with that, then... hum...

Lord of the Rings Junkie · Post by **Lord of the Rings Junkie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:35 am

Not really an update, but here is a full size still render of what I have so far. Me thinks the wood grain needs to be a bit smaller and some bump...

Post by **OnoSendai** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:37 am

Looking pretty sweet,
still hanging out for some scratches on internal gears; and wood texture is too low res

Looney Gears (MoI exercise)

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