Attached Link: Fountain Pen

Hi all, This is the 1st object I have created in Carrara. I wanted to play with the Vertex modeler and thought of the Nib on a fountain pen. I think I am starting to get a handle on the shader editor (read wood grain.) This object is rather simple, but you got to start somewhere. I welcome all comments (good & bad). Vern

Looks nice. Good Job!

It looks great. The nib looks a bit wonky, though, like there's some extra metal beyond the tip.... I wonder if there's a way to allow for some highlights along the seams between materials.... Outstanding first object!

Nice job! Keep up the good work. Its a constant learning process. ;) Clint

2 thumbs up mvernon, I think you you post a tutorial for that?

Well.........for your first object I would say excellnet .....but it looks like you've been doing this for awhile to me :) great job Stacey

Thanks for the input, it helps to build the confidence. AzChip, You are right, the Nib has an extra part hanging down, I'll fix that. Stacey, yes I have been Rendering as a hobby since the late 80's when I worked at the Super Collider. I started with POVRAY which had no GUI and was totaly text based (even won an Internet Ray Tracing competion with one of my renderings), then went to Infini-D 2.0, 3.x, 4.x and stayed with it till Carrara came out. I love to render, just can't find the time. I am currently working on an animation using the Pen. I will provide a link to it when I get through. Thanks, Vern