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Subject: Metaball Experiments

shadowdragonlord opened this issue on Oct 06, 2004 · 17 posts

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shadowdragonlord ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 10:10 PM · edited Sun, 02 February 2025 at 8:46 AM

Just playing with metaballs and reflective/refractive materials. These are resized down from 200DPI (2000x1400) to be viewable on a screen. I think it's awesome how metaballs blend materials, you can even weight a particular material by duplicating a few key metaballs... This first one is all reflectors (metals and such)... Thanks for stopping to look!

shadowdragonlord ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 10:11 PM

And this one, the refractors (glasses, waters...) I don't like the specularity thing on the second central metaball from the left, but I suppose stuff like that happens in Fake Life...

dougocd ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 10:37 PM

Interesting textures, a few of em look like dog crap LOL...I don't mean they are bad, but literally look like dung.

ysvry ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 11:01 PM

they look more like new potatoes to me just add some root sprouts lol, great test.

for some free stuff i made
and for almost daily fotos

AgentSmith ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 11:02 PM

The back one's (in the 2nd pic), take out the blueish colors, and it looks a little like a potato. Beautiful mats! AS

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dougocd ( ) posted Wed, 06 October 2004 at 11:05 PM

Yes, I thought of potatoes too...I guess my mind is just in the wrong place ;-)

shadowdragonlord ( ) posted Thu, 07 October 2004 at 1:48 AM

SO, basically, I've made crap, and potatoes. Nevermind the glass, metal, none of that stuff. It's poo or potatoes. Amazing.

dougocd ( ) posted Thu, 07 October 2004 at 2:28 AM

It wasn't an insult, I like the textures.

AgentSmith ( ) posted Thu, 07 October 2004 at 2:28 AM

rofl...snicker Oh, I know how ya feel. You never get the comments you imagine you'll get, or the ones you want. They never mention the part of the pic you are secretly most proud of. Yeah...poo & potato's. If it makes you feel any better, I meant to mention the "crinkley elbow" bump map going on in that first pic, it really is cool. Takes it away from the smooth/bald metaballs look. AS

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shadowdragonlord ( ) posted Thu, 07 October 2004 at 5:00 AM

I know you weren't being mean, Doug! I just thought it was funny, and text doesn't convey humor or sarcasm very well! Thanks for the comments, everyone... Oh yeah, AS... the "crinkley elbow" material is my secret weapon. DAZ keeps harassing me for the secrets of the Crinkley Elbow, but I won't give in... unless they send me a demo or something... yeah.. a demo...... Bryce 9 demo would rule...