Quote - Post 32 in this thread may help.

I took a look at the tutorial and while it is good and I appreciate the time it took to do and skill, it really doesn't get the same effect I don't think if you going for a realistic looking holographic image. The materials specifically are hard to get right so they can be seen yet still seen through if that makes sense.

I keep going back to the Star Wars movie analogy for how I want it to look. The details are all there, but the image is hollow and seen through. This effect I have seen on simple figures like in the tutorial link there, but not on a realistic render that with a figure like V4/M4 and clothing or objects on the figure.

Thanks for the replies, I hope others can give some more hints and help as I have yet to find a tutorial or post that has done this. I'm sure someone has out there.

Jeff

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