Hate to admit it, Esther, but the shader is BB's... got his permission to use it. It doesn't get better than Bagginsbill's... any way you slice things.

Oh, and absolutely, a script is infinitely faster than my method. Infinitely! Whether mine looks better is strongly debatable, since I still suck at lighting and rendering and a number of other aspects of getting that final-product image. HeRaZa's the talented one in our team: she does all the lovely promos!

Monterey/Mint21.x/Win10 - Blender3.x - PP11.3(cm) - Musescore3.6.2

Wir sind gewohnt, daß die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen
[it is clear that humans have contempt for that which they do not understand] 

Metaphor of Chooks