bagginsbill opened this issue on Apr 13, 2015 ยท 34 posts
bagginsbill posted Mon, 13 April 2015 at 6:35 PM
Somebody asked me about stuff like this in a PM.
I don't have it figured out yet. This render took extremely long to do. I don't even know what the formula is - nothing is published.
Just sharing - don't have a point yet. Hopefully this thread will turn into something. What's really strange about bronze is that it almost always has some coating applied (patina) that prevents it from behaving like a true metal. It doesn't reflect exclusively in it's natural color like other metals. I have therefore made this shader with a double layer of reflection (much like the pearl shader I did last year). I don't know what to make of it. I haven't any bronze in my possession, so I look at Googled images. But they're like 20 wildly different appearances. So confusing.
Renderosity forum reply notifications are wonky. If I read a follow-up in a thread, but I don't myself reply, then notifications no longer happen AT ALL on that thread. So if I seem to be ignoring a question, that's why. (Updated September 23, 2019)