A better Ring by WayneZac

3D Studio Max • Film/TV • posted on Jul 01, 2003

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Description

I found the actual RGB values for gold on Google, and used them here. I also put on a self illumination map to brighten up the text. The photon energy has also been decreased to dim the surface caustics. Please comment on changes.

Comments (12)

darksecret1

5:14PM | Tue, 01 July 2003

amazing image. stunning work! :)

fahsi

7:04PM | Tue, 01 July 2003

The ring is very good. But i`m not sure about the ground texture...

Tibbe

7:17PM | Tue, 01 July 2003

real nice ring, ground sucks hehe :D

Quikp51

8:35PM | Tue, 01 July 2003

Looks great!

zebuwin

4:28AM | Wed, 02 July 2003

Much better!

magicpixel

10:33AM | Wed, 02 July 2003

Now you're really getting there! well done WayneZac.

DeathGoth

8:18PM | Wed, 02 July 2003

well well I see u got it right... not try puting it in a scene of some sort.... then it would eb cool...

WayneZac

9:35PM | Wed, 02 July 2003

Hmmm, yes; I have an idea for a scene.

romis

9:26AM | Thu, 03 July 2003

I like the subject, altough there are some details that could be better worked. The shape of the ring it's a little strange to me, maybe 'cause the flat surface on the outside. I think it should be more rounded like the ring on the movie (didn't you use reference images? I think it would help the modeling). Another thing that feels unpleasant to me is the color of the gold (altough it has the correct RGB values). It looks very pale. Sometimes in CG the phisically correct is not the better visually. Sometimes we have to twinkle the reallity to get a better look. What renderer are you using?

WayneZac

11:32PM | Thu, 03 July 2003

Yeah, I didn't realize how the ring is supposed to look until I watched the FOTR after I completed this project. But I'm done with this thing. Rendered in Mental Ray 2.

ghandi

3:33PM | Fri, 04 July 2003

I must agree with romis, the shape of the ring is not by far the ideal one. But the texture is magnificent. I think you should use a D shape as the section through the ring making it look more roundish on the outside. But all in all it look great

WayneZac

8:44PM | Fri, 04 July 2003

Ahhh... now that's good advice, I'll do that.