Hi all;
Been wanting to play with this ever since KS gave us emmissives. I was interested also by how emmissives would behave on a jpeg created material like treadplate. Well, I found out!
Emmissives created from my clown pass library, converted into emmissives. Modeled in SolidWorks. There's an offset surface on all the appropriate surfaces, to which I tested a smooth and frosted glass in hopes of creating a subtle glaze to the tubes. I don't think it matters. It's all pretty close to the look of the neon signs at my gym, so I'm happy.
And there is a reason for this exercise! I'm now rendering a large 24" x 48" "Neon Sign" (not this one) for use as a backlit transparence for a client's sports gear trade show booth. Test were great, and it's really "in your face" from 100 feet away!
Bill G
www.GouldStudios.com (http://www.gouldstudios.com)