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Title: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on November 21, 2016, 08:56:28 PM
Spiky Creedite Cluster
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: bdesign on November 21, 2016, 09:58:47 PM
Beautiful, Martin! Very well done!  8)

Eric
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: Finema on November 21, 2016, 10:18:33 PM
Yes It's very nice !
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 01:07:45 AM
Thanks Eric ... Thanks Finema

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: Arian Shamil on November 22, 2016, 01:11:06 AM
Wonderful, love it Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 04:26:36 AM
Thanks Arian - Always nice to hear from you

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: NM-92 on November 22, 2016, 05:12:03 AM
Well, this is different. Really nice reflections.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: guest84672 on November 22, 2016, 05:33:58 AM
Looks awesome!!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 06:03:03 AM
Thanks Nico ... Thank you Thomas

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: E.Sirbu on November 22, 2016, 09:46:41 AM
Looks great!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 11:44:56 AM
Quote from: E.Sirbu on November 22, 2016, 09:46:41 AM
Looks great!
Thank you buddy

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: crazer on November 22, 2016, 11:46:10 AM
wow! Well done!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 12:26:42 PM
Quote from: crazer on November 22, 2016, 11:46:10 AM
wow! Well done!
Many thanks :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies
Post by: TpwUK on November 22, 2016, 12:32:39 PM
Calcite deposits with Dogtooth Spar growing on a Sandstone massive
Modelled in Blender 2.78a
Rendered with KeyShot and MatGraph
No post. No 3rd party materials -  512 Samples
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: Will Gibbons on November 23, 2016, 08:36:13 AM
These are cool! That last one looks terrifyingly sharp. What kind of material did you use on it?
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: Esben Oxholm on November 23, 2016, 10:27:45 AM
Cool stuff.
Love that color combination going on in the first shot.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: Magnus Skogsfjord on November 23, 2016, 11:29:36 AM
That first one looks really cool indeed! Sharp!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: Arian Shamil on November 23, 2016, 02:22:27 PM
Another great image....Martin i LOVE the 2nd too!!!! :)
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: TpwUK on November 23, 2016, 03:42:25 PM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on November 23, 2016, 08:36:13 AM
These are cool! That last one looks terrifyingly sharp. What kind of material did you use on it?
It started out as the milk translucency material Will, thanks for the taking the time to look and comment

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: bdesign on November 23, 2016, 05:51:31 PM
Brilliant, Martin! So realistic. Is the Dogtooth Spar modeling done somehow with instance replacement of particles on the surface? I've never tried Blender, but I think I really must!

Cheers,
Eric
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: TpwUK on November 24, 2016, 07:42:47 AM
Quote from: Esben Oxholm on November 23, 2016, 10:27:45 AM
Cool stuff.
Love that color combination going on in the first shot.
Thanks Esben, just two pins added to one of the Dosch interior HDRi maps
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on November 23, 2016, 11:29:36 AM
That first one looks really cool indeed! Sharp!
Thanks Magnus - great to hear from you :)
Quote from: Arian Shamil on November 23, 2016, 02:22:27 PM
Another great image....Martin i LOVE the 2nd too!!!! :)
Thank you very much Arian - Hope you're all well :)
Quote from: bdesign on November 23, 2016, 05:51:31 PM
Brilliant, Martin! So realistic. Is the Dogtooth Spar modeling done somehow with instance replacement of particles on the surface? I've never tried Blender, but I think I really must!

Cheers,
Eric
My thanks again Eric, the models are random linear subdivisions for mesh density, then Catmul-Clark subdivisions again for the displacement using cloud and Voronoi procedural shaders and some noise too for the rock

All the best guys, won't be around much for a few weeks after the weekend, so more renders are likely to be few and far between

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: Hossein Alfideh on November 25, 2016, 08:57:25 AM
stunning work Martin! the first on looks amazing man! very interesting project.  :)
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Dogtooth Spar)
Post by: TpwUK on November 25, 2016, 09:41:14 AM
Quote from: Hossein Alfideh on November 25, 2016, 08:57:25 AM
stunning work Martin! the first on looks amazing man! very interesting project.  :)
Thanks Hossein - appreciated

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: TpwUK on January 02, 2017, 02:15:19 PM
Acanthite and Calcite combo modelled with Blender 2.78a using particle emitters and sub division modifiers exported as OBJ

11 Million Tri's
256 Samples
Bi-Crystal combo cluster without any base stone/rock matrix.

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: Will Gibbons on January 03, 2017, 06:57:05 AM
Awesome! Nice choice in colors/materials.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: Hossein Alfideh on January 03, 2017, 07:57:02 AM
So cool!
What base materials are you using here Martin?
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: TpwUK on January 03, 2017, 08:57:56 AM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on January 03, 2017, 06:57:05 AM
Awesome! Nice choice in colors/materials.
Thanks Will :)

Quote from: Hossein Alfideh on January 03, 2017, 07:57:02 AM
So cool!
What base materials are you using here Martin?
Hi Hossein the Calcite is Miscellaneous/Milk the Acanthite is custom metallic paint with bump and metal colour using texture maps from KS

A happy new year to you both :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: NM-92 on January 03, 2017, 09:14:21 AM
Great model Martín ! Textures are looking really good too.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: TpwUK on January 03, 2017, 10:05:14 AM
Quote from: NM-92 on January 03, 2017, 09:14:21 AM
Great model Martín ! Textures are looking really good too.
Thanks Nico - Have a great 2017 !!

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Acanthite/Calcite Combo Cluster)
Post by: Hossein Alfideh on January 05, 2017, 04:59:13 AM
Looks nice man!
Happy new year too ;)
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Agate (in the rough))
Post by: TpwUK on January 15, 2017, 11:19:35 PM
Project Agate - Sequential render study from rough to tumbled, to cut and polished and finally a sliced and polished to finish with.

Modelled with Blender 2.78a
Materials created with KS MatGraph and one 3rd party texture from an unknown person so can't give credit
1 Hour render time
Camera set as Nikon 110mm/f5.6
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: bdesign on January 15, 2017, 11:22:46 PM
Super cool, Martin. Look forward to seeing the progressive steps!

Cheers,
Eric
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: Chad Holton on January 16, 2017, 06:03:32 AM
Looking good, Martin. I'm always on the lookout for unique stones. Keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: NM-92 on January 16, 2017, 06:47:28 AM
Nice scene ! I really like the colours in the image.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: TpwUK on January 16, 2017, 09:06:42 AM
Quote from: bdesign on January 15, 2017, 11:22:46 PM
Super cool, Martin. Look forward to seeing the progressive steps!

Cheers,
Eric
Thanks Eric - Tumbled agate won't take too long in coming (famous last words)
Quote from: Chad Holton on January 16, 2017, 06:03:32 AM
Looking good, Martin. I'm always on the lookout for unique stones. Keep 'em coming!
Will add it to the Cloud Library if you want to play with it Chad :)
Quote from: NM-92 on January 16, 2017, 06:47:28 AM
Nice scene ! I really like the colours in the image.
Thanks Nico - They did take a bit of time to get them looking about right

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: Magnus Skogsfjord on January 16, 2017, 01:23:11 PM
Sweet additions, Martin. I gotta say I really like that Acanthite and Calcite stone. Looks superb!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: TpwUK on January 16, 2017, 03:02:40 PM
Quote from: Magnus Skogsfjord on January 16, 2017, 01:23:11 PM
Sweet additions, Martin. I gotta say I really like that Acanthite and Calcite stone. Looks superb!
Thanks for the kind words Magnus, always good to hear from you.

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate(Tumble Polished)
Post by: TpwUK on January 17, 2017, 02:31:51 AM
Same settings as before other than a change in the materials and render-time which had to be extended to two hours. All materials this time were constructed using KeyShot Procedurals

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: Josh3D on January 17, 2017, 07:36:04 AM
Interesting study Martin! I was thinking the last one looked like a piece of candy  :o
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: TpwUK on January 17, 2017, 08:35:16 AM
Quote from: Josh Mings on January 17, 2017, 07:36:04 AM
Interesting study Martin! I was thinking the last one looked like a piece of candy  :o
Tumbled and talc polished agates can look like candies - Just don't try crunching into one :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate(Tumble Polished)
Post by: Hossein Alfideh on January 17, 2017, 12:14:02 PM
Looks delicious Martin  :D
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: Will Gibbons on January 18, 2017, 07:41:40 AM
Kind of reminds me of some dragon egg or something...
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate: Cut and Polished)
Post by: TpwUK on January 21, 2017, 11:53:02 AM
Low grade pressure fractured Agate with Quartz inclusions cut and polished. I should have spent more time with the modelling to create a better geode as the outer crust should intrude into the interior and wouldn't have a clean edge as depicted here.

Thanks go to Eric for his crackled textures that I am sure are going to come in very handy soon.

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: bdesign on January 21, 2017, 12:44:18 PM
This looks awesome, Martin! Beautiful texturing and detail. Well done! Thanks for the mention :)

Cheers,
Eric
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: TpwUK on January 21, 2017, 02:51:52 PM
Quote from: bdesign on January 21, 2017, 12:44:18 PM
This looks awesome, Martin! Beautiful texturing and detail. Well done! Thanks for the mention :)

Cheers,
Eric
Thanks for the comment and you're welcome :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate)
Post by: NM-92 on January 21, 2017, 03:34:01 PM
Those little reflective pieces on the inner surface look gorgeous.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 28, 2017, 01:16:45 AM
Sadly my modelling skills let down the final result of this render, but at least the concept works.

Modelling: Blender 2.78a
Rendering: KeyShot 6.3.19
Render Specs: 454,658 triangles rendered to 128 samples on 32 cores = 6hr render time

Raw image from KeyShot with no post editing.

Martin

Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 28, 2017, 03:30:02 AM
Final image after retouching with Pixelmator ...
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: NM-92 on January 28, 2017, 10:52:08 AM
This one is amazing Martin. The best of this set IMO.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 28, 2017, 11:11:34 AM
Thanks Nico - Done with Agate for now :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: Will Gibbons on January 30, 2017, 09:59:38 AM
Wow! I really, really like how this turned out. I don't think your modeling skills took anything away from it. Definitely, both the inner and outer surfaces look great. I know you said you're done with this one, but I'd be curious to see how this looks sitting up on end with a point light behind it... see if it glows since it is translucent.

Very nice.
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 30, 2017, 05:02:16 PM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on January 30, 2017, 09:59:38 AM
Wow! I really, really like how this turned out. I don't think your modeling skills took anything away from it. Definitely, both the inner and outer surfaces look great. I know you said you're done with this one, but I'd be curious to see how this looks sitting up on end with a point light behind it... see if it glows since it is translucent.

Very nice.

Thanks for the kind words Will - Going to leave this one cooking for a few hours. I am doing the render like a partial eclipse so you can see the back light peeking over the top of the slice. I will post it either in the morning or after it's done doing 128 samples if I am still awake then :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 31, 2017, 12:58:55 AM
Raw KeyShot image to test translucency for Will - 128 samples rendered in 5hrs 26mins

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: Will Gibbons on January 31, 2017, 07:49:57 AM
Nice! What really works here, is the 'whiter' areas let more light through (as they would( and it shows off some depth. The veins between the cells too seem to pop out. Thanks for doing this and posting it!
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: TpwUK on January 31, 2017, 10:05:09 AM
Quote from: Will Gibbons on January 31, 2017, 07:49:57 AM
Nice! What really works here, is the 'whiter' areas let more light through (as they would( and it shows off some depth. The veins between the cells too seem to pop out. Thanks for doing this and posting it!
You're Welcome Will, it turned out quiet well :)

Martin
Title: Re: TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)
Post by: bdesign on February 03, 2017, 01:10:20 AM
I love the slice,Martin. Very well done! Also my favorite :)

Cheers,
Eric