Acrylic lamp

[howlinthurston3]

Hi,
I've been trying to get close to something like this for the last week but I cant manage to get the emissive core to shine through the outer edges. Any ideas? Thank you.

[Speedster]

Most interesting!  You might try separate emissive mapping.  One on the core.  The others only on the edges of the acrylic.  Control each individually.  I think it would work.
Bill G

[guest84672]

Yes, I agree. This might be best.

[JimmyToTheBe]

Funny coincidence, I was just modelling this lamp for the simple fact I found it very cool and might be an interesting object to try and render. Good job I found this post! Here is my first go at it: