TpwUK Gemmology material Studies (Project Agate - Agate Slice)

TpwUK · 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

bdesign · January 15, 2017, 11:22:46 PM

Super cool, Martin. Look forward to seeing the progressive steps!

Cheers,
Eric

Chad Holton · January 16, 2017, 06:03:32 AM

Looking good, Martin. I'm always on the lookout for unique stones. Keep 'em coming!

NM-92 · January 16, 2017, 06:47:28 AM

Nice scene ! I really like the colours in the image.

TpwUK · 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

Magnus Skogsfjord · January 16, 2017, 01:23:11 PM

Sweet additions, Martin. I gotta say I really like that Acanthite and Calcite stone. Looks superb!

TpwUK · 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

TpwUK · 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

Josh3D · January 17, 2017, 07:36:04 AM

Interesting study Martin! I was thinking the last one looked like a piece of candy

TpwUK · 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

Tumbled and talc polished agates can look like candies - Just don't try crunching into one

Martin

Hossein Alfideh · January 17, 2017, 12:14:02 PM

Looks delicious Martin

Will Gibbons · January 18, 2017, 07:41:40 AM

Kind of reminds me of some dragon egg or something...

TpwUK · 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

bdesign · January 21, 2017, 12:44:18 PM

This looks awesome, Martin! Beautiful texturing and detail. Well done! Thanks for the mention

Cheers,
Eric

TpwUK · 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