Thanks again. I tried the double mesh again and am getting this thing pretty close. I still am having an issue because the drops look like they are floating when you look around the edges. This will end up being used for a client so it needs to be perfect. Is there any we we can solve this?

Thanks again for the reply!

Gave the UV mapping a shot which produced a slightly better result but still getting some interaction when the drops get too close to the base. The drops get a bit floaty when I push them away from the base to combat the issue.

Ive included my drop map that was made in ...

Made another attempt today.

This time I used a single mesh and a mix material.

The geometry errors are gone but Im still getting these dark halos around the water drops.

Thank you for the reply Face.. The meshes still seem to be interacting still @ Epislon .0001 - that's about as low as I can go. I found a post yesterday where someone was able to achieve a really nice result with displacement.

Ive contacted them but no reply quite yet. Here is a link to the post ...

Hey Guys,

Working on adding water droplets to a sphere by displacement.

The base sphere mesh is has a regular glossy material applied.

I then have a second water mesh with a specular material applied. I displaced this and then added an alpha channel to knock out the remaining area where I dont ...

Tried what your doing and Im getting even stranger results.

I have two meshes in play here:

1 Base mesh with glossy material

1 Water mesh with displacement map and alpha channel applied to knockout the rest of mesh.. When I make the water mesh the exact size or smaller than the base mesh I get ...

Looking great man! One thing I noticed is the edges where your background trees meet the sky are a little harsh in some places.. Other than that I love it.

Thanks Peter.. I definitely lost a few hairs in the process but kept most of them

Nice it almost feels tangible

First object in a series I'll be working on.. Took quite some time to get the embellishments and details to look acceptable. I'm also very new to Modo & Octane. Hope you guys like it!