Traffic Jam in the Woods

[p3taoctane]

Playing with some critters on a photoscene tree stump.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to make the snail body look slimy. I have tried doing a material mix or a glossy surface and am not getting that slippery slug look and feel. Maybe I need to add some kind of outer skin of polys that is purely specular surface on top of the diffuse polys.l

Would love some tips on that

Thanks

Peter

[kubo]

it does depend a lot on the light, but I got a decent result using a mix with specular and glossy material, where the specular has a high roughness value (wax like), and in your case, most likely, the glossy quite a low roughness.
BTW it's looking great, I like the snail!

[Refracty]

the glossy material needs a map for the specular/roughnes wich takes account to the folds.

[p3taoctane]

Thanks for the tips that helped a lot.

Now I need to work on a better stump and create a slime trail using the same kind of maps: >)

I have only tried specular maps and glossy maps a little. Especially in Octane I thought using them defeated the purpose of a physically correct rendering algorithm... but I can see how in some cases it really helps.

Peter

[Refracty]

The skin looks cool now.
Any other animals planned for the cue?
Can't wait for the slime trail. I guess the fly will then crush into the snail because of the slippery ground

[face]

Nice one, reminds me on 458nm from polynoid

face

[p3taoctane]

Thanks Face (although 458 and Polynoid is just amazing.) I had not seen that before. Makes me realize how far I have to go. But thats what makes it all interesting.

OK two more just to get input on... I lost the robotic dragonfly as I thought it was kind of out of place. I also made a better stump...
Would love feedback from you all if you have a moment and the inclination.

Thanks

Peter

[p3taoctane]

Done for a while I think. Thanks for all the input