Render this: SSS

arail1

modo with drag and drop presets

solo

Playing again.

woodtick

Ecuadorian,
Well, since I'm really new to this I'm just trying different ideas to see what happens. Nothing scientific to my approach, but I'll share as best I can. bowl,dome.JPG
Dragon sits in the bowl: high reflective template
Dome goes on top for the render:diamond glass
spotlights as shown

Spherical sky, no sun, HDRI
Two small red omnis, nose& throat
skinny spotlight on tongue
tiny orange omni eye

started with rubber ball material and tweaked :

SU fog on
TW preset #9

That covers most of it I think.
Lots of great images here folks......keep 'em coming.
Rich

richcat

Pete that's not the Lockness monster is it

dale

[/quote] escapeartist wrote: Hmm, if the IoR is the same it may have negated the effect. Perhaps applying a mild fresnel effect to the outer layer?[/quote]

I haven't had much time to play lately, but when I do I'll give this a try. Thanks

edmund

playing

solo

Edmund, those look fantastic, what render app?

edmund

@unknownuser said:

Edmund, those look fantastic, what render app?

twilight
rubber ball material
preset 9
let it run overnight

Thanks Solo.

boofredlay

That is excellent. I've not been able to get that kind of result from Twilight. Will have to have another go at it. Do you mind showing your lighting setup?

Does the orange dragon have an eyepatch?

edmund

of course

It was an accident that my light bulb size(radius) was at 50.8
I also used a HDR lighting for the sky probe. Oli posted the link to said hdr images a little while ago.
Thanks Oli.

and you did spot my eyepatch... haha

dale

edmund, you nailed it

Chris_at_Twilight

@edmund said:

It was an accident that my light bulb size(radius) was at 50.8

50.8 is millimeter equivalent of 2 inches, the default light size.

edmund

thank god. I was looking at it like "really?" thats what I made the light bulb size.
thanks for clarification

Thanks Dale

Ecuadorian

Those looked really good, Edmund.

Now, they say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, so I hope Remus doesn't mind my try to achieve a similar look to his blue rubber dragon:

pav_3j

ok, been putting it of, but here is my V-ray attempt.

i used a preset as a guide and made this material, not sure what it is!
its has some mega harsh shadows which i have no idea how to get rid of as i am still learing V-ray.
Rendered in less than 40s which i was mega impressed by!

pav