Model AND Render this: Lavalamp

solo

No I'm evil.

EarthMover

Great idea. How about you just coin it "Dupe This"?

joppermann

@earthmover said:

Great idea. How about you just coin it "Dupe This"?

Or..."Try to model as well as solo."

marked001

no cheating!

http://formfonts.com/viewModel.php?view=1&id=55

chrisjk

I take it that SketchyPhysics is allowed?

solo

Sure Sketchy physics is allowed, are you planning an animation?

solo

Either this is a real tough one, y'all are too busy for it or not interested.

I guess I will need to go first.

The outer glass

The inner liquid

The stand

The lava

wires

Rendered with Thea, lava is a medium based material with subsurface scattering.

Rich O Brien

Pete,

I've modelled a lamp but struggling with the render. Do I model glass, liquid and wax and apply material setting to each?

Or just glass with wax inside?

I'm using Twilight

solo

Rich, I'd difinately make the glass with thickness and apply a Twilight normal glass (not thin glass) The liquid inside will be water I guess with a very slight color and the lava can be a SSS material (try Rubber from Twilight and increase absorption)
Use a basic rectangular plane as light and try it with different strengths and positions until you get the right look I guess.

fymoro

Hey Pete, It's absolutely incredible, very quick and so nice render...Congrats...

notareal

@solo said:

Rich, I'd difinately make the glass with thickness and apply a Twilight normal glass (not thin glass) The liquid inside will be water I guess with a very slight color and the lava can be a SSS material (try Rubber from Twilight and increase absorption)
Use a basic rectangular plane as light and try it with different strengths and positions until you get the right look I guess.

With Trilight (and Kerkeythea) one must model so that surface normals do point from inside to out; from the wax to the water, from the water to the glass and from the glass to air. Use dielectric materials. Wax will need SSS.
Principle http://www.kerkythea.net/phpBB2/files/dielectrice_glass_modeling_normals_echo2web_129.jpg

Nice render solo!

tallbridgeguy

Just to show how great Solo is at rendering, I will submit the anti-lava lamp. I call it the ping pong rocket!

I did a really quick attempt so I could play with Thea. I need to learn how to make sss mats in thea,among other things....I think I will go back to bridges.

At least right now, I'm second best! (Until somebody else enters...of course)

TBG

EscapeArtist

I'm working on this retro-styled model:

Rich O Brien

@solo said:

lava can be a SSS material (try Rubber from Twilight and increase absorption)

By absorption, do you mean the SSS Density setting? Do you have a suggestion on how high it should be?

@solo said:

Use a basic rectangular plane as light and try it with different strengths and positions until you get the right look I guess

At the moment i'm using the circular base below the liquid as a light emitter. Is this the right approach?

Great challenge, very informative

boofredlay

Alright Pete, you are an evil man
All I set out to do was make a simple lava lamp and post a render. Well I have spent a good portion of my afternoon / evening on this now although most of it has been fun.
As for the model this, here are some shots of my model. And yes, I know I am too detailed sometimes. I went for the bottle cap and all

I have a couple renders planned, one cooking right now.

honoluludesktop

Great model and render Solo. TBG, I like your render, what is your tool. Interesting note is that Solo's photos of his collection have a wider contrast, and some incompatible colors that all add to the illustrations sense of reality!-)