does anyone know how to make plastic?

[Max Wolf]

does anyone know how to make a clear orange/red clear plastic for a car??

[thekho]

Use a gradient for reflection and also use about 75% for diffuse as well as HDRI.

[Max Wolf]

ty.



oh by the way nice avatar.... he is from batle angle right?

[munky]

Hi max

as a quick base for settings use the lightwave presets panel also checkout the BDRF shader also if you have a few dollars check out the IFW shaders collection and also the worms of art (which has some nice surfacing tuts) The worms have a very nice metals collection (replies to how to make aluminium)

regards

paul

[thekho]

Originally posted by Max Wolf
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oh by the way nice avatar.... he is from batle angle right?

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[Max Wolf]

ty everyone

[RobinWood]

I may be reading too much into this question, but I have the impression that you aren't very familiar with transparent materials in Lightwave. (If I'm wrong, please forgive me.)

There are a couple of things you need to do to make the plastic clear.

First, turn down the Diffuse light. Clear things don't react much to light (you can't easily see shadows on them.) If you leave the Diffuse set to 100%, your plastic will look cloudy.

Secondly, you need to set a fairly high Specularity. You need to set the Glossiness too; the higher you make it, the harder the plastic will look. So, if it's very hard, use a high number. For softer plastic, use 30 or 40%.

Thirdly, you have to set the Refraction Index to between 1.46 and 1.55. That's the range for most plastics. (You can skip this step if you aren't planning to turn on Refraction in your render, but it won't look very realistic.) If you are using Refraction, you'll also need to use "Air polys." You can learn more about that by looking at the LW "Glass & Transparent Surfaces" (http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/LightwaveTuts/LWTutSet.html) tutorial on my site. (Just click the correct tutorial on the left when you go there.)

Finally, and this is perhaps the most important, if you want the plastic to be bright red or orange, you need to move to the Advanced tab, and set the Color Filter to a high number. That will color everything that is seen through the transparency, and without it, your plastic won't look "colored" at all. Start with 100%, and turn it down if you decide it needs it. (Or up. It will take more than 100%, of course.)

Hope this helps!

[Max Wolf]

ty all that helps alot