Obligatory chrome ball

[CiaranM]

I know this type of thing has been beaten to death, but this was my first time experimenting with HDR environments and was a great opportunity to learn LW materials. So I thought I'd share.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/cmoloney/Pics/Crustyball.jpg
I tried to make the chrome a little crusty, just for fun.

[robpauza]

Cool. It looks like the sphere is being illuminated from the inside.

-Rob

[lsddigital]

Yeah.. but i think it is because camera angle. Yo don´t see anything but sphere and floor... if you could see more, maybe sky, I thing you could appreciate the reflection effect.

I like it!... and depth of field blur is great!

[riki]

Looks great, love the feel.

[Zafar Iqbal]

Originally posted by CiaranM
I know this type of thing has been beaten to death, but this was my first time experimenting with HDR environments and was a great opportunity to learn LW materials. So I thought I'd share.
http://members.lycos.co.uk/cmoloney/Pics/Crustyball.jpg
I tried to make the chrome a little crusty, just for fun.

Looks cool. I did one (who hasen't? :D )some years ago to learn abot fresnel shader.

I still have it: ball.avi - cinepack compressed (http://www.digital-ray.dk/ball.avi)

I know.. it kicks serious *** :rolleyes:

[CiaranM]

thanks! ;)

[scottn]

How about a quick description of the surfacing techniques you used? Especially how you did the scratches and got the reflection all blurry.