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16 Nov 2024 12:23:20 EST (-0500)
  Re: Got carried away...  
From: Greg Edwards
Date: 23 Jan 2003 15:39:29
Message: <1f24eykn1trhp.s29tbdmumknd.dlg@40tude.net>
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:57:31 +0100, Peter Hertel wrote:

>> Great image but the soap brush looks too solid on the bristle part.
>>
> Thanks! Yeah.. I know :) It's only a cylinder and a sphere with a simple
> texture. I tried to make it better, first by making a lot of small objects,
> then by using media (which I haven't used much at all). But as I'm planning
> to add it to a scene where it'd be pretty small, the way it is now fits
> pretty good..
> Any idea on what approach I could use to make it more realistic and less
> solid? I might need it to look better even if I don't plan it ;)
> 
> -Peter

You might be able to fake the multiple objects look by using a texture 
transparent in spots, but having several cylinder+sphere objects each 
inside each other... Or just use a macro to make true cylinders :-)


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