From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: heat-colored metal
Date: 26 Apr 2016 12:33:33
Message: <571f985d$1@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 26 Apr 2016 05:38:37 -0400, Norbert Kern wrote:
> I like the new TC-RTC topic "The Metal Monster".> Somewhat related is this image with an iridescent material.> > Norbert Kern
Incredible image. :)
Jim
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"Norbert Kern" <nor### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:>> > Very nice. Reminds me of diced computer chips/silicon - less the stacked> > arrangement.> >> > Bill P.>> In fact I had an old 8 cm silicon single crystal in mind. And heat-coloring is> nothing but a iridescent thin metal oxide layer on metal - a semiconductor.>> Norbert
It actually looks a lot like bismuth crystals - such as one might find at a
museum gift shop.
"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> It actually looks a lot like bismuth crystals - such as one might find at a> museum gift shop.
Yes. With that in mind I chose the little fractal. Of course it's not a precise
model, because bismuth crystallizes in air in a special cubic step structure.
Norbert
Very nice :-) I agree with Bald Eagle, it remind me Bismuth crystals.
"Norbert Kern" <nor### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> I like the new TC-RTC topic "The Metal Monster".> Somewhat related is this image with an iridescent material.>> Norbert Kern
From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: heat-colored metal
Date: 27 Apr 2016 03:08:07
Message: <57206557$1@news.povray.org>
Norbert Kern wrote on 26/04/2016 11.38:
> I like the new TC-RTC topic "The Metal Monster".> Somewhat related is this image with an iridescent material.>> Norbert Kern>
Charming image!
Paolo
From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: heat-colored metal
Date: 27 Apr 2016 03:35:15
Message: <57206bb3$1@news.povray.org>
On 26-4-2016 11:38, Norbert Kern wrote:
> I like the new TC-RTC topic "The Metal Monster".> Somewhat related is this image with an iridescent material.>> Norbert Kern>
Very good indeed. A good start on the topic (I suspected you would like it).
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Thomas
"Norbert Kern" <nor### [at] t-onlinede> wrote:
> I like the new TC-RTC topic "The Metal Monster".> Somewhat related is this image with an iridescent material.>> Norbert Kern
I love this!
Nice use of irid. You can achieve some wonderful effects (QED your image!)