Jim Charter wrote:

> Michael Raiford wrote:
> 
>> I think I'm getting close to done texturing the skull.
>>
> Nice.  The surface strikes me as a little regular.  Even if the bone 
> would have a polished quality I would expect the surface to be a little 
> more irregular.  Personally I tend to think of wether bone as having a 
> slightly fibrous texture like that on the outside of driftwood.


Indeed, the appearance of weathered bone is quite rough. The same 
factors responsible for cracking wood are in action when weathering 
bones as well. The result? A surface comprised of thousands of tiny, 
fibrous 'plates' lifted up this way and that, with deep cracks 
in-between. Old skulls feel very rough when you touch them.


-Sam

Post a reply to this message