POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Rusty chain : Re: Rusty chain Server Time
8 Aug 2024 10:23:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rusty chain  
From: Warp
Date: 24 Jul 2005 12:17:32
Message: <42e3bf1b@news.povray.org>
Xplo Eristotle <xpl### [at] infomagicnet> wrote:
> Even assuming you were going for a "forged iron" look for the links (as 
> I guess from the color and finish), a chain wouldn't be that rough. Cut 
> back on the normal; you want slight imperfections, not faux leather. I 
> wouldn't expect an iron chain to be that dark, either.. but I know some 
> iron IS that dark, so I leave it to your judgement.

> As for the rust... Usually, when bare iron rusts from exposure to 
> moisture in the air, it doesn't go in bits and pieces, it rusts all at 
> once. If you can find photographs of a rusty chain or something similar, 
> you'll probably see that it all just goes kinda dull and brownish.

  Compare it to this:

http://www.bio-vision.nl/ecards/gif/033306.jpg

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                                                          - Warp


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