> 
> >
> > -the material of the candles looks a bit like plastic, especially on the
> > lowest one, that is also darkest. Too clean, too sharp. Have you tried
> > blobs? I think making the candle main cylinder of blob and then
> > subtracting the concave middle with small sphere could work. Or then the
> > all-famous ISO surfaces...
> 
> oh Lord, ISO sosurface.. not familiar with that so far ;-)
> 

In this case a simple good old lathe object would be perfectly
sufficient.  It's much easier to handle than an isosurface.

BTW, you should say isosurface instead of ISO surface, because this has
nothing to do with the International Organization for Standardization.

Christoph

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If you wanted to vary the wicks just a little bit, you could take a section
of torus and make them look bent.  Just an idea.

Stephen

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> > Last image. Sorry for the big image...
>
> Nice job. The atmosphere, reflections and candle holder model look good.
>
> If you want to strive for perfect image:
> -the candlewicks are too clean and sharp. They look too much like
> cylinders.
> -the material of the candles looks a bit like plastic, especially on the
> lowest one, that is also darkest. Too clean, too sharp. Have you tried
> blobs? I think making the candle main cylinder of blob and then
> subtracting the concave middle with small sphere could work. Or then the
> all-famous ISO surfaces...
>
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>
> >
> > oh Lord, ISO sosurface.. not familiar with that so far ;-)
> >
>
> In this case a simple good old lathe object would be perfectly
> sufficient.  It's much easier to handle than an isosurface.
>
> BTW, you should say isosurface instead of ISO surface, because this has
> nothing to do with the International Organization for Standardization.
>
> Christoph

Yes, you're right ;-)

Robert

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Stephen Bell schrieb:

> If you wanted to vary the wicks just a little bit, you could take a section
> of torus and make them look bent.  Just an idea.
>

Well, this might work..

Robert

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