Help Maya Shader

[TheNeverman]

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I'm looking for a realistic sponge shader/info too...

[beetz15s]

If you really needed the detail and had the time I would create a simple displacement map. A simple hand made reticulation texture from photoshop would do just fine. Can overlay some grain on top of the texture will bring it out more. Use a high res map to capture the details. After that adjust the other properties of the shader ot make it a bit dull and there you go. Let m kno if that helps.

[TheNeverman]

I've hit problems trying to use displacement unfortunetly... as described in another thread:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=7&t=664221&highlight=displacement+edges

the sponge object displays visible breaks along the edges of the surface... (Maya 8.5)

[TheNeverman]

*update

if you can go the fluids route, Viki164 has some really nice shape presets in this thread (2nd page):
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=86&t=676206&page=2&pp=15&highlight=fluid+tornado

that can create a sponge like this:
http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq359/viki164/old_sponge.jpg

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