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Dangeruss
07-23-2003, 11:55 PM
While in Las Vegas, I visited the Swatch boutique and picked up this slick trinket. I thought the brushed finish was striking and i wanted to see if i could come close to duplicating it with Max raytraced materials and the scanline renderer. Your thoughts?

Yeah, I know the balls are silly...

http://www.dangeruss-industries.com/Swatch.jpg
Clanger
07-24-2003, 12:23 AM
The metal looks very realistic, though a higher res picture might show it off better the brushed marks are a bit lost in the chunky pixels.

I don't see any evidence of glass over the dial, is it there?

Good work.
Dangeruss
07-24-2003, 12:43 AM
@clanger - it's a very fine brushed finish, I don't think you'd see much in a larger render. The watch case is very thin and the crystal is flush with the top and flat. There's no convexity to catch any highlights - believe me I tried. I even modeled a slightly domed crystal to fake it, but it didn't look right.
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