Hi I am trying to create Fur on a horse and it is giving me all kinds of fits. Does anyone have any tutorials that would help me or can anyone think of what I might be doing wrong I will post a picture to show what I am coming up with. Thanks for any help at all.
You’ll have an hard time if you want to do mainly a specular fur,like a black( I mean dark,not only black) dog,black horse,black panther and so on.
You can have good result with more diffuse like fur(with bright colors and less specular visible),but for shiny/velvet look Blender currently lacks in how the specular is computed.
You need vertex groups to control where there should/shouldnt be any fur (see LiquidApe’s link)
The hairs need an alpha blend mapped along the strands (see LiquidApe’s link)
Spend some time on combing the hair guides, it makes a huge difference
Check this tutorial too - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro/Furry It will help you with the lighting/shadows/render setup. Also, if you’re using 2.5 there is a new “deep shadow map” method for spotlights which gives good results.
