Insect Texture

Templar_Vaxus · January 18, 2011, 2:34pm

Hello all

I’ve been taking part in the blender weekly challenge in the contest thread and this weeks topic is about insects. I have modeled an ant and found that im lacking a texture. After looking at reference pictures i notice that they have a sort of orange opacity which sort of reminds me of jelly. Additionally i noticed that it has a darker tone at its central body mass.

Reference Pictures:

My Ant:

So i have 2 questions:

1: How do i achieve this ‘jelly’ texture effect?
2: Is there a faster way to get a darker central body mass and lighter legs without relying on uv mapping?

Any help would be appreciated preferably this week as the challenge ends on Saturday US Time

Guiseppe · January 18, 2011, 4:21pm

How do i achieve this ‘jelly’ texture effect?

This could be achieved with Sub surface scattering.

2: Is there a faster way to get a darker central body mass and lighter legs without relying on uv mapping?

Your model is good, i think it deserves proper uv mapping and texturing

Templar_Vaxus · January 20, 2011, 3:03am

I tried the Sub surface Scattering tool and i am unsure if it has done the job. Can i just get an opinion or suggestion to improve as something doesn’t look right

ridix · January 20, 2011, 3:43am

Where is your light source? It looks like ant is on top of light box. Give it more modeling light and then adjust the SSS.

Templar_Vaxus · January 21, 2011, 4:30pm

Thanks to both of you. I don’t have any more time for it and those suggestions made a huge influence on its final appearance