Hi
Total newbie here. I’m making a side table and I’m not sure how best to achieve this look
Basically I want the whole table (except the top) to have this rough texture. I know enough blender to made a ton of edges and vertices and push and pull them around, but that’s very time consuming, so I thought I would ask if anyone knew of a better (easier!!!) way before I start modeling.
Thank you
happy cl
here are 2 nodes set up that might do bronze patina
don’t remember the thread for these !
there is also the thread of Elub
there is probably some nodes set up there too
happy cl
Hi
Thank you for the reply! I forgot to mention I plan on 3d printing this so would these material things give me a mesh that I could use for printing?
If you need actual geometry for 3d printing then you may want to look into a displacement map and use the displacement modifier to generate the mesh to the shape of the displacement map. Or you could sculpt in the details.
Thank you!
I will research sculpting. I tried displacement maps but it didn’t work out so well 
Yeah the displacement modifier would require a lot of subdivision. To get it to look better. But again I haven’t done any 3d printing to know the best method.
You’ll want to make changes to the actual geometry. Material settings are just for rendering in cycles. You’d need to sub-divide your mesh, use the displacement modifier (can’t use with procedural texture), then apply it before trying to print it.
Doesn’t the printer type affect the level of texture detail the print will have? I don’t own a 3d printer myself, but I think getting this level of nuanced detail is supposed to be hard.
can you show closer photos so we can better see the patterns
happy cl
Yeah I’m not sure how much detail will show up but I want to give it a shot. I’m using a professional service so they have good printers
difficult to see the pattern on that
can you get a closer shot !
would it be possible to do a 3D scan of it may be and get a mesh
thanks
happy bl
I think that is just a picture that looks similar to what he wants. He probably can’t find any larger examples.
Hi Ricky
I will try hunting for a closer image. It probably will be impossible to do a 3D scan, but I’ll try to find a rough image that looks similar and is a detail shot.
to repeat that pattern on a 3D printer
as explain before might be possible
but not easy
also
ask what is the minimum size detail that can be printed in 3D
and not certain up to what details you want to have
but may have to make a height map and use displacement mofifier
to get anything close to the original model !
or better use a 3D scan
which either can be done with high precision
or even done with less precision using an iPhone
depends what you need !
happy bl
Hi
So I got it to work with sculpting 
We’ll see how the 3D print goes. It says I can have as much resolution as I want as long as the file is under 100MB.
