Epic Pumpkins 2020 Challenge WIP thread – Pump’n Pumpkin

[Adrian Bellworthy]

My WIP thread for 2020 Pumpkin Challenge.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

First pumpkin attempt, I’m actually reasonably happy with it, may end up being the final.

and simple shading node setup for the skin ,

flesh,

and stem,

add some lighting and quick render,

next I will work on the scene for my pump’n pumpkin.

[Mark Smith]

looking good!!

[spikeyxxx]

Great work, A.

[Ingmar Franz]

Excellent model and lighting, @adrian2301 👍! I can hardly wait to see the whole scene 👀!

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Just pump’in

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Here’s Pump’n Pumpkin, Mafianiac enforcer. With his pump action shotgun, ready to wreak havoc amongst the tombstones.

Final scene almost done.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

And here it is….

[Adrian Bellworthy]

and some of the assets…

I was pleased with the cigar, a simple shape but the node setup just came together, this would normally take me a good couple of hours fiddling around and I’m still not 100%, but I must be improving, 15 minutes and I was happy. 

Probably not the most efficient setup but it works.

[spikeyxxx]

Looks okay to me, apart from one tiny thing; can you actually see the difference between a Detail size of 16 and a Detail size of 2 or 3 in this set-up? (Top left Noise Texture!), especially since you mix it in at only about 20%…

Just asking, because usually the difference between a Detail of 2 or 3 and of 16 is hardly noticeable, but  16 is a LOT more computational expensive…(Detail is the most expesive setting in the Noise Texture!)

People do this a lot: just sliding the Detail up to max…’more is better’…Well, I’ve got an old computer, so I have to be careful 😉

If it works here for you that’s great, just be aware of this, in case you get more complex node set-ups 😉

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Your right @spikeyxxx , when I added the noise texture, 2 was not nearly enough so I ramped it right up to 16. I just tested it and got it down to 5 before it had a noticeable difference from 16.

This is one of those tricks learnt by watching @theluthier , a noise texture to influence the vector. Never needed to use it before, glad I was paying attention in class.

[spikeyxxx]

Yeah, that’s indeed a brilliant trick!

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