Back lit glass

[Billabong]

I'm trying to make just a standard illuminated light from a cieling,kind of like a light bulb. I have tried creating just a vray light material and add a frosted glass to either the color channel or the opacity one, but it wont allow it and if i just use a vray light material, it looks to flat, i also tried the fresnal falloff in the light material, but that didnt look so good either, any suggestions?

[FancyPants]

Try playing with a VRAY Blend material, with the base being a Vray Light Mtl, and the blend a Vray Material.. play with the mix levels and highlight glossiness.. keep it simple at first, and add more complexity only if you need to.

[aaron-cds]

Use the vray2sided material with a cylinder or plane behind the lense with a vraylightmaterial applied. You can use a vraylight but your render times will jump up.

[Billabong]

Thanks Justin that was exactly what I needed

 

Edit: opps, didnt see your reply Aaron ill try yours as well, thanks again guys

[aaron-cds]

Try playing with a VRAY Blend material, with the base being a Vray Light Mtl, and the blend a Vray Material.. play with the mix levels and highlight glossiness.. keep it simple at first, and add more complexity only if you need to.

 

I always wondered how to get a vraylightmaterial with a bitmap to be reflective. Thanks! I assume this is the way to do it.

[jophus14]

That's a great tip FancyPants. Thanks.