rocks?

[Dave Oliver]

anyone know of a good library or script for creating landscaping type rocks in max?

 

heres the style im going for:

 

http://www.2ndnatr.com/gallery_08.html

[jucaro]

that can be done with displacements.

[BrianKitts]

It depends on how close the rocks are going to be viewed.... if it's from afar you can get by with just a diffuse and bump map, up close I'd use displacement.

 

CGTextures.com has a pretty good rock collection for textures to get you started.

 

http://cgtextures.com/textures.php?t=browse&q=422

 

As for the geometry, I typically start with a geospehere with minimal subdivisions, start pulling on it's vertices using soft selection and then throw a smooth modifier on top.

 

For something like the image you posted you may be better sweeping a curve with internal segments and pushing and pulling on it to disform the curve, and slap some displacement on it.

[Dave Oliver]

yes as a last resort i was thinking about using noise, smooth, then displacement. but i know this will end up looking a little un-natural. other than the quick generation method i would actually have to study landscaping rock and try to reproduce them.

 

i was guessing those guys who do the clay modeling must know the most pleasing looking rocks to use together, and maybe someone with that knowledge had put out a 3d library too.

 

hey we should get some clay rocks from modelers, use one of those 3d scanner things to approximate the good blob shapes, and sell em' as a pack.

 

thanks for your help