Need Help with Sand Blasted Glass

[AtomicZA]

Trying to create sand blasted glass... Does anybody know where I can find a tutorial for this (Using Lightwave)

 

Im new to using lightwave so you gonna have to be realy clear on what you say

 

Thanks

[Tim Nelson]

I haven't used lightwave before, but whats worked for me in the past is to make a material that has a small noise map to it, and also some transparency.

 

I'm sure a lot of it depends on how close you will see the glass at, but if you are not right up next to it, there is a lot you can fake.

[Ernest Burden III]

Some programs may have special shaders, but we have discussed frosted glass here before, and the mose effective simple method is to use noise as a bump map, but VERY VERY small, pull the transparency down a bit and while I have tried my best to avoid it (with Lightscape), a small amount of self-illumination. You can pull shininess down some, but with LS it can only go to about 85% before the materail no longer works.

 

Give it a try and report back ehat your results are.

 

Oh, and be prepared for a slower than expected render time.

[IC]

I could send you some materials for you to have a look at if you like.

 

Glass is easy to do in LW and the render times are hardly affected unless you use caustics or radiosity.

[AtomicZA]

Thanks for all the tips guys I will give them a try...

 

I have uploaded an image of the window im trying to create.