Vray Metal Problem

[agentmass]

Hi, I tried making a copper material and I got this really bland brown look and I would like to know how to make it look more realistic.

 

So here is the one that I rendered with Vray.

 

And here is the one that I rendered with Maxwell

 

To me, the one rendered with Vray just looks like a brown material and not a true copper material. Any ideas on how I could try to fix this?

 

And here are my material settings:

 

 

I used AA Mitchell-Netravali, and a standard GI

Edited March 28, 2011 by agentmass

[Thablanch]

You got fresnel reflections ticked at 1.6..

Click the 'L' beside fresnel reflections, and the 1.6 number will become avaible.

Change it to something like 20. ( wich should be similar to your Maxwell material)

 

http://www.spot3d.com/vray/help/150SP1/examples_material.htm

[covono]

Copy the diffuse color into the reflection color slot.

Tick off the fresnel if you aim for the same metallic reflective effect you got with the maxwell render.

[Ismael]

Go here: http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/cg_education.htm

Scroll down to Shaders/Metals and Reflections

 

covono's advice explained there.