a specific plastic material

[darth carth]

well I think a picture explains it beter then I can, so you better check the attachment first

now I'll try;
I'm looking for a way to get a plastic material like that in max, which is transparant trough the big sides but "solid" on the smaller side planes. I've tried myself already but without any succes.

I'm making some high poly sunglasses for someone and I need this for the glasses, so a material with a darker tan would be appriciated.

thx

[The IC]

couldnt you just multi-sub it with 2 different materials?

[darth carth]

yes I've tried that but it are the materials itself that are a problem for me. I don't have much experience with materials yet...

[Catlin]

maybe make a transparent material with a bit of blur in the transparency slot

[Silent][Moebius]

those not clear spots are the welding points of the cube, where you can see the thickness of it. that cube isn't a 2D surface like a plane of polygons. my guess is you would have to create a material that brakes the light coming through it realistically like that cube ie thick glass.

then you would get the desired effect.

[Catlin]

make a cube from planes then shell it

[darth carth]

@S][M: yes that would be what I need, but how do I make a material like that? Like I said I don't know much about materials yet...

@Seancatlin: I'm not actually making these cubes, but I just used this image cause it shows it clearly

Edit: here is a picture that gives a better example of what I'm looking for:

[The IC]

im not sure you could make one material that behaved like that...multisubbing would be easier...

what renderer are you using darth? might make it easier to come up with some actual material settings to use

[Catlin]

isnt it just transparent with a little reflection and no distortion?

[darth carth]

@The IC: I got the standard Max renderer, go figure , and Vray.

@Sean: lol