Bridge Commander Universe

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 05:12 PM

Found this tutorial, and decided to have a go

http://www.liquid-arts.de/techniques.htm

Legacy · Ensign Age: 39 Zodiac: Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 185

Looks great, Armond.

Real good render, made me remember that my JD is over... but well i stil have johnie walker at home hehe

**gamesfunk** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 07:15 PM

Are those the real pictures, if not, holy cow... I mean that looks so real!!!

G.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 07:30 PM

The main error on it is that the textures were from the tutorial, ie they're from a 70cl bottle. Whereas the bottle I copied was a 35cl bottle which is slightly slimmer in proportions.

Dante · Lieutenant Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 433 Location: UK

That's great photorealism. How long did you spend on it? Got any wires?

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 09:02 PM

I can't render just a simple wire frame of it., it just turns to a blur. But if I remove the excess surfaces, like the inside glass and the inside/outside air (yes, the tutorial says to make a refraction for the air) and then reduce the subpatch level to 1, I can do it.

Dante · Lieutenant Joined: 13 Sep 2002 Posts: 433 Location: UK

Nicely done

Phaser · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 09:57 PM

Indeed. Very nice!

Pegasus · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 10:16 PM

hella cool.

how about a nice bottle of Jose Currevo Tequila next Wink

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 10:36 PM

I was thinking of knocking out some wine or vodka bottles, or perhaps a bottle of coke next to it and a nice fizzy cool glass.

But in the mean time I'm working on this... having trouble. I can't make the liquid pour onto the surface right. I either set the transparancy on, so you get the glowing effect when the caustics kick in or i set it fully opaque, and get it all black or a matt colour...

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-20-2006 11:39 PM

AARRRGHH!!!

Half an hour of rendering only for the depth of field blurr to completely f**k it all up at the last second.

Pegasus · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 12:13 AM

unlucky man.... that's why you should always render tiny images when testing new effects Wink

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 12:33 AM

Its 400x400, that is tiny.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 01:37 AM

Getting there, slowly.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 02:27 AM

Right. A much better result. Sorry about the small size, 15 mins rendering time is long enough. I think I'll have to do some smashed glass around this and then finish off the modelling around the splash coming from the bottle neck at a later date.

**RCgothic** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 02:46 AM

That last one's awesome.

I've just investigating pouring a liquid from about that height. (bit sad, but I had some water close to hand). There'd be next to no spray from that height, but there would be a bit where the whiskey flows at supercritical speeds, and then there'd be a subcritical transition. The surface would be slightly rippled as well.

Apart from the lack of fluid dynamics, that's looking photorealistic.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 02:55 AM

Well, the only way around the lack of fluid dynamics is a custom made bump map for the ripples.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 03:37 AM

Some extra mapping and tweaking gets this:

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 03:47 AM

Sorry these are comming as multiple posts but it takes a while to render these things and I usually update as I go.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 04:41 AM

**gamesfunk** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 06:22 AM

You've got to be kidding, those are not renders, I mean the realism in those pictures... Oh my god,,, seriously, you're tha man, mate!

G.

Pegasus · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 10:09 AM

Good stuff man. You certain;y have the transparancy of the Jack down.... though it is painful to see JD spilled on a table Funny

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 10:37 AM

I call it "sarcrilage". So anyone want this in BC? 20 or so replies and no ones asked that yet.

Glempius · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 11:19 AM

All quake before the might of the flying Jack bottle!

It's some seriously good stuff you've done here Armonds. Although I'm mroe of a Glendfiddich person Razz

blaXXer · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 11:31 AM

how'd you did the liquid on the table exactly? I myself was having some ztroubles getting it to look right...

**RCgothic** · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 12:32 PM

I don't think that looks anything like what a pouring liquid looks like. Only very viscous liquids fan out like that. Things like honey. Take a glass of water and pour it onto a flat surface (like the bottom of a kitchen sink) and see for yourself.

It looks more like what you had before, it goes down almost until the surface at a right angle, there's only a very very small fan.
Then there's a thin flat circular area, bordered by a turbulent circle, before you get into the type of flow above.

Phaser · **Posted**: 04-21-2006 09:59 PM

Wow! Beautiful, Armondikov! RCgothic is right about the fan, though.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-22-2006 12:45 PM

I'm still working on that. If I narrow the "splash" down a little, then bevel it out to make a ripple, that could work.

**Armondikov** · **Posted**: 04-22-2006 07:00 PM

**RCgothic** · **Posted**: 04-22-2006 07:49 PM

much better. Grin

Though I'd like to see some more angles..

I do like the floating liquid without a container. Mr. Green