Weld bead

[R Reynolds]

It's rare for one of my modeling brainwaves to work right out of the gate with no rethinks and no tweaks. But lightning does strike occasionally. The image shows the first test renders of a bump decal to simulate the look of a welded joint either butt or fillet. As is usual for me the decal started out as a spline model with a black to white gradient material applied.

 

If anyone's interested I can make the model and material available.

[higginsdj]

Roger,

 

Nice work. Yes - I'd like to seet he project first hand.

 

Cheers

[Rodney]

Rodger,

That's sure to add a great deal to the detail of models.

Very nice effect and inspiration.

 

Thanks!

[Datameister]

I was just thinking about possible ways to do that. Don't think I'll actually end up using the technique, but I know that if I ever need a welded appearance, I'll go with your method. Good thinking.

[Gene]

Roger,

 

I could have used that a while back, but never thought of it. It's quite a simple thing to do once you see how someone else did it!

 

Thanks,

 

Eugene

[ddustin]

It looks like TIG Welded Aluminum.

Right?

David

[R Reynolds]

It looks like TIG Welded Aluminum

I wasn't really going for anything that specific. But you're probably right since I was inspired by the look of the welding on the aluminum frame of my bicycle. Nice call!