Christmas card WIP thread

[Roger]

So I've got a good start here on an old-school Christmas light. Not sure if I should add a point source light to it in addition to the glow material.

[robcat2075]

You'll only need a light if you need the lens flare effect OR if you need it to actually illuminate something.

[Roger]

I don't really need to do either. I haven't decided if I want to go old-school lights or if I want to do the mini lights. Maybe I will do a mix, or try both and see which I like better.

[Roger]

Well I'm going to do both the twinkling lights and the old-school, I think.

 

 

I've been playing around with generating a pine tree via the Treez plugin and so far I'm not happy with the results, I don't really think it is meant for conifers/evergreens, and due to the nature of the branch and trunk style I think it may be better to just model the trunk and branches separately.

[Roger]

Ok, I think I have a really good start at a pine branch here, what do you guys think? Now I just need to clone a few hundred of these to build my tree. Too bad I can't turn them into some sort of fractal hair emitter, that might make it quicker.

[robcat2075]

I really think the treez plugin is the way to go

[Roger]

I must be missing something incredibly obvious because I haven't figured out any way to make pine branches with the Treez plugin, only deciduous type trees.

[robcat2075]

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