Blend Swap
Iridescent Nacre Material for Cycles (Updated)
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Last crawled date: 7 years, 9 months ago
A bright and clear nacre material with some simulated iridescence. Suitable for the inside of many kinds of seashells and any products made of it, including pearls. Includes an iridescence node group that could be used for other kinds of iridescent materials.Requires the wavelength node that is available in Blender 2.68 and higher. 2.69 or higher is recommended for better SSS results.First preview image features the downloadable blend, the second one is theSpiral Shell by 3dphotosystemsand the last one is using B.M.P.S fromthe Blender material test folder.Updated (21.10.2013):Now uses three iridescence passes with different parameters to simulate color interferences and material irregularities.Tuned down subsurface scattering a bit.Cleaned up iridescence node group and improved the node layout.Old version of the material is included in blend as "Nacre v1".Latest Change on 2013/10/21, 09:49:59Updated blend and description