Dry Ice on Mars

Dune · June 09, 2011, 06:47:51 AM

Never used the lambert shader before, but it yields nice results on the ice dunes

Henry Blewer · June 09, 2011, 07:43:40 AM

Nice ice.

inkydigit · June 09, 2011, 07:59:52 AM

loving the ice...and a great atmo, how did you achieve this?

Tangled-Universe · June 09, 2011, 08:06:25 AM

Nice ice (baby

)

I think the atmo is pretty convincing too btw.
For just a little bit more interest you could try to breakup/slope-restrict the distribution of the stones.

Zairyn Arsyn · June 09, 2011, 08:29:44 AM

very cool looking dry ice, i like it.

the atmosphere is good too.

cyphyr · June 09, 2011, 12:01:29 PM

Sweet.
Convincing (although I would not know one way or the other!)
Richard

Henry Blewer · June 09, 2011, 01:15:28 PM

Have you tried using this in a render like 'The Great Race'?

Dune · June 10, 2011, 04:11:14 AM

Good idea, Henry.

@TU; the slope is restricted (but not much, I agree), I also tried favor depressions, but there were hardly any rocks any more. I will work on this some more, I guess.

@Inky: easy, see image... (1 atmo, I just copied it to show both settings)

Dune · June 11, 2011, 02:51:08 AM

Another version with more restricted stones, another simple moon (temporarily), and Moodflows starfield background. Enhanced the dust storms a little more. C&C welcome, of course.

neon22 · June 12, 2011, 06:48:57 AM

I KNEW there was ice on Mars!!
I didn't see it in the tire treads of an earlier image but look.. there it is.. proof !!

choronr · June 12, 2011, 01:55:22 PM

I still prefer the first image and can't give you the reason why except for the size of the planet which I think should be smaller.

freelancah · June 12, 2011, 06:27:34 PM

I think its the darkness in the ice in the first image compared to the latest that makes it so appealing. Somehow it looks more realistic in scale too

Dune · June 13, 2011, 02:47:26 AM

You might be right, guys. In the meantime I found some info on the real moons of Mars, some sizes, etc, so I will have a more reliable set of data to work with. This was all off hand.

Dune · June 16, 2011, 01:52:02 AM

Some real values, although I wouldn't know the distance of the moons Phobos and Deimos, so I just put them in the 'sky' somewhere. The cracks could be more subtle and warped, they're just simple voronoi now. The Viking lander won't be returning home... (COPYRIGHT AND COURTESY: Jack Higgins )

Henry Blewer · June 16, 2011, 03:07:56 AM

That's very cool (?) looking. The lander helps with the scale well.