Almost Heaven WIP

[sonshine777]

Really excellent snow here. I wonder what it looks like close-up though. I find it extremely difficult to create snow that looks good both far away and up=close. But anyway that doesn't diminish the accomplishment here - great realism.

- Oshyan

Has anyone created good looking close-up snow that is to scale? I know I'm pulling my hair out trying to achieve it.

[Oshyan]

I've seen several examples that I thought were quite good. It depends a bit on what type of snow you're aiming for, too - fluffy, freshly fallen snow; older, icey snow; etc.

- Oshyan

[sonshine777]

I've seen several examples that I thought were quite good. It depends a bit on what type of snow you're aiming for, too - fluffy, freshly fallen snow; older, icey snow; etc.

- Oshyan

Fluffy is what I'm looking for something that looks good with the toboggan model I built. That's why close up is important.

[Oshyan]

For fluffy snow I'd keep the small-scale detail low in my main snow layer, then add a child with very small-scale, grainy displacement, just like what you'd do to make sand. Alternatively you can use very small, dense fake stones. That should get you the look of individual snowflakes and smoothed terrain features that would be characteristic of newer snow.

- Oshyan

[sonshine777]

I'll give that a try and let you know/see how it turns out. I still plan to get the files to you for the shadow problem.