How to achieve a glass block look in Maya?

Kyle_butler

Hi guys! I'm trying for quite a time now to achieve a glass block look using MIA_material_X or Dielectric, but can't get a good result.
Itried to change the reflection/refraction values to make the light twist a little bit more inside the glass, but I always get a very clear, precise result.

Some examples of the desired look:

Illusions

Are you mimicking the waviness of the surface, or its surface texture in either the model itself or the shader? You might also have to duplicate the block and scale it smaller, or build an interior for it, since usually those glass blocks are hollow (if you didn't already build it with an interior).

ZacD

The surface of the glass should be wavy, that's why you are getting a different result.

Kyle_butler

I see...
I'll try to create a hollow block and another one with a wavy surface to see where it takes me. Thanks for the tips!

.Wiki

You dont need to model the geometry. You can also set a noise map into the bump slot of the material to get the result.

radiancef0rge

yeah a friend of mine did this exact effect with just a normal map and a translucent shader with colored diffuse.

Just make a height map that looks like that wavy pattern and turn it into a normal map.

NAIMA

And perhaps pply a ubsurface texture?

Kyle_butler

Thanks, guys!
I got a pretty nice result by using a bump map on a geometry copy (which I used as the the inside), and on the outer "shell" i used a MIA Material.