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# 1 29-08-2011 , 12:55 AM

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Simple peg - clothes pin

I managed to model a clothes pin, or sometimes referred to as a peg. The peg is modeled to scale being roughly ~ 3 inches. I lit the scene following this tutorial Did not quite get the lighting I was looking for, but better than I had earlier today.

I also have a series of renders here.

If anyone has any idea of getting lighting right hit me up. I would include the scene file, but I guess I can't upload .ma files (-.-)

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# 2 29-08-2011 , 02:22 AM

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First off, try bevelling the edges of the pin so that they are not super sharp, that can help the look of the lighting too sometimes.

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# 3 29-08-2011 , 06:39 AM

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Yes you can...as long as you zip it and its smaller than 1M you can upload .ma. Otherwise you could always dropbox or similar. Lighting is a very tricky subject...if you are able I would suggest going to the training section and download the essential lighting tut mate.

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I agree with stwert...bevel the edges...makes it appear smooth as nothing is truly that sharp.

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# 4 29-08-2011 , 08:12 AM

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I would ditch the procedural wood texture. It's really hard to make it look good, plus the grain is wrong too. You could find a nicer wood texture from google and use that instead. Go for something that's about 2k in size.

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# 5 30-08-2011 , 06:04 PM

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Alright, I made some updates, gone is the procedural wood texture. I added some bevels to a couple of edges. I also watched the "3 point lighting technique video" and redid the lighting, so this is what I got.

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