Your best Rhino Rendering mini challenge

[ThomasAn]

Rhino 7, Cycles

[jdhill]

here’s a try at what I always have trouble doing, no hdri, just lights, no extra elements, ortho camera angle

[Martin_Šefl]

When I finish my next design project, I will create another challenge and collect similarly beautiful renders.

[theoutside (Kyle Houchens)]

I am so enjoying this thread… it was not very long ago that Rhino was barely a toy for rendering. Even in V6 which was a huge improvement, you could only get some much. The work the @andy @nathanletwory and all our rendering devs have done to allow these great images is really fun to see come to light.

Much more work to go, many more features to add, we appreciate you all, the work you do, and the feedback you give us so we can keep pushing Rhino to be the best it can be. Thanks @Paul_96 for kicking this off-

[theoutside (Kyle Houchens)]

that backdrop is awesome- image or real displacement?

[ThomasAn]

Normal map.

[theoutside (Kyle Houchens)]

nice- looks amazing

[Paul_96 (Paul Wellmer)]

@theoutside

Thanks @Paul_96 for kicking this off

Didn’t expect it to get this big, but I really enjoy it too!
Seems like we hit a good nerve

[Normand (Jakob Normand)]

Great fun! I vote for more little rendering challenges
BTW, are we not gonna talk about the fact, that folding this folder, could potentially chop your finger clean off? Or is meant to be used as a cigar cutter also?
-Jakob

[maje90 (Riccardo Majewski)]

I guess it should work the same way as other folding knives…
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=601700211&sxsrf=ACQVn0_n0w_-3MAbEaJdmHNJPCgC5WkRzg:1706265172229&q=folding+knife+lock+mechanism&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqq-6L7fqDAxXMRPEDHaZSBPwQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1920&bih=1049&dpr=1

[Marc (Marc Gibeault)]

Not quite.
For example in this model the blade rotates concentric to the hole. The blade does not intersect the hole.

[Normand (Jakob Normand)]

@Marc

blade rotates concentric

Was thinking the same thing, but the hole isn’t round and the blade’s too long, so I reckon the front pin is the intended pivot; in which case the blade will “cut through” the hole, making it a little dangerous. I had a Hultafors folder at some point with a design similar to the Gerber shown - sort of a karambit knife for your index finger.

The knife nerd in me just wondered what the design intent was
-Jakob

[Paul_96 (Paul Wellmer)]

@Normand

The knife nerd in me just wondered what the design intent was

No intent here. Not my design. I was just doing rough modeling after reference

[Normand (Jakob Normand)]

Ah, cool @Paul_96! I’ll stop nagging you I hope you didn’t take the question as critisism - was just curious!
-Jakob

[Paul_96 (Paul Wellmer)]

Nah, all cool ;D Thanks for the reminder I felt that there was missing alot in the technical drawing anyway… and I didn´t see the finger cutter since I didnt rotated it into the position

[Gijs (Gijs de Zwart)]

Thanks @Paul_96 for posting! Here’s one trying out some procedurals with anisotropic and gradient shaders

[jeremy5 (Jeremy)]

Old meets New. Traditional Damascus blade and Shagreen grips on a modern design. Apart from the paper, the materials are all from Substance.

[jeremy5 (Jeremy)]

Well used example. More Substance materials.

[maje90 (Riccardo Majewski)]

I am too noob with rendering…
But … someone cold try with some antiqued wood + rusted metal combo…

[jeremy5 (Jeremy)]

Abandoned, burnt, rusted…