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Does anyone have ideas on how to create a realistic wall insulation material/texture?

Anything similar to the pink fiberglass insulation in the image below.

Insulation.jpg

  • John Sanderson(procyonlotor) replied

    I would start by looking at tutorials for clouds. Kent made one here,  There are several others out there too.  You would need to adjust it to get exactly what you want probably, but it could get you started with the "cotton candy" vibe this stuff has.

  • Jake Douville(jakesterguy78) replied

    I'm not having much luck using volumes to simulate the insulation material:

    Insulation_Render_2_web.jpg

    I've tried to use procedural techniques but it's still not quite right:

    Insulation_Render_3_web.jpg

    The material in this image would be ideal:

    Insulation_Material_Cotton_Candy.jpg

  • John Sanderson(procyonlotor) replied
    Solution

    The next thing you might try is moss. Seems similar in surface displacement, you could just change the color. There are lots of tutorials for this too.  Here is a free texture set I found from google searching. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/YaRKLX

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  • Jake Douville(jakesterguy78) replied

    Using a moss texture was a fantastic idea that I had not thought of. It took some searching to find the right one, and then some tweaking of the material properties in blender, but I think I have a passable insulation material. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

    Insulation_Render_4_web.jpg

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  • John Sanderson(procyonlotor) replied

    Awesome!  Glad it helped!

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