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Hi guys, I know that the lw SSS nodes don't work in kray: any ideas how to make a fake but convincing sub surface scattering for something like rubber, wax, plastic and similar?
I was thinking about the thickness node and transparency + translucency, anyone who managed that in a good result?
Thanks!

S0nny wrote:Hi guys, I know that the lw SSS nodes don't work in kray: any ideas how to make a fake but convincing sub surface scattering for something like rubber, wax, plastic and similar?
I was thinking about the thickness node and transparency + translucency, anyone who managed that in a good result?
Thanks!

I had something with thickenss node - it works good but control is strange so last time I use only translucency. You can use also double translucency - it`s make different behaviour on both sides of polygon. I will show it soon in nodes topic.
No solution for that yet

Ouch...
What do you mean by double translucency? Double side surface + node setup with different translucency for poligon side? I usually do that with different materials using spot info poly side and switch node, I'll give a try
Btw, do you thing kray 3.x will have this kind of surfaces?

Ok, here's my attempt. It's far from perfect (it's just a super fast setup actually), as you said the thickness is difficult to control.
1 is fake sss
2 is fake sss + double side
3 is normal surface with just some fresnel

cool,

can you share your material setup please? thanks.

Here we go, the scene for those who want to do some experiments.
Basically it's just a transparent node with 100% refl/refr blur. I don't know if the grad thickness node output is connected in the right way, as Janusz said it's a strange node to control and sometimes doesn't seems to affect the material at all.

thanks SOnny, will test this.