Another wintery Cinema 4D and Arnold tutorial, this time on how to make a realistic (and slippery) Ice material!

The new Arnold Core 5 release of for Cinema 4D has more than a few sweet features, like triplanar mapping, a coat parameter and (something that I really like) Energy Conserving shading by default. 

That all adds up perfectly to create some pretty realistic looking Ice, pretty quickly, so let’s sliiiiiiide into it!

00:00 - Sup?

00:33 - Setting up the New Standard Surface Shader in Arnold

01:10 - Link to frost image: http://www.photos-public-domain.com/2017/03/22/frost-crystals-on-glass-texture/

01:30 - How to use the Triplanar Mapping Node in Arnold

02:59 - Setting up the IOR in the Specular

03:15 - Having fun with Specular Roughness

04:03 - Setting up the new Transmission parameter

04:43 - Pressing the new invert button in the Color Correct node.

05:10 - Adding extra specular with the new Coat parameter

05:24 - Not worrying about energy conservation

05:50 - Unchecking Opaque in the Arnold Tag

06:13 - Creating an Ice Dragon in Just Under Ten Seconds