| I found a banquet light on Renderosity. The original looked like this: | Using Photoshop, I changed the pattern on the glass parts, and came up with this: |
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Then, I began to experiment with various metals for the metal part. Once I discovered the "common texture file" trick, I was able to make a lot of experiments very quickly. Here are the results:
Antique Wood |
Bronze Texture |
Corregated Steel |
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Pewter Texture |
Steel |
Aluminum Pole |
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Metal Knob |
Melted Copper |
Silky Copper |
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Finally, after spending way too much time looking for my Metallic Textures collection on my hard drives, I got frustrated and turned too quickly. I bumped the original lamp, it fell off the desk, and this is what happened.
