So many amazing entries today! I actually did a snake in a previous Mardini, so this time I wanted to go for something quite different.

Day13

Scaley thingy

Day 13 : Scales

This is a new area for me but I like the result.

More stylized experiments. Day 13:

COP Net:

Comp:

day 13 - scales
not toooo happy with it but learned a bit about cops/substance style workflow

Coiled snake. The joy of learning COPS. I just wish it was less crash prone.

Scales. Getting faster with my COPs use. Fun prompt!

day13

This is my entry for Day 13 of Mardini 2025, with the Model: COPS | SCALES theme.

Day 13, Sacles! I went with Tigrex's color scheeme from MH.

Day13:

I was originally planning on doing a mermaid inspired texture but who was I kidding, I love fish and so I made a cute little fish ! I did all my texture in COPS and my background is a HDRI from Greyscale Gorilla.

Ran into some snags on this one—broke my seams, scrambled to fix them, then managed to wreck the material right before rendering. What should’ve been a quick one-hour session stretched closer to ninety minutes, but that’s how it goes sometimes.

I took the seahorse model from Day 07 and added procedural scales using SOP geo with point attribs to drive the COPS directly -- though it’s still a bit too basic for my liking.

Given more time, I’d refine the attributes on the geo to drive material blending and make the appendages stand out differently, and use those in a full Karma material builder setup instead of driving everything through COPS textures only on a simple surface material --- but for now, I’m calling it a win just getting this one across the finish line.

Lessons learned, and moving forward!

see you soon,
-alan

Day 13 - Scales

Day 13 : Scales

Day 13 - Used the Fish Scales pattern - Fun!

Day 13 Scales

Best regards for day 13.
Oh, it's just a pattern...

Tried to do a mermaid tail but ran out of time