the ice looks like glass or water

but how about the ice with snow on?

any idea for the iceberg?

need help for the iceberg shader

thankyou

First task get some reference posted up here then break the shader down as to parts you think the project needs. Im no shader writer but Im more than willing to get involved and flesh something out.

r

I don't know about Houdini (I've just started learning it) but two of us at The Embassy did this in about 4 hours as a test using only modo. We used a combination of diffuse and SSS on the iceberg with some slope gradients controlling how much of each you see (more diffuse, less SSS on the snowy top). The water is a physically accurate absorbing water with some SSS for suspended particles.

720HD jpg:
http://www.elementvfx.com/WebDemo/8601_iceberg_camera_r001.jpg [elementvfx.com]

7mb h264 test anim of the water (it's not that great, would need a lot more tweaking to get to final)
http://www.elementvfx.com/luxt02/iberg.mov [elementvfx.com]

thankyou i`d like as this picture