stud.io Renders for black capes

[theDeanoRama]

I've been trying to find a way to render a black cloth minifig cape in Stud.io and have it look right. I get a result that makes it appear to be plastic with a gloss finish which just looks wrong. The colour doesnt seem to matter, and I can't find a satin or flat black to try colour wise. Any tips?

Edited June 15, 2023 by theDeanoRama
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[SylvainLS]

Have you tried Rubber Black?

[theDeanoRama]

Thanks @SylvainLS It never occurred to me to even try rubber. Probably about as close as I'm going to get. 

[aFrInaTi0n]

If Rubber Black is not working out I guess using Blender would be the only other way to go..

[SylvainLS]

Or custom colours.

Note that having official “cloth colours” in Studio was suggested but the suggestion was rejected because LDraw doesn’t have them.

[Mylenium]

On 6/15/2023 at 8:56 PM, theDeanoRama said:

I've been trying to find a way to render a black cloth minifig cape in Stud.io and have it look right.

Cloth is a highly anisotropic material and unless you create a special shader for it it will always look kinda garbage. This is indeed a case where you'd probably need a reasonably complex layered shader/ shader network in Blender or your favorite 3D app.

Mylenium