# Cinema 4d Ice Cubes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 14, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205 "2003-04-14T14:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Dave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dave)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/1 "2003-04-14T14:53:32Z")
I am wondering how would i go about designing some cool looking ice cubes in cinema 4d with reflections?? Any advice will be great thanks =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/2 "2003-04-14T14:59:15Z")
Davy!! Ah finally your getting into the 3d! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/3 "2003-04-14T17:10:12Z")
definately polygon modelling would be they way to go with a lot of smoothing. A nice shiny transparent material with a refraction of about 1.575. A cube primitive to start. hmmm what else. Actually I think I say a tut on [www.3dbuzz.com](http://www.3dbuzz.com). Not much knowledge of cinema but it should be relatively easy. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/4 "2003-04-14T19:57:49Z")
good project. i would think a melt modifyer might help too? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/5 "2003-04-15T11:22:44Z")
check out my sad attempt at ice cubes , lol, 3d-iva where is the tutorial ? :::took the image out cause it sucked , lol šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/6 "2003-04-15T13:15:12Z")
Soulty, looks kinda like contreat. If there was like a glare on them it would look a whole lot better. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/7 "2003-04-15T13:17:09Z")
i know, i was only playing around , lol, havent really used cinema before, just jumped in and press stuff. lol, if you want i could make a ice particle storm in maya! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/8 "2003-04-15T13:31:53Z")
lol that would be sooo cool! i threw open 3ds and got a pretty good looking one going but then of course i couldnt get a materialā€¦grr ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/9 "2003-04-15T13:41:45Z")
particles are great fun, but time consuming, great thing about it, is that you can replace particles with actual geometry. So say you create a detailed ice cube, and you want them to fall in random, actually say something like a avalanche , you could have objects like snow balls and rocks fall past and close to your camera, in high detail. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/10 "2003-04-15T13:43:28Z")
for the ice you could make like a hail storm or something, have the hail scream past your camera. :::sorry dave about flooding your thread about nothing related to your question, i still cant find the tut on ice cubes for cinema in 3d buzz. 3d-iva? where is it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/11 "2003-04-15T13:45:17Z")
hmm i never really played with particals before, i should try itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/12 "2003-04-15T13:51:21Z")
do a search on [3dbuzz.com](http://3dbuzz.com) I thouht I saw one there. Hey post the image again I did not see it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/13 "2003-04-15T13:53:01Z")
its crap, but anyway šŸ˜› edit:::took image away again cause was it was crap. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/14 "2003-04-15T14:05:51Z")
the tuts not there. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/15 "2003-04-15T14:33:50Z")
there are still a bunch in the first sticky i think and at the maxon site ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/16 "2003-04-15T16:53:46Z")
I know you are using 4d but here is a max tutorial. Maybe you could look at this tut. I know the methodology is the same just different placement of tools. I will continue to look I know I saw one somewhere. But this tut couldprobably give you an idea. [http://www.maxhelp.com/content/tutorials/icecubes/icecubes.htm](http://www.maxhelp.com/content/tutorials/icecubes/icecubes.htm) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/17 "2003-04-15T17:07:50Z")
i could have rendered with caustics but i simply canā€™t afford to wait 3 hours for a single renderā€¦ The texture needs improvement but basically hereā€™s what i did: - no colors - reflection with slight turbulence - transparency with slight turbulence too and some blur (26%), refraction set to 1.6 - a slight bump (turbulence) although i shouldnā€™t have done it - most important is the DISPLACEMENT, set to 39% with again turbulence. ![](http://mlkdesign.online.fr/misc/kirupa/ice.jpg) :toad: mlk oh, and i also set a FFD for the cubes but I dont think that mattersā€¦ iā€™ll post the c4d file/texture if needed ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/18 "2003-04-15T17:37:18Z")
Nice dude. :::: Mmmm wonder if i could of done my version better in Maya than i did in cinema, lol. šŸ˜› :::soulty:šŸ˜:: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/19 "2003-04-15T18:10:44Z")
sweetnessā€¦i like itā€¦you did that in maya or 4d ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205/20 "2003-04-15T18:51:55Z")
c4dā€¦ if i have time one dayā€™ ill render the causticsā€¦ :waits for the photon raylighttracing: :waits for the photon raylighttracing: :waits for the photon raylighttracing: :waits for the photon raylighttracing: :shuts down PC in anger: [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cinema-4d-ice-cubes/18205.md?page=2)