# Help me with my balls? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 15, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619 "2003-08-15T18:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![morse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@morse](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/morse)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/1 "2003-08-15T18:33:33Z")
I am trying to model a tiny little scene in 3ds max thats got paintballs on the floor. The paintballs don’t look quite real, but i dunno why. Any suggestions? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/2 "2003-08-15T18:43:29Z")
hmm, they look ok but something deff is missing…could it be the shaddows? i really dont know… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/3 "2003-08-15T18:46:36Z")
yup, I think that the shadows are too fuzzy for such a small object… Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/4 "2003-08-15T18:59:36Z")
shadows are an as$. thanks for the help guys, ill try messing with the shadows. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/5 "2003-08-15T19:06:02Z")
hmm, are you gonna texture them too? that might help them a bit. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/6 "2003-08-15T19:20:59Z")
I think that the problem is: the shadows on the balls are too dark… have you got some light source that only applies to them and not the rest of the scene? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/7 "2003-08-15T19:33:54Z")
uh… yea. but its to lengthen the shadows. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/8 "2003-08-15T20:05:46Z")
the shadows on the balls are waaay too dark 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/9 "2003-08-15T20:11:56Z")
Listen to asphalt, he knows a lot about balls! 😛 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/10 "2003-08-15T20:19:42Z")
here, some darker balls. Maybe i’ll lighten the balls too in another try… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/11 "2003-08-15T20:31:30Z")
those look a bit 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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/12 "2003-08-15T20:32:43Z")
> \*Originally posted by telekinesis \* > \*\*Listen to asphalt, he knows a lot about balls! 😛 \*\* > listen to telekinesis, he knows a lot about ‘dans’! 😛 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/13 "2003-08-15T20:35:21Z")
try these on for size… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/14 "2003-08-15T21:31:55Z")
please? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/15 "2003-08-15T21:36:40Z")
ways better, but its hard to see that they lie on something… try to add sth to make the floor visible… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/16 "2003-08-15T22:28:38Z")
Maybe add some splatted ones? Because theres no way I would know they were paintballs - Soul :s: ---
**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:** [August 15, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/17 "2003-08-15T23:09:15Z")
ya the big problem is they look liek they are floating. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/18 "2003-08-16T21:49:36Z")
Or have a the gun that shoots them in there… and that would make it look all the more realistic… Or not, i don’t really know! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/19 "2003-08-16T23:01:16Z")
i was just pbin’ (like just got back 1/2 hr ago) what i noticed is that they dont sit that perfect, make some defromed ones or something. they are to perfect. yeah try some splatter, but that might be hard. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619/20 "2003-08-16T23:12:52Z")
yea a little hard. i could photoshop it but im too lazy. How was paintballing? [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-me-with-my-balls/28619.md?page=2)