Anyone got a cracked glaze texture please?

[Fidcal]

I'm searching, searching, searching but no luck so far. I need a plain cracked glaze/varnish texture to use as a specular map for a japanned black shiny surface. Even one on a patterned ceramic might do if it looks like I could extract just the crackling. Most free texture sites don't even seem to have a ceramics/pottery section.

[angua]

Not sure what you mean, but is it something like this:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/Spor...ssigned-04.html

[Fidcal]

Yes, that's right. See if I can do anything with that. Thanks. The few images I've found have been rather poor. I'm now thinking a better word would have been 'crazed' rather than cracked.

 

This pathetic attempt shows what I've been trying to do - but very badly!...

 

[PinkDot]

Few suggestions:

- make pattern smaller

- make cracks thinner

- blend them also in diffuse and normal maps but veeery subtle. It doesn't have to be black and white.

 

Anyway - it's a high detail job but should look OK in lower resolution as well - just a suggestions of cracks.

 

Most free texture sites don't even seem to have a ceramics/pottery section.

I'm pretty sure you'll find something for you there:

http://www.cgtextures.com/

go to grunge/crackles

 

or http://www.mayang.com/textures/index.htm

paint effects or mud sections.

[Fidcal]

Thanks Pinkdot. I was at both those sites this afternoon but was looking under ceramics/pottery! I now have 2 or 3 that are very big and quite promising with fine lines. I'll try your idea of partly blending it in the main image as well.