Renderotica

Thanks again.  I undertook an experiment based on your advice.  Meipe’s suggestion is to use bump and normal maps to accomplish the veins and nipple detail all-the-while retaining Breastacular for collisions.  I have tried this first with the veins using GIMP.  It might be difficult to see but it is working.  And I think when using Breastacular I should stick, as much as possible, with the Breastacular breast morphs.  Then I produced a revision of the powerage tanline Diffuse Overlay Weight image in order to make the nipple cutout a bit larger.  The final step was to use GIMP to try to create some pebbles and texture on the areolae.  It may not be easily seen but it was somewhat successful.  The limitation likely is my skill with GIMP.  (I bashed Joanna by Mousso for the vein images that I used in the displacement channel of the shader - using a technique described by forged3DX on DeviantArt.)  With a better understanding of shaders (in particular bump, normal and displacement) it is likely that superior results are possible.

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Thanks for this idea Zeppelin.  I gave it a try and I did experience a bit of a challenge with registration between layers as the collision had moved the breast.  I can imagine this approach getting even more difficult in some poses.  Clearly the need for two renders is more demanding than having a nice set of displacement based veins and nipple textures but that looks to be not trivial from a time and effort perspective as well.  My conclusion, and I am likely not the first to say this, is the difference between a good render and a great render is loads of artistic talent, technical skill, perseverance, attention to detail..... 

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