How to make stalactites and stalagmites?

[cornontheCoD]

how could I make them? could I use a brush or would I need someone to make a custom model for me?

 

[Lord Ned]

Hmmn. You MIGHT get away with some displacement work.

Make a shape similar to a slagmite, (big to smaller, big to smaller, etc)
make them into displacements and subdivide them.

 

[Open Blade]

If you want to make a quick one, just create a brush (spike) and change how many sides you want.

 

[Lord Ned]

Blade that just lacks though.

 

[TheDarkerSideofYourShadow]

I think if you wanted to make it with displacements, you'd make a cylinder with however many sides, and then narrow the sharp end. Make all sides but the base a displacement and do what Lord Ned said. Oh, and bubble out the tip.

 

[Snipergen]

You really will want a model with a normal map on it, that would be the best.

 

[Lord Ned]

After playing around a bit with displacements, subdivide, noise, powerlevel changes, etc.

Could probably make it more bumpy, but i dunno,.

 

[cornontheCoD]

that might work, I'll have to see...

 

[Kaiser]

Arn't there some in the Half-Life 2: Episode Two caves level you could base them off?
On 2nd thought...those may be props

 

[Arhurt]

I'm making some for my level, I'm using modelled props in Max and will release them when I'm done if you can wait a little.

 

[cornontheCoD]

looks cool. let me know when you're done