What's a nice brick shader?

Sevrin

I've tried a few brick shaders, and many look great at a distance.  I'm looking for a Daz Studio shader with displacement that would look good in a close-up, say with a character leaning against it.  

Any suggestions?  TIA 

jestmart

Displacement in Iray frankly is crap as you have to Sub-D the heck out of the mesh to get fine details.

lilweep

jestmart said:

Displacement in Iray frankly is crap as you have to Sub-D the heck out of the mesh to get fine details.

well subd the heck out of it then

lilweep

are these any good? https://www.daz3d.com/stoneworks-from-mexico-02-iray-shaders-and-merchant-resource

idek, i would just use free ones from texturehaven or 3dtexures.me but im just the ideas man

markusmatern

Maybe you can find something here:

https://texturehaven.com/textures/?c=bricks

https://texturehaven.com/textures/?c=plaster

I used the 4K JPG versions in my examples: Diffuse, Roughness, Bump and Normals. No displacement!

https://texturehaven.com/tex/?c=plaster&t=wall_bricks_plaster

 

https://texturehaven.com/tex/?c=bricks&t=castle_brick_07

https://texturehaven.com/tex/?c=bricks&t=brick_wall_001

NorthOf45

Ancient Stones - Masonry, Stone and Brickwork Shaders for DS and Iray uses Displacement and Normal maps. Great detail, if a little repetitive, but in closeup, you won't see the pattern. Not necessarily standard brick, but these (mostly) wall textures also use Displacement and Normal Maps: Stoneworks From Mexico 01: Iray Shaders and Merchant Resource, Stoneworks From Mexico 02: Iray Shaders and Merchant Resource. Don't forget, there is a separate SubD Displacement Level control.

For 3DL, there are a few (not all just brick) from ForbiddenWhispers / David Brinnen (custom shaders, do not convert well, if at all, to Iray): DAZ Studio 4 Grunged Shaders, Industrial Walls DAZ Studio Shaders, Historical Masonry DAZ Studio Shaders Vol 1, Historical Masonry DAZ Studio Shaders Vol 2

Sevrin

Thanks all. 

I have the Mexican Stoneworks shaders, but was looking for something more brick, less stone.  The Texture Haven ones look good.  I support HDRI Haven, but haven't been to check out textures yet.