I try to create a green slimy translucent shader using scattering and cloud nodes but no luck... :o(

What i try to achieve is kind of a green slimy thing that is volumetric in a way that it is translucent (refractive) near the surface and then grow scattering as it grows thicker.

Has anyone seen a good shader out there?

 

/Ohman

i think theres a slime type shader in the stock poser basic materials folder, might be worth a look how its put together

Those Poser shaders are pretty lame and very old.  There was a green slime shader posted here in the forum quite some time ago (years I believe) which may suit your needs.  Unfortunately I am not at my home computer to make a thorough search.  Perhaps someone else familiar with the same post can help.

What i need is a shader that combines reflection/refraction with subsurface scattering. Is it even possible to get volumetric effects with Firefly?

I think the red shader might do you if you changed the colour, dialed up transparency and added the SSS you mentioned...

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=3554737

 

PS the critter in the above thread is available here...

http://www.freewebs.com/mugseyfreestuff/Free.htm

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?message_id=1751108&ebot_calc_page#message_1751108

Try modifying this with SSS. 

This is as close as I could get with reflection/refraction and SSS.  Ball placed within an enviromental sphere and rendered with IDL.  There is also a slight transparency applied.  I am not too keen on the reflection but that is just the skydome providing too much light.  I wouldn't use the cloud node for the patterns, turbulence works better with a color ramp node.

BTW, you can take a render time hit with this. 

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/forumpro/showthread.php?thread_id=2852694&page=5

bagginsbill posted basic fresnel scatter shader here.  it looks translucent with strong backlite IMVHO.

Forgot about this one.  And I have it in my favorites bookmark.

WOW :o)

hborre this is just about exactly what i was after!  How did you do that?

Will post the shaders this evening.

As promised, here is the shader arrangement I created for the image above.  Please note the circled attributes, they will change how texture appears at render.  The *Mean_Free_Path_(mm)* attribute on the Custome_Scatter node is the distance, in mm, the raytrace will travel into the surface before it begins to scatter.  You will get a softer surface texture with a higher value (i.e., 14).  The *Ks* attribute on the Ks_microfacet will yield an increased specular highlight with higher values.  You can use this to control hotspots if you use HDRI images in your skydome which tend to be brighter. 

There is a slight transparency applied to this but it is not necessary.  Miss Nancy did point out a thread which I completely forgot about that could improve the shader.  However, I need the time to play with the settings.

The posted render was set up with a skydome (BB's envsphere), one infinite light (approximately 85% intensity).  The reflected light comes from a gradient applied to the dome.  The shader was built in part from a previous thread by Ajax; I stripped out what was unnecessary at the moment.

Thank you so much for this help! :oD

You really made my day!