Mixed materials

[Anonymous]

Greetings. Let's say I have a piece of metal with a gray matte paint with no specular highlights (please see the attached image). However, the corners are worn down, revealing metal beneath the gray paint. The metal underneath is actual shiny metal material, and does have highlights. Is it possible to paint that? What would be the best way to achieve this combination of different materials?

By the way, the image is a screen capture from Allegorithmic site. 

I would appreciate any insight, thank you.

[Daf]

Probably several ways to do this ... but off the top of my head I would look into creating a copy of the worn material and use it in the specular slot as a mask. That should do it! 🙂

Good luck!

Daf

[Stefan_L]

I'd try it with a blend material - no idea where in my head it is though...