EDIT: Test Render update... experimenting with lid and "top of jar" features
Found the commercial ads I remember from ages ago...
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I suppose only Americans of the age 40-ish or older would recall
Tang as the "Official Drink of Astronauts," but I just had to make this... still working on screw-top lid to match the screw-top jar, and possible powdered drink mix contents.
Of course, I have made modest changes to the jar, product name and label...
Anyway, as for the original (attached)
Tang, it is a powdered drink mix that's been around for decades. It was on John Glenn's first space mission and used as a food product in the
Gemini space program, which gave the
Tang brand a huge marketing tool and rose the product out of a floundering state of sales.
The label is applied to a cylinder with combination of regular colored label jpg and transmap, with a separate, slightly narrower cylinder behind it colored a metallic green. The jar itself has both outer and inner surfaces for added realism depth, and I will probably create a fill material of orange-ish powder by duplicating the inner jar as and making a separate mesh just for the contents.
I've also decided to alter label format a bit more, changing the current "like the original" label logo further... I will likely make the "glass of orange" shaped a bit differently. Probably shorten it and make stem type base for it in order to further the difference from
Tang's actual label appearance. Too, I think I will take the light green leaves on either side of the orange logo and make them into teardrop- shaped splashes. Also, the original has a light green metallic around the orange logo, and I haven't decided if I want to re-create that or just keep it solid light green as shown in my render.
I don't know why more people don't play with the glass effects and other options. They really look cool!
Attached is my WIP render of
TWANG, and the original jars - the center being my model example.
When complete, I will probably upload it to ShareCG.com for all to enjoy, download and goof around with (in 3ds and obj format). It would work well for just about any similar glass-jar powdered drink product - instant iced tea, other flavored drinks, etc.
