How can I get the oily skin look?

tl155180

Hello all,

I don't know whether I can still be classed as a new user but I've got a fairly basic question, so thought I'd post it here.

Could someone please tell me how I can get the oily / shiny skin look on Ysabeau 6?

I've checked out threads like http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/54239/ and tried some of the suggestions from there, but it doesn't seem to work for Ysabeau's skin (which seems to be naturally very matte by default). When I play with the settings like Glossy Layered Weight, Glossy Reflectivity and Glossy Roughness all that seems to happen is I get tiny glints of shine appearing here and there on her skin like fireflies, but I can't seem to get an all-over gloss.

I would be very grateful for any suggestions please :)

Thanks.

tl155180

Its ok - nevermind. I found an old post by pearbear thats solved the problem for me.

Big shout-out for pearbear! Thanks buddy! :)

Edit: For anyone else interested, the advice was to remove the specular map from the Iray "Top Coat Colour" channel on the skin surfaces so that the top coat is just plain white, then adjust the "Top Coat Weight" and "Top Coat Roughness" values to suit. He suggested 0.5 and 0.3, but I'm using 0.5 and 0.5 for a softer shine.