Bryce 4 - Creating a Stained Glass Window

Step 2: Create first lattice

The first step in creating the stained glass window is to create a symmetrical lattice and edit it in the terrain editor. For a better range of control and detail (if you plan to draw the lattice shape in Bryce instead of importing a predrawn grayscale image), bump your grid size up from the default 128 to 512 ultra-fine.ultra fine


window lattice

Now you are ready to draw the frame of your window which will serve as the "lead" supports for the panes of glass you will be creating next. Set your brush size to the smallest available.

Then while holding down on the SHIFT key, you can draw in straight lines. I did this first to create the basic rectangular outside shape and then the inner cross. To add some irregularity to the piece, draw some scribbles inside your rectangle.

**For Bryce 5 users, this SHIFT key method may not work for you in both directions. If that's the case, your best option is to draw the lattice in a graphics program such as Photoshop, Painter, Paintshop Pro or the like.



You will find that your lattice will have some strange bumps or spikes here and there. By drawing over the worst of these bumps with a darker gray and then by lowering the lattice as a whole, you can even out these spikes. For complete control, you can, of course, create the pattern for this lattice in a program like Photoshop, Photopaint, etc.

You will have to rotate the window along the X or Z axis by 90 degress to get it to stand up as shown in the image on the left.

empty window


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