Trying to make an image of a glass rapier... not having much luck.

[Conaill]

How about this:

 

[Conaill]

I put a bit too many bells and whistles in there (like the sword acting as a lens...), but the trick that seemed to work the best was to was to make both the darkest and lightest features of the sword opaque. Fiddle with the intensity curves until you've mapped the darkest and lightest regions to white, then use that as a mask for the transparency of the original sword. Most of the sword will be transparent, but you also wind up with nice glossy reflections...

 

[Conaill]

Even more transparency:

 

[Arravis]

Wow! That is completely and utterly incredible! I love the first one.. how did you do it?!

Any chance you can email (pab_garcia@hotmail.com) me a higher res version of the first one? If you don't have a higher res version, don't worry about it. You did ALOT as it is I suspect!

Thank you very much

 

[crater]

Even more transparency:

That be a glass rapier and no mistake.

 

[Conaill]

Any chance you can email (pab_garcia@hotmail.com) me a higher res version of the first one?

Ok, it's on its way. Glad you like it.