# Aliens and Translucency **URL:** https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/aliens-and-translucency/611 **Category:** Artwork **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/aliens-and-translucency/611 "2020-11-06T13:58:27Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Drmabuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Drmabuse](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Drmabuse) #### Post date: [November 6, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/aliens-and-translucency/611/1 "2020-11-06T13:58:27Z")
My first attempts with translucency. I would like to know if there is an easy way to group objects which have different materials on each part, as merging seems to lose some of them and some geometry. ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/1X/ceccc3f87a68242dd1bd99dc9beb5411108ea3a8.jpeg) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/1X/c51cd289666b664d1198510c523ec4b686cccbf3.jpeg) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/nomadsculpt/original/1X/b3daf2630335add79bcffad3f0e7152efc5eecd6.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![stephomi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/stephomi/32/19583_2.png) [@stephomi](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/stephomi) #### Post date: [November 6, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/aliens-and-translucency/611/2 "2020-11-06T15:53:52Z")
Per vertex painting should be kept. However per object attributes like opacity or chosen matcap will be lost. ---
### Author: ![Drmabuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Drmabuse](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Drmabuse) #### Post date: [November 6, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/aliens-and-translucency/611/3 "2020-11-06T23:47:33Z")
Many thanks for that. I like the type of grouping/ungrouping system that Eon software use, but I don’t know if that’s possible in Nomad.