Car WIP

luuckyy · 12th August 2006, 09:01 PM

New today, headlights and small lights at the bottom of the front bumper.
I can't decide if I'm happy with the headlights ...
But they have been a bit tricky to built due to some non planar surfaces and other
things like that

...
The knife plugin has helped me a lot here.
All these lights will later have a kind of glass material in front of them.

Cheers !

tbd · 13th August 2006, 02:58 AM

Very exellent. Great details and modeling. Well done

nightoftheroundtable · 13th August 2006, 11:02 AM

that looks pretty good. how did you make the head lights. this car is fantastic. hmmm the only thing I could suggest now would to add the windshield wipers.

Dennis · 13th August 2006, 11:22 AM

Outstanding work luuckyy!

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Originally Posted by luuckyy

I can't decide if I'm happy with the headlights ...

I feel this way about a lot of things I model, and that usually means I have more work to do

The headlights look good to me so far --- I suppose it depends on how they look when surfaced/rendered?

luuckyy · 13th August 2006, 01:30 PM

Thanks all for your comments.

Here is the original headlight :

And ... I'm actually rebuilding the biggest light so that it looks more like on the picture (larger and more rectangular shape).

@Dennis : for now the headlights look a bit non-realistic to me when rendered, but finding a good reflective metal and a good glass material (maybe associated with a noisy texture) will help. Well I hope

eldonb · 13th August 2006, 02:38 PM

A major quality of a head light is its transparency and therefore I don't think an outside glass applied texture would ever look right form any angle (that is, but one) - what about modeling the inside and applying texture to those parts.

Question, Dennis: can you texture parts below a simi-transparent AC3D materal?

This is way beyond me, but just an idea.

Love your model - envy your talent!

Eldon

An Edit - Sorry, looking back to recent post it appears that you are now modeling the inside - good luck with your efforts.

Dennis · 13th August 2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by eldonb

Question, Dennis: can you texture parts below a simi-transparent AC3D materal?

Absolutely --- I think luuckyy's doing his renders in POV-Ray, which should show them nicely after the "glass" has been set appropriately...

nightoftheroundtable · 13th August 2006, 08:27 PM

wonderful job man. was it difficult to make the headlights how did you manage that?

luuckyy · 19th August 2006, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Dennis

Absolutely --- I think luuckyy's doing his renders in POV-Ray, which should show them nicely after the "glass" has been set appropriately...

I'm also playing a bit with C4D (Cinema 4D) last demo version.
As stated by Maxon you can't save anything done in C4D with the demo, but actually you can save your screen ... so basically you can save your renders.
It has the best anti-aliasing I've ever seen, and is also much more user-friendly than PoseRay.

I've finished the van, I now have to make some textures, and it's render time

!

DRAKELOT · 20th August 2006, 11:44 PM

C4D has one of the best render engines I've seen ... Cool luuckyy

12th August 2006, 09:01 PM	#1
luuckyy Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: France Posts: 737	Re: Car WIP New today, headlights and small lights at the bottom of the front bumper. I can't decide if I'm happy with the headlights ... But they have been a bit tricky to built due to some non planar surfaces and other things like that ... The knife plugin has helped me a lot here. All these lights will later have a kind of glass material in front of them. Cheers ! __________________ OL.

13th August 2006, 02:58 AM	#2
tbd Senior Member Professional user Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 883	Re: Car WIP Very exellent. Great details and modeling. Well done __________________ ..............<<<<My Blog>>>>...........

13th August 2006, 11:02 AM	#3
nightoftheroundtable Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: elma washington Posts: 805	Re: Car WIP that looks pretty good. how did you make the head lights. this car is fantastic. hmmm the only thing I could suggest now would to add the windshield wipers.

13th August 2006, 01:30 PM	#5
luuckyy Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: France Posts: 737	Re: Car WIP Thanks all for your comments. Here is the original headlight : And ... I'm actually rebuilding the biggest light so that it looks more like on the picture (larger and more rectangular shape). @Dennis : for now the headlights look a bit non-realistic to me when rendered, but finding a good reflective metal and a good glass material (maybe associated with a noisy texture) will help. Well I hope __________________ OL.

13th August 2006, 02:38 PM	#6
eldonb Junior Member Advanced member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Monroe, WA USA Posts: 28	Re: Car WIP A major quality of a head light is its transparency and therefore I don't think an outside glass applied texture would ever look right form any angle (that is, but one) - what about modeling the inside and applying texture to those parts. Question, Dennis: can you texture parts below a simi-transparent AC3D materal? This is way beyond me, but just an idea. Love your model - envy your talent! Eldon An Edit - Sorry, looking back to recent post it appears that you are now modeling the inside - good luck with your efforts. Last edited by eldonb; 13th August 2006 at 02:42 PM.

13th August 2006, 08:27 PM	#8
nightoftheroundtable Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: elma washington Posts: 805	Re: Car WIP wonderful job man. was it difficult to make the headlights how did you manage that?

20th August 2006, 11:44 PM	#10
DRAKELOT Senior Member Professional user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: AC3D Poser Bryce Land Posts: 285	Re: Car WIP C4D has one of the best render engines I've seen ... Cool luuckyy