WIP: BMW x5

[g69]

just started with BMW x5..i hope it goes well

Started with splines :)

[g69]

mesh smooth applied

[g69]

mirrored and welded :D

[g69]

the engine hood:

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detailing 1:

http://www.geocities.com/gwandi_no69/wip_bmwx5/Progress_UD005.jpg

and detailing 2:

http://www.geocities.com/gwandi_no69/wip_bmwx5/Progress_UD006.jpg

[Fluous]

detailing pics arent working for me. But since you decided to post on my thread I thought I would see what you were up to and help out. I think it is nice so far. Hood is looking good. Roughly how long did it take you to do those. I tried a spline tutorial and it didnt work out for me, so I'm a meshy kinda guy lol. Keep up the good work :)

[Ravens]

Detailed arent working here too, but ehm hoe do you mirror and then weld ? please can you explain it ?

[g69]

sorry the detail pics didnt work, dont know why :(
anways, here are they again

Details 1:

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details 2:

[g69]

Originally posted by Fluous
detailing pics arent working for me. But since you decided to post on my thread I thought I would see what you were up to and help out. I think it is nice so far. Hood is looking good. Roughly how long did it take you to do those. I tried a spline tutorial and it didnt work out for me, so I'm a meshy kinda guy lol. Keep up the good work :)

Thanx for the comments...
i know its real early stage of modeling the car...
but just wanted to know how it is turning out. :)

i did the splines in about 1 hour or something....
and then arranged the vertices according to the blueprints...
added & removed the un/wanted edges.

that was day 1 and went to bed ;)

and then the next day the hood. (some 30 mins there).

i am too damn slow with cars :(

anyways Fluous, i know splines are a bit confusing in the beginiing... but i really like working with them to create a rough shape.
plus you can start testing it out... and if you need any sorta help..
i'd love to help :)

[Androgs]

so far so good:) , keep it up, I'm looking forward for your progress.:D

[g69]

Originally posted by Ravens
Detailed arent working here too, but ehm hoe do you mirror and then weld ? please can you explain it ?

Hey Raven, how you doing?
your the one doing Audi TT. isnt it?

well...i am watching ur progress and would say your doing a great job, plus cant wait to see it done. :)

ok. i created half of the car, as you can see...
mirrored it on X-axis.... then selected all the middle vertices.
non-uniform scaled it down to 1. along x-axis...

and then WELD - "TAAADA".

hehehe, i hope you understand that... if you need any
graphy representation - lemme know!

L8ers Rav.

[g69]

Originally posted by Androgs
so far so good:) , keep it up, I'm looking forward for your progress.:D

Hey Androgs, thanx dude... i hope it works out good :)

[Kujoe]

Hi 69,Its looking good .Keep it up.Love the way you help others.Thanks for helping people.:cool:

[g69]

Thanx kujoe...

helping others?
man, we all learn from each others... no body is perfect...
sharing knowledge increases it. :)

[Dr.N]

nice work man , i like the front keep it up

[ironiC]

hey nice modle :cool:

[g69]

Thanks you all for the Support! :)
i worked on the bumper today for some time...
i will resume it 2moro, hopefully...

and would post some more of my work so far.
L8erz...

[Fluous]

ill keep track of this thread, looks like its coming out good. for the hood indents, did you select and then extrude then chamfer, or just extrude and meshsmooth, or something all different lol...gotta go do the daily run to keep me in shape..be back in 2 hours lol...jk one, takes me like 12 minutes :), but the rest of the people...i have to wait for..btw keep it up, looking gooodddd:D

[g69]

Originally posted by Fluous
ill keep track of this thread, looks like its coming out good. for the hood indents, did you select and then extrude then chamfer, or just extrude and meshsmooth, or something all different lol...gotta go do the daily run to keep me in shape..be back in 2 hours lol...jk one, takes me like 12 minutes :), but the rest of the people...i have to wait for..btw keep it up, looking gooodddd:D

chamfering the edges and extruding the polys depends
on how complex the object is getting...

if the object is complex: to keep it real simple i usually extrude the polys :)

low-res, object: chamfer edges.

thanx for watchin my thread. :)
i am waiting for your updates as well :)
L8ers

[g69]

the bumpers :D

[g69]

bumpers, hood and the car itself.

pls note: the car mesh vertices need to be aligned.
ill do them 2moro :)

[Kujoe]

Looking great dude.;) you keep up the great work

[antoine]

Originally posted by g69
Hey Raven, how you doing?
your the one doing Audi TT. isnt it?

well...i am watching ur progress and would say your doing a great job, plus cant wait to see it done. :)

ok. i created half of the car, as you can see...
mirrored it on X-axis.... then selected all the middle vertices.
non-uniform scaled it down to 1. along x-axis...

and then WELD - "TAAADA".

hehehe, i hope you understand that... if you need any
graphy representation - lemme know!

L8ers Rav.


ANTOINE=NOOB!
I'm have trouble with welding all those verts, can u show that graphic!!! BTW, excellent detail work, do u know a good spling tut that shows where to place the actual splines???

[g69]

Originally posted by antoine
ANTOINE=NOOB!
I'm have trouble with welding all those verts, can u show that graphic!!! BTW, excellent detail work, do u know a good spling tut that shows where to place the actual splines???

Thanx...
what is the problem ur facing?
can you link me where you could show me some images

anyways here is the link (http://www.g69.greatnow.com//tut/weld/) for welding stuff i did for you.
Enjoy, and happy modeling ;)

Hey Ray: Thanx man! :)
i wish i model sumthing as good as you do... lets see :)

L8er

[Ferry P]

why not use the mirror modifier?

anyway...great car...I really dig it...
I drove one some months ago, GREAT CAR!

[el_crni]

lovely,
i like the modeling, what technic u use, sorry for my questions but im intrested...
most of all i like car modeling so i just love your work...

keep modeling

[antoine]

Aight, thanks for the tut. I'm having trouble with the seams around my headlight, since its a weird shape, come check my thread, and i never know where to put the splines when i do it that way

[Kujoe]

Originally posted by g69
Thanx...
what is the problem ur facing?
can you link me where you could show me some images

anyways here is the link (http://www.g69.greatnow.com//tut/weld/) for welding stuff i did for you.
Enjoy, and happy modeling ;)

Hey Ray: Thanx man! :)
i wish i model sumthing as good as you do... lets see :)

L8er :) Thanks69 hi.I think your doing great.We don't have to see.YOUR there man.You work the splines like a pro dude.:D

[g69]

Thanx Ray! :D

el_crni: i started off with spline cage...added surface modifier
and then converted it to editable poly...

and then, there the real part begins.... :)
Thanx for showing interest in cars.

EF_studios: Mirror modifier is good way to go about
mirroring somthing, but with cars, we dont see 2 gas tanks do we?

besides i like working with the whole car mesh.

Yup, sure is a nice car :D

[antoine]

Yo 69, just looked at this again, thanks for the graphic. I was looking at the hood, and where the bottom of the hood meets the bumper, there's a bit of overlap. Anyway, how do u know where to place the splines, i know to make a quad cage, but do u know of a good tut that doesn't tell u to make a "spline cage," but shows u how?

Looks nice dog

[g69]

Originally posted by antoine
Yo 69, just looked at this again, thanks for the graphic. I was looking at the hood, and where the bottom of the hood meets the bumper, there's a bit of overlap. Anyway, how do u know where to place the splines, i know to make a quad cage, but do u know of a good tut that doesn't tell u to make a "spline cage," but shows u how?

Looks nice dog

oh as i said, my mesh aint final yet...
yup i know there is an overlap... i need to adjust the car
details so that they match up with the hood...
ill do that in the end...

and regarding splines... did you try reading through the
tutorials which ship with 3Ds max?
sure thing, ill pull out some sites for you to have a look who
they modeled with spline...

L8ers

[g69]

small update1.

please note: the mesh needs adjustments!
will do tht later while detailing the car body....

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update 2:

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update 3:

last for 2day... workin atm :P

[Kujoe]

Your doing a great job.Keep it up.:D

[g69]

Originally posted by Kujoe
Your doing a great job.Keep it up.:D

Thanx Kujoe...
here are more before i hit the bed..

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Doors opened!

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TOP:

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Last for now...

C&C are welcome
The Side:

[MicH]

wow man .. looking better !

but you should use less polygons ;) and let meshsmooth do the trick ;)

also very impressive that it only takes 1h for you to do a splinecage.. I takes for me usually 5h (very detailed).

if you would like so see my wip cars please visit my page www.mibost.com

thx
/MicH

[Androgs]

:) Wow, nice work so far, when can I get the key;) ?

[g69]

Originally posted by MicH
wow man .. looking better !

but you should use less polygons ;) and let meshsmooth do the trick ;)

also very impressive that it only takes 1h for you to do a splinecage.. I takes for me usually 5h (very detailed).

if you would like so see my wip cars please visit my page www.mibost.com

thx
/MicH

Thanx,
yup i am low poly modeling it...
the wire you see with the shaded view is meshsmooth to 1

i just checked out ur work..
man its really excellent...
but man, why do u do the splines soo accuratly?
i just take out the basic shape of an object with splines
and then model it. :)

[g69]

Originally posted by Androgs
:) Wow, nice work so far, when can I get the key;) ?

you already modeled the keychain... we are left with the keys! :P

hehehe Thanx man!

[el_crni]

im impressed wit your detail level, did u thought to model interior, :)
can't wait for more renderings


sorry for my english

[arreal]

good work!
But I think the body is a little bit too round,I think we are using the same way to model it,poly + meshsmooth,what iteration value you use?

[g69]

Originally posted by arreal
good work!
But I think the body is a little bit too round,I think we are using the same way to model it,poly + meshsmooth,what iteration value you use?

i agree the body still is too round...
actually i havent started detailing body....

yup i think we both are using the same way...
but urs look much better...


my modeling iterations are set to 1
(i usually keep it turned off while modeling, use it when need
to see how its turning out...)

the rendering iterations are 3.

i hope urs the same case as well.

[Dr.N]

nice modeling , but i think u might finish the car b4 starting playin with doors and things

[g69]

Originally posted by Dr.N
nice modeling , but i think u might finish the car b4 starting playin with doors and things

lol, yup totally agree... was just checkin out how they would look if the doors were opened and all :)

aint getting time to model :( i have studies - plus my exams!
oh well - one month and then ill be back with modeling
full time :D

Thanx Dr.N :)

[g69]

Originally posted by el_crni
im impressed wit your detail level, did u thought to model interior, :)
can't wait for more renderings


sorry for my english

you dont have to be sorry for ur english, it is perfect :)
ummm... hell yeah ill be modeling the interiors...
just waiting to finish up some assignments from college
and exams!

Thanx for the comments dude

PS. GOD! I hate studying :(

[MicH]

Originally posted by g69
Thanx,
yup i am low poly modeling it...
the wire you see with the shaded view is meshsmooth to 1

i just checked out ur work..
man its really excellent...
but man, why do u do the splines soo accuratly?
i just take out the basic shape of an object with splines
and then model it. :)


Thx :)

I think it's better to make good references before I start modeling... but hey that's the way I am ;)

- keep up the good work !

Yours sincerly
/MicH

[el_crni]

dont tell me anything for studing i have the same problems,
i hate it all about stud... but at the and it'll be very useful believe me

[g69]

Originally posted by el_crni
dont tell me anything for studing i have the same problems,
i hate it all about stud... but at the and it'll be very useful believe me

i hope it does... lol

[g69]

WEEKEND! i wish it never ends!

aight....all i did this weekend besides playing NFS-UG
was aligning and detailing the mesh....
needs tons n tons of tweaking..

heres the front:

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...waiting for more weekends :(

and the rear:

[neo_mosher_zion]

the tires look asome i like the rims well done.

although the creases between hood and the rest of the body seem a little too tooooo sharp. if ya want i can show ya how to fix that cuz i've seen it in other places too

[g69]

Originally posted by neo_mosher_zion
the tires look asome i like the rims well done.

although the creases between hood and the rest of the body seem a little too tooooo sharp. if ya want i can show ya how to fix that cuz i've seen it in other places too

thanx, yup i know they are pretty sharp...
so sharp tht one would not think of touchin it ;)

i knw i need to adjust em... i sure will
when i do, that would be near end to my model!
plus more edges need to be chamfers to get some nice
sharp edges! :)

[Kujoe]

Looking great man keep it up dude:D