car: karmann ghia

[whiteboy]

hey everyone here is a new project i started on.



http://www.geocities.com/whiteboy29406/karmannghiaback2

http://www.geocities.com/whiteboy294...hiafront3.html

http://www.geocities.com/whiteboy294...iawindows.html

[Marcia]

Looks really good to me. I used to have one of these, in sky blue. Ran like your typical bug, but what a gorgeous body.

[whiteboy]

thanks for the comment man. I am working on the rims and the bumper as well as the inside.

[3Dan]

Welcome to the forums.
Interesting choice. I made one myself, you can check the thread here , it has great feedback from members who own/owned the car.
Care must be taken with the window frames which are now too rounded, also check out the front intakes which are straight in their baseline. Minor tweaking around will put it into shape.

And lastly i believe Marcia is a she

[whiteboy]

Thanks for the tips. I know i need to fix the windows i did those really quick. As for Marcia. I am sorry but i have the habbit of saying man all the time.

[whiteboy]

i saw your karmann ghia and i must say it looks great. I can only hope mines turns out like that. I do have a few questions for you. How did you create your wheels? How did you create the vents in the trunk? I thanks again man for your help.

[whiteboy]

o and what do you mean "check out the front intakes which are straight in their baseline. Minor tweaking around will put it into shape." thanks again

[Marcia]

LOL. I am a she, but since there are so few of us doing 3D (statistically speaking, anyway), I'm used to being lumped in with the guys generically. No big deal.

Dan, your karmann turned out great. It looks much classier in those colors than it did with a sky blue repaint. Sure wish I had that car back.

[3Dan]

On page 4 there is a brief explanation and an img of the vents. As for the intake i mean their lower side. They are more trapezoidal with round corners.
As for the wheels, i have created a shape of the tire and hubcap, then lathed and finally converted it to poly. The tread is textured.
Now waiting for updates.

[whiteboy]

Hey everyone decided to give the Karmann Ghia another shot...so here are some shots of it.


3Dan: I hope to hear feedback from you. I just love your work.

[whiteboy]

Why no comments?

[MAdEinUK1]

thats alot better second time round. keep us updated

[whiteboy]

Thanks MAdEinUK1 for the comment appreciate it. I am trying to smooth out my shape of the car to get rid of a few dents in the mesh. Does anyone have a technique on how to do this? I am just pulling verts. I just want to know if this is the most efficient way of doing it.

[whiteboy]

StationMiek: I just love how detail you model your cars and keep them looking realistic. Could you spare any advice on how to keep the are smooth. THanks.

[whiteboy]

Hey everyone back with an update. The window thickness is way off just extruded all edges to add depth to my seams. Will fix that as well as the bottom of the door. If you guys and gals see anything else wrong please tell me. Thanks.