The New SMC's - 024 - Rev it up!

[RockstarKate]

Here's mine- took my time rendering it.
It's based on the smart car. If I get time, I'm going to do another based on my real car- an orange Mini convertible

[Blacklemon67]

Really cool model RockstarKate, it looks like it just came out of the box.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Originally Posted by Blacklemon67

@Classic gamer: What kind of texture did you use for the windows of your WIP?

it's a glass material that I made from scratch it's pretty simple actually

Colour:

Colour: Set To White 255, 255, 255 at 80% Brightness.

Transparency:

40% Brightness,

Colour:
Set To White 255, 255, 255,
Refraction: 1, Fresnel ticked,
Fresnel Reflectivity: Set to 100%.

Reflection:

Brightness 60%,
Colour: Set To White 255, 255, 255.

Specular:
Mode set to Metal,
Width 50%,
Height 20%,
Falloff 0%,
Inner Width 0%.

Then above the model i've got 2x long cubes made into rectangles and with about the size width of spacebetween them, then a luminance channel ticked with 100% brightness, and these are light planes for reflections above the vehicle. It's just there to test the materials out.

That's all there is too it

pavrix - brilliant find on "The Homer" blueprints, I might give it a go, but i'm struggling with my yellow van entry at the moment.

CG

[brianBurke]

Keylitho and Kate, awesome works.

[RockstarKate]

I modeled my second entry Moving on to rendering it next. While I was modeling, I gathered some screen captures and made this little gif. Thought it might be interesting to some one. Entry will be coming soon! Let me know if you have any questions (took the full 90 minutes to model)


I like to start with the round parts- I make them out of cylinders. I always find that the most time consuming part is to create a perfectly round shape, yet without this the model looks immediately wrong. So for this model, I made the wheel wells first. I also made the headlight shape out of a cylinder.

With a time constraint, I usually use turbosmooth and check both "separate by smoothing groups" and "separate by materials." That gives a lot of control without chamfering and the pain of cleaning it up. The mental ray rounded edges effect does a nice job on edge highlights.

I make a lot of car interiors at work- I think I made the seats and interior in about 2 min

Thanks for the nice comments about my first model

[XYZ]

nice animation and modeling. It looks like a mini cooper already.

[Aleg8r]

entry number 3

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

wow you are all doing such brilliant entries, love the mini cooper progress, looks really great.

CG

[RockstarKate]

Thanks CG, great models from you too
Here it is in final entry form. I basically kept adding details until I ran out of time. Definitely could be more! Maybe sometime I'll detail this model and render it like a real car. Now I'm thinking of doing a scene with the Mini and the smart car together! Could be fun.

[Manni]

@rockstarKate: really very, very impressive

[RockstarKate]

@Manni,
Thank you! I'm glad you like it

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

RockstarKate - Very good indeed, love it Great texturing especially on the front headlights which when you work on it another time can be modelled

CG

[RockstarKate]

Thanks CG! I used a photo of a real mini headlight for the texture. Without it, it seemed to be missing something but obviously, no time to model it for this comp! So- simple solution really

Like I said, I own this car irl, so if I do detail it, I will have the ultimate source of references!

[pavrix]

Hi to all! this is my first post in this challenge, it's a war tank, but i can't made it in the stablished time due the details, i hope you like it.... sorry for my english

[Blacklemon67]

Well, that looks safe for the kids.