Mercedes SLR McLaren

[doca]

Hi man, as this is my favorite car, I shoud have rigid criteria, so... great start man. I've started few times to model SLR too, but as my blueprints was awful and with a part finished model I was lazy to follow that ugly blueprints, and made something close to concept car(URL is bottom). Enough of my problems, ya model is good so far,can't wait to see it finished. Keep on.
P.S. Could you send me blueprints,(just answer in replay I'll give you my mail, or just post it for me and other SLR fans). Thanks!

[SimonGibson]

Good progress so far no crits as of yet!

[sconlogue]

Great start! Mesh looks nice and clean so far.

Are you modeling panel by panel? I am working on my first car model and never thought of doing it that way. I am working from the overall form then adding detail as I break up the panels. If you are doing it panel by panel how do you make sure you keep the lines smooth across panels?

Look forward to seeing the vray renders!

[ChesterLM]

@docaml and anyone else who wanted the prints
http://www.chester.speedxs.nl/slr_bp.jpg
When using these, dont forget to change the size of the front and backview to match the side and top view.

@SimonGibson
Tnx :)

@sconlogue
I just create 1 poly, and shift-drag it till I have the shape I want. I mostly start with the hood and I start with the detail right away. After The hood is done I just shift drag the edges. The places where the seams are gonna come, I chamfer them and delete the polys there.

[ChesterLM]

A small update:

http://www.il.fontys.nl/~mehorny/slr/wip3.jpg

[simo]

looks pretty solid so far, apart from that bodywork seem just behind the front wheel, i think that shold be a little sharper

[wybl]

good modeling so far, its a lovely car indeed.

[ChesterLM]

Update:
-Finished the front bumper
-Made the foglights
-Made the signallights
-Made the mercedes emblem
-Made the McLaren logo (not visible on this render)

http://www.il.fontys.nl/%7Emehorny/slr/wip4.jpg

[razielo]

i really like what you've done till now....it's great work....

i would have one question....how did you do the car paint (looks like you used hdri)...can u explain how can i do the same material ? (using vray of course or mental ray). I worked hard to achieve a good car paint material...and i did....but your (as i can see in these renders) is far more impressive (congrats). Thank you.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :thumbsup:

[ChesterLM]

i really like what you've done till now....it's great work....

i would have one question....how did you do the car paint (looks like you used hdri)...can u explain how can i do the same material ? (using vray of course or mental ray). I worked hard to achieve a good car paint material...and i did....but your (as i can see in these renders) is far more impressive (congrats). Thank you.

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK :thumbsup:

Tnx :)
It's just a shellac material with V-ray materials in both slots, with fresnel reflections.

[kajtom]

Can't wait to see the final result! So far you have made some good work here. I'm impressed.
And thanks for the blueprints! Couldn't find them till now ;)

If you could place some render with red paint added it would be great ;)

[skatehead]

niice, i was going to ask about the car paint too, real sweet

nice smooth mesh too, cant wait to see a finished render

[Scotcho]

Really nice so far, I've got a feeling this will be a fantastic car model.

[Rebro]

Great model m8! :thumbsup: I´ll be wathing U :eek:

[Admiral_GM]

Looks great so far :D Excellent choice of subject as well :)

[ChesterLM]

A small update after a long vacation:

http://www.il.fontys.nl/~mehorny/slr/wip6.jpg

[DrZerg]

Wow man that is one crazy modeling!! I wish i was that good! Good luck with this great car :thumbsup: BTW take a look at my car WIP i got one complicated car too :)

[Magma3D]

Hi!.. very great and clean modeling!:thumbsup:
Compliments!!

[ChesterLM]

Did the rear end of the body. Now the basic body is done, so I can start detailing :-)
The other pics are down, because I'm using a different host now. If you want to view my other wips, it's an open dir :p (http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/)

*images are clickable*
http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip8m.jpg (http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip8.jpg)

http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip9m.jpg (http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip9.jpg)

[ChesterLM]

It's been a long time since I've worked on this model. Started working on it again somewhere this week. Made the rims, the material needs more work though, the original rims are much whiter.

*image is clickable for 1600x1200*
http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip12m.jpg (http://chester.qonstrukt.nl/3d/slr/wip12.jpg)

[alnitak]

great update ChesterLM i realy like the rims.

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