Dodge Charger LOW RIDER

[AdamHerbert]

Wow! Looks great! No crits.

[FastForward]

Not finished ? It's simply AWESOME !

[Jet-Black]

dats a really nice render...liked the black shader n chrome......plz provide a front shot....also can u share some details about the chrome material.....coz i'm not getting a perfect chrome effect( more of black shade on it)

[Dukesy]

thanks guys, heres the shot of the front.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/2292/lowriderfront6hq.jpg
About the chrome. i think your chrome is black because it is refelcting the black environment in your scene. Try placeing boxes that are reallly white around your car then it will reflect that. should work. if it still does it just explain ur scene to me more i should be able to help.

Thank again guys, i'll keep you all updated.

[Dukesy]

Hey, just wondering if anyone has any crits so far??? any ideas?? anything



Thanks

[slangford]

I got some ideas.... but could you post a wire?

[nubian]

that's absolutely pimp.
i'm digging it! :thumbsup:

[dEDa]

THAT'S COOOL!! :buttrock:
dEDa

[Dukesy]

Here we are front and back, hope some of you guy find it helpful.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6724/frontwire4gm.jpg
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/1440/backwire8uw.jpg

[seagulls]

just one crit:the door fillet should be slightly less i think

[slice56]

looks good so far

here are some crits:

- your door seems arent very precise. You arent seeing an actualy dug in edge there. Try making the valley in the seam deeper, and splitting alont the crest of your valley to constrain the highlights.

- why is there a roll bar on the interior of a lowrider?

[Kruvi]

Looks great, love the surfacing :beer:

The tires seem to be a bit too low though I have to say

[FastForward]

I agree with Slice56 : the door edges should be sharper. It's very visible from the front view. Top job, though.

[Dukesy]

Thanks guys, i'll fix up the door seams and show you soon, yeah the roll bar..... i had it as the dukes of hazzard car but then i scrapped it and went for the low rider look. But yeah thanks for the comments guys, i'll post updates soon.

Thanks

[Dukesy]

heres the door. what does everyone think of the door seam?????
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3039/doorfix6gz.jpg

[seagulls]

much better.

[Dukesy]

i think the reflections in the paint are ok, should bee all good for animation soon.
what does everyone think
OLD PAINT SCHEME::::
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/560/carback4pg.jpg




NEW TEST RENDER::::
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/662/testcomplow12dz.jpg

[xak]

I think the car looks really great. However, the new test render
with the scene does not look very good. I think you need to
spend a little more time making the car's environment look as
good as the car itself.

[Dukesy]

hey,

no worries xak, but yeah just did a quick dodgy scene to see how the reflections will work. i'll start working on the environment asap!! thanks

[slice56]

what year charger is this supposed to be?

[Dukesy]

a 1970 charger R/T is what i used as blueprints, but then after the basic car was there i got rid of them and started my own stuff, to give it a unique look.

what ya think?

[slice56]

it looks pretty close i guess, but the main thing that is messing with me is that there is something "off" with the headlights. Maybe they dont have enough contrast? Here is a pic....see if you can see what i mean..
http://www.sitnews.org/0702news/kruzers/70_chrysler_charger.JPG

also, your side mirror is way too huge. Check this pic out:
http://www.die-briester.de/pics/sebastians/hq-doge-chargerRt-1970-1.jpg
http://www.stelesys.com/%7Elysinger/Daytona2002/daytona2002-233.txt

[Eurisko]

It's looking good, but you need to work on the a-pillar at the edge of the windscreen/front of the door. If you look at the reference it's pretty thin, but on the model it's quite wide.

Also it seems to be missing the 'coke-bottle' shape to the body and the z-shape where the top front of the door meets the front quarter panel.

Keep it up.

[FastForward]

Two crits : your headlights seem like just a bitmap put on them. I found a very good video tutorial at www.3dpalace.com (http://www.3dpalace.com) . Very simple, very good results. You put a checker in the bump and refraction slots, play with UV tiling (U: 20 V:3), make the back part and lightbulb chrome.
The painted body part between the winshield and the front window : according to the pictures posted by Slice56, it seems much too large. Am I right ?

[aLxDesigns]

http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7215/lowriderfrontcutout5cg.jpg

That corner really bugs me. everything is supposed to blend together, but the corner of the door looks like it's sticking out.
Ther rest is AWESOME!

keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

[slice56]

The painted body part between the winshield and the front window : according to the pictures posted by Slice56, it seems much too large. Am I right ?

yea, the A-pillar seems way too thick. Good catch!

[Dukesy]

Hey everyone, just finishing a uni assignment so i will post an updated render in tommorrow sometime, thanks for all the help, cant wait to see what else you guys can help me with! thanks agian

[Dukesy]

Stuff uni assignments!! lol
**fixed a pillar (might have to adjust it abit more but i think the size is good) and door edge, also added door vent things.
ok what u think?? anybetter????
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9914/doorfix6pp.jpg

next i'll make the mirror abit smaller, ummm and fix the rims alittle, then i'll work on getting that "z" shape in the top of the door (and fix the back of the door where it goes to the body, nice smooth transition)

Thanks

[slice56]

its looking much better, man!

only thing im noticing that is really sticking out to me is how small/skinny the wipers are. they seem really skinny IMO...

[slice56]

noticed another thing...its missing the vents right below the wipers. I found a pic, but it barely shows them. Hope this helps :)

http://members.aol.com/sdreibelbi/69hood.jpg

[Dukesy]

your right, thanks i didnt notice it

here is a pic of them bigger. and vents in the bonnet :) i work fast! lol
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3627/doorfix2jh.jpg
now to start uni stuff

Ciao i'll be back soon, guys give me lots of work to do when i get back :) ;)

[Dukesy]

Hey, just wondering if anyone knows how to of where i can lean to rig and animate a car rig? like the wheels moving and suspension and stuff??

[Dukesy]

hey guys, made some quick renders before i went to sleep.

Hope u enjoy them as much as i do, i cant wait to animate this baby!
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/327/testcomplow21gy.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1734/testcomplow15ab.jpg

[slice56]

looks like the hood details need to be worked on more, as well as the front chrome trim that wraps around the car. I attached an image so you can see waht I mean.

- the chrome trim around the front of yours is the right shape, but your has a hard beveled edge. on the real thing the bevel is MUCH softer and you can barely see it.

- the flar that goes up the middle of the hood on your car isnt as pronounced and continues into the chrome piece. on the real thing the flare ends before the chrome trim as well as continues further up the hood, all the way to the new grille you put in the bonnet ;)

- the shapes modeled into your car seem to be a little too rounded, especially along the width of the car. on the real thing, they do have rounded edges, but the lines in between the rounded edges are straight. i hope this makes sense lol

http://endor.hsutx.edu/%7Elocutus/charger/large/hood-lg.jpg

Dave

[Dukesy]

Heres a new render with some stuff that has been fixed ( i took out the door vents for now)

1.the Z in the door
2.hood flare fixed
3.more rounder chrome on front bumper
4.width of car is now sharper as in real life car
5.bigger wipers
6.fixed headlights alitte (cant see in this pic)

but yeah tell me what you think of the Z in the door! took forever!!! :)
and what do u think of the red :)
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2625/car10fa.jpg

[Dukesy]

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1407/car16hr.jpg
LATEST RENDERS
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3541/car24cf.jpg

[slice56]

its looking so much better man! You should look at the first images and then look attehse latest ones. A HUGE DIFFERENCE! Only thing i notice now is the tires dont seem to have a sidewall. I know they are supposed to be low pro tires, but you might want to give them a little more of a sidewall. Keep it up!

[seagulls]

its looking much better.
i think i prefer the black...the red seems more racy.Just me personally.
The disc brakes may need some circular brushed effect to make em look real.
its all in the detail now.

[FastForward]

I agree with both Slice56 and Karl168 : red is too racy for a LowRider, especially with the two stripes. If you keep Red in mind, at least try to get something darker, maybe with some very little metalflakes. About the tires, I had not noticed they were sooo low. since your first post I thought there were thin white sidewalls instead of rims. I think your should keep the same diameter, but with less rims and more tires. I'm sorry, English is not my language and it's a bit hard to explain what I mean, but try to see the external part of the rims as white sidewalls. what do you think ?

You are doing doing an impressive work. Keep it up !:thumbsup:

[Dukesy]

Hey!!! thanks for all the help....... i have been messing with the paint abit, just wondering if this scheme would work? :)

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/418/car67tf.jpg

yeah i know its dodgy, texture took me like 5 mins and the overall scene and render is off but i'll work on it if you guys think it suits!

Thanks again everyone
Esspecially:
- FastForward
- karl168
- slice56
You Guys ROCK!!!

[slice56]

the deisng is decent. Id mak the flames shorter and have them overlapping. give them more color detail too. Just some real simple highlights and shadows


like this maybe?
http://www.customautodesign.com/pradkepaint0029.jpg

lol the flames are cool in this pic IMO, but doesnt it look like hes puting them on a diesel? lol

also, what res is your flame texture? it seems lowres. maybe have it at least 1024x1024

[Dukesy]

yeah i'll get working on them asap, heres another pic, u can see i fixed the wheels!!! lol they have sidewalls now!

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/6543/car77ll.jpg

i'll retexture the flames and try to fix up a better scene for the render.

talk to you guys again soon.

Rob

[FastForward]

This time, you're almost reaching perfection ! Work a bit more on the flames as Slice56 suggested and you're done ! Really a great, great job !

[seagulls]

yes trust me you dont want to shortcut the flames, they are a big feature.but the rest is looking really good.:thumbsup:

[EVIL]

hot dang!, I want that ride!

[Kickflipkid687]

Could you please tell me how you achieved that chrome effect? I've been messing around in max forever trying to get good results, and I can't. I'm pretty sure your using max, but not that sure, lol. But I would really appreciate it. By the way, the car is looking fking AMAZING!!!

[Dukesy]

New Rims, Good or bad?
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9677/blackstripe19ec.jpg

[Kickflipkid687]

I like the old rims more so than the new ones. The old ones had more of that "low rider" feel to them.

[slice56]

the new rim/tire combo looks great :thumbsup:

it depends on whether or not you are still going for the lowrider look. If you are going for more of a stock look, then you have it perfectly. If you are going lowrider, then you might want to give it some metallic green paint and throw some huge rims on it....

personally, I think this setup looks MUCH better than the previous one with those huge ass rims.

[Dukesy]

Ok ive decised i wanna make this a muscle car, not a low rider, so i'll be working on that instead!! yay!!! more fun i think.

I'll get some updates asap

but for now heres what the doors and interior will look like, i started last night and yeah thats about it gonna finish the dash and stuff later and make some latches for the doors and stuff. what you think?? ( i think the dash as to be bigger) maybe.
lol

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/7871/doorsanddash8bd.jpg

Keep in mind im not really going for acuracy, just looking good :)

[Kickflipkid687]

looks pretty dame good to me! Did you see what I asked before? How to do the chrome effect like you have in max?

[sitnikvladimir]

Nice Flame textured version but texture quality is too low -make better texture! :thumbsup:

[sitnikvladimir]

Nice Flame textured version but texture quality is too low -make better your textures! :thumbsup:

[Dukesy]

Sorry i forgot Kickflipkid687

this is Exactly what i use
http://www.3dkingdom.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=526&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

hope that helps

[Jack_Knife]

Looking very nice dude, I love this car. Start of the interior is looking sweet too. Superb job. :thumbsup: (misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#)

Also, which uni do you go to on the Gold Coast? I live on the Gold Coast too and go to Griffith.

[Dukesy]

Hey guys long time no see, just doing the interior: tell me what you think so far:

Abit dark but hey i'll work on it, im gonna use the car for an animation so the interior wont matter to much, just for some renders it will look good.
http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/3024/cartest42rd.jpg

i put another light in this one :)

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/1593/cartest51ke.jpg

[seagulls]

its looking sweet! work on the fabric a little more though.

[Dukesy]

just something i did in photo shop

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/4750/drift6af.jpg

[jarnhus]

This looks freakin' awesome Dukesy :bounce:.... Makes my wanna print out a copy, praying that it comes out as a real car :D

[sitnikvladimir]

Nice changers Man! :thumbsup: I think image is too digital!

[Jet-Black]

dats some really good interior.....the composited image looks neat......plz get some good big renders.....waiting plz.

[Dukesy]

Hey guys, this is a scene for a movie (Sideways Midnight) me and my friend are making!
Nice big photo for you all.

My wip WIP is here : SKYLINE R34 (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=3695850#post3695850)
My friends WIP is here : SUPRA (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=377840)

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1198/smh6il.th.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smh6il.jpg)

Check them all out and make you you tell us what you think.

Thanks

[Dukesy]

A new Render using vray that i used for my SKYLINE.

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4968/gs2tu1.jpg

[T-Roy]

Im surprised someone hasnt mentioned this earlier, but yoru charger shouldnt be a charger 500, charger 500, actually had a fast back, i knWo its tecnical, i jsut thoguht maybe you woudl like to hear about it, I really like the model, and i hope to see more muscle cars from you in the future

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