My second try at car modelling (my best so far)

[RmachucaA]

And with doors closed. Ill post another pic from the inside since its hard to see the interior.

I has taken me around 10-12 hours to get to this point.
i hope somehow it helps getting me hired :) :)

[RmachucaA]

anyone?

[Zocky]

well, to me it looks verry nice.What program do you use? since i'm still learing maya, I can't tell you much more, but keep up a good work.

Btw, if you were folowinga tutorial, can you say which one?

[WChestnutt]

very nice!!:thumbsup: good for a second try!
you might want to add some small detail to really add realism.

Keep going,

Will

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Keep up the good work.

[RmachucaA]

A little update, im almost done texturing, i still have to do the inside textures, as for modelling i still need to add some little features, such as an antena and exhaust nozzle.

[mwkmn]

Good job in optimizing the mesh :)

I could hope that you would convert this into some game, or make a highpoly version of this!

...Just my thoughts! :D

[WChestnutt]

Cooll!! now this is looking much better!

from what i can see the interior looks pretty cool as well!!

[RmachucaA]

Thnks for the comments, i model for the people :beer:

mwkmn: I belive in making a car that looks high poly, but in reality is low poly, that is wherein the challenge lies.

Plus im looking for a job as a modeler in any game company so i dont think they wanna see high poly models :-P

expect an update in a few hours...

[mwkmn]

Plus im looking for a job as a modeler in any game company so i dont think they wanna see high poly models :-P
Now that I think about it, I haven't been distinguishing 'modeler' from 'cg artist'. :rolleyes:
And they ARE actually different, too. Hmm...

[RmachucaA]

are we different in a good way?

[jacobt]

Looks quite good, I think you've hit the mark with the shape (bonnet is more accurate than mine). Please try to get some better hosting so we can see bigger and clearer renders/wires :thumbsup:

Also why not post this in the game art section? There are quite a few good low poly car modelers there.

[WChestnutt]

nice!! could do with better reflection though :thumbsup:

[RmachucaA]

jacobt: Thank you, seeing your low-poly model kind of inspired me to do this :-)

After adding some more detais its just around 7500 polys, i could optimize but im going to start on another model soon.

Time from start to finish for this mode was:
modeling 12-14 hours aprox.
Texturing 6 hours aprox.

Thanks guys for the comments, ill be doing some new renders, bigger ones and hosting them on yahoo :-) soon enough ill have my own website...

[WChestnutt]

great!! will you be hosting them on a geocities site?

[onscreen]

Sweet looking car. But wondering what type of touring car is that? or is it a WRC? Also, i am kind of curious about the poly count for car modelling. Should it be high or low?

[mwkmn]

are we different in a good way?
I was just thinking of game opening/ending movies. Y'know, those movies that has lotsa highpoly stuffs that you don't see ingame. ;)

[RmachucaA]

well, mwkmn, thos days are over, now a days in game movies are being done using the game engine, since graphic quality, polycounts, textures. etc... have improved ten fold, theres no need for separate animations. The guys at blizzard obviously need to have little movies since their characters are like 10 polys :-)

but i guess you know what i mean. Anyways, about my model, reworked the suspension, added better brake discs, and right now i am working on the underbody panels that guard the engine, driveshafts and exhausts.

I also found out that Colin Mcrae Rally 3 cars are on average 13000 polys, right now mine is at 8000 and looking better if i may say so.

Texture-wise im using one main 1200x1200 texture which will be reduced afterwards, and 2 512x512 for the underbody and interior.

In a couple of hours ill post a a pic to show progress.

Thanks for the comments guys.

BTW, Its a 2002 Ford Focus WRC car

[RmachucaA]

Ok, the slighly better pics are here:
Copy and Paste into address bar

http://www.geocities.com/rmachucaa/focuswire.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/rmachucaa/focuswire2.jpg

be quick, limited bandwidth :-(

As for the car its 95% done, i still need to add some controls inside and finish the suspension.

[RmachucaA]

Ok guys, i need help setting up a really nice render, im using HDRI maps and the car looks really good, but i dont know where to put the car, what to build around it, background stuff, any suggestions please?

oh BTW im using XSI 3.5

[onscreen]

Modelling for games looks complicating :surprised
Anyway, this is already a good trying on your 3nd modelling :D

Full support on you! cant wait to see the finished masterpiece.

[RmachucaA]

thnaks for the comment onscreen, and it is complicated :-)

[rAndall]

Heya RmachucaA,

I came to your thread after recieving your comments on my reel. It seems you know what you are talking about. The Focus looks really cool man. Good Job!

If you are having problems with geocities hosting. Try out www.tripod.com they have 25mb of space and you can do remote image linking without their stupid banner taking over.
You have to be tricky about it. I have a little code that makes it possible. But then that would make my account void and that would be wrong.
:shame:

[RmachucaA]

ty randall, ill give them a try

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