Updates.
HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: Kaneda's Bike
airflow
#8
Ok bike was done last night, managed a road this morn. Currently doing the sticker and logo work in pshop, then onto Kaneda. Dont think ill have time to make the lazergun by tonight tho. 
Boone
#9
Well, Mr A is a demon when it comes to modelling and true professional.
He will come up with the goods.
airflow
#10
Bike complete.
I cant finish Kaneda by the original deadline. but Im gonna document it so theres lots of images, mini tut if you will.
Anyway, the finished bike, reserch time nearly a full day for finding schematics and defining what the bike looked like and finding the logos. A day and a half for modelling the bike. And half a day for the road, lighting.
Cheers.
mcteapot
#11
you are a mad man, two model for one project! the bike is looking bad ass. u got till Friday to make Akira…
airflow
#12
He will be finished by tomorrow morning. Im looking for the schematics of the Laser Rifle.
Lots of images here in this update, kinda a steb by step thing.
Ok, I started by making the bone system Im gonna use to rig the mesh, I put it on its own layer.
Then I copy the bones and paste them onto the character layer, then delete the left leg and arm.
I then convert the bones to polys.
And start attatching the bits together, arm, leg and body stay seperate.
Once attached, I select the little verts on the ends and remove them. Then I bridge the arm chunks together. Same with the leg.
The 3 parts bridged.
Then I insert loops along the front ad side of the arm, and delet the center faces of the body, Im gonna symmetry or live mirror.
I start tweaking the verts, pushing them inwards to get rid of boxyness.
airflow
#13
I continue smoothing out the mesh round the shoulders.
Then I bring my referance in, got these screengrabs of the dvd I own.
I start refining the head
and the body alternatly using the referance planes moved behibd and infront of the mesh.
airflow
#14
I keep going like this till I get the hair line lined up on the head and start cutting in detail for the ear.
Then do the same for the front
Ill update in a couple of hours with just images as it to about an hour to put this tut together.
Cheers.
Boone
#15
Remember Mr A - “Winners don’t take drugs!” 
LOL, if it ain’t drugs you’re taking then it must be raw talent. 
airflow
#18
Yeah, I would have been even faster, its funny how life conspires against you concerning time, and once its started dont let up.
Two friends I aint heard from in ages contacted me yesterday to help them out
one with an fx shot and the other with a virus laden pc, just got back from fixing the pc.
Whew, waiting for the third distraction now.
airflow
#21
Ok the final lot, before I do my turnarounds tonight.
Im redoing the mummra render right now, then some sleep then a meeting at 2pm, then food, then if I can get the schematics boone. Ill try to do the laser gun and have him firing it. I could also do some sculpting in mudbox to make im better wrinkled.
But its been a blast, and Ive learned how easy box modeling is.
And to think I couldent stand it before…
Possible Final…
headfirst
#22
Dude, that is so money.
I absolutely love it. I didnt think you would do it justice, but i have to say its very good.
Although like you said, you could get Kanada looking better.
-Ray
airflow
#23
I decided not to enter this, as I already have one entry and this project was mainly for fun/test of speed. I may redo kaneda with more referance in the future, build a tetsuo and laser gun, and a little stadium battle scene, try to do a short animation of their battle.
Was good fun tho, If I want propper schematics there is a book called Akira Mechanix 2019.
Its very very expensive as its a collector Item, I would have killed for that book.