HARDCORE MODELING!: 80's Cartoon: Kaneda's Bike

#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. :slight_smile:

#9

Well, Mr A is a demon when it comes to modelling and true professional.

He will come up with the goods.

#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.

#11

you are a mad man, two model for one project! the bike is looking bad ass. u got till Friday to make Akira…

#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.

#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.

#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.

#15

Remember Mr A - “Winners don’t take drugs!” :smiley:

LOL, if it ain’t drugs you’re taking then it must be raw talent. :cool:

#16

Lol, its my special pair of Dunlops.

#17

Man Airflow, you are fast. This is amazing work in such a short time.

TETSUO!

#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. :slight_smile:

#19

Updates

#20

Keep up the heat, Mr A.

#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. :slight_smile:
And to think I couldent stand it before…

Possible Final…

#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

#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.

#24

for such short amount of time … this is fantastic … :bowdown:

#25

I am impressed airflow. That final comp is spot on. That was so fast.

#26

how did you model the front glass of the bike, could you please post the 3ds max captions in sequence, thanks.

#27

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