HCR MINI-Challenge #46 : Movie Wheels Tribute Ages - M.A.S.K. Thunderhawk

#1

Hi Community!

Glad to be back on a hard surface modelling challenge. It’s a great subject. I thought about a good iconic car to model: Camaro from Transformers. But then, The challenge exclude the Transformers as a choice. So I thought again and well M.A.S.K. cartoon serie had a flying red Camaro in it. Love the show as kid so I think I will show my Camaro love on that idea.

//youtu.be/o2Z1yLO9C-Q

So It will be a 3D model of Thunderhawk car, but adapting it for a Live-action 2015ish movie. I will focus on the car first the moment. Getting details and doing interior.

In the show, it’s a 1980 red Camaro who has Gull-wing doors (like Delorean car or Mercedes-Benz 300SL car). Oh because of that it fly and fire weapons, how cool is that? ahah.

Keeping the gull-wing concept and the model of the car, I will just adapt the era to be a modern Camaro.

It’s totally an inspiration from Back to the Future 2 movie car car. It’s fly, same doors and even the wheels turn into thrusters. What do you think?

#2

Here come some refs

#3

Of course I own the blueprints of the camaro 2010 model. Can’t share that since I bought it on the-blueprints.com.

#4

Blocking blocking

#5

Ohhh I just look at the 2016 edition of the Camaro SS. Love the curves on the hood and the front. Need to adjust to achieve that model. Stay tunes

#6

Don’t know the series… that was before I was born :wink: but I like how you’re adapting the style of the old Camaro to the new! At least there is no shortage of references for a new model. Can’t wait to see it! :slight_smile:

#7

It was a toy serie. Meant to sell toys. My mother never bought me that mask car. I call it a revenge :wink:

#8

WIP 001:

Start modelling based on the SS Model 2016.
I’m near done with blocking the main shape. SO I will block the interior next.

#9

I had to adjust a lot the 2010 model to the 2016 one. Looking at that ref I understand now why I could not use the 2010 blueprint for the scale of the 2016:

#10

WIP 002:

Start refine the front-end and the hood. I will leave dark gray the old parts that I wont touch in the process. So the lighter parts will be the updated parts.

#11

Nice, i really like the Camaro, are you using Maya for modelling?

#12

Nah I’m 100%… still… Softimage user. Sadly need to adapt for the industry to Maya, but at home 100% softimage

#13

WIP 003:

Hi-res of the Exterior almost done. But I just find a major problem: It will be hard to put Gull wings doors on that car: The windows don’t help at all :banghead: . I will try to fix that until my next version lol

I plan to finish it the exterior yah and start the interior.

#14

i can see the problem, the windows extend over the doors, you could however try to split the window in order to create the wings , but i don’t know if it would be a nice way…but keep going on, your car is great!!!
good luck!!!

#15

Just make the windows as part of the wings.
I don’t see a problem there.

#16

Well if I want to go belivable that won’t work. Glass has not the strength of the other polymere or the frame inside it. The weight of the door would break it

#17

WIP 004:

I quickly try to cut the gull wings to see how it look. Not bad. Of course need some thickness but we are getting there.

#18

As long as it is glass and not another transparent material like “aluminium oxynitride” or so

#19

WIP 005:

I finish the grids and headlights. Will start the interior next. But I would like to do the frame and the engine also. Maybe quick sculpt of the interior so I can do the engine

#20

WIP 006:

Didn’t have time to do much since few weeks. But Here’s the current status: I created the seats and the muffler.