Little, angry and italian

#1

Hey guys, it’s been a while! Last time I passed by I was lurking while opening 3dsmax for the first times!

After some years devoted to study, work and life, i felt like i was ready to slow down and begin a new personal work. Inspired by the work of Khyzyl Saleem ( wow ) and an overwhelming love for little old school cars, i begun modeling a custom Abarth 695 esseesse.

I’m trying to stay faithful to the real car, using personal interpretation only where i feel like it’s ok to do so. I’d like to go a little overboard, expecially in the details, while remaining in a realistic style.

A couple of pics:








Right now I’m working in 3dsmax and exporting to Keyshot to render. But i think that i will crawl back to Vray for the final images.

If you feel like it, you can take a peek to my new tumblr, too: http://teapotsinbrackets.tumblr.com/

thanks for the feedback :slight_smile:

#2

Outstanding bit of modeling! Nice work! Looks like it would be a fun project! :slight_smile:

Thanks for the link up with Mr. Saleem - I love those Missle cars!

#3

Excellent modeling of the old 500, well done! I love your taste in tuning such a car, nice work indeed .

Ciao, gran bel modello, sono contento di trovare qui un altro italiano che modella auto, siamo cosi’ pochi.
Un saluto :slight_smile:

#4

looking really nice so far man, liking the composition and the renders might have to take a look at Keyshot.

Are you going to keep the car looking pristine or are you going to add some dirt/chips/decals to the final image??

#5

Thank you guys! Appreciate :slight_smile:

dantrodgers, yes, in the end there will be more dirt and life, i hope :slight_smile:
these renders are my very first tries with Keyshot.
As a tool for making “showcase” images it’s fantastic. Setting up the scene is a breeze, you can swap and customize hdris like it’s nothing. Its material library is huge, the realtime preview is sharp and quick.
That said, when you use it you can clearly see what it is meant to do, and what it is not. It’s not very flexible, and i don’t think it will be able to do what i have in mind for the final images.
But for the images in progress, wow. A very nice surprise. Expensive software, though.

Kangaltwo, pochi ma buoni, facciamoci compagnia :smiley:

#6

The model is outstanding, and the details are amazing, really love it! :slight_smile:
If I can make only one critique, the front nose is a little bit flat, I don’t think it really fits the 500 style, but of course it’s just a personal opinion :slight_smile:

Greetings from Taipei, anche se sono italiano :stuck_out_tongue:

#7

Very nice model, Federico!
The details look very good. I’m going to keep an eye on this WIP.

I guess we are not so few after all. We just were born in the wrong country :smiley:

#8

Nice Modeling.
I love the render where you see 695 esse esse. :thumbsup:

#9

wow, I love the renders!
Are you going to add a livery to the car?

#10

Guys!! it’s fantastic to have you all here! I must be honest, we already are more than I thought!
Maybe we should keep the Little Italy Effect at the minimum, i don’t want to scare the foreigners :smiley:

Anyway, national pride aside, back on track:
3 or 4 hours of work went all in minor tweaks and modeling of some accessories. Things like handles, trunk supports, mirrors.

After that, I started to tinker with the car’s personality. Here’s a clay of the booty area:

Personally, I like the new exhaust. But i took the solution from a tuned vw beetle, that has different sizes…and now the exhaust’s chamber falls exactly in the place of the engine’s bottom. As soon as I have a rough model of the engine i’ll try to move it around… I’ve got a couple of references of tuned 500s where people practically hanged up the exhaust to rear bumper, crazy stuff. We’ll see. :slight_smile:

On the front, i added the old rear hook and two racing headlamps:

I know that shutting the two original headlights while adding two new ones is a little mental, but i like to think that the mechanic had his own reasons, i don’t know :smiley:

I received mixed comments on those headlamps. Someone said that they ruin the car’s style, and honestly, i can see why.
I personally like them, but i’d like to hear your opinion.
Here’s a render without them:

ferrettank, I’m collecting references of old school italian racing brands. I’d like to stick a couple of them around!

That’s all for now, thank you for all the nice comments, you’re too kind :slight_smile:

#11

Hi guys,
after a month working on more important projects, i begun modelling the engine!

Red parts are still low poly blocks for general proportions.
it’s pretty nice to see the trunk a little bit fuller! :smiley:

If i must be honest, I’m not very satisfied of how i’m handling the whole thing…!
The proportions of the block are way off, and fitting the engine in the trunk required a lot of fixes and scaling. Dragged by enthusiasm, I put way too much details in areas that will never be visible.
And on top of all, i have this slight sense of disorientation, since i know less than half of the parts i’m modelling.

anyway! back to work :slight_smile:

#12

Lol, from the title I was expecting Mario.
Great job, never heard of this car before but its cute.

#13

Don’t worry, your project is very nice, solid, clean , accurate and smooth. Just the engine block looks overall too big in my opinion, i’d scale down it a lil bit . Just my 2 cents.

#14

yeah, you are right, it’s too big. Now that i know it, it’s pretty obvious.

Thanks for the tip and the kind words!

#15

I wish I could have used your model here!
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#16

really nice work and cool presentation!
loved it!

#17

Molto bene :slight_smile: Nice edge flow and everything looks fine. Nice selection of car and yeah its a cute little car.

#18

Great model, lighting and materials also, nice job!
How precise is a motor model going to be? Is it allready finished? I hope so it’s not… :stuck_out_tongue:

#19

not precise at all… but i think i’m finally done with the engine!

Now it’s time to fix some topology and intersection issues that were revealed by the clay renders.
Expecially in the door and the rear window areas.

:slight_smile:

#20

a couple of temporary materials!
I think it works pretty well :slight_smile:

higher res http://i.imgur.com/HJdERy3.jpg