Great car indeed! For someone hating the stuff you really did a very good job.
Rule #1: Everything James does is mildly humorous and never entirely serious 
/Anders
Spectacular 3D Entry: James Kaufeldt
JamesMK
#503
Hi all,
this is a message from Edward Finkelbottom, the executive art director for James’ challenge entry, currently residing in left hemisphere of what’s left of his sad excuse for a brain.
A couple of days ago, we lost all contact with the artist in question, as of the moment he sat down in front of the PC sunday night, carrying two 1.5 liters coca cola bottles, determined to quote-unquote “finish that other damn car”.
He has been in the zone ever since, and while we are no longer able to communicate with him, we have at least managed to snatch this render and wire from his workstation while he was away for a minute, taking a leak.
The future developments of this car-induced modeling psychosis are unclear, but we hope to be able to bring an updated report very soon.
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lilCara
#504
Haha waiting for that report Mr. Finkelbottom.
And this is a message for James, I hope he gets it: Don’t worry, hang in there, soon the third car is going to be finished! And the fourth, of course.
Seriously now you’re doing great. Nice cars 
And I actually like modeling cars ducks, water baloon thrown at him misses.
ihamid
#505
hahah man!!! great car!! JamesMk you really must hate modeling cars!! hope he survives with the coca cola! hehehe
great work man! watching out for more news!!
cheers!
JamesMK
#507
Just a quick BIG thanks to all who have posted comments over the last couple of pages… I’m currently a bit pressed for time due to other, infinitely more boring tasks at the moment (but they do pay some bills).
That aside, at car number two I actually started enjoying it quite a bit. That’s why the BMW ended up a fair bit more detailed that it really needs to be… but what the hey, one never knows when a good car model might come in handy on other projects, so I’m sure I’ll end up having some use for it aside from this challenge anyways.
'til later :wavey:
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DimitrisLiatsos
#508
Car looks great…i know it will be getting severe damage from crash, but …i need to say this…love this plate more than last one…“OMG OMFG”… 
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U ROCK MAN. :bounce:
imbusion
#509
That BMW looks absolutely phenomenal :P. So you’ve seriously never modeled a car before that van? Incredible work James, I’m further astounded with every update!
Good luck with whatever mundane work lies ahead of you outside of this challenge.
shakes
#510
cars are a @#**!! to make, I agree-funny how you do em really well! the work you’re putting in for this is …spectacular!
DaddyMack
#511
Toodeloo Mr F, Artists are a fickle lot, believe me I know… why not offer your artist a small incentive by promising that if he behaves during ‘walkies’ he can break some of the cars during free time… Maybe squeeze in some autos between the plane and bridge?.. He appears to have a right proper knack for destroying perfectly innocent vehicles… By the by… Most impressive meshwork you’ve got there…
Cheerio old chap:wavey:
Gunilla
#513
It looks like you actually start to enjoy this. It’s almost sad that you’re going to break and damage that smashing looking vehicle. OMG OMFG - is a good plate for it
azazel
#514
Upper corners of the windshield IMO should be angular, not round - detail it is, but kind of distracting, and easy to fix. Well done.
SONIC-X
#515
Very nice car model for some one who hates modelling them-
just curiuos, why you hate car modelling and lots of other people two?
icedeyes
#517
really impressive speed and modelling man… everything so far looks great… i was away for a week and come back to see some great progress…
JamesMK
#518
lilCara - lol… I’ve got an endless supply of waterbaloons… there’s no way you’ll be able to dodge them all
yunisirees - As long as there’s caffeine in some form available, there is hope
se7enthcin, nemirc - Thanx
Dimi - At least one of them will be fairly undamaged actually. I thought that I might use the beamer twice, just with different colours
imbusion - I actually seem to remember having made a fantasy styled F1 once upon a time… might have been around 2001… but aside from that, nope, only ever modeled the van and the BMW above. If you take a peek at my homepage, you’ll see I usually prefer entirely different things than trains, planes and automobiles.
shakes - Thanks
DaddyMack - A few ones horribly squashed under the airplane sounds like a great incentive
Gunilla - Yeah I though the license plates could sort of make comments on the situation in question… not that you’ll actually be able to read them unless you have the full resolution copy available :shrug:
azazel - True dat, and easy enough to fix, thanks for the pointer
SONIC-X - I guess it’s because (a) you’re not really allowed to “design” anything yourself, just copy stuff, and (b) the strict requirements on the geometry, as opposed to organic modeling for instance, where there’s more room for “funny flowing shapes”… cars are so very mathematical in nature IMHO
Lemog - Yes… next… :banghead: It will be a SAAB 9-5…
icedeyes - Thanks - I guess I just want to get all models done as soon as possible in order to have lots of time left for textures, lights and compositing.
Arrrrgh!
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AndyH
#520
Foly huck! That looks real!
The lighting, and the shaders of the cars are superb already!
:bowdown: