UGAC - Super Shiny and Sexy vehicle - NRG_Alpha

#21

Hi Nic… yeah , I have thought of a colour scheme. Two-tone, silver on top half with gunmetal grey-ish on the bottom (flat black for base door trims and bottom of the front air scoop, with perhaps some racing stripes going all across the top in the middle (not sure about this though). I’m still pondering this. But this is the least of my concerns. I fear that fundamentally speaking, the car’s design is not in the direction that it should have taken.

The Trans-Am (a.k.a Knight Rider) look is not futuristic enough. I just didn’t want to start over once I finished doing the base modelling of this thing. The intention was fefinately to make it far more futuristic than it is currently, I did try to incoporate some more ‘sleekness’ to it, but in the end, I’m just not too happy with the fundamental design.

My feeling is that I will not be submitting this one officially. However, I am still working on it, (as it is a fun little project to do), and will post the results.

-Norm

#22

NAH MAN ITS GOT A REALLY COOL 70S FUTURISTIC VIBE whooops i really need to look at the screen when typing,

#23

I think it looks great and fits in just fine.

#24

Oh good! That means other people might have a chance at winning this then. :wink: hehe…

I say screw it… this model rocks dude! Keep this one in… unless you think you can do better in the time allotted.

Keep it in is my vote… this rocks and I wish I could model this well. I probably won’t get an entry in because I suck… lol

-Azeiku

#25

Thanks for the compliments, guys

The thing is I don’t think I can pull off something new with the time remaining.

Oh good! That means other people might have a chance at winning this then.

You know, how I see it, I have my haunch of who may have already won (so far, as some of the others haven’t posted yet), and it isn’t me! :smiley:

Thanks for the vote of confidence though. I will keep pushing forward with it (as it is a fun little project).

Cheers,

NRG

#26

You may have a hunch on someone else… but if I have a vote… it’d be your vehicle… it’s sexy.

-Azeiku

#27

That’s a shame to hear…
After all that work, it would be a shame not to submit something

Hope you reconsider.
-Daren Loney

PS: I think it fits the theme perfectly. IMO, it has a very futuristic concept car type feel to it.
Very nice looking overall, if you decided to finush, it would definitely be a contender for first place.

#28

So good.

So perfectly fitted for this contest.
Hope you don´t give up really.
Best wishes,

#29

Looking very nice and futuristic:thumbsup:.
Good job, Looking foreward for color scheme.

-Pdude

#30

Minor update - Rainbow Nation

Just to show that I have not abandoned working on the car, here is a very minor (perhaps boring or ‘I am tripping on acid’ look, here is the car almost fully unwrapped (what a pain in the ass it is to do. The funky texture is XSI’s default NoIcon image for texture scale and stretch checking).

Don’t mind the bright edges on the tires. These are edge clusters I used for unwrapping the tires.

There is still alittle streching going on here and there, and I haven’t made everything to proper scale yet. Once it is all set, the fun part begins. The actual shader work along with the normal mapping. So while this update is not significant, the next one will be. :slight_smile:

I’ll post once I have this thing fully unwrapped with ambient occlusion and normal maps applied. I’ll also post in alternate proposed colour schemes, and finish up from there.

Cheers,

NRG

#31

Damn. It’s coming along very nicely. It’s (in some ways) a little unfair / saddening that you could not finish in time, but I am glad that your still working on it.

Cant wait to see an update!
:thumbsup:

#32

:surprised I’m not sure what you mean by ‘in some ways’… as in, in some ways it is not unfair or saddening that I couldn’t finish it on time? lol

In either case, I will push on with this project, just because it is fun to do. I’ll try to get the unwrap done by sunday night. Then the real fun begins (F.Y.I - I hate unwrapping).

Cheers,

NRG

#33

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