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Posted by French Toast on Fri Aug 19th at 10:18pm 2005

So I'm making a model of a Mercedes-Benz S class w140

I wanted to post it up here, even though I don't have mu ht to show (started today). So I will update this thread as I progress, along the way I welcome comments and critisism. There really isn't anything to say right about now.

I don't intend for this to be in any game, but if it looks any good when it's done, I may lower the poly count and see if it can work in HL2. But, until then, it's going to be high-poly and aiming for realism.

I know two errors with the current progress shown below

1. I'm aware of that pinching on the bump of the hood
2. I'm aware of the depression in the middle of the hood

I was going to wait longer before starting the thread, but whaddya know, I didn't.

Feel free to ignore the thread now, but soon it'll get interesting... i hope.

This is the first render of the model;

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and this is the actual car;

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Posted by azelito on Fri Aug 19th at 11:31pm 2005

I think youre starting in the wrong direction of car modeling. It is much easier creating a full car from a box by subdividiing it down. Theres a tutorial somewhere on CGsociety, Ill see if I can find it.

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Lost and... Found. http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=156460&page=1&pp=15



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Posted by French Toast on Sat Aug 20th at 12:08am 2005

There are different ways I'm sure, however this is the popular method on www.smcars.net, where I'm learning the techniques.

IMO, it's best to pick a method and just learn it through, which is what I'm doing. THanks for the link though.




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Posted by pepper on Sat Aug 20th at 8:44am 2005

I always start out with a plane wich i drag out and subdived. etc.


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Posted by Myrk- on Sat Aug 20th at 11:43am 2005

Yer, get the scale right at first. Maybe you should build a really simple model of it, then put the pieces your building on top to make sure they are the right size.


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Posted by French Toast on Sat Aug 20th at 3:28pm 2005

I know they are the right size, I have blueprints set up around the model, and I align them to that. Once I sort out some minor issues I can finally get something better.




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Posted by French Toast on Sun Aug 21st at 3:43pm 2005

Well, I finally got a few more minutes to put towards modeling, so I updated a little bit. I sorted out all the problems with my mesh, bad polygon flow etc. and I continued the ridge of the hood down the side.

Hopefully I will soon be able to actuall get some more time to model.

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Posted by French Toast on Mon Aug 22nd at 10:20pm 2005

Latest render. Still needs ton's of work on that new part, I know.

I know it disappears on the left side, but it's just because of a problem I'm experiencing with Max.

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Posted by Forceflow on Mon Aug 22nd at 10:21pm 2005

Good luck with the model, looks ok at this point !



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Posted by French Toast on Mon Aug 22nd at 10:24pm 2005

Thanks. It's going really slowly, since I coulnd't really find a good tutorial to set me in the right direction, so I'm basically self teaching myself the program while trying to model a car smiley

I'm just going to try and make every part as best I can. I'm on a forum right now edicated entirely to modeling cars, and I've been getting a lot of pointers from them. Hopefull it'll turn out okay.

On the plus side, it's a good way to learn a lot and develop your own techniques.




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Posted by parakeet on Mon Aug 22nd at 11:21pm 2005

unfortunatly ... its also how you gain bad habits, each to his own though because you can definitly tune out your bad habits later. Tutorials tend to speed things up a bit but they can restrict what you learn , * as a random kung fu guy in a fighting game would say* Try to keep a balance between the yin and yang of Order and chaos ;p



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Posted by French Toast on Tue Aug 23rd at 1:21am 2005

Indeed. I've listed the way I've modeled a bit in answer to questions over at the car forums, and they've helped straighten me out. I think I'm on the right track for the most part.

The forums are Scratch Made Cars if you're interestd.




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Posted by French Toast on Tue Aug 23rd at 7:25pm 2005

Little update. Going slowly. Still lot's of minor tweaks to be done.

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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Aug 23rd at 10:39pm 2005

Its dissapearing on the left probably because faces on models are only viewed on 1 side usually... but anyway, looking good.


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Posted by French Toast on Tue Aug 23rd at 11:35pm 2005

Yeah, I'm modeling with planes, so they're normally one sided. There is a way to get them 2-sided, but I can't find it. I've asked on the forums, awaiting reply.




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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Aug 24th at 12:05am 2005

you can set a back side in the material or in the plane menu (not sure where) but as far as I know it only draws a plane, you still cant select the back of the plane.




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Posted by French Toast on Wed Aug 24th at 1:18am 2005

Mayhap the material editor, thanks Glass. I'll check it out and see what I can find.




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Posted by azelito on Wed Aug 24th at 5:58am 2005

Right click the object, go to properties and deselect "backface cull".



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Posted by French Toast on Wed Aug 24th at 6:30am 2005

Thanks a ton there azelito, works like a charm <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by pepper on Wed Aug 24th at 8:21pm 2005

Same as in G-max,

And im using the same technique you are using, though im going for the small detaisl at the end.




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