For the last while (along with several other things) I’ve been working on this Mini Cooper, and I’ve decided to upload it here, to get some feedback on it, as well as some tips and tricks on how to improve it.
I’ve been modeling it in seperate parts, rather than from a cube, so that is why the joints look funny, as I will finnish them at the end.
Here it is so far.
The materials, lighting, etc, are not at all what I’ll probably have at the end, so I’m just focusing on modeling at the moment.
i can see the wheel through the grill of the car!!! INVISIBLE MOTOR!!!1!!
nice work there Cuby
still needs to have an inside and needs those creases fixed
Nitronic755: Yeah, the materials currently assigned a just stuff I’ve throwen on it, and are probably nothing like it’ll be in the end.
Popsy: Thanks. Not sure about the numberplate. May I ask why it should be either of those?
Marsan: Hehe. Sorry, no cubes with this one. This work is completely non-Cuby related.
ledluver23: Hmmm, maybe. I like them with and without the stripes. We shall see…
trak wrecka: Yeah, ok. Thanks.
Jeepster: Hehe, yeah. As you can tell it’s still definately a work in progress, and needs lots of work done to it. I’m just doing little bits at a time, and thought I would do the middle last (including seats and stuff). So any gaps you see, will be fixed in time.
I’ve posted an image of the back of the Mini too, and I’ll remove those creases, and improve it some more…
Haha. Thanks for the comment 57r1k3r. I know none of the pieces fit together yet, and they still don’t in this update, but they will one day.
Anyway, heres a small update. I’ve added seats, which I’ll probably re-make anyway. Also a steering wheel, Mini logo, and some other minor improvements. I’ve also attempted lining up the parts on the right hand side of the render better, but obviously it all still needs lots of work.
wow, what an improvement. now tint the windows and put spinners on the tires. The liscence plate should be “PLAYR” :RocknRoll: Oh, I think that Mr. T is a playr too :ba:
Ok, I’ve been working on it a bit recently, and so I thought I’d post an update of the latest work, only to discover that it’s been updating itself automatically, as I’m uploading regular updates to the same site, and overwriting the original file. So if you just keep checking back every day or so, you should be looking at the latest image in the post two up from this one.
Anyway, what do you guys think of it now?
I’ve got a question though, and I was wondering how I could present the Mini Cooper in the final render? Because I don’t really want to use just a plain background like I’ve got at the moment. Any ideas?
Nitronic755: Thanks for the comment. Yeah, I was thinking about perhaps a showroom. I’m definitely not planning on doing any people or anything. Motion Blur doesn’t bother me, but this is going to be a still image, not an action frame. And yes, I’m most definitely not finished, and there’s still LOTS to be improved on, but I’m still wanting to get a background in place.
garuhhh: The light setup is simply two Spots with Buffer shadows, plus a small Hemi lamp to light up the interior of the vehicle. I haven’t used hdri yet I don’t think, but I plan on getting some in there some time soon. Hehe, I could park it near some cubes.
Here’s a wireframe. Sorry, I missed a couple of objects to make wire frame, but you get the idea.
