Picture Post & Commentary

[Dragonov]

Bumper3D makes me look weak.

 

nice , now the front bumper looks real instead of the fake tuner polyester look

 

nice

[unopescio]

Wow, didn't know people were using AMD K6's and Pentium 1's even today.

 

Or what do you mean with your PC being too sh*tty? Looks pretty low-poly to me. I did models with like 50 times more polygons on my antique AMD Duron system.

 

 

Talking of models, might as well show my latest now that I'm posting to the topic. Sorry for the image quality, seems like xs.to packed them a bit.

 

So hot, that ones gotta go in IV.

[schaefft]

That looks insane great, care to show wires?

Thanks. Sure.

 

Thats what I call one nice wireframe of a car.

[MindF*ck]

 

Yeah, nice Testarossa model and indeed a very clean and nice wireframe! Too bad your work never sees any gta, Bumper3D

Don't you think it would be nice to let some of your work be converted to sa or IV?

 

 

those last days I kind of got obsessed with the idea of making a little showroom for the rod!

So, here it is! the model is pretty simple, textures are from cgtextures. The shadows are rendered in max with a skylight and an omnilight. Much tewaking, fixing, texturing, adjusting, etc, but I think it turned out quite well

 

Here a few pics, all "zmod-(pseudo)renders"

 

 

[cocky256]

This was hard to make

Looks like a landrover to me i dunno i made it

also is anyone kind enough to put it ingame after ive finished?

Edited February 23, 2010 by cocky256

[Kowaah]

2Txde, noticed the new bumper work, nice!

 

2Epoxi, this will be released in same place as all your other cars?

 

2Mindfück, this car actually looks much better than the real life model. Hoping this one will be for SA just like much others.

 

2Cocky aka secretagents, what you mean with 'landrover'? You haven't posted any pic.

 

Edited February 23, 2010 by Kowaah

[cocky256]

2Txde, noticed the new bumper work, nice!

 

2Epoxi, this will be released in same place as all your other cars?

 

2Mindfück, this car actually looks much better than the real life model. Hoping this one will be for SA just like much others.

 

2Cocky aka secretagents, what you mean with 'landrover'? You haven't posted any pic.

What do you mean secretagents? and i have now i accidently posted it by mistake

[Kowaah]

Okay, i see pics now, but still, you have to make it atleast like GTA SA car level of quality, this is too LQ

[Bumper3D]

 

Yeah, nice Testarossa model and indeed a very clean and nice wireframe! Too bad your work never sees any gta, Bumper3D

Don't you think it would be nice to let some of your work be converted to sa or IV?

 

 

those last days I kind of got obsessed with the idea of making a little showroom for the rod!

So, here it is! the model is pretty simple, textures are from cgtextures. The shadows are rendered in max with a skylight and an omnilight. Much tewaking, fixing, texturing, adjusting, etc, but I think it turned out quite well

 

Here a few pics, all "zmod-(pseudo)renders"

*awesome pictures*

Woah, nice work on the C-Rod and same with the showroom... Funny how I've been using max for so long but still can't get that decent materials.. (Hell, I don't even know how you get those reflections to show up?)

 

Oh and I wouldn't mind my cars being in GTA games.... It's just that until the very few most recent models, they've all lacked engines, separate doors/hatches etc... In other words, I never really thought of GTA while modelling them. Now this one seems to be developing into a more "GTA-compatible" direction, so there's a chance of seeing this in IV... If I figure out how, that is.

 

 

Oh, updates:

[epoxi]

@Kowaah: Not sure how to release it, might make my own topic in the showroom for all my mods.

 

 

But for now, does anyone know why these polygons are visible when I look at them through the windscreen/doors but not through the chassis windows. All I did was change the .bmp loaded as the texture and now they've gone.

[Kowaah]

Just detach those chassis windows and put under every chassis part in hierarchy.

[epoxi]

Thanks! Worked like magic.

 

Another query, which I should take to the Modelling forum but it'd take a week to get a half-hearted answer (no offence, just being blunt). Can you add an "extra1" object to any car without modifying anything other than .dff? (i.e. an object which only appears on some of the vehicles you see around)

Edited February 23, 2010 by epoxi

[Timpo]

@Epoxi: Nice Cheetah modification you got there! I have been working on cars like that too, but I never felt like posting something here because I thought it wasn't really relevant compared to those great scratch made models people make here. I should try modelling something myself, but for now I don't have enough patience to learn how to..

 

some screens:

 

A Patriot model I made, converted from VC, and I added my own touch to it. This is the Police version:

 

Buffalo edit I made some time ago, comparable to Epoxi's:

 

Stock car version:

 

And some more things like this. I know, it's nothing compared to the work some of you guys here make, but I'm proud of it.

Edited February 23, 2010 by Timpo

[epoxi]

I think yours is better than mine .

[SLAYERMAGGOT]

@txdeditor: Nice work and i'm sure you get better, but one of your first attempts to modding it's great. BTW is it a corvette C3?

 

@Bumper3D: Holy sh*t, that Testarossa looks incredible nice. Can't wait to see that beauty ingame

 

@epoxi: I like what you've done.

 

@MindF*ck: As always, f*cking high quality work, and awesome as always, i don't except anything else

 

@cocky256: Well, you should add some more details.

 

@Timpo: Cool work on those SA custom cars, love them.

 

[Kowaah]

Can you add an "extra1" object to any car without modifying anything other than .dff?

You say it like here's other way to do it (?)

[Oogie]

 

sure, no problem burner. Check your PMs

 

 

 

Well, the guys over at g-wm talked me into rebuilding the engine and adding the twin blower setup from my reference model. So I put in a few days of modeling and completely remodeld the engine, transmission and rear axle:

 

Everything you see there, incl. wheels is at about 53000 polys

 

Two more detailshots of the engine:

 

And the new engine with the old single setup:

 

 

That's the complete model:

I've added some more steps to the "C", changed the front light setup, added sidemirrors and those nice stock model T Lights at the sides.

I also changed the exhausts a bit, widened the ends so that the come a bit closer to the body. Looks quite nice like that imo

The polycount for everything on those pics is about 71000 atm

 

 

Awesome detail work on the engine!

I think you got the wires sequence on the distributor wrong, but that's alright i made the same mistake haha

It's hard getting all those details on an engine, do you model only from reference pictures?

 

[MindF*ck]

Woah, nice work on the C-Rod and same with the showroom... Funny how I've been using max for so long but still can't get that decent materials.. (Hell, I don't even know how you get those reflections to show up?)

 

Thanks

actually those are all just plain zmod shceenshots

All the lighting is baked on the textures, that's the only point where I opened max for it. I baked plain diffusemaps and added them on the textures afterwards.

Here is the scene as you know it:

and here the same scene, just without textures:

 

As for the reflections, that's just an old zmod trick

the platform the rod sits on has an alpha layer and everything that should be reflected is just copied, mirrored and put under the scene. that makes the illusion of a reflection. Heres how the scene looks from a bigger distance:

 

 

@ Oogie ... Thanks Yeh, I know the sequence isn't right, but for one I don't know the right sequence and it was much easier to model it symmetrical I think besides you almost noone notices that kind of detail. And yes, I only model from reference pics, no blueprints or anything similar. Avtually this engine is a wide mix between different refences and my own imagination how i could look

 

 

@ all ... well, it's finally ingame

 

[YellowCheese]

Awesome! Love it!

[Chong McBong]

Almost done now.. i got bored and made a monster version too

my internet is back on so i can upload pics and some beta versions (later today maybe)

 

also started working on my wheels again, trying to get them in game.. no luck with the wheels yet.

 

anyway, here are a some in game of pics of some of my ridiculous Swedish metal

 

 

still some work to do, chrome isn't working yet, and some other materials need tweaking a bit.

modshop stuff mostly works, more will be added later

(modshop items working so far: wheels, spoilers x3, paint colour, hydraulics, side skirts, nos)

[schaefft]

You better hide this before Nik sees it

 

Looking pretty good, the windows need some low value specular and some nice reflection, the frontlights should be brighter and the chrome less blueish. It also looks like your gloss value for the plastic parts is way too high, the specular highlight should look smoother. Dunno if the paint material has the same problem.

 

Good looking materials with nice specular and reflection settings are as important as a good model, unfortunatly alot of people ignore or dont know that.

[Nik.]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

 

One thing that disturb me a little is the grille, its a little to flat.

 

I gotta start to model my own Volvo soon.

[Chong McBong]

lol nik, if you need any bits, volvo badges etc, just let me know

i will have a look at the grille and see if i can add some more of a curve. there are still quite a lot of bits to finish, including the ripples on the bumpers, steering wheel & column, and lots more little details

also a lot of materials to fix.:

 

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Thanks for the feedback schaefft i am working on materials tonight, too much of the interior is matte, so the shape doesn't show yet, i will spend some time redoing most of the materials later.

if you have any suggestions for settings, just let me know, new info is always appreciated

 

i have had trouble with plastic, chrome and paint on this model for some reason. i need to learn the new zmod materials settings...

 

i will post back here when there is a visible difference probably later tonight...

 

[microsnakey]

Chong we should get married.

You just make the best cars.

[Chong McBong]

haha thanks microsnakey

 

cool volvo pic too its one of the later 245s i think

 

 

[schaefft]

Thanks for the feedback schaefft i am working on materials tonight, too much of the interior is matte, so the shape doesn't show yet, i will spend some time redoing most of the materials later.

if you have any suggestions for settings, just let me know, new info is always appreciated

 

i have had trouble with plastic, chrome and paint on this model for some reason. i need to learn the new zmod materials settings...

Well, I could tell you some 3ds max material settings, never worked with Zmodeler. Maybe Mindf*ck can help, he makes the best materials imo.

[Mauto]

@Chong McBong: LOL drift volvo nice

 

@MindF*ck: Thats a freaking HOT rod man but no steeringwheel?

 

I tried making my tomos in 3d but ehm...

 

 

How to downscale bike wheels? i treid everything! >.<

Is it in the handling or vehicle?

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EDIT: Votex's little brother ^^

 

 

 

Edited February 26, 2010 by Mauto

[txdeditor]

I love the vortex, give's him new look, maybe that could be an extra

[Mauto]

Nevermind, fixed ^^

 

 

I know it needs smooth and som other stuff im on it

[Gundog]

Is that a Tomos Automatic or a Puch?

 

I spent my childhood souping those up and going wild on the road.