How hard would it be

[Brandon Miller]

How hard would it be to model the car pictured below? I've been wanted to do some of the characters from Cars in 3D. Get the view I need won't be a problem.

[pedro.malheiro]

well.. i i dont think it would be very dificul to model.. the shape of the car its simple... and its all maped i gess....

[ibeam]

i don't think it would be substantially harder than a regular car. the detail level is low but there is the difficulty of modeling a mouth for it. if you can make a car, you can make a pixar car.

ibeam

[tom120934]

I agree with pedro and ibeam, the mesh should be the easy part. Even for the mouth, because you can use all the existing artwork as refpic : I mean, you don't have to design that idea.

But the tricky part is the texture IMHO. The right color palette, the right feeling within the eyes. Maybe I said just because I s**k at texturing

By the way, my elder son is a huge fan of that movie. I think that I would be his hero one more time if I start working on such a model. Pretty funny...

[peterliang]

It is really more likely the lighting that will be the challenge as the car is also more of a character...

I can see this car more easily built and polished off in XSI...

[Brandon Miller]

I'm not too worried about the lighting or graphics. I just want the over all body design as I am going to do my own graphics for it. I'm working on a custom idea. I created the site below for all of the Cars diecast cars.

Cars Drive In Gallery - Free Reference Guide for Characters from the Disney Pixar movie Cars!

[docmushu]

just a question, do you need permission from Disney/Pixar to use their characters and such on a public webpage?

[Brandon Miller]

Originally Posted by docmushu

just a question, do you need permission from Disney/Pixar to use their characters and such on a public webpage?

Not in the sense that it's a fan site, but I do have permission from Disney.