Low Poly modelling (for games?)

[lionel_goh]

Hello,

I have done some modelling with commercial airplanes before(for Microsoft's Flight Sim), and I wanted to give car modelling for games a shot. Could anyone please explain to me the basics of it? Do you use one face of the cube and "extend" it to make the mesh?

By the way, I would be using 3dsmax

Thanks
-lg

[Johnas]

Well that cube method is one way to start. I usually make plane and start extruding edges from it to make the basic shape first. After that I'll start detach things and detailing. And finally mapping and texturing.

[lionel_goh]

ah.. thanks for the reply

will try it out and post something here if i think it looks respectable enough

[Johnas]

Good luck then! Looking forward to see your work

[revelli]

lil tip from me: just keep attention to places, which are rounded and use triangles

[Johnas]

Yeah triangles doesn't matter so much when doing lowpoly model

[lionel_goh]

do you guys have any recommendations as to what car to start off with?

[Johnas]

Well I suggest a car which has easy curves and one you like.

[revelli]

well, i must must be boxy car, something like delta integrale or hummer h1

[Zachary]

Originally Posted by revelli

well, i must must be boxy car, something like delta integrale or hummer h1

or just about any of '80's or early '90's american cars. (those are real boxy & ugly creations)