Corvette C4

[johnas]

Hard to say exact time, I usually work short times thanks to kids who are always bothering me when I model something
So lets say it took about 20h sofar

@Chris, sorry forgot to reply to you last time. I was actually thinking to model different rims, these stock ones are dull. Haven't found good ones yet though but I do agree. If I keep these bolts should be modeled.

[Klobsters]

The Vette looks awesome! For the rims I think you could make the saw blades. They do fit all Corvettes!

[Xoliul]

Hey johnas, I got here since your site redirected me. Redsigning a bit?

Must say, the last red shots are stunning, your best work yet IMO. The only thing that lets it down, are the rims...
You should look at how Endo has his rims on his Skyline: http://www.gtapex.com/forum/index.ph...19955#msg19955
He's got some highlights and shadows painted in, he might even be using vertex colors for ambient occlusion (not sure). His rims are like the best part of the car even

[johnas]

Thanks, I'm quite satisfied to this also

Yes I got redesign in progress, will make the site more simple than it is now. I don't need all the stuff Wordpress has

Rims are not good indeed, I noticed it after I took the screenshots but was too lazy to take new shots
I think I'll do those rims anyways which Klobsters linked, they look much better.

Yea, Endo really has made those wheels awesome. I haven't actually thought about the vertex colors but will have a try actually.

Unfortunately there hasn't been much progress since last shots, thanks to my dayjob mostly. Sucks all the energy from me

[johnas]

Wee managed to find some time so I made new wheels, much better than the old 5 spokes

I did badges on the front and back and started painting interior.

In first two shots I tried to play with Xoliuls post shaders also

[Eminox]

I love the rectangular tail pipes. i think some American Racing Torque Thrust 2 5 spoke alloys would look cool on it.
Probably with the chrome edge like this.
http://3rdstrikeperformance.com/imag...st_M_Black.jpg

[johnas]

Those aren't bad either, might do them also

So anyhoos, started painting interior also.

[EquiNOX]

Amazing -- I would love to see you do grandsport version too.

[yasickkk]

amazing stuff.

[rickyss]

looks great. whats the poly count so far? i think you should work a bit the smoothing groups around the stop lights

[mk2]

Well done Johnas. Great project.

[johnas]

Thanks, great to hear it's amazing

Polycount raised from ~6500 tris -> ~7100 tris when I made these new wheels.

@Rickyss
If you mean taillights area then I'd need to do some chamfering. Then I'd also need to do some uvw mapping and texture baking so I'm gonna leave it like that. I do agree though, I should've done that area more smooth

[rickyss]

nevertheless this looks amazing, love the new stock rims btw

[johnas]

Thanks

Dash is pretty much done, now I can move forward to seats or doors

[TwoOneOne]

nice looking car, but man, do something about those wheels, they are just horrible (i´m talking about the actual design not your model).
but that definitely is a matter of taste, and the modeling looks flawless never the less.

cheers

[Eminox]

Do something about those wheels.

Thats why i suggested some "American Racing Torque Thrust 2" (above)

[TwoOneOne]

Thats why i suggested some "American Racing Torque Thrust 2" (above)

exactly. use those or basically any other wheel.

and yeah i get it, those are the stock rims, but this actually is the proof that the 80ies sucked... big time

[schaefft]

I think your dashboard could need some brighter spec highlights, right now everythings looks a bit flat. I assume you created the normalmap in photoshop or crazybump? That might make things a bit more complicated since the smoothness of the highpoly is missing on some parts, making the spec highlight flow less realistic.

No idea why people think those rims are ugly tho

[johnas]

exactly. use those or basically any other wheel.

and yeah i get it, those are the stock rims, but this actually is the proof that the 80ies sucked... big time

Haha, I do like these stock rims though

I will do the wheels also which Eminox showed few posts back, or maybe some bbs. I'll see

@Schaefft
Thanks, will check the highlights. Normal maps are created in xNormal without hipoly model

[Catlin]

Needs some 38" dubs.