Nissan 200sx/Silvia S15 - D1 HKS: Nobuteru Taniguchi

[FSR]

Christmas is boring, so I started making this car for Racer yesterday

So far I've modeled half the car, and are about to join the two sides and finish the normals. the wheels and the wing are from a S15 project DaMotax sendt me a long time ago. Skin is just temp for the screenie

Made with Zmodeler 1.07.

Roughly 5000 polys atm.

[G-Spec]

not bad so far for zmodeler.

[crazydude]

looks clean. What prints did u use?

[Zachary]

Originally Posted by crazydude

looks clean. What prints did u use?

maybe he is using these "prints"... right?

http://www.smcars.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6079

[Da_Motax]

nice job mate, you might want to change that spoiler tho, cause i ripped it off immamura's FD...

[FSR]

Crazydude: I used a combination of two prints, as well as quite a few reference pics. Still not 100% happy, but I'll keep working.

DaMotax: Taniguchi's wing is very similar to Imamuras, so It's fine

[VR6]

Yeah Driftaction Baby Looks fine,keep it up

[NightEye]

Originally Posted by G-Spec

not bad so far for zmodeler.

So ZM is bad?
ZM is the best programme for lowpoly modeling, if you didn't know.. :roll:

Looks great FSR! And, ofcourse, lovely texturing too once again

[cav]

looks good pal

[G-Spec]

Originally Posted by NightEye

So ZM is bad?
ZM is the best programme for lowpoly modeling, if you didn't know.. :roll:

I know its the best program for lowpoly. Im just saying that its comming out better then I could ever do with zm.

[Johnas]

Originally Posted by NightEye

So ZM is bad?
ZM is the best programme for lowpoly modeling, if you didn't know.. :roll:

No it's not! :mrgreen:
I prefer more 3DS Max or GMax :wink:

Great work with the car FSR!

[FSR]

Body is joined, normals are done, and mapping is almost finished. I'll slow the pace down a little now that the main parts are done...

[VR6]

Nice NISSAN :lol:

Looks very cool. Would love to see this finished and ingame!

[hartleym]

Looks good!
I've never looked at Z modeler myself and I'm interested why people think Z modeler is the best program for low poly work? Surely it cant beat the power of 3ds max, lightwave or maya...

Nice texturing on the nissan too btw...

[Era908]

ive tried both for low poly guns...and i have to say i thought max 6 was better

[FSR]

Well, I'm not going to let this thread turn into a "what 3d software is best" discussion, but here's the thing.

Zmodeler is nowhere near the big programs in terms of tools and power. But it does have everything you need to create a decent low-poly game model. In zmodeler, you can actually go straight for a car, and learn the rest as you go along. It's very simple, and doesn't scare you away. It's probably not the best program for making low-poly models, but it's definately very good. Zmodeler keep 3D modelling simple, and I like that.

To further underline my point I attach a screenie of my first ever 3D model. Made for, and rendered in, Racer. Zmodeler only...

[ILE_FIN]

This livery (and shape also) looks superb! hock: Is it your own design??? I would like to use it in my own "project"...

[FSR]

The livery on that screenie is just a low red one. I made it quickly from the blueprints with the decals. I will make everything from scratch later.

First I need to finish the basic texturing with shading and details. Then I'll make the livery in high res

Here are some screenies with some of the basic shading in place. Rear lights are hand drawn temp's, as good pics are hard to find

[FSR]

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