Another Skyline GT R

[Reaperjay]

Well, I'm a big 3DS fan and I live in a country that has no real clue as to what 3d modelling entails. Anyway, I decided to try modelling seriously and here's what I have so far. Please c&c are needed.
PS Remember, this is my first try, so be gentle

My post pics are backwards, sorry 4 that.

If my answers Frighten you, then cease asking scary questions.

[NoZTek_Z]

Nice I really like skylines, one thing I noticed about this model is that it is really bumpy in some places, take a look at Skyline13.jpg and try and fix out the bumpiness. This causes bad reflections.

[icetiger]

nice Skyline you have, only thing is wheel,i think that wheel rim is small try to do them bigger and tyre is bright make it little darker

[arsyn]

looking great!

can you post some wires?

[XSImatrix]

Your renders look really toyish, try working on your materials abit more, use clay renders to show of your car if your not comfortable with materials so far, um and ye its a bit inacurate and bumpy, thats where the clay render will help us help you. Also wireframes can help us iddentify some weird areas soo we can help you out with polygon placement and such. Good luck on improving this skyline.

[Reaperjay]

Ok, thanx 4 the help guys, I'll get on it asap. By the way, this might seem like a stupid question 2 u guys, but how exactly does one render the wire model, and that clay render you're talking about, how do I do that? Like I said, I'm an extreme newbie.

[o.j]

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Ok, thanx 4 the help guys, I'll get on it asap. By the way, this might seem like a stupid question 2 u guys, but how exactly does one render the wire model, and that clay render you're talking about, how do I do that? Like I said, I'm an extreme newbie.

Clay render = standard materials, no reflections etc. Depends on what you are rendering with turning on shadows yould be good too.

For example this --> http://sabaman.alfacom.org/wips/kt-front.jpg
I hope sabaman doesn't mind me posting his pic here.

[Reaperjay]

Aah, Duh. A big L goes on my forehead for that one. Thanx o.j. Now I just need to figure out how to make the wireframe show in the render

[XSImatrix]

A very clear wireframe can be rendered by going into rendering properties and click force wireframe and set the wire thickness proportianatly.

[Reaperjay]

Sorry it took so long for updates guys, been very busy.
Anyways, here are some clay and wireframe renders.
I realized what the problem was, I think. My wires are too close to each other in some places.

C & C please

[masarka]

wires look hm... hard to say anything because you made it with
iterations min 2x try made it with iterations 0x

[o.j]

Indeed. The meshsmoothed wires are of no use whatsoever to us. Turn off meshsmooth for a whle and post up the wires then.

[XSImatrix]

lol he got em mixed up a bit , wire without meshsmooth and clay with meshsmooth

[Reaperjay]

Should have put these on too. Well, hope these help more. Hope the wire sizes are correct. I need one of those I'm with stupid shirts.lol

[Reaperjay]

I've got a few renders here that might be of some use

[skb875]

You got the over all shape, but the back has way too many polys, and the tires look too round.

[Reaperjay]

As for the toyish look of the material that XSImatrix talked about, I've fiddled a bit with them and came up with these. I just can't decide wich one, if any.

[akash88]

I like your materials! Please could u tell me how u made your bottom left siver car paint? I've tried so many times to get that look but i never can. Thnx

[Reaperjay]

Here's the silver paint settings.
Before I go on, I use VRay, so I don't know if It'll work with the normal renderer.

Anyways.

Start with a Shellac material. In the base material slot set the diffuse to RGB 131, 153, 173
Shading is Phong. Put a falloff map in the reflection slot. Keep the top black and bottom white. Falloff type=fresnel.
Ok, In the shellac material slot, set the RGB of the diffuse to 151, 175, 192. Now put a Falloff map in the same diffuse slot. Top color white, bottom black. Set type to perpendicular. Go to parent and in the reflect slot put another falloff map. Top=black, bottom=white. Set type to fresnel. Now, in the specular highlight, put a speckle map in the specular slot. Source=Object XYZ. Leave the offset and angle slots at 0 and make all three the tiling slots 2. Blur=1 Blur offset=0. Set the top color to black and the bottom white. Make the size 2.

Now go back to the very top parent of the material and set the shellac color blend to 50. And that's it.

There might be an easier way of getting that color, but I don't know it.
Hope this helps. I'll post my paint materials up here sometime. If anyone's interested.

hmm this is a very messy mesh. In the renders you cant see it as much as you can when you showed us the clay renders. You got bumps on almost every part. Maybe try using less polies, that should help you alot.