Aston Martin DB9

[Silent][Moebius]

stuart digger haha funny name

[tom120934]

Update on the front : first attempt to model headlights.

Yes as I didn't understand some of the previous about the headlights holes, I masked them with some stuff

[Silent][Moebius]

nice start on the headlights. check the lower edge of your hood, when it meeds the side of the front you can see it has a much smoother edge.

[tom120934]

First render with some mats, just to have a idea of how the lights will be.

Silent][Moebius, OK I'll fix that.

[Silent][Moebius]

great render i like the way the paint looks. though imo the aston DB9 looks best in silver metallic or british racin green

could i recommend you to use a high quality JPEG format and not PNG? png is always so huge when it comes to file size and it takes relatively long to load thx (that image has 1.3MB my attachment has 200kb and is about the same quality imo)

[tom120934]

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you like it.

No problem about the JPG format. I'm using PNG for it being lossless. I will post JPG from now (if I think to convert )

About the car paint, it's basic Blender material. I'm looking to create realistic car paint (with metallic particles contained in the paint) I just found this evening some explanations about it, I posted a word on my site about : http://thomasbaron.dyndns.org/index....ial-in-blender
You can expect new renders soon (as soon as DB9 modeling is completed)

[300zx_9]

looks nice tho

[Silent][Moebius]

for the conversion from png to jpeg i could recommend irfan view or acdsee as they are free and give good results

[tom120934]

I'm not Windows user. KDE will do it by a single click.

[tom120934]

Long time no update !

I'm still working on this one, but only when I get myself enough time to work seriously.
Here's my progress :
- Rims : the outer part of the spokes needs work, but better these than the Alfa GT ones ! Made some brake discs, too.
- Side turn signals
- Side air exhaust, with the so lovely chrome edge. I'm working on the V12 inscription.
- Rearlights, preliminary version.
- Chrome thing around side windows reworked to left some room for sidemirrors

The three first pics below show colour tests. Please let me know which one do you prefer (black, british racing green, or beige) I've also tried a dark red one, but have not clean render to show here.

The last pic shows my latest work.