Nissan Skyline R34 GTR

[marty-bett]

hey guys
yes, another skyline, just its my favorite car and i dont care if every1 has done it before..
With this car i tried a new approach, because something had to be done about me constantly losing interest and motivation in projects. So i thought back to the projects that i had gotten far in and the ones i hadnt and reolized that there was a factor that separated the two groups. And that was how much i modeled in the first session or so.

This just means that when i first start modeling a car a have to do enough to keep me going. "Building firm foundations" i like to call it..

Anyway to the car, i started work on monday and by wednesday i had the model i have now.. Not sure what plans i have for this car, i think its going into et_fonehome's animation. I plan on doing interior for this car, but probably keep it basic but not sure. Also doing the boot on the car so i can chuck in a sound system . Might also change body kit later becoz this one is quite boring lol.

Here's a "quick" render (even tho it took 4 hours on my crappy pc) that i didnt really play around with the render settings.. C+C on just modeling for the moment as rendering i only put effort into the car paint and chrome on wheels all the rest was just to c wat the car will look like...

[Nero]

very nice

[300zx_9]

looks really nice but it needs more work modeling wise, you can include the meshes the door handle and some other stuff. your headlight glass material is a little too dark and your chrome is a bit funny try using gradient for your reflections.

[marty-bett]

hey guys, havnt done anything on it for a couple of days, but when i start next i hope to get a few thing done; door handles, mirrors, spoiler and finish seams..
anyway here is a wire unsmoothed, i had a back wire rendering but comp froze half way...

[jsruk]

Nice looking, make some smoothed clay render

[The IC]

looks nicely modelled...only thing im curious about is whether that 5 sided poly up and in front of the rear wheel will make the reflections go weird (thats what happens to me with 5 sided polys)

[Klutchylol]

No wing
No massive stupid bodykit
Dished rims

...i like your style.

No comment on how to improvie it, but the model itself looks good.

[marty-bett]

@jsruk: smoothed clay just for you

@The IC: 5 sided poly? yeh it probably will so i should fix it up but it has come up on any of my test renders but we'll c

@Klutchylol: haha thanx.. but i really dont deserve it becoz as the model isnt finished and i am still planning to put a spoiler on, i just wont put some massive one on now.. and with the body kit, the plan was to model it stock then maybe put a custom bumper on but im not sure if ill b bothered once i finish it..

just looking at the clay now i reolized a few things wrong with it; side windows need to be fixed (rubber surroundings) and the wheel arch is 2 sharp..
please ignore the crappy clay settings, im in a hurry to get to bed
C+C please

[marty-bett]

hey guys
long time no post
havent had much time for this car
started up this project again the other day and have fixe a few things and added doorhandles and stuff.. anyway heres 2 renders.. yes i kno i suck at rendering so b nice...
btw i noticed that the glass materials suck and thats becoz i left it 2 render and didnt think it was worth another hour 2 render just bcoz of the windows and the back lights..
C+C welcome

EDIT: soz for small renders but it was in the middle of day so didnt wanna waste time on massive renders

[Zachary]

check ur wheels, they seems to be placed too deep in wheel wells

[jsruk]

Is that just me or you have studio reflections on car with DH222 background

[tom120934]

I agree with jsruk : both HDRI and white plane(s?) above the car. Anyway, your model look good so far, keep going !

[et_fone_home]

Try scenes, instead of HDRI, Hdri is harder to produce a good quality lighiting, try the MAX 9 Physical sky and sun, it works like a charm.

[marty-bett]

all i have in my scene is my car, a hdri sphere with faces facing inwards and a plane on the ground.. both the plane and the inward sphere with hdri on it with spherical environent... dont know if this is the proper way.. i still have the environment slot as white so that may b y i have funny reflections or something... also still have default lighting on, should i fix this?

[marty-bett]

Hey guys,
decided to change my approach with rendering, ive switched from Vray with HDRI domes and Vray mats to Mental Ray sun and physical sky.. This way i dont have to use a HDRI and i get more natural reflections.. only problem is i suck at non Vray mats so you will have to bear with me while i tweak them and get them goodish lol

2 renders with i think the only update is the spoiler, with the back render i didnt bother with back lights because they will take a while for me to find a good mat but i just wanted a quick render to show you guys..

C+c welcome

p.s. reolized after that the spoiler isnt attached to the boot its just floating above lol will fix

[Prykie]

Hey Marty, i found a good tut while i was surfing around on 3D-Palace. Heres the link to the site: 3d-Palace - [MAX] Basic Studio Setup and Carpaintmaterial [56k Warning]

And also the zipped tut as well:
http://www.rt-graphics.com/scorp/tut.../StudioTut.rar

[marty-bett]

hey guys
just started on interior for the car, this is the first interior i have attempted and im not following any tutorials so go easy
some of the stuff i have put alot of effort into like the seats but then others lik the wheel and gearstick i havent as i just put it there to see what it will look like in the end lol

PS does any one have any tips on how i should model the leather around gearstick? (4th attached pic)

[scooter]

Nice work so far.

One thing though, shouldn't the lower edge of side window be straighter? Now it looks like it's bending down a bit too much...

[Catlin]

about modeling the gearstick,try just using a box and deforming it then adding a noise modifier to make it randomly crease.