Chevrolet Opala 1978

[palat]

Hello all

I have been commissioned to model a 2-door Chevrolet Opala 1978. It is much a carryover from the original 1972 design, revised front and rear, different hubcaps, not much else. But adapting the older model presented some snags anyway. The rear panel took most of the modeling time, hood and its adjoining panels were redone. The goal is to create a custom in five color schemes, so i will do the customary stock version first.
Almost done save for the emblems, lettering etc.
This time a single stretched rectangular VRay light is placed above the model to provide all the lighting. "Dodge" tool in Photoshop was used on the sides as a post effect.

Thanks for watching!

[sarN]

looks sweet dan, though for some reason it looks quite bare, like its lacking detail of most cars... its certainly pretty minimal in design, no real defining lines or anything. nonetheless, looks great! that chrome that goes around the window : are those all separate pieces so that you could open the door and have the chrome attached?

looks good man. hey have you seen my 65 /66 mustang coupe yet?

[LOST]

Wow Looking great as always. Perfect renders.

[Johnas]

Lovely renders indeed but as sarN said car is quite bare, I guess these cars were made with low budget? With some more details this car would be more better looking

[palat]

Thanks all for the replies!

"Almost done save for the emblems, lettering etc." In fact these cars were bare: the main feature was the side crease, accented by a thin contrasting strip (not done yet). Incidentally i parked my car yesterday night near a car much like that, only it was terracota, and i was struck by its bareness. In the later models during the 80s' these cars finally received more decoration (albeit modern).

LOST - thanks man, you should try this setup even if you don't use VRay, just creathe the overhead self-illuminated huge white plane.

sarN - i searched for this model but could not find its thread, can you poost the link please?
And what happended to that overdetailed Fastback? Chick in yet? (-;

As for the chrome sills, you are right. The lower sill molding looks continuous when it should split in the doors, but the gap is so small it does not show in the renders. As for the top molding, it is actually a chrome gutter drip railing. Being a hardtop in the classic sense, the thin window sills were integral with the glass panes.

I am searching for good refs on the lettering and will post updates later.

This is one of the custom options, silver with half-vynil roof, using Nitrous II wheels:

[sarN]

looks sweet! i must say i like it better in silver than that orange. i must say im a big fan of the resto-modding where people take apart the whole car, throw disc brakes all around, reinforce the frame, etc to make it a safer and better car while maintaing the classic muscle look.

oops, i guess the reason you never saw the model was because i never posted it! ill go ahead and do that now since it is actually pretty close to done. keep it up, your taste in cars is probably my favorite around here haha

[LeviMan_2001]

I like it alot verry nice just i don't like the huge rims. The half vinyl top is cool though

[Niray]

Great work, as usual

[Silent][Moebius]

excellent job. the rims add a bit more bling to the whole ride. strangley though it can handle it well, doesn't look too much out of place. good job

[tomsullivan]

yeha i like the whole pt sence, as long as teh tires arent low profile tire, i like the look of tire when they ahve a fair amount of rubber on them

great work,

[feral1]

nice work as usual

[palat]

Thanks for all the comments guys,

I have been working on colors and graphics for this car, and when the client permits i shall display the result. The wheels are as requested by him, and he ordered the bumper guard be removed to make it slicker.

[palat]

Well i ain't done with the custom yet but i did finish the stock version:

[pedro.malheiro]

well... as usual good job..and nice renders....

[LOST]

Lookin' really great! I love your choice of the cars, cos' these american and brazilian classics looks awesome!

[Johnas]

They sure does. I wonder sometimes that do you sleep at all!

Fast and accurate modeling like I said at the other topic

[Tol@te]

Really a cool looking classic.
And of course perfectly modeled Dan!

[tiberius]

Very nice! will love to see the final version.

[dup]

Nice and accurate, but your renders always seem a little blurry and washed out.

This may be the intended effect but use of depth of field may be more effective.

[P A L A T]

Thanks pedro, LOST, FlashG, Tol@te, tiberius!

dup - thanks for the crit. I am constantly re-rendering my models, trying to improve my rendering method. Maybe they are too contrasting hence the washout look.
I have rendered the model with a fender skirt. Never seen a fender skirt-equipped Opala but since i like fender skirts, here it goes.




Four-door version: