Audi R8 (The Beginning Of a Noob)

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

since i dont have enough experience to complete a car from a single (side) sketch, i decided maybe it would be easier to work on a car that has complete blueprints (I.E. Left, top, front rear), This one seemed like a good idea (C&C welcome) This is all i've done so far

[Race Speeder]

looks like a good noobish start hehehe
but i would check the nose..

[feral1]

Well prince, looking good for a noob, I have place a couple of lines where on your bonnet, fender etc seams need to be sharper.
I would say if you do a chamfer, maybe do it smaller to get a sharper edge on the seams.
looking good for a first.
Have you got the tutorial that redstar had done, to help you, if not here is a link.

http://www.smcars.net/forums/video-t...tutorials.html

keep it up and dont rush. I have not checked any ref pics for accuracy.

Just checked ref pics,taken my first pic out, put new one in.... the R8 do not have a bonnet seperate where you have placed it. rejoin the blue line and the bonnet is where the green lines are.
url for some refs are:
Exotic Car Wallpapers : Dieselstation - Fuel For Your Desktop - Audi R8
Hope this helps

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

i fixed up the the bonnet and made it all into one, and i also fixed up the fender... im not sure how to get the sharp edges perfect after using mesh smooth so any help with that would be great

[LOST]

Originally Posted by PrinCe_Of_DarKness

i fixed up the the bonnet and made it all into one, and i also fixed up the fender... im not sure how to get the sharp edges perfect after using mesh smooth so any help with that would be great

You've got to select these edges and chaamfer them. Play around with different settings and this should be fine.

[Race Speeder]

show us a wire please..

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

here is the wire... ive attempted to do the side skirts but i hid it in this picture, i want to get the front right before i ask questions about the sides (this is after a mesh smooth and the wire thickness is 0.8, im not sure if thats too many lines

[rb-30s]

take off the meshsmooth and then render

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

heres the wire without meshsmooth

[DrumBoPing]

looks like a good start for a noob i've been modeling for almost 3 years now and i'm not much farther than that haha

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

ive been stuffed up with school work so i can't update on my progress, i was able to fix some things like the chamfer in certain areas (Still not sure if its right)... tell me what you think and if you can please tell me how i can increase the sharpness of parts that have been chamfered

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

heres another render, i darkened this one because my graphics card (Integrated LOL) sucks balls, im upgrading to a Quad SLI soon so it should be good, this render is showing all of the lines ive chamfered

[feral1]

starting to look good, you have a few pinches near intake and top corner of light, I would suggest a wire each update you do so as we can help you better.
Dont render wires do a screen capture, with this url I supplied earlier, so you can get it done right.
keep up good work.

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

sorry i havnt posted in a while...i just havn't had the time to work on the model because of school... heres the screen dumps of the car... C&C welcome (Be harsh if you have to lol)

[feral1]

looking good keep it up

[marty-bett]

u shud align ur vertices along the symmetry line better. get them all on the same point on the x axis.. usually people do it at 0 but depending where ur model is in ur scene will change it. i say this because if u look at ur last attachment u can see sometimes the edge is there and otheres is has been cut off due to the symmetry modifier..

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

ok i fixed that, theres no gaps in between it and its welded to a threshold of 1.0

[PrinCe_Of_DarKness]

heres some before and after... i started to play around with the materials if the first one, then i had to change a lot of crap for the next few because it looked weird to me C and C Please help me better my noobness p.s. some problems with the lighting, thats what is making those dark lines

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Car is lookin' very good, but I think you should definitely change the lighting just like you said.
Good luck!