Light is right : Ariel Atom II

[tomsullivan]

i have always loved this car. its motto should be " No bull****, just play"

my kinda of car, no excess crap.

great model!,

i also think i hvae uploaded some honda blocks in teh pictures reference section that might help.

[tom120934]

Thanks for the comments, Tom ! I will take a look in the refpic section. And BTW, I like this signature. Totally opposed to the Atom way of life

Here's a tiny little update and a clay render. The clay render setting is not set up as my previous, as I'm trying to get the best of Blender internal renderer. Every render/clay shown so far is produced with Blender internal (no YafRay) The same for these two.

I'm trying to complete the front suspension before starting on another parts. I think I'll keep going from front to rear, trying to complete the car in a single pass.

[Rsenal]

Great model...awsome details on chassis! Keep it going Good luck!

[tom120934]

Thanks !

Here's the beginning of the rim. Very preliminary, but useful to show that most details won't be visible at all on the completed model

[alanguer]

Really gorgeous and well-made in-depth 3d modeling!

Alan

[tom120934]

Thanks Alan, it's nice to hear such a comment from you !

New clay render, back with YafRay.

[tomsullivan]

hey Tom, when you are finished this could you do some renders of the frame of the car, i have always wanted to model this car, but i could never be bothered to get my head around the chasis/ frame

looking great as well!!!

[pedro.malheiro]

that looks realy good,.... very nice job so far...

in the nose of the car i think that therr is a litle bump...but looks realy good.

[tom120934]

Thanks for the comments ! I will check the bump on the hood.

Tom, better than top/left/front/rear views of the chassis, here's a 3D, lowres blueprint of it. .blend file, open it with Blender to convert it to any other file format you want.

This is the wire cage I've made to understand the full chassis before actually modeling it (just by putting some cylinders on it)

Have fun, I hope it may be of interest !

edit : I zipped it because SMCars doesn't allow .blend files to be uploaded. Can any admin fix it ? I'm not the only nerd playing around with Blender

[tomsullivan]

WOW thanks!!

i might even model this insted of the challenger

thanks agian!

[tom120934]

You're welcome.

Erf, if you're going to model it for the contest, I'm pretty sure I will be ranked #2 of the Atom which have entered. Too bad for me

[tomsullivan]

nar i am not goin to enter the contest, i was thinking about entering with a topfuel dragster as a joke but i dont know

[tom120934]

ouf !

[Silent][Moebius]

gotta love your stuff tom120934. the ariel is coming along very nicely!

[tom120934]

Thanks S][M. Here's a small update, fenders on the front wheels and bolts holes in the rims.

A clay render from another point of view should follow tonight to show more details.

[pedro.malheiro]

realy amazing nice job so far...il ike it

[tom120934]

Thanks pedro. Here's the clay render.

[tomsullivan]

damm thats looking sweet, this car just begs to be done in detail

Keep it up! it gets my vote

[MARTS]

Great mode thomas
Very light concept car .
Buggy style lol

[tom120934]

Thanks guys. Here's a little update : some lights at the front, and some panels at the bottom of the car.