frieghtliner dumptruck

[caribcanuk]

well after pulling my hair out trying to get a half way reasonable render ive gotten this far.

any advice on what im doing wrong would be appreciated seems i just cant get the right lighting or something, im using 3d max 9 and vray.still havent got a clue in doing the marker light lenses or headlamp bump yet but lokking for a couple tutorials.this is what killed me on my dozer so now im trying to make a effort to get past this hurdle . this is my first real attempt at anything like this

[et_fone_home]

wow, that aint bad, perhaps make the lights a bit brighter.

[caribcanuk]

thnks et i played with the light positions a but and upped them just a tad this is the result

its startin to get closer .

[et_fone_home]

Ah, thats getting better, but imo brighter still!!! One thing is the red paint, it seems to have quite a bit of ambient.

[caribcanuk]

yea that red is giving me a headache just cant get it right maybe its time to try a different color lol

[spitty3d]

very nice details, u gotta work more on the renders tho, try to save your renders as png instead of jpeg for better quality then convert it back to jpeg in photoshop

[caribcanuk]

yea im trying to get a handle on the renders but its a pain lol. im mostly model for games never had to do a render like this. ive decided to spend some time in photoshop amd try my hand at adding some lettering etc and give my brain a break from figuring out the render lighting and materials

[docmushu]

looking good man! keep it up.

[caribcanuk]

small update fooling with the render still

[Poltavskiy]

I would play more with lightning. Right now you have a bright day enviornment with a sunset light. And at sunset the shadows are soft not dark.