1930 Ford Model A

[alexL]

alright folks, haven't posted here in a while so what we have here is my latest college project, i meant to post sooner but ive been quite busy.. so yeah im doing a ford model a, timeframe is about a month and a half, im hoping to do this with quite a high level of detail, and possibly a streetrod version too, so heres my progress so far

[chris20]

Looks really nice Alex. Very clean so far. Well done.

[Steve Dussemberg]

Great set of meshes nice and clean, I bet the hot rod version is going to be even better.

[KMyers-MG]

Looking nice so far, but can we please see the unsmoothed wires?

[Jomar Machado]

Nice one dude!

[Franko]

VERY nice polyflow

[alexL]

thanks for the comments guys ill post some more work on it 2nite, for now heres the wires unsmoothed

[hmg2007]

Looking good, I was making one a while ago and still haven't finished it. Keep it up.

[alexL]

added a few of the external bits on, still a long way to go but im quite happy with it so far, might need to make some changes around the windows to add more details, more to come

[qretz]

Nice car Alex. It seems like the Hergé drawing cars, you know. Could you make any cartoon render? I would like to see one ...

[P A L A T]

I second that! My only crit -- a small one -- is that the front fenders look a bit flat on the top.

[Colemanator]

Just my style of car and you're making it look great, nice work!

[alexL]

thanks for the comments

@ P A L A T - it was indeed flat, infact it was one flat poly which i corrected, thanks for pointing that out

i got a solid few hours of work done on it today, started on the engine as well as seperated some of the panels, added a few more exterior bits, did clay renders for these, less boring then just screen caps

[joebogen]

And I mean it's a real small crit, but if you are looking for authenticity the 1930 Model A had a two bladed fan... I really do like this model keep up the good work and send us more.

[alexL]

heres a smallish update, i've mostly been working on other projects this week, and fighting me has been the flu and a power outage, plus my mouse decided to stop working on me today (grr) but enough complaining, heres a few pics, mostly worked on the engine as well as added the rumbleseat

@ joe- thanks for pointing that out, i checked my ref again and sure enough i created that fan out of pure imagination i'm trying to be as accurate as possible so if anyone notices anything else thats not quite right it would be much appreciated!

im shooting for the modelling to be done in the next week so i can get my materials and final renders sorted, so expect a bigger update soon

[chris912]

Looks really nice man

[alexL]

thanks for the comment so i've modelled about as much detail as i can given my time frame, im sure more could be done but i'm satisfied with what i have

i've begun normal mapping some parts and doing materials, heres a few of my test renders, please excuse the bad lighting/the fact that the paint doesn't line up haha

[orion-heizer]

Originally Posted by alexL thanks for the comment so i've modelled about as much detail as i can given my time frame, im sure more could be done but i'm satisfied with what i have i've begun normal mapping some parts and doing materials, heres a few of my test renders, please excuse the bad lighting/the fact that the paint doesn't line up haha

looks very good. i like the light-green (or how it says).

is this a vray-mtl ?

[alexL]

@ orion - its the mental ray carpaint shader, doing all my rendering with mr

okay heres a few test renders, theres still a zillion little tweaks i needta do but its nearing completion for now, im going to rig the hood so it lifts properly, its just one piece right now, and do some detailing of the inner door panels

for now im just going to do some studio renders but i'm planning to take the whole car into mudbox to dirty it up a bit and put it in a scene with an old railroad station or maybe a farmhouse, and it'll still get hotrodified at some point too

[KMyers-MG]

That is looking really sweet Alex!