Tuned Punto

[3dsm ben]

This is my Fiat Punto project it started life as me modeling my girlfriends car for her but stock is boring lol.

So i set about drawing a body kit which is inspired by an EVO 6. I think it suits this car down to a tee.

I removed the back seats and boot to create the ICE install I also drew a nice set of bucket seats and a momo steering wheel.

Whats left to be done:

Finish texturing intercooler

Create mesh for the bonnet vent and the bumper

Iorn out the lumps and bumps in the body work

Texture the interior

add more detail to the boot install i think a strut brase some 6 x 9's

I think ill model under the bonet also i think the engine from the fiat coupe will lok good just got to find some ref pics.

PLease feel free to critisize my model it helps to create a better model.

[OldDog]

Really like what your doing here. I can see only one small glitch in the trunk...
what I'm really interested in are some wires ... and PLS let us see that interior and that dashboard

[3dsm ben]

Thank you i just finished re texturing the intercooler and boost pipes.
Um the interior you had a sneak peek lol. ill do a render for ya i have attached a pic of how it looked before i removed all the textures as this is a moddified version it will be a lil different.

[3dsm ben]

Here ya go the interior renders ignore the weird shadows its cos other parts are hidden.

There is a few things missing i havent modeled the indicator stalks, the gear nob and the pedals ill have to add them on to my list of things to do.

The pic of the engine is how detailed im going to model this one i drew that with google sketch up back in the day before i discovered the daddy that is 3ds max i used maya inbetween but naturaly 3ds is by far the best.

[3dsm ben]

Another update just finished the mesh and vent for my bonnet, going to do the mesh for the bumper then do a render of my project so far ill have to leave my pc on while i goto bed it will take a while you dont even want to know how many pollys this model contains.

[Lynx]

modeling looks good dude! Subs look a bit big tho.

[alexL]

looks really great man would probably be better to texture on actual logos instead of making your own tho, it'll help it have a more realistic feel

[3dsm ben]

thanx yeah i always use propa logos it looks beta and is easier to do all the meshes are done now just running a render.

How can subs be too big lol u cant never have too much base these are lil 18's check out the mtx jackhammer its 32" u need something the size of range rover to fit it in and take its weight tho lol.

[Dr. Feelgood]

It's 'Volkswagen'...

[3dsm ben]

yeah im not modeling dat engine thats an example of how my engine will look obviously it wont be that exact engine lol.

[crazy 989]

Ithink Doc should have put the E in Volkswagen with a little more emphasis ¬.¬ =p

[Flexdude]

looking good, im going to keep an eye on this project. Especially as I have one of these in rl ^_^

[OldDog]

hhh now I'm deadly interested how many poly's it has
I'm looking forward to seeing that render :-)

checked the interior its looking good
can't w8 for the end results

[3dsm ben]

Heres some better renders of the whole thing.

Stupid question lol how do i do a polly count the body is quite low polly i think its the interior and them meshes which are verry high polly.

The lights arent quite right need to turn shadows off for some of them im not happy with the metal flake in the paint it doesnt look right.

I had to reinstall 3ds it wouldnt render i reinstalled it and all is now good it must have been the sp1 update all was fine before i instaled that. 3ds 2010 isnt the most stable program in the world i get alot of crashes with it, i think it might be down to my system tho.

[3dsm ben]

Im having problems with exposure control when i render a preview it renders but the window is just black its annoyin the hell out of me. does any one no what causes this i need to lighten up my model its too dark.

[3dsm ben]

Interior so far im gonna take a break from modeling for a lil while lol my misus is gettin pissed with me sittin on here drawing lol .

[gvnwst]

Stupid question lol how do i do a polly count the body is quite low polly i think its the interior and them meshes which are verry high polly.

IIRC, hitting "7" will bring up stats in your viewport, poly count, frames per second, etc. This project is so awesome, and yet, kinda funny...

[3dsm ben]

its my best yet i done 5 so far the last one i didnt finish tho im gonna see this one through tho i have suprised myself how good it has come out.

Thanks for the tip on how to get up my polly count its 557,961 and still got a load of things to model lol im gonna need a better processor and another gig of ram to render it when im done lol.

Now running a render of what i have done so far in the interior its time consuming achieving this level of detail lol.

[3dsm ben]

Heres that render i just did.

Is there anyway of making money from models like this, is there a market for this kind of thing.

[alexL]

looks pretty good so far dont get hung up on money at this point, not to discourage you but you've got alot of practice to go still i think just keep at it, on a whole i think your materials are a bit too shiny but its progressing quite well, don't let anyone stop you from modelling