1989 BMW E30 316i

[RevBillyG]

Hi all.
I've been browsing these forums for a few weeks now but haven't actually contributed anything but have learnt a lot. I'm rather nervous of posting any WIP's here as everyone's models seem to put mine in shame.

I've made a few half-hearted attempts at making cars but my knowledge of Max is somewhat limited at the moment and I'm still finding the interface a little unnatural (that's what 4 years of using UnrealEd does to you!) although things are getting a little easier.

General consensus is that the best way to start vehicle modelling is to do your own car. However, E30 blueprints of a decent quality seem to be hard to find. So I popped out and took some pics of my car today to help me with references.

I'm not going for picture perfect. In fact I'd like to get this car into UT2k4 in the future which is something I know I can do. As long as the general gist of the thing is there (and people recognise it!) I'll be quite happy.

[EuropaCar]

looks great
nice choice in car, and looks very accurate :wink:
keep it up

[AceBat]

cool keep it up

[NightEye]

Originally Posted by RevBillyG

as everyone's models seem to put mine in shame.

I don't think so
Most people may have more skill, and are furhter in the progress of creating their cars.
Maybe you are quite new, so don't have much skills, and you've probably just started this.
I think it looks very promising, so don't be ashamed
Keep it up!

[Bjolletts]

It's looking very OK so far, keep it up !

[RevBillyG]

Thanks for the encouragement.

I've been working on the front and it's taking ages to do. I'm so slow!

[Bjolletts]

Looking nice, good control mesh !

[NightEye]

Red over red wasn't the best choice, but ohwell... I think that's a bit weird

[RevBillyG]

Thanks.
That's actually the real colour of my car. Horrid innit?

[NightEye]

Noo, not that.. The red circle on the fender

EDIT:
Though I must say the red doesn't look too attractive