[ENDED] BC3-1806 - June 2018 Class Homepage - Vehicle Modeling with Blender

[HOMEWORK SUBMISSION - WEEK 1]

really linking all the blueprints that ive seen so far, and the planes :)
going to be a really interesting month as everyones art progresses

Heres my submissions for this week,  

My plane 

and heres my primitive Abomonation

My Primitive Wardrobe

https://sketchfab.com/models/5dc1f7b292544b7da9a998149307e0e6

and for my project, ive gone for an old skool 'Hillman Imp' car.  mainly as its the first car i learned to drive in during the 80s as thats what my old man had :)

HOMEWORK SUBMISSIONS WEEK 1

Hello,

here my recent submissions.
https://cgcookie.com/u/lollito_larkham/projects/aeroplane-a59765b2-8ccb-42f8-9801-277d0326e683

https://cgcookie.com/exercise_submissions/14015

I prepared my blueprints in photoshop, to align verticaly and horizontaly and export layer as images,
I prepared my scene in blender, at the right size.
I collected references also.

I will model the base by edge modeling, then add separate pieces, probably with nurbs modeling, or at least have a try.
I'm mostly an edge modeler instead of box modeler.
Before all, i like to have a first round of collect and watching references, before tweaking first vertices.

The picture below shows the two parts assembled, and at the bottom it is the lower part alone (upper right image).

Homework Submission Week 1


Simple airplane: https://skfb.ly/6zD6q 

Model with Primitives:  https://cgcookie.com/exercise_submissions/14440 (Model removed)
 

1991 Range Rover.

I just searched google not sure if I had to obtain it from the search results of CC.

Think I need to practice quite a bit more before attempting to model the exterior because I'm getting stumped already, just on the bonnet/hood. Upon closer inspection my blueprints seem slightly skewed too but that's possibly common and not a problem. Not quite sure where to go from here but I guess my best bet would be one of the vehicle tutorials.

Just to be certain though is a blueprint being crookedly drawn aka not perfectly symmetrical gonna be a problem? Or should I find another?

'Cause I'll be honest, I haven't the faintest idea as to where I should start, which parts should be separate, how to deal with multiple angles of the blueprints. Maybe I bit off more than I can chew, but hopefully the next stream will give me an idea. 

thecabbagedetective
Hello, if deformations are too much prononced in the blueprint, it can be problematic.
You can always taking acount of only one side (right or left) to establish your model, and ignoring the other  side of mirror.
But sometimes it's not enough if deformations are too big. You have to adapt, find references or change blueprint.
I always check my blueprints inside photoshop before importing in blender, and also make my own if needed and if i got lot of references. As you can see above; i took different references, sized them and aligned them in photoshop and assembled in illustrator into one image.
I used the deformation tool in photoshop to match the wireframe design reference with the one just under (éclaté), using layer transparency, because the scans deformed the images if you don't take care.

Hey guys, just finished my rough blockout, which was very challenging. I'd like to know if you've got any ideas on how I could improve it, especially the "dashboard"area.

Sketchfab link: https://sketchfab.com/models/d1675c7356a540118ceadbc836785602

Concept art: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JPeXv

baukepost I also find the blockout part to be the most difficult, especially finding the right balance between "not to detailled yet" and "too basic primitive".

You did a really good work, it was worth the challenge! Few comments, feel free to take them into account or not :) :

- add holding components to the rear part of the cover frame 

- the "what-would-be-the-fuel-tank-if-this-was-a-motorcylcle" could be elaborated a just a tiny bit more: more curve perhaps ?

Aside from that (and I think I'm being a bit picky), you should be able to have a lot of fun detailling this from this blockout!

tbrbn I'm not completely sure what you ment with those two tips (my bad for not having enough English skills), would you mind explaining it a bit more?

baukepost My english is far from perfect as well, we got lost in translation :D So a picture is always worth a thousand word, I'll try to make myself understood:

- "add holding components to the rear part of the cover frame" is the red circle: for the moment you have it floating, I thought you could already add connection to the rest of the vehicle body, as you did in the front (blue circle). That way all the components seems to blend in with each other, and your vehicle will have more flow.

- "the "what-would-be-the-fuel-tank-if-this-was-a-motorcylcle" could be elaborated a just a tiny bit more: more curve perhaps ?" is the orange circle. The arrow points to a face that look very flat. I admit that in the reference it's also kind of flat, but maybe  think about giving it more curves. Below is an fuel tank of an "old-school" motorcycle, I tried to show you with the arrows what kind of curvature you can think about if you want to also give more flow to your vehicle.

tbrbn I understand now, thanks! Very valuable feedback.

Homework Submission Week 1

Simple airplane - https://skfb.ly/6z9Gt

Well as somewhere already mentioned here, I found this exercise rather hard and quite time consuming. Although learnt really a lot from it, regarding the Sketchfab model I was not able to export somehow the rivets around the pilot cabin (anyway which technique applied by Jonathan Williamson is so unique, never seen before!), in summary around in 90% was able to follow the tutorial which felt itself as success.

Reference/Blue print image - amongst the game toys found this yellow taxi and thought it could be an interesting base, although probably will be too hard for my skills. Inspite of that would go with it as it inspires visually

Model with primitives exercise - as anyway the main parts of the taxi will need to be considered, tried to build already this from primitives, good practice was at least in the mind

I've been exploring different possibilities for the tank's hover thrusters in my block out.  Which one do you like best?  From which one will I learn the most?  I can't upload .blend files here, so here's the link.

https://cgcookie.com/t/1271-tank-blend-file

tbrbn "I also find the blockout part to be the most difficult, especially finding the right balance between "not to detailled yet" and "too basic primitive"".

Amen to that, the block-out is finicky. Anyone else found box modeling to be unfitting for their car? 

I went on with edge modeling, it was hard to get the curves needed out of a box this time. But with edge by edge extrusion, I find the modeling gets muddy really fast, you have to pull every single vertex to get the shape and the surface goes all wobbly. 

I went with the first car I ever had, it served faithfully for almost ten years and I always wanted to model it. Turning out harder than I thought.