Streetrace - Subaru Impreza WRX STi

[Dr.J]

hi all, this is gonna be the thread where you can track my entry for this competition. for people who dont know, ill put up the pic of the real stock 2003 WRX STi in the post below. im still trying to make my mind up on the body modfications, the general idea of the hood and front bumper mods are in the concept sketch attatched, ill try to find time to draw up a final drawing with all the mods tomorrow. ive got a prety good idea for what i want for the rear bumper and rear spoiler, but still a little indecisive for the sideskirts.

[Dr.J]

heres a pic of the real WRX -

(we cant attatch for the time being - so just google an image, look for the 2003 model.)

[maksy]

Nice, waiting progress :)

[Dr.J]

heres some progress - been a little bogged down with real life, but heres a little start - a little worried that im not using as many polies as i should... but at teh same time applying a smooth to the model will probably make the polycount too high.. well see what happens. if anything ill learn enough from this model so that my next model for this comp is better :) . ive done the front bumper and bonnet - all up so far its about 970 polies (triangles).

[pixelsmooth]

the bonnet's nice... a little bit agressive... very seXy...!!!

[Dr.J]

heres more done - it looks a little stubby, but i seriously hope that its because of the lowered bumper and sideskirts. it SHOULD sort itself out when things like the wheels and stuff are put in. so far its 17XX all up -

[Dr.J]

more done - the body is almost finished, now just got to do the doors, windows, mirrors, GTwing and rims. what do people think of the custom parts so far?

some new (though crap quality, sorry in a hurry to sleep so this quality will have to do) renders:

[maksy]

Nice progress I hope you'll finish it in time

[Dr.J]

ok, the body is done, apart from the fine details like making the parts more obviously seperate and sealing off vents and stuff. gotta make windows, mirrors, rims and lights then im done - already thinking about doing another car for the comp... hopefully i can.

anyway, here are some renders with brazil -






EDIT: oh yeah forgot about the polycount the last 2 posts - right now its at 4154.

[maksy]

Great work, i love that rear spoiler :)

[Dr.J]

ok ive completed my entry for this competition - the name for this set of body modifications is "tyrant", just a quick name i thought up that suits its (what i think) aggressive appearance :D .

the final polycount for this model is 13322, but it couldve easily been below the 10000 mark, just that the headlights looked horrible with the brazil chrome material when they were low res. the taillights could use a texture too, but being unable to find a decent pic of the WRX taillights stopped me from doing that.

other than that im quite happy with this model, though i still have much to learn about everything 3d :P . its rendered with brazil, and can be made available as either a .max or .3ds file.

anyway, enough talking, onto the pics:









good luck to everyone else joining in the fun with this competition :) ! i think ill try to make a toyota supra before the deadline in 4 days time.

[fingers]

Looks good Dr J. Good luck with the Supra!!

[Firedule]

Very nice done! I hope you make the Supra as good as this Subaru. Good luck.