Hello all

[SGD Racing]

My name is Cory S and I'm a graphic designer.* 10+ yrs in illustration's * I have gotten my self into 3d modeling, vehicles for motorsports. I'm reading lots of tutorials but some stuff still eludes me. Any advice is welcome ;) I'd like to post my work and get feed back as what I'm doing wrong and how to fix it. *working on rims and wheels* . which look awesome until I render it.

thanks for any help.

CS

[SGD Racing]

ok here's my second post and 3rd try at wheels :) I'm having fun.
I have a question, how do I weld or trim somthing?

Thanks
CS

[SGD Racing]

wheel #4.
I have put together a wheel using the wheels i built in CorelDraw *Converted to AI*. I can see a little bit on how it could help me with shapes but how could it be used in car modeling?
Hope you enjoy this wheel :)

Thanks
CS

[SGD Racing]

my third attempt at car modeling... i'm not impressed, and i have no idea what i;m doing wrong. the top looks good but it FAR from smooth.
when i select mesh smooth and put in a # for smoothness nothing happens. And I still have no idea aabout lighting..

any help , please and thanks

CS

[SGD Racing]

day 4. I got the lighting partly figured out.
CS

[Izmal]

good attempt Cory...keep it coming.
*i like the wheel and tyre track...what software are u using?

[SGD Racing]

Izmal, thanks :) I'm using 3DS Max 6, it's the first time using it and its now lots of fun :)
That last car was ok, i now know what I was doing wrong.
This new Funny Car is SO much better :)

Just a few questions now,
#1 From this point i'd like to add a paint scheme to the car's body, I have created it in CD9 *Illy7* is there a way to color the model the same way?

#2: I have figured out that the vector art i created in CD9 works VERY well in max when imported as an illy file. * wheels can be created and then extruded* How else this could this feature be used? I'm thinking about engine parts and small detail work.

Here's the funny Car.
Body : 2 Hrs
Chassie : 20 min
wheels: Created in CorelDRAW 9 and extruded in max 6

[skinfather]

You are learning fast, nice funny Car, you should go further in to detalis.

[SGD Racing]

skinfather* Thanks, I'm getting there slowly. ;) in every design/posting there will be more detail then the last.

Here is my newest car, a 2002 Cavalier HNRA Pro stock. Day 4, I love it :)
An interesting occurrence while mirroring this car. Things wouldn't and I couldn't figure out why... I went back and opened groups and found that 1 or more vertices were selected on these objects that wouldn't mirror. I deselected them and everything mirrored correctly :)

Question. Any leads on how I would make the parashoot bags a soft fabric like? it's supposed to be woven nylon same as the parashoot cables.

Thanks for any help :)
CS

[SGD Racing]

Day 5 of the car, only had 1/2 a day to spend on this.
Rendering times are about 15-20 mins

I'm starting to get the hang of this :)

CS

[SGD Racing]

Side view.
I see where tthe door and edges need work.

CS

[SGD Racing]

Rear quarter shot
The inside is next

CS

[SGD Racing]

So i;m messing around with small stuff on the car and I notice that parts of the car have moved.... I have no idea how. I cought most of the new flaws but not pleased with myself on this error.

I'm working through this tutorial *http://67.15.36.49/team/tutorials/ni...issantex2.asp*
has anyone been through it? I'm getting confused. Do i have the whold car selected when applying UnwrapUVW? or do i do it buy sections of the car?
Where is the edit button? How many things should the modifer stack contain?


Thanks for any help
CS

[SGD Racing]

On the rear shot you can see the bottem section has moved inwards.

CS

[SGD Racing]

Just an update to my car
CS