Magnum 50cc Scooter

solo · 8 Dec 2010, 23:06

It's December, whoohoo!! means I get to play again.

I have a few niggling odds and ends to complete before fully playing however today I started on a new model, after being inspired and jealous by a few awesome recent models.

Anyway, I decided to model a popcorn machine/scooter, I bought a couple of these a few years ago for the wife and I, and really enjoy riding them to the pub (coming home can be dodgy sometimes)

I'm going to be using SDS 2 for most of my modeling and texturing, I'm alpha/beta testing it as most here know. Okay, here is the fairing in stages of proxy to subdivded.

Here is what I have so far..

Rich O Brien · 8 Dec 2010, 23:09

Great to have you back Pete! I wanna see that Batmobile you mentioned on FB

Stinkie · 9 Dec 2010, 06:20

Looks great.

solo · 9 Dec 2010, 19:21

Thanks, more playing, gonna change a few details and add a few new one when I get to play again.

Rich, I will take a look for it, it was on my old dual core that I gave to my kids a while back, I have an old 60's version as well as an attempt at the tumbler.

michaliszissiou · 9 Dec 2010, 20:50

wow nice modeling pete!!!

boofredlay · 9 Dec 2010, 21:11

spence · 9 Dec 2010, 21:33

Very nice Pete In the first image that shows the front end, are you roughly shaping out the fender then applying Sub Divide & Smooth?

solo · 9 Dec 2010, 22:01

Yes, I create a rough proxy shape, then run SDS2 1 iriteration, then I use the SDS sculpting tools to refine the shape before subdividing a second time for finished shape, if I make a mistake I can just reduce the poly's with the SDS poly reducer (like an undo)fix and divide again.

Here is an image of the proxy undergoing a divide, I can see how it will look before committing, really cool feature.

solo · 9 Dec 2010, 23:08

Slightly more progress, here you can see the wires.

brodie · 10 Dec 2010, 01:29

wow, that's great pete. how'd you do the tires?

-brodie

solo · 10 Dec 2010, 01:51

I never saved any screen shots, however, I have an old tutorial (really old) that I made for a car tyre/tire, I used a similar process.

[flash=600,400:2ae1j7dg]http://www.youtube.com/v/v-rVsF5_k0E[/flash:2ae1j7dg]

d12dozr · 10 Dec 2010, 03:23

exquisite modeling, Pete

solo · 10 Dec 2010, 07:14

The trick is knowing when to stop.

Stinkie · 10 Dec 2010, 07:17

ken28875 · 10 Dec 2010, 07:40

Wow, really nice model and a terrific render you have here, Pete. I am quite impressed.

How long did it take for you to model it?

What rendering engine did you use?

Best,

_KN

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jsteacy · 10 Dec 2010, 13:51

wow Pete you have amazing modeling skills. So did I miss something, is there a SDS v2 out? or are you lucky enough to test it out?

brodie · 10 Dec 2010, 14:12

Great render Pete. I haven't kept up, what renderer are you using these days?

-Brodie

solo · 10 Dec 2010, 15:24

Thanks. I use Thea render.

boofredlay · 10 Dec 2010, 15:25

That is fantastic Pete. Makes me jealous that I don't have much time to play myself.

chloesdad · 10 Dec 2010, 19:13

Beautifully done, Pete. It's great to see quality work. I'm still playing with Thea, and so far, I like it. You reminded me a while back that because it's a WIP, tutorials are not available yet. Do you know of any decent lessons or tips that may be out there currently?
Thanks.