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    Dave R
    last edited by 6 Oct 2011, 12:08

    Perfect! Almost looks like you set it down on fresh snow. πŸ˜„

    I bet I know how he got the soft shadows. πŸ˜‰

    I was watching some videos of these things. I really want one although I have no place to drive it.

    Etaoin Shrdlu

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      unigami
      last edited by 6 Oct 2011, 12:14

      @hellnbak said:

      Perfect. How did you get the soft ground shadows?

      I selected the shadow and added Gaussian blur in Photoshop. I also used a filter from Topaz Labs to give the red paint a bit of a rendered feel, and I put the profile lines on a separate layer so I could control them separately. That's about it...

      I'm going to try some renders in Kerkythea next...I'd like to composite it on top of a nice winter landscape.

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        bulbangs
        last edited by 7 Oct 2011, 06:36

        i love it! keep up the good work!

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          EscapeArtist
          last edited by 7 Oct 2011, 14:54

          Well done. Super-clean model, fantastic detail. πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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            mitcorb
            last edited by 7 Oct 2011, 18:54

            Well, I am humbled yet again!

            I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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              Dave R
              last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 12:51

              That looks really nice. It would look great in my driveway and it would make my neighbors wonder. πŸ˜„

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                unigami
                last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 13:12

                @dave r said:

                That looks really nice. It would look great in my driveway and it would make my neighbors wonder. πŸ˜„

                Yeah...wouldn't that be great!!!! Thanks for nice comments Dave!

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                  unigami
                  last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 13:15

                  Here's my first attempt at a render for this model. I used Kerkythea with HDRI lighting + an omni light for shadows. No post-processing or any attempt to make things look grungy yet...

                  Any comments/advice from the render experts will be very helpful from this point on, because I'm such a newb with rendering and feel like I'm shooting arrows at a target in a dark room half the time... πŸ˜†

                  My next step is to find a good background and see if I can composite this in some kind of realistic way.

                  render1-1000p.png

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                    Blah11
                    last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 15:43

                    WOW I been lurking this since day 1, it really looks real. GOOD JOB

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                      Marian
                      last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 16:00

                      Fantastic πŸ‘

                      http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                        hellnbak
                        last edited by 9 Oct 2011, 16:31

                        Wow, this is looking better all the time! Your skills are impressive, to say the least.

                        @unigami said:

                        My next step is to find a good background

                        Here's an idea....Dave's driveway πŸ˜†
                        (or better yet, mine. Another Michigan winter getting ready to dump all over my parade 😒 😒 )

                        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                          swagen
                          last edited by 10 Oct 2011, 14:59

                          simply perfect!!! stunning modeling technique! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

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                            solo
                            last edited by 10 Oct 2011, 15:04

                            Nice model Rick, clean modeling, the way I like it. πŸ‘

                            I'd love to get a chance to render it if possible.

                            http://www.solos-art.com

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                              unigami
                              last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 12:51

                              Here's the final image...Kerkythea render and Photoshop.

                              snow-trac_scene_1000.png

                              Last couple bits of trivia for you about these...info I found on a forum from a guy named Lyndon that collected them...

                              "Snow Trac's were built in "Batches". The factory made all the parts and "Stockpiled" them in a warehouse. The sales Division would request assembly of a "Batch" which would then be assembled from parts. Batches were generally 10,25, or 35. Their biggest single sale was in 1961/62 when the Canadian Phone company ordered roughly 100 machines. If you look at the production chart it's the only year that sales exceeded 200 machines."

                              "When VW discontinued the Beetle they figured that they wouldn't be able to get engines and discontinued the line. Later on it was indicated that had they known that VW production was going to continue in Mexico that they might have continued. The story is that the entire last year and a half of production was made from 'Spare Parts'."

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                                Dave R
                                last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 14:47

                                Extremely cool! Perfect!

                                I want a real one even more, now.

                                Etaoin Shrdlu

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                                  SketchUpNoobie
                                  last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 16:39

                                  Excellent! The snow on the tracks is PERFECT! πŸ‘ πŸ‘

                                  --

                                  SketchUpNoobie: the complete noob in all things SketchUp.

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                                    pbacot
                                    last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 16:48

                                    Beautiful. How did you put the snow on the tracks? (and tracks in the snow?)

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                                      unigami
                                      last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 22:24

                                      @pbacot said:

                                      Beautiful. How did you put the snow on the tracks? (and tracks in the snow?)

                                      Thanks! I used the clone brush in Photoshop to clone snow from the ground onto the tracks, varying it with density, brush size, and shading.

                                      For the tracks in the snow, I used some ski tracks that were already in the scene and moved them behind the crawler, and then used the clone brush to cover up the spot where they originally were.

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                                        hellnbak
                                        last edited by 16 Oct 2011, 22:36

                                        This is amazing! Well beyond my meager capabilities. I'll give you five bucks to teach me your methods (not all at once of course, we'll have to work out a payment plan)

                                        "Politicians are just like diapers -- they need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

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                                          numbthumb
                                          last edited by 17 Oct 2011, 09:32

                                          The best five bucks youΒ΄ll ever spend πŸ˜„
                                          Oh, and BTW, how much would you charge for your roadster?

                                          Comfortably numb...

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