RICHARD'S ULTRA LOW POLY CARS - UPDATED

Richard · 6 Mar 2012, 01:32

Thanks guys!!

In your picture, though I see the logic, I think it feels strange for them all to be one color, maybe white, black,silver, and bronze to fit the color scheme (mostly white cars).

Actually mate that's a brilliant idea!!!

@Andrew

Mate beers sounds great!! Thanks for fixing the insertions on these I just never got around to doing it though still ended up redoing anyway to align to any plane otherwise you have to rotate them on sloping planes.

@ Bob

Wow mate that's cool, I played with a few as renders but gave up as they just weren't working to how I'd be happy with anything but just the plastics. Though you've shown they might work of in some engines.

I also guess that with the new artisan tools these could be easily improved. I made then by simply creating a box around an existing higher poly car, then sketched out the outline of needed features and dragged through in the 3 directions to crop the low poly model. After I added some sub divisions to form limited curves. Thats why the arse end on all is bit boxy.

It was all a bit of an exercise about 6-7 years ago to get as Low as possible.

boofredlay · 6 Mar 2012, 01:36

Thanks Richard.

Bob James · 6 Mar 2012, 01:53

Took 15 minutes to throw on a set of brushed aluminum BMW wheels, some metallic blue paint and the old BMW X5 doesn't look bad at all
Many thanks, Richard. It just so happens that I have a model in work that has a parking lot just waiting for your cars

Update
Just had to do a little with the headlights

Gaieus · 6 Mar 2012, 06:47

I think for most of you/us it goes without saying but I think it is not completely useless to mention that once you painted the certain elements (windows, wheels, lights etc.) as faces inside the groups/components, you can paint the individual instances of the same component with different colours - as long as they bear the default material - as it is also described with the examples of cars in the SU Help Manual, too.

Great cars, Richard, thanks!

Stinkie · 6 Mar 2012, 08:30

Thank you, Richard.

HFM · 6 Mar 2012, 09:13

Perfect combination between detail and low file size

JGA · 6 Mar 2012, 13:36

Thanks for sharing

Ben Ritter · 6 Mar 2012, 15:59

Richard, thank you for sharing.

tomsdesk · 6 Mar 2012, 16:26

Richard, you're a Prince! Now people can stop bugging me about the boxy cars in my renders...yeh!

jim smith · 6 Mar 2012, 19:08

Thank you Richard, these are really nice looking considering how small a footprint they make. I have a few models with nearly empty parking lots that I can now make look more convincing.

Richard · 6 Mar 2012, 20:47

OOPS - replied to cheeda in the wrong thread - duh!

wyatt · 6 Mar 2012, 20:55

Thanks, Richard. I will put these to good use.

Richard · 6 Mar 2012, 22:17

Thanks guys, I've updated the files to include V7 versions, and have also done the suggested modifications for use as cast or plastic versions and included as separate.

caronte01 · 7 Mar 2012, 06:33

These are great!

Thanks a lot richard!

stefanq · 7 Mar 2012, 17:04

Thanks Richard!

massimo · 7 Mar 2012, 18:47

Thanks Richard. I really dislike cars (particulary the real cars), but these models look very good and will come in handy.
Thanks for the SU7 version as well.

mwm5053 · 8 Mar 2012, 01:34

Thanks Richard you the man.

Richard · 8 Mar 2012, 04:32

@massimo said:

Thanks Richard. I really dislike cars (particulary the real cars), but these models look very good and will come in handy.
Thanks for the SU7 version as well.

Hmmm? How come you hate cars mate? Must say I rarely put them in renders.

Richard · 8 Mar 2012, 04:53

Dug through my archives to find this little animation that I did years ago with these cars, brings back the reason I did them - it was for an animation pack!

Must be losing my memory! Mind you this was a LONG time ago and way before ruby scripting for SU.

I had created long hand a SU template with about 240 scenes which allowed the camera to be set for a single view then the vehicle movements were components with a vertical panel (component) inserted on 240 layers that turned on/off for each scene.

Car speed was determined by scaling the line the car travelled. As the vertical panel didn't scale (just a plane) reloading it with a car after path insertion and scaling, the car would retain correct size. Also the line could be broken and separately scaled to have the vehicle accelerate and slow.

Also played with people walking by each second component flipping left to right.

Stupid freakin idea but hey it worked and worked well. Like a lot of things I just never got around to finishing them.

My Movie.zip

irwanwr · 17 Mar 2012, 05:22

Thanks Richard
I'll bookmark this post for future needs