Magnum 50cc Scooter

solo

Slightly more progress, here you can see the wires.

brodie

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

-brodie

solo

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

exquisite modeling, Pete

solo

The trick is knowing when to stop.

Stinkie

ken28875

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

My interview with ASGVIS/V-Ray:
http://software.asgvis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=886&Itemid=466&utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Winning%20Subject&utm_term=Read%20more%20about%20Ken%20Nguyen
My interview with Sketchupartists.org:
http://www.sketchupartists.org/spotlight/artists/sketchup-art-in-the-online-game-industry/
Sketchup for Fantasy Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27028
Sketchup for Sci-Fi Art:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=27030

jsteacy

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

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

-Brodie

solo

Thanks. I use Thea render.

boofredlay

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

chloesdad

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.

johnsenior1973

@jsteacy said:

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?

@solo said:

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.

solo

Thanks guys, last shot, moving onto bigger things.

rcossoli

almost speechless, amazing
sketchup really at another level
sincere congratulations!

Bryan K

Beautiful!

You have successfully crushed my ambition.

pjalbert

This is one sick piece of modelling. I think is time for a tutorial

michaliszissiou

Ah Paris.
Pete Some dirt is missing, just to say something.
These hdri based reflections are great. And work fast. The trick is simple though. Its a 'normals' projection and a fresnel trick. (this was for advanced users lol). Its true and a joke. Specs maps and effects work like this. Real reflections is a ray tracer thing and cost a lot of render time. And not always the best.

11zulu

Excellent work Sir!

solo

Thanks guys, I made a few changes, mostly to front.

Scooter almost done.png

Here is a teaser of the plugin I used to shape this model.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1129899/capture-37.gif

You will notice on the fairing and other parts that the mesh seems to be tighter in some areas, that's part of the new SDS, you can select certain areas and divide more for better smoothness and detail.