1885 Daimler Reitwagen

Krisidious

So that saddle seat is pure texture? did you model it in high poly first to build that texture? Your model belongs in a museum...

ely862me

I was sure you will come out with something stunning as you always do !
You exceeded yourself with this one. One of your finest ! You are phenomenal with the textures ! Well done !

hellnbak

@krisidious said:

So that saddle seat is pure texture? did you model it in high poly first to build that texture? Your model belongs in a museum...

Nothing special on my part for the seat - just used this photo, massaged it a bit

massimo

Great modeling & texturing as usual.

Rich O Brien

That is so amazing it is not even funny...

I tip my hat and bow to greatness.

tadema

Steve, a picture paints a thousand words......

Just as well, i'm speechless

John

Mike Amos

Steve, you are bleedin' good mate, fantastic renders too. I am truly in awe of the product you have shown here, thanks.

Box

@mike amos said:

fantastic renders too.

That's the truly mindblowing part, they aren't renders, pure Sketchup.

hellnbak

Your kind words are much appreciated.

But it ain't perfect.

Rich O Brien

@steve

in terms of direct sketchup output and presentation you have no peers

Daniel

This definitely belongs in the "Most Impressive SketchUp Modeling" topic.

leedeetee

So good. I doff my cap, throw a virtual high five and offer a cyber fist pump. Bravo, sir.

Openspaces

............. Such Talent!!!! Bravo.

Bryan K

Everything about it is amazing! Where did you find the engineering pictures and specs? The mechanical detail alone is stunning!

Bryan K

I could ask a hundred questions about this one, but the first one that comes to mind is how did you make the chamfers on the frame? I see the hidden geometry and I'm still stumped.

jeff hammond

excellent!

Mike Amos

My question is how do you get reflective finish in sketchup? There even appears to be a metal finish on metal parts. What kind alchemy is this Sir?

Please, please, I have to know. Gibber.........

cotty

WOW! (sorry for the short comment regarding to your post length )

hellnbak

Sorry, been doing some serious shoveling of the white stuff. I really gotta move to a warmer state.

@bryan k said:

:thumb:

Everything about it is amazing! Where did you find the engineering pictures and specs? The mechanical detail alone is stunning!

Like the majority of my models, there are no engineering pictures, no or very few specs. I just do everything by eyeball.

@bryan k said:

I could ask a hundred questions about this one, but the first one that comes to mind is how did you make the chamfers on the frame? I see the hidden geometry and I'm still stumped.

Actually it was very simple. Just drew the lines

erased the unwanted stuff

and played connect the dots

of course I had to do this after the textures were applied so I would know where the lines went. This is just a quick and dirty example.

@mike amos said:

My question is how do you get reflective finish in sketchup? There even appears to be a metal finish on metal parts. What kind alchemy is this Sir?

Please, please, I have to know. Gibber.........

Well, for the finish on the wood frame I cobbled together pieces of various photos of the Reitwagen replicas. That was a real pain to get (sort of) right.
For the other finishes I used various textures from my ever-increasing texture library, and just projected them onto the model. I don't know how to use any of the texture plugins that have come out, I just do it the old fashioned way - projecting them.

And for all of you who have complimented my work, my heartfelt thanks. It's always nice to know that your efforts are appreciated.

Now I've gotta finish getting this computer ready for a fresh install of Win7 on a new hard drive. I've been nursing this thing along much longer than I should have, it's getting too difficult to work with.

Cheers

Steve

andybot

That is incredible! You really have an eye for these things. It's really a fine craft you are able to do with Sketchup, I am in awe.