Green Toaster's Car Sketches
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it has a lot to do with faces and such... I model cars in 3Ds Max and it's no picnic there either... here is what I do in 3Ds Max that you can apply to SU:
- Use Blueprints to Model from.
- Create faces and move the vertex of each corner to match the blueprints.
It sounds simple and 3Ds Max is great for car modeling, but I'm sure some advance SU users can do this in their sleep...
btw, your model is looking good so far!
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CADken - thanks very much for your contribution - fabulous!!! I'll try that technique - the only orthographic views I found were of an Audi which were used in a Rhino tutorial.
Is there a great source for finding a bunch of 3 views of cars?
Thanks for your comment - I'm trying, it's frustrating & fun at the same time. My progress is slow . . . posts like yours are very encouraging - this keeps me going and teaches me how to do it the right way - that's cool.
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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@greentoaster said:
CADken - thanks very much for your contribution - fabulous!!! I'll try that technique - the only orthographic views I found were of an Audi which were used in a Rhino tutorial.
Is there a great source for finding a bunch of 3 views of cars?
Thanks for your comment - I'm trying, it's frustrating & fun at the same time. My progress is slow . . . posts like yours are very encouraging - this keeps me going and teaches me how to do it the right way - that's cool.
Happy Sketching,
Brad
in my travels: http://www.smcars.net/ and http://www.the-blueprints.com/
these are two sites dedicated to modeling cars and anything for that matter with blueprints... they both have great databases for car blueprints... i have a few Acura car blueprints handy, as well as a few Honda blueprints.
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. . . I haven't taken time to try the method with the 3 views - just wanted to finish the body of this car . . . will finish the roof later . . .
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it s easyer to make ur own cars,i build 3 models with blueprints the ferrari mythos,vw scirocco and the fiat stylo,they go greatbut u need more skills,that doesn t mean that u can t build something nice
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@unknownuser said:
they go greatbut u need more skills,that doesn t mean that u can t build something nice
Yes but my car modeling technique thus far hasn't resulted in anything very impressive. I think I might learn something new which could help - one 3 view won't hurt - the distraction might be helpful. -
So, a student doubts I can draw a car in five minutes . . . so, of course, I take the challenge . . . this is literally a five minute car . . . excluding wheels & tires . . .
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. . . so . . . I thought I'd try modeling a car based on a quick hand-generated sketch . . . created the quick sketch . . . created a projection screen . . . tossed on the image . . . here goes . . . will post the results on Friday . . .
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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Wow! That's really, really difficult!!!
. . . so, I ended up slashing around a few sloppy lines - just something very quick to create this front end . . . I'm not defeated - I will try again to create a car like my hand-generated sketch . . . wow, this is a real challenge!!! 
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. . . well . . . this is sort of getting near the goal . . . not really, but I'm happy I got this far . . . obviously, significant tweaking is in order . . . no problem . . .
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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is quiet good to have a sketch in front of ur eyes,but if u really want to do something nice,use blueprints,
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Last night I bought a Porsche 911 1/24 scale plastic model . . . it's a little complicated, so, my wife bought this one for me thinking I might be able to model something a little easier . . . I am just eyeballing this one . . . no measurements . . . we used to have a blue one very similar to this year 1970 . . . it was blue & white . . . my wife cried the day we sold it . . . really . . . I was jumping for joy . . . this project is fun . . .
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i ll tell u the easyest way to model it...take only the contour(u forgot the bumpers)and from midle to laterals copy paste the cpuntour about 4 or 5 time,rescale the contour in that way that at the laterals to be smaller than in midle,to be rounded,and then fit the contours,the laterals are harder to build,this u ll do how u can,easyest is with follow me for this car because has a simple rounded shape from the top to the floor,happy modelling
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Great advice - thanks. I built my first model of it this morning on another computer (attached image below) this was just building from my mental image, proportions are way off and there's no detail, obviously. It didn't turn out too bad but I'll try the technique you suggested which makes sense.
Why do they have to put nice looking, variable radii curves everywhere on cars? Cars would be so much easier to model if there was just flat sheet metal and 90 degree bends. But then, I guess we'd all be driving electrical boxes with wheels.
I didn't forget the bumpers - I thought it would be easier to add them near the end of the modeling process along with mirrors, headlights, et cetera.
More happy sketching,
Brad
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Well . . . the front end has gotta be ripped off and redone, but I'm fairly pleased with the rear window area - I used the SketchyFFD plug to help with the rear window area which worked out great.
I'm getting there slowly . . . which is appropriate because this vehicle doesn't go fast anyway . . .
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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u are pretty close,
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Thank you.
Added just a little more - still missing the windshield and bunch of details . . . I love this project - could do it in 1/2 the time and more accurately if I did it again . . . I guess that means I'm learning, right?
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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@greentoaster said:
Thank you.
Added just a little more - still missing the windshield and bunch of details . . . I love this project - could do it in 1/2 the time and more accurately if I did it again . . . I guess that means I'm learning, right?
Happy Sketching,
Brad
looking really good Brad! keep it up!
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@greentoaster said:
. . . which is appropriate because this vehicle doesn't go fast anyway . . .
I've had a couple micro buses. The low powered one only made it to 60 MPH if the wind was behind it. When the wind was gusty and from the side, only optimism kept me on the road.
Great progress with the models. Modeling from an actual object is a great technique to improve your skills.
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. . . yeah, I've been very busy lately, but I found time today to get in a super-quicky sketch - used SketchyFFD.rb for shaping for just a little bit of the nose, not much, then manually did everything else . . . it's just a quick idea . . .
Happy Sketching,
Brad
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