CGC Challenge Juli 2019, Vehicle WIP

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June 28, 2019 at 12:26 pm #10426
spikeyxxx
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After (or actually still during) Jonathan’s 30 Days of Modelling, There are two major things I learned that will be helpful in this months challenge:

Not to feel so pressured to get things perfect.

And to speed up;)

So, I am still doing the 30 Days, but finished today’s entry. Decided to get started (is that too early?) and, although I won’t be able to design a vehicle from scratch (at least not in one month!), I will try and give it something of a personal touch.

I am going for a sort of insect-based flying machine, thinking of ‘Lexx’ (those ‘little bug flyers’).

Here is my first block out, using (sometimes slightly modified )primitives:

The idea is, to first get the basic shape this way and then retopologize…
June 28, 2019 at 12:40 pm #47898
smurfmier1985
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Lol, you said July in Dutch in your topic. Guess you miss being here 😛

I allow the early start 😉 I already like the model in it’s blockout stage, looks like a fun vehicle!

I’ll be around your thread to cheer you on mate, you are going all the way to the finish line this time!
June 28, 2019 at 12:53 pm #47899
spikeyxxx
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@smurfmier1985 I definitely should change that, but as I am trying to be less of a perfectionist, I will leave it as is!
June 28, 2019 at 1:49 pm #47900
William Miller
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Is making a thread like this one required for the challenge, or would it be okay for me to just put my entry in my polybook?
June 28, 2019 at 1:58 pm #47901
smurfmier1985
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@williamatics sharing your WIP in your polybook is perfectly fine William 🙂
June 29, 2019 at 12:37 pm #47902
spikeyxxx
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Spend most of my day working on the ‘grand final’ of 30 Days of..

I am still figuring out, what I want to make.

For me the first thing is not to get reference, but to get to know , what to make (this also includes looking at reference pictures, of course, but not to see how what you want to make looks like, but to hope for inspiration…).

Maybe I’ll stay closer to the insect, perhaps a bee? Then I can imagine a gigantic spaceship with beehive-like docking stations…

I don’t know yet, might end up with something completely different. Just ‘brainstorming’…
June 29, 2019 at 6:49 pm #47903
silentheart00
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@spikeyxxx This is a fun spin from the “traditional” concept of vehicles. Looking forward to where this goes!
June 30, 2019 at 11:27 am #47904
spikeyxxx
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Today I tried making the bat-like wing, because I really like the way it looks:

It was fun and I am happy with the way it turned out so far, but I am still not sure if I want to continue this.

Tomorrow I will get started on the bee-hicle.

I actually like that idea a lot better. Just see how that is going to work. It’s very open to interpretation and I don’t know yet what direction it will take me when I start modelling…

We’ll see tomorrow, when I’ve got something started.
June 30, 2019 at 12:18 pm #47905
Kaj Suominen
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@spikeyxxx good stuff there.
June 30, 2019 at 12:21 pm #47906
spikeyxxx
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@louhikarme Thank you Kaj!
June 30, 2019 at 12:23 pm #47907
smurfmier1985
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@spikeyxxx I love these bat wings, they look very nice and interesting, unique approach that works super well 😊
June 30, 2019 at 12:42 pm #47908
spikeyxxx
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@smurfmier1985 Thanks Miranda, I liked them as well, but they’re not my design, I made them from a reference (which I am not sure if I can share here) of a steampunk plane render by Chorazin3D.

So, although I like the way they look, I would like to go for something a bit more original. That’s why I want to try the bee idea tomorrow;)

Thinking of the ‘moth shuttle’ from LEXX, but then a bee…
July 1, 2019 at 5:39 am #47909
spikeyxxx
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Made a new block-out and I like where this is going:

Now I have to decide if I want this made out of metal and so, like shown here, or if I want to make it more organic. Those would require completely different ways of modelling, so the decision needs to be made before proceeding. This means I will take a ‘short’ break and re-watch some LEXX, hoping to get an idea of how to continue…

The idea with this model is that, from front to back , we have the cockpit, the engine compartment, where the wings and feet/landing gear are attached and the storage/luggage room.

I’ll report back later today.
July 1, 2019 at 7:46 am #47910
Kent Trammell
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Wonderful details in the bat wing @spikeyxxx . Very interested to see what kind you come up with.
July 1, 2019 at 8:25 am #47911
spikeyxxx
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@theluthier Thanks, it’s a pity that I won’t be using it (at least not in this project.., might finish the whole steampunk flying machine later).
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