[WIP] CGC Challenge #2 – Vehicles – Thibault Caradec

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July 7, 2019 at 4:03 pm #10447
Thibault Caradec
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Hello there!

I decided to jump in this contest, even though I’m really a beginner. It will test what I actually learned from the first hard surface modeling tutorial.

After some hesitation, I decided to go for a futuristic Hover-Car.

Here’s the starting blockout (that is still ongoing, of course).
July 7, 2019 at 4:53 pm #48177
smurfmier1985
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Awesome! Welcome to the challenge 😊 I like your concept idea, looking forward to seeing this evolve over time. Hope you have fun 😎👍🏻
July 7, 2019 at 6:33 pm #48178
Thibault Caradec
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End of my “day 1”.

Been modeling most of the base body of the car. Still needs cleaning of the mesh. The topology is far from ideal but the messed up parts will be covered with other items.
July 7, 2019 at 10:59 pm #48179
Kaj Suominen
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@otowa looking good. and dont stress about topology too much, if its not going to be seen. no one will know, or care. if shading looks good, then its good. 🙂
July 8, 2019 at 10:27 am #48180
Thibault Caradec
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Adding aeration details…
July 9, 2019 at 2:39 pm #48181
Thibault Caradec
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Some more progress today.

Started modeling the “Hovering wheels” and the side decorations, even though I’m still not sure where I’m going with these.
Added last aeration grids,rear mirrors and blocks for headlights.
July 9, 2019 at 3:20 pm #48182
spikeyxxx
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Beautiful shape! Maybe make the bottom edge less rounded?
July 9, 2019 at 3:55 pm #48183
Thibault Caradec
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@spikeyxxx Good suggestion, I’ll see if it solves also my problem of : what do I do on the sides?
July 9, 2019 at 6:27 pm #48184
Thibault Caradec
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The last suggestion from spikey helped a lot, and helps defining more shapes for the car.

I also added some “chrome line”, desperately trying to give more character to the car.

I think it’s going somewhere… I don’t know where but I’m curious to find out.

And I know it’s way too early for that, but since I didn’t feel like doing much more modeling this evening, I spent a few minutes messing around with shader…
July 10, 2019 at 3:32 pm #48185
Thibault Caradec
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SO… It was not working. The thing is, if you remove wheels on a car, it looks like something is missing… Here is my current workaround to avoid having big pans of empty metal :
July 10, 2019 at 11:09 pm #48186
Kaj Suominen
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@otowa looking good, just a thought, maybe the wheel arc doesnt have to go so up? like half the size and make it more circular on top, instead now its more cone shapes. maybe just tad higher than the front bumper.
July 11, 2019 at 5:28 pm #48187
Thibault Caradec
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After following Kaj good suggestion about the wheel arcs, and starting to work on how the windshield and interior should be, I came across a conclusion : my doors are completely misplaced compared to the car, and in a way, the interior compartiment is just way too big for a 2 seat car. So… I completely shrunk the rear size forward.

Oh and I also decided that it was going to be a convertible/cabriolet (I don’t know which term is correct in english).

Now biggest part remaining are :

-Windshield

-The whole car interior

-The rear of the car, which was supposedly going to harbor a futuristic thrust motor, but I’m still unsure about this one…
July 15, 2019 at 12:39 pm #48188
Thibault Caradec
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For whatever reason, I couldn’t get myself to sit at my desk and work on the car interior… So I spent some time on shaders and HDRI…

And seeing how it turns out gives me some fresh motivation to go on…
July 15, 2019 at 2:14 pm #48189
spikeyxxx
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@otowa That looks gorgeous!
July 15, 2019 at 7:12 pm #48190
Thibault Caradec
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Finally started blocking and modelling the interior…
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