[ENDED] BC3-1806 – June 2018 Class Homepage – Vehicle Modeling with Blender

[Jake Korosi]

Homework Submission Week 1

Okay, first up, my airplane.  I did this particular course a while ago; but I hadn’t made any renders of it until now.

The primitives exercise I did a fair bit more recently – new course and all – and by coincidence it also ended up being an airplane; a Boeing 727:

Primitive Boeing 727 by jakeblended on Sketchfab

Although it feels like maybe a little bit of a cheat?  Since some parts – particularly the wings – consist of some overlapping surfaces, since I had to make them out of straight regular boxes.  As nothing but a model for exercise purposes it looks fine; but if I had to texture this thing there would be serious z-fighting going on in the wing surfaces.

And finally, for this class I’m going to model a 1951 Chevrolet Pickup truck.  It took me a ridiculously long time to decide on what vehicle I wanted to build.  This project will be very challenging for me and I kept second-guessing myself, looking at my choices and thinking “I can’t do that, that’s beyond my skill level.”  I finally found this one and I think I can pull this one off, and I might be able to step up to more complicated models afterwards.  I seriously just settled on this a short time ago, so unlike many here I haven’t even started on it yet.  But, I’ll get it done.

[William Miller]

@jakeblended I did the opposite and tried to model something as difficult as possible, just to challenge myself and learn as much as possible.  And what could be more difficult than a futuristic tank?

[lollito_larkham]

BLOCKING

Hello, i couldn’t wait to start, so i put my hands on the blend and let it flow.
The very beggining was difficult and i scratched my head more than one time, just like “where to start ?”
This is a rough blocking stage, not yet achieved.
Shapes, topology, edge flow, etc. are bad for now, but i now have something to work on.
The most dificult is putting the first surfaces .
I put colors to show the diferent pieces/sub-mehses. All edge modeling.
I like to stay in flat shading at t his stage of project.
Well, that was the first session on the blocking  🙂
These blueprints are defenitively not enough to make detailed work for cars, in my humble opinion.
In fact, they are not “real” blueprints, but simplified ones.
So here’s my unachieved blocking.
Personally, i can work on the project 3 to 4 hours / day, a bit more the week end.
I hope it will be enough and will manage to achieve it. That’s also why i wanted to work on it today.

Here the skectchfab
renault 16

Nice to see the variety of choices, it will make an awesome car collection in the end !
Thanks TheLuthier !

[Morten Fjellheim]

How can the curve between the lines appear to have an angle the further right you go, when the edgeloops does not?

[lollito_larkham]

@arev
Did you check the front or side view ?
Try the matcap too .

[Morten Fjellheim]

@lollito_larkham Its front wiev..

[Palo Piktor]

Homewrok BC3-1806 Week 1

I chose a new Grand Scenic for modeling as it has so many weird shapes and that makes it challenging. 🙂

[Kent Trammell]

@silenthans Good to see you in this class, Hans! I love your airplane render.  That Mercedes-Benz makes me think of Indiana Jones for some reason lol. It’s an A this week – good job 👍

[Kent Trammell]

@neilnico Good job with the primitives exercise! I’ll keep an eye out for your blueprint and airplane 👀

[Kent Trammell]

@dieedi Looking good! I’ve got an A for you in my spreadsheet 👌

[Kent Trammell]

@jakeblended Great job on the airplane(s)! It totally counts for you to overlap the primitive shapes. I’m quite impressed at how recognizable it is.

Good choice with the classic Chevy pickup. We have a decent amount of classics so far – I dig it 🤘No worries about not starting yet. Those who have started are straight over-achieving. Even I feel behind haha!

It’s an A this week Jake.

[Kent Trammell]

@lollito_larkham This is an excellent start and blockout! Your edgeflow is quite even and organized. I’d feel great about the progress if I were you.

The blueprint should be good enough to get you ~80% there. Since it’s a real vehicle, collecting some photos will take you the remaining ~20%

[Kent Trammell]

@arev You sorta answered your own question with those lines imo. Just make your edge go that direction. Break the gridded format and slant that bottom row of edges upward. Does that make sense?

[Kent Trammell]

@williamatics Looking good and future-y 🚀

[Kent Trammell]

@thepainter I’ve not heard of the Grand Scenic from Renault. Cool design! And nice job on the airplane. Let me know if you end up doing the primitive exercise.

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