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# 1 03-11-2005 , 11:53 PM

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So Hybrid inspired me by modeling hiw own car, and ive seen his car its pretty sweet(you gotta stop by after work when you get your body kit on though)... Well he made his car i decided to make mine... only problem is i drive a '95 Dodge Stratus...

So im going to make the P.O.S. Stratus with only one or 2 reference images i could find... so good luck to me. Heres the main reference im using.

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# 2 03-11-2005 , 11:54 PM

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this is what i have so far. After about 3 hours of modeling.

I only have a side image reference.. so to get the shape i otherwise had to just look at my car and isometric pictures and try and eye it all out...

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# 3 04-11-2005 , 01:11 AM

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Working on the front end bumper right now but about to goto bed. ill post a screen tomorrow when its done. Then on to the rear end. Then glass. Then lights... (may do lights after bumpers).

I plan on making my car all stock. then upgrading it the way i would like to do it(if i had bottomless pockets of moeny...)

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# 4 04-11-2005 , 05:46 AM

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You know reference pictures isn't really a problem if you OWN the car... there is a thing called camera, that should do the trick. user added image

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# 5 05-11-2005 , 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by DJbLAZER
You know reference pictures isn't really a problem if you OWN the car... there is a thing called camera, that should do the trick.

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Thats what I said to him. I have 4 ref pics, AND Im using self taken pics of my car. I found it much easier. Especially for the interior.

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# 6 05-11-2005 , 08:13 PM

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...show offs.. with your thinking and stuff...

But alas i do not have a digital camara. I would have to borrow my parents and i havent been able to yet. ut when i can it will help(especially for the interior.

working(fixing) the front bumper before i show a pic.

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# 7 06-11-2005 , 07:35 PM

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Okay i got the front bumper done. Had a little trouble with the 4 air inlets in the front... Sadly i havent done much poly modeling with smoothing. i usually block it in polies and then subd's. But decided to do it a little different. I also finished the outline of the doors(only visible in wire now), and finished the trunk.

Going to finish the rest of the bumper. The rear bumper and start the lights next i think.

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# 8 06-11-2005 , 11:07 PM

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THE DOOR!!!! smoothed. (first attempt at making a side view mirror aswell).

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# 9 06-11-2005 , 11:08 PM

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*cough*... image

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# 10 07-11-2005 , 12:53 AM

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Finally showing the front bumper. Took a bit to get it all to flow right. I think ill post a wire in about an hour(before i goto bed).

But hopefully ill finish that back bumper tonight(its a lot ismpler than the front).

Any crits so far?

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# 11 08-11-2005 , 12:39 AM

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finished the back bumper. But its pretty plain so ill just throw up a wire *barf*.

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# 12 10-11-2005 , 08:41 PM

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The mirrors look sweet when smoothed out. It might just be the camera angle, but it looks like you've got alot of goemetry in small areas...looks abit funny to me. Can we see a back end pic? Looking good so far tho. user added image

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# 13 11-11-2005 , 01:24 AM

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i do have quite a lot of geometry in some places.. probably more than i need. but im adding from some places and taking away from others as its shaping together.

Pic of the back. Rendered

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# 14 11-11-2005 , 01:26 AM

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top angle with mirror. no merge however.

The hood looks weird. but i assure you its because the lights arent in.. its actually in the right place.

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# 15 13-11-2005 , 06:42 AM

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yup.. been fixing the linework on it to make it flow a little better. probably going to take another day or so.

Throwing up a pic of the back end. smoothed but not finished tweaked. the wierd creases in the doors is what im in the process of fixing.. its just time consuming(vertex location problem...)

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