2002 Dodge Dakota

# 1 25-03-2003 , 12:50 PM

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well. seeing all those great cars lately, i try to make one myself. that is the start so far. still working on the low poly version which has 752 quads right now. the smooth one is just the low poly smoothed.

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# 2 25-03-2003 , 02:20 PM

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that looks great so far! keep it up post some more updates!

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# 3 25-03-2003 , 02:23 PM

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yes, great start,

want see more

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# 4 25-03-2003 , 02:38 PM

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thanks for the feedback. here is a small update form other angle. not satisfied with the look of the window in drivers door - but i will fix that once i am done with low poly version.

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# 5 25-03-2003 , 02:39 PM

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oops, forgot to attach the image

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# 6 25-03-2003 , 02:40 PM

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# 7 25-03-2003 , 02:47 PM

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wow

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Did you loft them?

Where did you get the pics that is usable to model after?

jamie

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# 8 25-03-2003 , 03:56 PM

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hmm.. I have been thinking of modeling a car too, but I have no idea where to look for blueprints.. anyone have a link to some ?

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# 9 25-03-2003 , 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by caligraphics
hmm.. I have been thinking of modeling a car too, but I have no idea where to look for blueprints.. anyone have a link to some ?

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try this one: www.suurland.com

it has a large section of blueprints. unfortunately mostly sports cars. but has other blueprints there. or can do it like me - with a real brochure from your car dealer and a scanner or a digi cam. the brochures that you can download from internet are usually not high resolution enough to make your own blueprint.

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# 10 25-03-2003 , 04:19 PM

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Carsten... try www.onnovanbraam.com/

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# 11 25-03-2003 , 04:28 PM

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very nice start! Can't wait to see more!
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# 12 25-03-2003 , 04:29 PM

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Re: wow

Originally posted by tvholicjames
I like it!

Did you loft them?

Where did you get the pics that is usable to model after?

jamie

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i did not loft them. i am doing "patch modeling" with poly planes. the pieces are all seperate parts with verts touching each other from one piece to next. and where needed i make heavy use of split polygon tool, and pulling verts around. in the finish (and the renders i put up here) the parts are combinded together - sometimes "stitched" with a small visible seam.

the reference i am using is a brochure from dodge dealer. in there are the dimensions and next to that 1.5 x 0.5 inch side, top, front and back views. of this i took a picture with digital cam and macro. these refs are good enough to get the planes in very rough shape and see the lines for bumps and such. for the details i use the full 2-page pictures in brochure. they are really great to take a look at - that is lieing on my desk. dodge wants to sell a car with that, so it puts in pictures that show off all the nice details, with very cool light and shadow effects on them. i once tried to make use of brochures that are for download, but the low resolution sucks :p

thanks

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