rcaddict Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Yes its a 1969 Dodge Charger, working on seeing if its possible to make a shell of one from thin metal. That's from the old pc game rollcage isn't it? Well done, will you be working on building your designs? Should be good to see one built Most of my projects I do follow through I am hoping once the design is refined I can make it, It is from the game rollcage correct and what an awesome game it was. Here is something else I drew up and followed through : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted March 17, 2013 Author Share Posted March 17, 2013 Love your truggy project rcaddict, what software did you draw the design on? I'm hopefully going to start working on my hotrod build soon- Going to get drawing a proper chassis today and try to finalise what donor parts I will be using for the suspension and wheels- I've got to sort the wheels first, I need some larger truck rims with street tyres for the rear and was thinking of 1/8 buggy rims and tyres for the front- however they need to match...I'm sure hpi used to do smaller versions of the phatlines and blast rims but Can't seem to find any- I may be mistaken- anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcaddict Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Love your truggy project rcaddict, what software did you draw the design on? I'm hopefully going to start working on my hotrod build soon- Going to get drawing a proper chassis today and try to finalise what donor parts I will be using for the suspension and wheels- I've got to sort the wheels first, I need some larger truck rims with street tyres for the rear and was thinking of 1/8 buggy rims and tyres for the front- however they need to match...I'm sure hpi used to do smaller versions of the phatlines and blast rims but Can't seem to find any- I may be mistaken- anyone got any ideas? I use AutoDesk Inventor 2013 Pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The chosen one Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I use maya, 3ds max and cinema 4D. using 3ds max for my work experience tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 I'm seriously thinking about stepping up my 3D drawing and would like to buy a program that is better than sketchup and a better renderer than Kirkythea...is there anything that is affordable that will do the job for me? Afordable, as in under say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowen93 Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Many hours were spent playing rollcage on the pc years back rcaddict, it was a very good game with some good cars! What kind of size and parts might you use for it? Didn't the front wheels steer aswell as one side of wheels could turn forward and the other backwards too? If you check ebay every so often I've seen non student versions of solidworks for less than Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcaddict Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Many hours were spent playing rollcage on the pc years back rcaddict, it was a very good game with some good cars! What kind of size and parts might you use for it? Didn't the front wheels steer aswell as one side of wheels could turn forward and the other backwards too? If you check ebay every so often I've seen non student versions of solidworks for less than Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 That is stunning james! have you guys started the build yet? ...when you uni bods have finished, can I have a go in it please!! ...oh and lets see some more pics please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Yep, well on the way to getting the thing built. Not CAD but: New chassis: Diff assembly (on old testbed chassis): Zorst: Uprights: Getting jiggy with it: Will get some more renders and stuff when I come across them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Drool...you are really lucky to be involved with something like that, looks the dogs spherical dangly's some pretty neat looking welding there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Kind of sidetracking a bit, but still vaguely related to the initial CAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Awesome- does it run yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 It's getting there, they're having a few problems with it idling atm though. Taking it to a rolling road soon so should be able to iron out all these problems before we go racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The chosen one Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Did this for Nissan at my work exsperance for some event Nissan are doing at the O2 using 3Ds max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Thought I would do a little update on this thread to get things back on track. I have had a go at using Blender (again a free bit of software) now it's taking me awhile to get my head around this as it's pretty damn powerful and makes sketchup look like a kids program...here's what I have managed to do so far.... A tea cup! - did this by following a you tube video- The render engine with in Blender is very nice indeed... Next up, I wanted to try some sculpting of characters, as this sort of thing isn't possible in sketchup really...I drew a base mesh, then used Blenders sculpting tool to detail the features- no idea why he has a seem down the middle of his head though! Still a work in progress, I need to add eyes and also hopefully texture in skin, hair etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Here's some random sketchup pics...have been trying to make my scenes have a bit more 'atmosphere' to them, so been playing around with different lighting and background globals a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The chosen one Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 (edited) Thought I would do a little update on this thread to get things back on track. I have had a go at using Blender (again a free bit of software) now it's taking me awhile to get my head around this as it's pretty damn powerful and makes sketchup look like a kids program...here's what I have managed to do so far.... A tea cup! - did this by following a you tube video- The render engine with in Blender is very nice indeed... Next up, I wanted to try some sculpting of characters, as this sort of thing isn't possible in sketchup really...I drew a base mesh, then used Blenders sculpting tool to detail the features- no idea why he has a seem down the middle of his head though! Still a work in progress, I need to add eyes and also hopefully texture in skin, hair etc. Did you use a HDR on the mug to get the nice reflections? Edited May 12, 2013 by losi fan boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 No , not HDR - it's a new render engine in Blender- I have no idea what it uses, but it's really different than kerkythea's rendering.. I'm sure they have a fancy name for it! However It seems pretty fast, even on stuff that has loads of reflections and shiney bits the pain in the bum is learning how to use a different program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesChatz Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Very cool: http://www.stanceworks.com/2013/04/from-the-ground-up-gavin-haywoods-one-off-vw-mk1-golf-ls/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Very cool: http://www.stanceworks.com/2013/04/from-the-ground-up-gavin-haywoods-one-off-vw-mk1-golf-ls/ That is amazing...I may have to give up this 3D lark after seeing that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) Here's one I did last night. I wanted to try to get that nice photographic studio style lighting....it worked pretty good, I need to add some more ambient light emitters though, maybe with some different colours to set a nice mood Oh I also forgot to curve the rear wall-so unfortunately you can still see the corner in the background.... Edited June 6, 2013 by scrumpy jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promc Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Here's one I did last night. I wanted to try to get that nice photographic studio style lighting....it worked pretty good, I need to add some more ambient light emitters though, maybe with some different colours to set a nice mood Oh I also forgot to curve the rear wall-so unfortunately you can still see the corner in the background.... These look great dood,did you make the car as well?This thread has reinspired me,so i gave Blender another shot .So glad i did The ice cubes are a bit messy,i got a bit lost with the particles whilst making the bubbles.This was rendered with sampling set at 150, am gonna try ramping it up to 1000 when i get on a mates cpu,my poor lappy almost had a fit trying to do this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpy jack Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 love that ice...really nice I have statrted to dabble in blender- but it's got a pretty steep learning curve... The car above (Datsun 510) I edited from google warehouse parts, so credit must go to the original moddeler for the main body. I did spend a long time cleaning it all up and getting the wheels and stance to look right. That image took 3 hours to render at a fairly medium quality...I was going to do some different angles, but my PC also nearly had a meltdown as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowen93 Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Not done much drawing lately but currently looking into vacuum forming more everyday car shells so current progress of a 1/10 Vauxhall Nova for 237mm chassis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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