Rendering Workshop - Model Cars

[Al Hart]

For this weeks Rendering Workshop, I have chosen some cars to render. Take one or more of these cars, put them in or on something, and render them.

model cars.jpg

The cars are from the 3D Warehouse:

Car by Acorn

mustang by btickle1

2006 Lamborghini Murcielago... by JORDI

Guidelines

These Workshops are not a contest. People new to rendering can use them to experiment and get feedback and advice from other SCF readers. People with more experience can show us what they can do and demonstrate interesting techniques.

This Workshop is about rendering, not modeling. You can modify the model, add other geometry, add other 3D warehouse items, etc. But keep in mind that we want to see what you can do to make these existing models more presentable.

This is about all aspects of rendering - SketchUp, external add-ons, post processing, PhotoRealistic, and Non-Photorealistic. Feel free to try anything.

Upload you images, your questions, your ideas. Lets see what we can do.

[Al Hart]

This took a little longer than I thought it would.

The trick was to "Distort" the Nighthawks image onto a vertical, plane to get it to look right. You can load the original picture as an image, but then the perspective already in the image makes it difficult to position to car properly. By distorting the image onto a perpendicular face, I was able to place the car perpendicular to the plane, which made the headlamp beams much easier.

With a little more work, I could extend the Nighthawks image more to the left, by mirroring the original image in PhotoShop and applying it to a larger surface.

[Al Hart]

After completing the previous image I realized that I should have searched the 3D Warehouse to see if someone already had a Nighthawks model.

Sure enough, there is one. But the author didn't include the people.



However, if I had carefully placed the image of the people inside of the model, then I could have had the headlights and streetlamp illuminate the entire scene.

[xrok1]

i think that would make a cooler challenge than the cars! can you post a link to the scene? it would be cool to use a 60's pink Cadillac in front.

[Ecuadorian]

Here's the Nighthawks model, Rocky:
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ ... revstart=0

By the way, the yellow/green car had been imported from another modeler and thus had a lot of stuff to be purged. Tons of layers, duplicate content without using components, lots of similar materials not being used or used only in tiny parts, missing faces, etc. Here is a cleaned up version. Reduced from 3.22MB to 1.74MB and then zipped to 678KB, 20% the original size.
Oh, and I added a SketchyPhysics motor to each wheel for added fun.

[Al Hart]

i think that would make a cooler challenge than the cars! can you post a link to the scene? it would be cool to use a 60's pink Cadillac in front.

Here is the original link to the image.

Hopper Nighthawks Take a shot at the Cadillac. It will fun to see what you can do.

[Al Hart]

Oh, and I added a SketchyPhysics motor to each wheel for added fun.

Nice work, and nice wheels.

[Ecuadorian]

Thanks, Al.

Ok, I decided to go for a "toy" look, so I applied a shiny plastic template to almost everything in the model, except the wood. I'm trying to capture the childhood fascination of crashing your toy cars.

[xrok1]

just gotta fit that chick in there didn't you?

nice job. render specs please!

[Ecuadorian]

I'll post the file tomorrow with a short animation (if my cat doesn't turn off my PC tonight). I have to go out early in the morning an I'll be returning in the afternoon, so I'll post it then. In the meanwhile, here's the bump map for the wheel. The background HDR is from this Deviant Art collection, it's the #21. Oh, and the girl will be a mechanical doll in this animation.

[xrok1]

i'll let this cook overnight and see what we get! i have a feeling the lights too bright in the cafe??

[Gaieus]

...In the meanwhile, here's the bump map for the wheel so anyone can use it for their renders...

Oh, That's a cool one for shininess map as well!

[kwistenbiebel]

To my feeling this thread belongs to the Gallery section and not here... but let's play.

Lit by two big vertical planes left and right, one with a warm emitting material, one with a somewhat colder emitting material.
The ground surface curves up towards the background.


Skindigo:

[massimo]

An old Fiat 500! I owned one when I was younger. Great car and great render Kwist.

[Gaieus]

An old Fiat 500! I owned one when I was younger. Great car and great render Kwist.

Then you should see this topic:
viewtopic.php?f=81&t=10793

To my feeling this thread belongs to the Gallery section and not here...

I generally (or rather "sometimes" - when I am not sure yet) let some topics cook for a while to see where they are winding and where they should eventually belong.

So keep posting and we'll see.