I've managed some nice progress on my Lancia Statos Blender 3D project over the past couple of days. With this project I have learned a few new things along the way and managed to make some nice improvements with my model making. This is always the case with working with any project I create in Blender. Lots to learn along the way and so my models seem to improve like anything else would with practice. So here are the latest images and progress so far.
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As usual with my car modeling I experiment with lighting early on just to get some idea of where I want the completed model to end up. But this usually changes as I progress either with different lighting that is far better than when I start out. But at least with the images you see here you can get and idea of the potential of how the car will look once I am done fussing with it.
The model now has the wheels, tires, and glass installed but I will still need to add things like the lights (front and rear) and window trim, door handles, and the list goes on from there. The image above you can see there is no exhaust, tail lights, license plate too. Lots to do yet.
The model now has the wheels, tires, and glass installed but I will still need to add things like the lights (front and rear) and window trim, door handles, and the list goes on from there. The image above you can see there is no exhaust, tail lights, license plate too. Lots to do yet.
With the making of the rims and tires for the Lancia as with all of the vehicles that I have modeled I find this the most enjoyable to try and create. The wheels really bring the car to life. The rims that you see here are as precise as I could make to copy the reference drawings that I found online. I have showed the model to several friends of mine over the past few days and everyone says that my images look like photographs of the real car. High praise for a Blender modeler like me.
There is a lot of detail in the tires and I was lucky enough to find an add-on for Blender from a site named Blender Market.com. that was exactly what I needed. On this site there are hundreds of add-on's that either simplify processes to make things using Blender to having files that will add finished models to add to your creations again to save a lot of work. This was the case for me in finding tires that fit the bill. I was able to add tires in minutes rather than struggle for an hour or more just to create something that may or may not be exactly what I wanted in the first place.
The rims on the other hand I wanted to be exactly what was on the car. Not an easy task but I think I have them very well dialed in for this car. Not sure how many hours I have spent in just creating the rims. But it's a labor or love to be sure.
So that's about it for today. I should be able to wrap up this project in the next week or so (hopefully). Once I get the Lancia all put together to my liking I will post the final images to let you see how it all turned out. Also for those of you who are also into creating things using Blender 3D here is the link to the Blender Market site. Well worth your time to check out.
Have a good day on your latest Blender project!
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