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I can’t believe I”m doing this.

After my modeling workshop class I told myself I’d never do a car ever again.
But, for some reason I just wasn’t happy without giving it one more shot.
So far I’m pretty stoked with my results. I’ve learned a lot about modeling and Cinema 4D as well as some useful shortcuts for modeling cars.

Tips When Modeling Cars:

1. Break down simplest shape -> then subdivide

2. Once you have the car shape -> break down into sections (i.e. door or a window) then split the poly faces to new object. Refine those faces and objects making them look pristine. Also, make sure you extrude them to give them depth. That is tricky in Cinema because there isn’t a thickness extrude feature like Maya.

3. Details, Details, Details -> It’s all in the details, I think for this piece the items on the hood and the simple canvas straps really help sell this silhouette as believable and real. 

4. Take breaks and look at cars -> It’s ok to get pissed off at this workflow. Let’s face it, it’s daunting and quite frankly sucks. I went through several hours of pandora and two audio books. But, it’s ok to walk away from it… Just find motivation to come back and fight through that feeling. Example: I was getting very frustrated with the rear end of the car. I walked away from it for about two days and came back and worked on another section. That really seemed to help me move forward. I found motivation in completeing another section and felt confident enough to begin tackling harder sections. 

So far I’ve managed to complete the VW in a little under 14 days.
Above is my current work in progress.
Final touches will include:  Seats, Steering Wheel, Passenger safety handle, Tires and Rims and then we are on to adding textures and materials.
I wanted to continue to share some of the images I’ve rendered to show you the progress.
Take a look at the previous post to see where I was roughly one week ago today.
I’ll post once more later once the final spot is finished and probably post the model for everyone to have for their own collection.

-mattnikkila