'3D Studio Max & V-Ray'

After roughly defining the side profile, I proceeded to draw out the front shape of the car. At the same time, I was already beginning to flesh out the car by creating a 3D mesh from the side profiles I had drawn. The process of modeling began with a plane and I added a turbosmooth modifier on top of that. The advantage this gave me was that I could easily redefine my curves in case I felt that some parts didn't match up or that some shapes looked out of proportion. The windscreens were extracted from the base mesh that was created (Fig.06 – 08).

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Fig.08

The modeling was done using a mix of editable polygons and splines. For the wires and underside geometry, I chose to use renderable splines, varying the thicknesses or converting them to editable polygons for further modifications. I used 3ds Max for the entire modeling process as it is very comfortable for me to work with and I have been using it for almost six years now. The rods and frames in the backdrop were modeled using mostly spines that were set to be renderable (Fig.09).

Fig.09

Texturing :

The textures for this were mainly procedural V-Ray materials since I used V-Ray for the rendering. I received some requests asking me to post my windscreen material. It is displayed in Fig.10.

Fig.10

The wall at the side was a UVW unwrap with a texture created in Photoshop (Fig.11).

Fig.11

For the wheels and 'rims', if you may, I used an unwrap to lay the decals out and applied it to the wheel. The chrome was a standard V-Ray chrome solution, with the reflection being almost 100 percent. The ground texture was the one that proved to be my nemesis in the final renders! I wanted reflections that were blurry and soft, and hence decided to go with a Fresnel value for the materials but for that, I had to hike my rendering subdivisions quite a bit to achieve that result.

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