Motor Pool

Moved in, still living out of boxes. Most of the stuff we use on a day to day basis is out and what not. Still looking for a new job, blah blah.

I laid down the Merc.... I feel bad for doing so.

I was suppose to start working on the BunnyBat creature, as part of my portfolio but the girl friend wanted me to model her rubber duckies so I got a little side tracked. I then I got even more side tracked with my Supra. :P Hammering out the side. Still need to button it up a wee bit but I moved to the rear and front.

"Big wheel keep on rolling"

So, were moving into our new apartment. Did I mention I hate moving? The move has zapped my motivation. Any who.

I ran into a the nasty habit of adding unnecessary geometry on this Merc, so yesterday I cut my poly count in half by cleaning up some edge loops. In doing so, I've lost some definition and I'm kinda having to remodel the whole thing. *shrugs* Here are some before and afters of wires showing the reduction.

I created some headlamps for the Merc, they are a little more moderen. I also through on some solid steel rims wrapped in rubber. Heres a test render.

"One good thing about music...

When it hits, you feel no pain."

Cutting out the back window, the rear wheel well. Have some issues tieing up the rear, nasty bumps. I think I had too much geometry back there, still do. Its coming along, I wish I could speed through the rest of the fixing part so I can start working on the details. I haven't decided if I'm going to do the interior or not...I'll prolly save it for another project, its a whole other animal. Tuck and Roll leather seats. I need to work on my initial blocking out a little more so I wont spend so much time refining.

Same deal, I cleaned the doors up. Time to finish the rear, make the bumper and start adding wheels, lights, door features, mirrors...

Ok, now that the body was one shape, its time to start cutting it up! I cut out the door and got some pinching on the corners of the door and door jam, looking for a better way deal with the topology.

Filling in the gaps.

Ive got most of the hull patched together. Still a lot of body work to do, lots of lumps and dips to smooth out. Prolly some geometry to remove/move around.

Small update from today. I spent some more time on coming up with a good way to handle the door seams. No go.