Nissan 350Z

Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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# 1 25-10-2005 , 03:07 PM

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After dilberts superb Porsche I've decided to start a car from scratch trying to use the modeling methods that he used.

Im using a tutorial that I found for the modeling as it seems to be a really great way of creating the car in "chunks"

Just started to Model a Nissan 350Z Sports car.

ant c&c's greatly appreciated

Heres what I've got so far

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# 2 25-10-2005 , 03:08 PM

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Smoothed version of the above

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# 3 25-10-2005 , 04:49 PM

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looks good, i havent tried this method. Ive always done it with box modeling.
Have you tried using nurbs before?

There's nothing normal about normals. In FACT i think the are abnormal.

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# 4 26-10-2005 , 10:46 AM

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Nah man, Never tried nurbs on a car, I can't get my head round them to form the surfaces that I want, thats why i'm going the poly route!

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# 5 26-10-2005 , 11:28 PM

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Nice start. Remember, try to resist the temptation to move on to the next chunk until you are 90% happy with the part you're working on. The last 10% is for final tweaks once you've modeled the whole car. That way you'll see your model come to life bit by bit, and hopefully motivate you to perfect each section.

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# 6 27-10-2005 , 08:28 AM

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can you link me to the tutorial? i want to see it user added image

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# 7 28-10-2005 , 06:23 PM

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i would love to see the tutorial too if that is possible. .would love a link to the tut

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# 8 29-10-2005 , 07:48 AM

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I'm guessing that this is the one he means:

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# 9 30-10-2005 , 06:28 PM

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i like the subject you've chosen. and the model is coming along nice as well. would like to see some updates, though.

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# 10 31-10-2005 , 10:24 AM

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Hi guys, thanks for the feedback, I've not had any time in the past week to do anything on this model as I've been working nearly all hours!!

Gonna get back to it so I'll update it soon.

With regards to the tutorial can I put a link on? just that it looks like spikedudly editied someones post with the link on??

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# 11 31-10-2005 , 10:31 AM

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So it seems. Well im sorry if I offended any rules just didn't realise that a link to a written tutorial would mean anything.

Yet again sorry if I did anything wrong.

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# 12 31-10-2005 , 12:12 PM

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Hi Guys, heres a quick update

Wire frame of the front with the wings included

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# 13 31-10-2005 , 12:13 PM

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Another

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# 14 31-10-2005 , 12:14 PM

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And the above Smoothed

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# 15 02-11-2005 , 02:25 PM

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Quick Update

Completed the doors and the rear wing, might have to tweek the rear wings a bit to get the desired look.

Also played about with a "clay render" my first attempt with it and using mentl ray!

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