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Lighting and rendering
Lighting is very important when rendering your image.
Too much light can make the materials look cheap. If there
is not enough light, you will not see all the hard work and
detail that was put into your model. Not to mention, too
much light can make your render time longer. In the
rendering settings, I make sure that my Gather points
are set anywhere from 750 to 1,000 and check global
illumination. Use a Skylight setting of 1.5 – without this the
scene will be very dark. You can also add other lights such
as spotlights and omnis. I try to use three lights in some
renderings. Only one light will be used for ray-trace
shadows and the others will be at a lower intensity
to assist with the lighting.
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07 Detach and attach
Select all the polygons that would make the glass and
detach them. Select the glass again; with all polygons
selected, extrude slightly. From the corners of both
headlights toward the wheel-wells, detach and drag the
inner edges downward to connect the vertices. Now that
all three sections are separated and edges are connected,
chamfer all edges and corners to define the Sting Ray.
Chamfer the edges within the extrude as well. For the
finishing touch, extrude two edges toward the back wheelwell
and connect the vertices g.
08 Custom chrome wheels
Start off with a Gengon and make sure that it has fillets at
each corner. Convert it into a poly and extrude all sides by
polygons. Extrude a second time and move them forward
slightly. Extrude a third time and chamfer the edges.
Create a cylinder and convert it to a polygon. Select all
vertices in the middle of the cylinder and scale down
slightly to create the rim. Pull back the outer edge of the
cylinder and chamfer the edges. Scale both objects to
create a realistic custom wheel h.
09 Simple tyre tread
For the tyres, create a plane with sections ranging from
six to eight. Convert it to a poly. Extrude the polygons to
your desired tread. On both ends of the extruded poly,
bring the vertices out to create a slope in the tread. From
here, copy the tread 25 to 35 times, and group or attach
them together. Now bend them in a 365° angle. Take the
outer vertices and scale them downward and add a vertex
weld to your modifier stack i.
g Detaching and welding
is tedious, but when it is
completed it is worth it
h The best part of this method
is the flexibility you can have
with the design
i Space the first copy just
right. When it’s duplicated,
it will flow with the bend
j Cylinders, tubes and boxes
were all used to make the console
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10 Final details
Make a box with three sections on the top portion to
create the seat. Convert the box to a polygon and bevel
each square individually. Raise each polygon slightly to
form the cushions and add cylinders to each connecting
corner. Repeat the same steps for the back cushion. Take
three polygons from the back of the seat frame and
extrude them to wrap around the tyre. Delete the middle
polygons on both sides and reconnect them to make an
opening. The steering wheel, buttons, monitors, light
bulbs and gas pedals were all made with basic shapes j.
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