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View Full Version : I know its not that popular... lilcraigford 05-08-2002, 06:24 PM But I just want to hear feedback on my California Look VW Beetle... I've been replecating my Dad's 1960... thanks Samman for letting my use the basic Body of his "old beetle"... and Apathy for his well replicated Porsche 914 Mahles ( don't know how to spell that ) Here are a few ingame pictures that I took recently... lilcraigford 05-08-2002, 06:27 PM Another in game... lilcraigford 05-08-2002, 06:29 PM Another one... lilcraigford 05-08-2002, 06:45 PM Here is a comparison picture... Sammans original... and what it looks like now... still have a long ways to go... The list of things to do: Rebuild Roof ( my next step ) More realistic Sunroof Straighten out the front hood Make rear apron New interior New Fenderwells Texture the headlights ( there black for now ) 3D underside Remodeled Bumprers And other things that I can't think of right now Things already done: Make the basic sunroof New Rear and Front Fenders Added 3D headlights, new wheels, and proper year tailgihts I've lowered it, and given it new performance and sounds ( although I might have somone make me a new one ) And other things that I can't think of right now... Let me know what you think... and please give me your honest opion... I want to perfect this Bug! OVERBOOST 05-08-2002, 10:54 PM Heya mate, havn't spoken in ages, how u been? Car looks really fantastic from my point of view and i can't wait till its finished. Its been a long time in the works and you really are a master of spending the time required to get it done properly the way you want it. Kepp the updates coming :D Remko 05-09-2002, 03:49 AM Looks pretty good to me. Although I'm not familiar with the term 'California Look', what does that imply? One thing I would look at, is keeping the front and rear bumper rounded. I can't really see it on the screenshots, but I think you already did some work on that... Samman's original bumpers look a bit too straight to me. Dylan 05-09-2002, 04:07 AM its looking good and its pretty damn low lilcraigford 05-09-2002, 11:58 AM Thanks Boost! Yeah we haven't talked in quite awhile! Remko... well the California Look originated in California, people started modifying their Bugs to give Detroit Muscle a good race. It started in the 1970's... what defined the California Look... Bigger ( more powerful ) engine... dechromed, some times the removel of bumpers... lowered suspension... and a nice set of wheels... those made up the basic california look... there are alot of nice cars out there ( check out www.cal-look.com )... My dads car is one of them... Thanks for the comments! korn696 05-09-2002, 12:43 PM Hey mate, good stuff there. Keep up the great work. I'm not the greatest fan of Beatles, but that doesn't stop one from truely appreciating another's modelling work. Great stuff. lilcraigford 05-09-2002, 05:30 PM I desperatly need to know if there is a way to creat hi-res textures... this afternoon I mapped and textured the Headlights on my bug and they looked like crap... how would I be able to make Hi-Res Textures so I can have some sharp clear and visable headlights? It'd also give me a chance to have some better textures on the tailights too ( which are just plain red right now )... Thanks for the comments and help! Remko 05-09-2002, 06:14 PM Cheers for explaining, Lilcraig. :) That's a pretty neat site too. I do know that some editors give their cars 512 x 512 textures, but as a non-designer I am still not sure if this truly works (I've come across posts saying there is no point in using 512 textures in NFS4) What you can do is try to make the headlight as big as possible inside the borders of your 256x256 tga file. In the attachmment you can see how BloOm did that with his Alfa romeo 156, for example: Mike Henderson 05-09-2002, 09:57 PM Wow, I love it -^ One of my close friends has a Beetle and has always wanted his to look similar to that. Great work:cool: lilcraigford 05-10-2002, 12:09 PM Thanks Remko! With the resize I was able to put bigger ( sharper ) textures for the headlights... before I would have to resize the image to fit the 256x256 and they would be all blury! I'll post a few new pics soon... lilcraigford 05-10-2002, 12:44 PM Thanks again! Heres an updated pic... probably won't post any updates until I get the roof done! Remko 05-10-2002, 07:27 PM Looking better already. ;) Glad to hear it helped. VQ 05-11-2002, 12:19 AM hey the beetle looks realy good and I can really appreciate your modeling skills. lilcraigford 05-20-2002, 06:20 PM Ok people... prepare for an update... not tonight, ( school ), but tommorow... all I need to do is finish putting together the two halfs of the new roof and I'm golden! lilcraigford 05-21-2002, 04:16 PM Well heres the update... still a bunch of minor things to do to the roof, but its basically all there... next project is the new interior, although I might do some new bumpers... I made the headlights temporarily black again... 05-21-2002, 04:23 PM Word of warning about using Blo0m's texturing method.. It is only useful for high polygon vehicles.. If you are trying for low polygons, it won't work correctly.. Just thought I'd highlight that.. Otherwise, your VW looks accurate. And is it just me, or is it attack of the NFS Volkswagens? First the VW Transporter T2, and now this.. Look out! ^_^ Remko 05-21-2002, 05:30 PM Looking good mate, absolutely! :)-^ lilcraigford 05-21-2002, 05:58 PM Thats guys... hey Chris ( CPD ) what do you mean but BloOms methods of texturing? lilcraigford 05-22-2002, 02:58 AM Bigger pic... |
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