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[Deathrow]

I've been meaning to start modelling a Mini for sometime now, mainly so I can drive my car around in GTAIV .

However I've now got another reason I need to get a decent model of a Mini made, but I'll keep that to myself until i've something to show off.

You can follow as this develops in this thread .



Comments on accuracy are welcome from everyone, artists and non-artists alike.

[Mike92]

What are you using to make that? Blender, 3DS Max?

Nice work by the way .

[Spud133]

Are poorly spaced panels going to be an item like they are on a real mini? Looks good though

Edited by Spud133, 27 June 2010 - 06:34 PM.

[Deathrow]

I'm using 3ds Max .

Thanks for the comments guys.

Poor panel gaps goes beyond what I'm aiming for with this, rust however will be making an appearance .

[roofless]

I have an autocad model kicking around somwhere where I mapped all of the suspension and subframe mount points in 3d space.....no body work, but might help with aligning stuff if you want a copy ?

[Deathrow]

Roofless that'd be fantastic!

It'd help in making sure I get the scale of everything correct. The blueprints I'm working off at the moment are a bit useless at best.

[Carlzilla]

nice work mate

looking forward to seeing the end result

[Deathrow]

It's been nearly a year since I posted this! Haven't had alot of time to mess about with stuff like this lately.

Anyway, done some more work on it:







The polygon placement and distribution is awful but I'll get the overall shell done and then go around modifying and optimising where neccesary. As I think I mentioned in my first post, I've got a project in the works which will utilise this model so it needs to be good.

Feedback always welcome!

[tonic2k]

That is some pretty impressive work there tho, keep it up,
looking forward to seeing the end result

[OllieTheWelder]

How do you play it on GTA4? Or is it like a wierd PC version?

[joncross]

How would you get it on GTA?

Have you used Cinema 4D?

[Deathrow]

Cheers tonik2k, I'm looking to get the model as accurate as I can. If you see anything that looks wrong, let me know!

It's not a weird version, it's just the PC version. If any versions should be considered weird its the console versions as GTA originated on the PC.

It takes some coding but you can put it in the game. Whether or not this is still the plan remains to be seen as I've not played GTA4 in a long while! I might play more if I can get chased by the cops in a Mini though . We'll see.

[Deathrow]

Been a while since I did any work on this but I did some tonight so here's another progress picture for you guys:



Still pretty rough, plenty of bits that need more attention but I want to get the overall shape done before I go back and work on the bad bits.

[Deathrow]

Did a bit more tonight, then I got bored and started playing with rendering. Here's what I've got so far:

[Danpolk]

wow that looks brilliant! Wish i was that good on a pc!