[WIP] Antique quadcopter/hoverbike

shrogg

Hello polycount!

I needed to urgently make something for my portfolio and was inspired to make an 'antique' quadcopter, Texturing will be done in Substance or dDo depending if i get the time to learn substance.

Latest Screenshot



Some images I am using for inspiration:

The Engine is based off a Fiat s76

The body is inspired by the Bugatti Type 13

The rest is just freeform modeling, Taking inspiration from a few google searches.

Grubber

Very interesting concept. Very interesting how this will come out.
Also I think the propellers could be larger as the engine looks massive.

Anyway, good luck

shrogg

Just noticed i said Antique instead of Vintage, sorry about the that!

@Grubber
Thanks, Just did a bunch of scaling of parts, I think I will redo the main body section to flow more like those old race cars with the really streamlined tail. Something along these lines

shrogg

Updated the main body to be more in-line with the race cars of the era

shrogg

Remeshed a huge amount of the main pieces to work better for baking, Most stuff is a huge amount smoother and the polycount is a lot lower which is one long way of saying Success!

I will finish adding a bunch of smaller details around the main mesh, then get started on the low poly baking mesh. I plan on making the interior as separate bake to give myself time to properly work out how that is going. (Need to find a solid workflow for the seats and controls)

shrogg

Added a lot of smaller details, reworked the main body mesh to have a clean poly flow and prepped it for baking. Just need to finish making some of the other mechanical things like starting crank and Basic interior bucket.

Bigglesworth

Very very nice design.
How to reach driver’s seat? Should driver tilt rear propeller to get to fuselage?

shrogg

Good point on that, I may add a few more details into the step on one side, possibly throw a travel satchel onto the other side to break up the symmetry too.

[Edit] I fixed the issue and made some stuff easier to understand, gave it a ladder too, as seen here

http://i.imgur.com/sOGwDSi.png