Jet Moto Challenge - MoP

MoP

No idea if I'll have time to even start modelling this, let alone finish it in 9 days!

Quick doodle, heavily cribbing from something called a Vectrix concept superbike (google it if you're interested), I think it's got some nice chunky shapes and lines.

Snipergen

Looks great, so far, its rough but I can see it in front of me
I really like the colours too.

nrek

Very slick MoP, and I agree with snipergen the colors are perfect. Slap some decals on there and cover it with more product placement then you can shake a stick at and you have yourself a jet moto bike for sure.

Zack Fowler

Very nice! It really pulls off that sleek and sharp look. Cool concept style too.

c0ldhands

yah ur right dude, its hard to finish in 9 days...Im struggling myself

AimBiZ

I like everything except the propulsion unit. Seems a tad too heavy and fragile when it's sticking out like that.
Perhaps making it more compact and moving closer to the rest of the bike?

kysterama

That's a great design Mop, really sleek and the design screams speed!

ThatDon

dig the concept dude. go go go

vahl

yeah really cool concept man !

MoP

Cheers guys!

AimBiZ: Yeah, maybe it does stick out too much. I'll see how it looks once the model is done, it should be easy enough to scale or shift position if it still doesn't look right.

Here's a quick WIP of blocking in the main panel shapes. Still a lot of the bulk of the thing missing, but I like where it's headed.

Biped man for scale and pose reference.

HAL

Looking great so far, I love that giant engine below the seat

c0ldhands

sweet, like the "two floor lights" thingie. Sweet shapes overall!

MoP

Bit more work tonight.

Overview:


Headlights:


Fuel cap:

nrek

Looks great mop, the headlight details should look sweet when you bake em down. For some reason the more I look at the updated pics the more it reminds me of a puffin, and I love puffins lol.

adam

Show the wires ya putz!

c0ldhands

holy jebus! its coming along nicely, love the fuel cap, reminded me that I have to do one myself.

Ged

i dont see any pictures not sure why

Joao Sapiro

i dig the clean shapes man, hope you finish this one , it deserves

MoP

Ged: Looks like my hosting was a bit flaky recently, they should be working now?

aesir

hey mop, lookin cool, but i have a few notes. First off, I like the concept a bit better than the model atm. For example, the glassy looking part right under the windshield and handlebars on the concept, I imagined that was a clear panel you could look through to see engine bits maybe.

I also noticed that the handlebars don't look like they'll be able to turn. It looks like you're attaching it to something solid. Although I could be wrong on that. I can see one way of it working but it looks complicated...

rock on though

MoP

Yeah, haha, I haven't actually even thought about how the handlebars will work yet... IT'S ALL CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERS

And yeah, I was planning on playing around with the semitransparent panels, when I did the concept I wasn't intending it to be like that, but it ended up having that effect, Pior said he liked the translucence and I was like "what translucence? ...ohhh I see"!

The materials and colours are all very WIP right now, there may yet be clear panels with engine bits showing through! Would be a devil to get it looking right in a game though, I fear

aesir

heh, yea, the majority of the entries don't allow movement for steering. Or anything that the steering would affect, like a fin or adjustable engine position (me included).

00Zero

LOL. oh man, i was concepting my moto a week or so ago and i was heavily using the same bike. this is the one youre talking about?



yea, mine looked pretty similar to yours, eerily actually. lol. concept at least, im not gonna model it.

looking good so far.

Ged

still cant see any pics, maybe its just my work pc being wierd, good luck anyway Im sure it will be awesome

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nfrrtycmplx

looks badass man!

MoP

I've been slow. Probably won't even finish the high-poly by the deadline, let alone low-poly / bake / textures.
It's turned into something I want to spend a fair while on and make it really good, if possible.

Some updates (still haven't touched the jet engine bit ):

Zack Fowler

This looks boss. Very clean and elegant highpoly work. Even if you don't finish on time I hope you at least follow through on the full highpoly model for this.

Joshua Stubbles

Awesome work so far MoP. Looking great.

slave_one

Whoa, nice progress MoP! Looks rawking! I like the big bulky main shape, that gives it a nice funtional look as a jetmoto. Combined with the smaller seat and control unit gives it that nice racer look.

c0ldhands

Sweet work dude, I like how you incorporated everything so well, everything feels like a solid peice, I think the dashboard is rockin awesome. With the jet engine in mind, I think this can become a mighty peice in your portofolio alongside your characters.

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adam

Boo to the man who builds indents then uses the Shell modifier. THERE'S NO PLACE FOR YOUR KIND HERE.

MoP

90% of this model is the Shell modifier. Suck it down.

adam

You're a horrible human being.

MoP

Minor update, back view:

Joshua Stubbles

Shell modifier is pimp. But that DoF... WTF

Looking swanky as all hell, MoP. Looking forward to your textures on this.

Vailias

*facepalms* How ever do I forget about the shell modifier... I've been doing all the part joints via edge extrusion. ... still getting used to max.

This really is a sick looking bike Mop. Be cool to see it all finished up, whether it makes the deadline for the comp or not.

Zack Fowler

Holy cow, shell modifier is powerful. Thanks for bringing it up, I've never made use of it before.

throttlekitty

Very clean work, I'm digging it.

Is there a shell modifier knockoff for maya? (or even a better edge extrude where poles are concerned would be nice)

MoP

hah, throttlekitty - I wish! I keep meaning to write a plugin or script to do something like that, but never spent much time researching it yet. Doing an Extrude on all faces has the same result initially (and gives you flexibility if it's a mesh output rather than an input), but tends to be flaky and make Maya crash in my experience.

I haven't come across anything yet where you can use a "profile spline" like Max though. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

I need to try compiling some sort of plugin to get my feet wet there, and see if I can cobble something together.

butt_sahib

Man this shit is RAD, loving the design and execution!

onionhead_o

oh snap. me want one of those.

Titus

Awesome - it looks fantastic, very cool poly modeling - respect))) very cool design and details looks perfect !

Snipergen

MoP! Finish this man! It looks so great

slave_one

Nice detailing on the back / under seat part side as well MoP!

onelung

Really diggin the design, the real world bike pieces help ground it nicely. Shell modifier FTW!

knork

Nice work so far, Mop; great use of mr. shell for sure