volkswagen Beetle(WIP)

ayoub44 · Aug 2013

hello guys

i just started modeling a volkswagen beetle car . still too early to post some progress

but here is the start

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any crits welcome

BARDLER · Aug 2013

Generally I find it a lot easier to make the car body in one solid shell first, and model in everything before going into sub-d. This prevents issues later on if you need to make slight changes that are impossible with lots of support loops in there. As I model I build in the topology where the doors, panels, hood, ect are going to be torn off. After I sub-d the whole body I start to tear off the different panels.

ayoub44 · Aug 2013

you right , i will use the modeling tip that you give me ! look better than the method I'm
doing. thanks you

ayoub44 · Sep 2013

some progress
i use the methode that you give me and it's working good

any crits ?

Neox · Sep 2013

try to balance your edges more evenly, you already start to get dents, and tge mesh isn't really complicated yet

ayoub44 · Sep 2013

thanks you , i try to work on that ; but didn't really get all the the dents go

here is update

ayoub44 · Sep 2013

a little update :

any crits ,?

AlecMoody · Sep 2013

I modeled a beetle a few weeks ago. It's modeled for a bake so I'm using some floaters to save time. It's also not intended to be super accurate, just clean and time efficient. Here are some isoline shots you might find helpful:

I generally start cars with the wheel arches then connect them to form the side of the body. Start the arches with the number of segments you plan to use and then slowly build out forms with the least segments you can. Once the volume is roughed in you can start making the cage mesh more dense and defining more specific features.

WipEout · Sep 2013

Man, I had to model a Beetle for a hard surface class in 2006 using NURBS-- I do not envy you this challenge

Keep at it!

The only real advice I can give you on this is, try to find more accurate blueprints, or you'll run into other issues later on. Right now, your blueprints don't match-- the side image is a 1969 Beetle, and the top and front views are '65 or earlier. While the overall look of the car remained the same, a lot of the smaller shapes and lines (decklid, bumpers, taillights, etc) changed fairly dramatically throughout the 60s.

ayoub44 · Sep 2013

thanks you for the crtis

Done ! i'm really happy with it but learned so much

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if you have any crits or advices i can use in my next projects ! plz tell me

thanks

SuperDuty455 · Sep 2013

It's a good start but it's not really "done", you still have plenty of stuff to improve.
The rounded parts look "beat up" like someone bashed the body with a bat. The front part of the roof looks flat.
Be careful with the edges of the body panel, they're not aligned and don't flow very well with each other.
The windows don't seem to have the right shape, especially the rear ones. Look at Alec's model, they're much more rounded at the back.
The windshield is the wrong shape, the upper and lower edges have a curve, that's probably why the roof is so flat.

Cars with rounded shapes tend to be hard to model, because of all those curves you don't necessarily see if you don't have enough reference material.

The main problem with you model, is that you made each panel individually. When modelling a car, it's much better to start from one single model, so that when your sure it's right, you can start splitting the different panels and adding details.

volkswagen Beetle(WIP)

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