Fender Stratocaster
polycounter lvl 7
Current WIP for my Fender Stratocaster, just finished baking and laying down the base colours. currently working on texturing
All comments and crits are welcome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlCD_HNUSY&feature=youtu.be turntable test video
The actually guitar and the strap were created as separate assets, the idea being that the strap can be interchangeable. 4230 tris and 2048 x 2048 texture for the guitar and 998 tris and 1024 x 512 texture for the strap
All comments and crits are welcome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlCD_HNUSY&feature=youtu.be turntable test video
The actually guitar and the strap were created as separate assets, the idea being that the strap can be interchangeable. 4230 tris and 2048 x 2048 texture for the guitar and 998 tris and 1024 x 512 texture for the strap
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Why no screenshots of the back?
dont worry, i plan on giving it some much needed personality, its just WIP base block colour with a few details at the moment, havent started to texture it properly, i can post screens of the back if people want, just with it being block colour at the moment the back is a bit on the boring side
- bridge doesn't look accurate. Should have individual saddles, not a bar.
- no angle cut into the wood for the picking forearm to sit on
- no pickup toggle switch
- guitar finish and metal parts arent shiny enough
- whammy bar looks quite small and the plastic part on the end doesnt bulge out
- neck heel looks more like a les paul than a strat
- neck and head are wrong from the side view. headstock should be a lot lower than the fretboard and the back side of it should be a little lower than the back of the neck
- most strats have 1-2 string trees on headstock
- wood grains don't look realistic
- edge of body and headstock should be much rounder
- pickguard shouldn't have white stripe at the neck cutout area
- white stripe around pickguard seems too thick for a 3 ply pickguard
- bottom edges of body look low poly
- nut and fret inlays look like the same material as the metal parts (should be synthetic bone/plastic)
- no fender logo on headstock
- no fret markers on the upper edge of neck (to look at while playing)
- no skunk stripe on back of neck (not all strat necks with rosewood fingerboards have skunk stripes, but they look cool).
- no truss rod adjustment hole on headstock
That's not really a huge problem. Some strats do not have the bevel for your arm. It all depends on which recreation you are going for.
I wasn't sure if all strats have that angled edge, but it's fairly standard and looks more interesting than without it IMO. A lot of the things I mentioned aren't mandatory, but would look right to me.