Hard Surface - 1963 Fishing Pole

IsparticusI

Hello once again fellow polycounters,

I recently got back from vacation at my lake house in Minnesota and I came across my grandfathers fishing pole and realized how awesome of an asset it is, ranging from unique shapes for hard surface, and unique materials for texturing, so I figured hey... why not model this bad boy when I get home?!

So first off, here is the texture sheet that I'm using. Its a "Mitchell Garcia 330" fishing pole in case you wanted to go back and look it up yourself if this isn't enough images for you to look at

The high poly is done so far. Everything is solid geometry. There are no floaters at all. Every once in a while I find it to be good practice to do this and keep your skills up. Here are the wires and a couple renders to check out. Comments and Critiques are always welcome

Hope you enjoy. Low poly, bakes, and textures to follow

Daf57

Well done, excellent bit of modeling! Even more so it being solid geo.
I had the Garcia Mitchell 300 model way back when I was into fishing. 

Alvin Irawan

:chuffed: 

great job! I love the details in this.

Marshkin

Those wires! 
Did you use a script or generate them by hand? Either way they look fantastic! 
It might be nice to see it on a non grey background.

IsparticusI

Daf57 - Yea, its a very interesting reel. Also, alot of fun to use!

Alvin - Thanks, appreciate the kind words.

Marshkin- Everything is done by hand. I should probably look into using things like quadchamfer and whatnot, but I enjoy doing some things the old fashioned way ha. Here's a different renderfor ya too.

IsparticusI

Actually I lied, might as well just render it out in Keyshot..

IsparticusI

So some updates.. Got done with the low poly and baking

And from here, I have some decent base materials set up..

Have to do the the wear and tear passes of everything, and dirt and whatnot, but so far, im pretty happy with it overall.

Again, comments and critiques are welcome

IsparticusI

If anyone is interested, here is the latest for the fishing pole. I am going to work on some small other props to fill out a little scene, like a tackle box and container of worms. But here is the finished fishing pole

Tetranome

Does the cork grip have a lacquer or something on it? It's quite shiny!

IsparticusI

Tetranome - Yea I was slightly surprised by that too. Usually cork has a very subtle roughness, but on this grip, based on the reference and holding it in person, there must have been a coat of something on it to give it that shine. I wanted to stay true to the real thing. Plus i think it gives it a little extra pop. Good eye though, and thanks for the comment

Tetranome

@IsparticusI
No problem guy, nice model!

IsparticusI

So today i worked on a tackle box and a good ol can of worms and I think I'm going to call this project finished.. Hope everyone who took the time to come here likes it





Going to put a couple more on the Artstation.. https://www.artstation.com/artist/mikejohnfrank86

dpadam450

I feel like the handle is a tad bit shiny. Not sure what the material is supposed to be. It looks like cork.

Pedro Amorim

usually this type of cork gets a coat of varnish, so that's why it's shiny.
I would say though, that the scratches on the red box are very gamey. Too soft and not defined at all.
Make them  more sharp and with proper form, or tone them down. Something to be realistic doesn't need to be covered in wear.

IsparticusI

@Pedro Amorim - maybe you'll have to go a little more in depth as far as what you mean by "too soft." I didn't have to much in the way of wear on the paint. Do you mean, make the contrast between paint and metal more defined? 

For your knowledge, here is the reference i was using for the tackle box
and here's mine at a closer look

appreciate the feedback

Pedro Amorim

The scratches on the corner of the box (in the photo) look hardn (like the hardness parameter in photoshop) and on your texture (pictured in this post above) they are soft. Can you notice the difference between the two?
The latest pic you posted has the front scratches looking like how I imagined based on the photos I saw. Perhaps the metal scratches on the back part of your  model didn't get as much polish as the front part. If that is the case perhaps you should have framed the box better in the shots so you can show the front area more clearly

IsparticusI

oooh, yea yea, ok now I see what you're saying. Good eye! I'll go back into substance and tweak those a little. I think i'll adjust the height parameter too to give it that extra bump, but i'll make sure to go back in with a harder brush and make those clean paint chips. 

Thanks!