[WIP] BvS Batmobile

DeathstrokeFTW

Hi guys!
I am working on the Batmobile from Batman V Superman, I plan to model it out in my spare time and then texture it in Quixel. I am hoping to learn Quixel along with making other things I am not comfortable with, this is my first try at making vehicles. I am using image references from the movie and other off set images.

DeathstrokeFTW

Reworked on the body, fixed a lot of things, will continue again tomorrow.

DeathstrokeFTW

Fixed the side armor (or whatever you call them xD)

Eric Chadwick

Looking good so far! Are you going to make a highpoly for it as well?

DeathstrokeFTW

Eric Chadwick said:

Looking good so far! Are you going to make a highpoly for it as well?

Currently I am not sure, I am actually making this for the Hum3D Car Render Challenge and once I am done with the Batmobile I'm going to work on the environment (most likely the Batcave). If I have time I will consider making the high poly version.
I'm mostly trying to add this into my portfolio xD
https://hum3d.com/car-challenge-2016/

DeathstrokeFTW

Somehow this is working, next up the turret and then the engine.

DeathstrokeFTW

Working on the turret now 

Ouran

Your model is already very distinctive and recognizable ! Looking forward to the next steps

DeathstrokeFTW

Ouran said:

Your model is already very distinctive and recognizable ! Looking forward to the next steps

Thanks! And this is the final part of the turret now, I am not going to focus entirely on it now xD

DeathstrokeFTW

Tweaked the turret a little and finished the front, now Im going to make the engine!

DeathstrokeFTW

DeathstrokeFTW

Sorry for not updating, I was sick and now I am working on it again, this time I added a few minor tweaks and worked on the wheels and the other odd bits on them.

DeathstrokeFTW

I am 90% done with the batmobile, I just need a add a few small parts to it and then start UVing it. I am just disappointed with a few a details I have to leave behind due to time constraints.

DeathstrokeFTW

Had some issues with UVs and the mesh, so I'm taking it piece by piece and tweaking the mesh so it looks better once its textured.

DeathstrokeFTW

Update: UVed half of the models, just got a few parts to finish UVing and then adding details on the wheels.

DeathstrokeFTW

I am finally done UVing the Batmobile (all parts are separate), now on to texturing!

Eric Chadwick

Looking great!

DeathstrokeFTW

I am using Quixel for the base textures and then taking them to Substance Painter for additional detail.

Suba

I'm actually excited to see that finished ! So nice man.

DeathstrokeFTW

So I've played around with Quixel and made my own material. Tell me what you guys think about this.

Eric Chadwick

Looks like slightly-corroded bronze. But how did it look in the movies? I think you're going to be battling expectations if you deviate.

Unless you push the differences really far, and the material has a brief backstory that makes sense. For example, what if the Joker owned the batmobile, or this is a deep-sea submersible batmobile, or here's my version of a desert-camoflage batmobile, etc.

DeathstrokeFTW

Eric Chadwick said:

Looks like slightly-corroded bronze. But how did it look in the movies? I think you're going to be battling expectations if you deviate.

Unless you push the differences really far, and the material has a brief backstory that makes sense. For example, what if the Joker owned the batmobile, or this is a deep-sea submersible batmobile, or here's my version of a desert-camoflage batmobile, etc.

Good point, though the scene I am trying to remake is something like that with the shooting fx

or bursting through the wall etc.


I still need to work on the rest of the vehicle and then the environment

DeathstrokeFTW

I still have to work on my lighting ._.

DeathstrokeFTW

This is what it looks like right now, I could use some guidance here xD

Ged

looks like its coming along well, heres a shot with some decent lighting http://img.cinemablend.com/cb/7/a/5/5/9/f/7a559f92e036643b93cb99cfd2771045afa8f0da0034707f5d269e9d48a14d7b.jpg

you could probably improve on that though.

DeathstrokeFTW

Ged said:

looks like its coming along well, heres a shot with some decent lighting http://img.cinemablend.com/cb/7/a/5/5/9/f/7a559f92e036643b93cb99cfd2771045afa8f0da0034707f5d269e9d48a14d7b.jpg

you could probably improve on that though.

Ill give it a try but maybe after I make the environment

DeathstrokeFTW

I have roughly a week left and I dont know what to make for the environment I need to make something small which can get me a real good shot

Eric Chadwick

You could just do a small circle of pavement, and have it surrounded by black. Delineated by a spotlight. Maybe even make a streetlamp prop (or not!)

You could also include a blurry street-at-nighttime background, with a black gradient bottom so it fades away along the horizon.

You could go all bokeh on it.

DeathstrokeFTW

Eric Chadwick said:

You could just do a small circle of pavement, and have it surrounded by black. Delineated by a spotlight. Maybe even make a streetlamp prop (or not!)

You could also include a blurry street-at-nighttime background, with a black gradient bottom so it fades away along the horizon.

You could go all bokeh on it.

Good idea but according to the rules it needs to be detailed

DeathstrokeFTW

Im having a hard time with this xD But I think im going somewhere with this.



Ill probably put the batmobile a bit more closer.

3DPoetry

WOW, impressive modelling.

DeathstrokeFTW

I went up and made this but I dont like the looks of it


but I'm now making something else, found this from Google maps, it will be easier to light and detail.

DeathstrokeFTW

Modelling went pretty fast and played with Quixel to texture it. I am not entirely satisfied with the result but I will see once its all textured and rendered in Marmoset.

Next up are the pipes, grills and the lights.

Eric Chadwick

Good ideas! Make sure to put the batmobile up close in your final. Want to see it!

DeathstrokeFTW

Eric Chadwick said:

Good ideas! Make sure to put the batmobile up close in your final. Want to see it!

I just hope my textures dont suck xD

DeathstrokeFTW

I hope you all like this. Still working on it though xD

Eric Chadwick

Hey looking great.

Bloom on the headlights is too strong, the round halos are too regular. I'd suggest toning it down across the board, maybe 50%.

Can you add a refraction pattern to the headlight spotlights, to get patterns where they cast onto the floor? For example
https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/7quot-round-dot-approved-led-headlights-conversion.jpg
(searched for "headlight refraction pattern")

The edges of the orange-lit concrete on the right are impossibly sharp. It would help to break those edges up with a decal or edge wear.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Decal#Tutorials

The steel grate down the center seems overly bright. Might help to add stain patterns, especially down the center (think oil stains on a used highway).
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/4980a4f8a24646f7ae9cf3afca16c0c3/view-of-cracked-and-worn-concrete-highway-with-moving-mini-van-admcpy.jpg

Also, need a visible light source for the yellow/orange light on the right.

Ceiling texture looks awesome! Floor texture looks low-resolution, but I think that's only because you're using depth of field. I would suggest increasing the focal range to remove this.

DeathstrokeFTW

Eric Chadwick said:

Hey looking great.

Bloom on the headlights is too strong, the round halos are too regular. I'd suggest toning it down across the board, maybe 50%.

Can you add a refraction pattern to the headlight spotlights, to get patterns where they cast onto the floor? For example
https://d114hh0cykhyb0.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/7quot-round-dot-approved-led-headlights-conversion.jpg
(searched for "headlight refraction pattern")

The edges of the orange-lit concrete on the right are impossibly sharp. It would help to break those edges up with a decal or edge wear.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Decal#Tutorials

The steel grate down the center seems overly bright. Might help to add stain patterns, especially down the center (think oil stains on a used highway).
http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/4980a4f8a24646f7ae9cf3afca16c0c3/view-of-cracked-and-worn-concrete-highway-with-moving-mini-van-admcpy.jpg

Also, need a visible light source for the yellow/orange light on the right.

Ceiling texture looks awesome! Floor texture looks low-resolution, but I think that's only because you're using depth of field. I would suggest increasing the focal range to remove this.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll see what I can do with those things oh and I havnt textured the grate and the pipes underneath and the orange light is a placeholder for the bulb I was supposed to add xD

DeathstrokeFTW

How does this change look?

DeathstrokeFTW

All done! I just have to figure out the lighting and other post process stuff

instg8r

I'll tell you what, that Batmobile looks super sexy! Great work on the details. I'd definitely like to see some high poly love on this one the contest is over Lots of good comments in here. The only thing I'll add is it would be cool to have the vehicle in a more dynamic "pose", like it had power slide to a stop right in front of the camera. Really great work here. You made nice improvements along the way!

DeathstrokeFTW

instg8r said:

I'll tell you what, that Batmobile looks super sexy! Great work on the details. I'd definitely like to see some high poly love on this one the contest is over Lots of good comments in here. The only thing I'll add is it would be cool to have the vehicle in a more dynamic "pose", like it had power slide to a stop right in front of the camera. Really great work here. You made nice improvements along the way!

Thanks! I was gonna do a drifting version before but I was having problems doing the environment xD I can try and add some smoke on the back wheels to show its going fast.

DeathstrokeFTW

I've uploaded the Batmobile separately on Artstation. Feel free to check it out on https://www.artstation.com/artwork/n1Vq6 !

DeathstrokeFTW

I did some post-process work on the render. Does it look good?

Ged

Its cool looking but I think your environment is stealing the focus away from the car, there's so much bright lighting and contrast on the environment assets the car doesnt pop out at me. Imagine you select just the car in photoshop and then darken the rest of the image around it by about 60%, that's what I mean.

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Ged said:

Its cool looking but I think your environment is stealing the focus away from the car, there's so much bright lighting and contrast on the environment assets the car doesnt pop out at me. Imagine you select just the car in photoshop and then darken the rest of the image around it by about 60%, that's what I mean.

Yeah that is what many ppl said. I can tone down the lights in the environment but that would also affect the car

Ged

I know what you mean, how about this idea, I know its a hack but what about just darkening all your environment assets textures and knocking back the specularity/shine of all of them too? Anyway its progressing well Im sure you can come up with a solution

DeathstrokeFTW

Ged said:

I know what you mean, how about this idea, I know its a hack but what about just darkening all your environment assets textures and knocking back the specularity/shine of all of them too? Anyway its progressing well Im sure you can come up with a solution

Darkening the environment by photoshop is making the image less legit. What I think its affect the mood too, if I actually removed the fill light the whole thing changes (fits the mood but the car is less visible). I can try something in Marmoset or ill stick to the ol' render I posted.

DeathstrokeFTW

And so I posted the old render. I hope the competition goes well