Turbine Rat Rod

bassmatt00

Hello all! Got a new project to work on for a class assignment. I'm making a rat rod with a giant turbine for an engine. I have to keep this under 35k tris as a requirement. I have an approximate concept of what I want this to look like but I plan on subtracting some of the noise from the engine and bulking out some of the more interesting shapes.

comments and crits are greatly appreciated

AlexLeighton

I think it would get mighty hot inside that thing, and why have you kept the air cleaner and what looks like a turbo on yours? Doesn't seem like it would be serving any purpose. Your modelling looks quite nice so far though.

mixeh

the model is looking good, but a turbine works by blowing air out the rear which in turn pushes itself forward in the opposite direction, so i have no idea how this would work

bassmatt00

ok I took my time with modeling some splines out and I didn't know how tough it could be. I need to fill out the dead spaces around the turbine more and work on the actual body of the car, but enjoy the updated version

gsokol

I like the idea..looks pretty cool so far.

I think that the afterburner is pretty small. It seems a little unbalanced since the engine looks so massive and powerful...it looks like it would bottleneck the thrust.

Keep it up! Looking forward to seeing what you end up with!

KSMO

hey Matt, the high poly is looking good so far. Im having a few problems understanding how the engine is attached to the car. looks like the wheels are attached to the engine, and the engine just kind of runs into the car. maybe consider having a chassi or a frame that extends from the front of the vehicle and supports the engine, it could also have the wheels attached it. seems like the engine should not be a structural support for the vehicle, instead i think it should be supported by a frame. just a thought. keep it up!

KSMO

here is a crappy paint over, hope this makes sense .

bassmatt00

Thanks KSMO. I haven't started working on the attachment yet, but that paintover is in the same direction that I was thinking. It's nice to see a visual

gsokol - Thank you for pointing out that the afterburner looks small (it really does seem out of proportion).

I have A LOT of work to do to this and I have 3 weeks to do it in. I see many late nights ahead hammering this thing to completion.

Keep the crits and comments coming!

bassmatt00

updates now and more to come!

bassmatt00

updates for the finished high

MephistonX

looking pretty sweet but how would the back door open ---- i also think proportionaly it would better with the 2 door body - and would equally solve the back door problem -- ive done a lil mock to show you



though this is probably more about my particular car taste :P

bassmatt00

Hey that looks pretty sick! It did cross my mind as to how a person would get into the back seat, which is why there's suicide doors on it. It might work better if I stick the rear wheels out a bit more from the body. I like the 2-door style but it would look funny with a roof. I might end up chopping the top off if I were to make the 2-door option. Thank you for pointing that out

***fixing***

bassmatt00

gonna push the tires out at the end of texturing so it looks right. in the mean time these are some updates.

21,020 tris for this low poly version

bassmatt00

almost there....

comments and crits please

theslingshot

That pedestal gets all the attention! I would rather see the full car but itself with closer shots instead of seeing full pedestal shots. Bit late but I like the final concept a lot!

timspanjer

I agree with theslingshot. Maybe if you did not have the big black ring aound the pedestal and just has the road with a fading alpha? Or a nice close up render. You have so much detail in the model you should show it off!

ScudzAlmighty

^^^ this,
it also looks like the road texture is higher res than the car which is a little jarring.

Do you have a view showing how the rear tire's are actually attached to the car? Right now they look a little floaty.

bassmatt00

Thanks theslingshot I'll put a little more attention to the car itself. As for the rear tires, they are attached but I need to separate the wheels from the body a bit more in the model so that it can be visible. I might also beef out the rear tires as well. Thank you everyone for these comments! I'll try and post some more progress by the end of today.

bassmatt00

updates, updates, updates

I still got a couple more days until this project is due so keep them crits coming please

SnaFuBAR

i love you. as someone who's built a few go-fast machines, this is something i fuckin love.

bassmatt00

thanks SnaFuBAR

here's another update...

changed around the overall griminess of the turbine and added a little bit more love here and there.

enjoy!