High Poly model of a 1450 Pelican Case-Critique welcome

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

I've gotten the main shapes blocked out:

(reference: http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1450)

I'm starting adding loops and turbo-smoothing the smaller pieces:

I'll be posting more progress as I go along

Criticism of everything welcome!

hamzaaa · Oct 2012

This looks good so far, are you planning of baking this piece? If yes, I think the edges are good, if no you could make them a little harder.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

I am planning on baking, so I won't touch the edges. Thanks for the feedback!

Snader · Oct 2012

Your valve is too flat. It should be a bit more of a dome shape, like a mushroom.

And, ironically, the three outer curved bits are flat-topped when they should be round, while the three middle ones are round while they should be flat. Also, the outer ring should be wider, and the crease/crevice much more pronounced.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

Mushroomed the top out and corrected the extrusion shapes.

How is this?

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

I over corrected I see now.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

How about this:

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

Snader · Oct 2012

You really, really ought to pay more attention to what shapes are sharp/flat and which are soft/round.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

Do you own one of these? This angle is much better. The references I have access too are terrible, and the product ones on websites are lacking.

Quack! · Oct 2012

Kittybomb9 wrote: »

Do you own one of these? This angle is much better. The references I have access too are terrible, and the product ones on websites are lacking.

I don't think that is a good defence for poor planning.

There are plenty of references to get your shapes from.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

You're right Quack! It's not, I'm working on finding one I can get my own reference images from, the edge shape is something I'm fixing right now, but it's those latches I only have blocked out that are really annoying. I don't understand how they work from images on the internet.

Quack! · Oct 2012

If you filter google images by large size only, the first 2 rows of references have great close ups of those parts you need. Good luck! Looks like a fun project.

Snader · Oct 2012

I don't own one of these cases. I pwn at finding reference.

No, but seriously - I just typed in "pelican 1450" in google and pressed 'large images', like Quack described.

Kittybomb9 · Oct 2012

When I do the search (with large image) I just get links to Amazon and other websites selling it. I have to do pelican case 1450 + motorcycle to get the images of the case used as saddlebags. The information bubble? Anyway, I've more or less knocked it back to a rough blockout again, this time paying much more attention to proportions (still obvious issues, this is really just a progress)

and foam inserts

High Poly model of a 1450 Pelican Case-Critique welcome

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