The thing that truly amazes me is that you rendered this with mental ray. I instantly thought it was rendered with GI based engines like maxwell or arnold,... Can you give some more information about your lighting/render methods? I rarely see such beautiful soft shadows and soft reflections as these. Carry on the good…
heh thanks. it's actually fashioned after my own engine, so it just has what i have. plus it's easier to go out to my car and take photos of things i can't find properly online. i won't add lines, i don't want them cluttering up my model, plus most of them end on parts that aren't there so that would look ugly. i did…
thanks for your kind words fellas! my workflow: i make a blockout out of primitives and some subdivision modelling for more wierd shapes, then attach them to one object. out of those i detach all circular parts, and i start making a retopo on top of the blockout, including the circular parts in order to keep them nice and…
This is looking great. Have you given any consideration to modeling it as a race engine with ITBS, a plenum, and a big turbo? An SR20 should not be left stock :) One minor point, which will become moot when you add vacuum, oil, and coolant lines, is the hose barbs all look a little too smooth. Maybe that is just how nissan…