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cool. my feeling is that you could achieve the shape with fewer control points/splines... particularly in the face.

very nice!

watching this clip more then 3times in a row could cause one to lose one's mind! lol. I think I want to suggest not trying to make a finished polished section in one shot like you are doing. I would suggest chopping away at this like sculpter might widdle a block of wood to a finished product. I would on the hips first through the section, then work on the extremeties and keep adding to it. How long is this clip suppose to be? if its just suppose to be this short little piece you have then dont try to over do it and over analyze it as a viewer of this wouldnt have enough time to see every little detail.

Hey thanks man. It's taking a bit longer to getting around to finish! Mike Fitz

Have not finished the car yet, lol. but am close enough that I wanted to start getting familiar with using hdri files in A:M so that I can start thinking about the rendering when Im finished modelling. Just a sphere model with something that is similar to paint on the car Im thinking about. the sphere has the hdri file mapped to it with spherical map material. and a back plate I rendered out in another software package that used the same hdri map.

pretty cool Robert. what is the general method here?

Hi Yves. Im happy to see you back here... well I dont know if you been around.. but Im just coming back lately and Im always happy to read and learn something from your posts! Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

I take it the dragons are the good guys???

I just stumbled upon this thread. Wow! looks like you are actually one of the few that are really onto something. I do hope you keep going, the stuff you have posted really looks like you've got a handle on this. now, sofar... the one thing I cant easily get past is the difference between the male and female mouths... There has to be a way to make that mouth appear feminine while keeping the muppet look. its one of the best elements in the design and the women deserve to have it as well. just my opinion. Also, as always I have an interest in the rigging aspect. as you can tell I have only concentrated on the images you have posted and not read much in the thread... sorry. but I have always felt that the productions here have shot themselves in the foot by having a rig design that is overly complex and unnecesary. what are you planning to do rigging wise? Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Hey Robert! thats a great little animation! cool. Mike Fitz www.3dart.com

Hey thanks Mark! been a while for sure.

Lol I've been saying I need to finish this since last October!

Hey guys, still working on the wheels and rims. Actually had to restart the rims from scratch. I just put a decal on the wheels to get an idea of where its going. I think the decal on the wheels will wind up just being a bump map but for now the color while on the wheels look interesting! to me at least. lol Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Thanks David! I'm really trying to make a push to finish this....

Instead of building more... Im playing with the renderer!! lol. new green paint job... Im playing with the specular plugins, this is the Westin specular shader... I like it! Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Thanks Stian, I do plan on doing hdri renders.... if I can ever get the car finished! lol. I will check out the page for some resources. Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Okay, started working on the real rims. The actual rim design is a bit of a challenge.. almost finished with thier surface contours... And a nice new yellow paint job! lol. Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Pretty sharp! but all your stuff is! Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Oh.. I see the deadline is today... there is no way I could finish in time! lol.

When is the deadline for it? I dont think I could finish it without another 2 weeks or so.

Well I can't believe I've put this Audi car model off for so long. But I'm determined to get back to it. After a computer reinstall I put some basic fpo tires in just to get an idea of where Im going with this. Hopefully I'll get this thing finished in the next couple weeks.... btw... this was only on the 3rd page of the wips section... must not be a ton of projects people are working on... Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Don't forget the skin of a polar bear is black! Nice looking model. Mike Fitz Www.3dartz.com

ha!! that was fun! good job. Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Yeah, I dont know what is causing that at the moment.... the car is still in 2 halves... When I finish it and do another copy flip I'll look to see whats causing it.... Mike Fitz www.3dartz.com

Really nice. Thanks for the close up.