had a few moments last night

I scaled the rooftop tiles to be bigger and added a few more. the rooft consists of 3 layers.....a wooden frame (not shown yet) plywood, and tiles or metal that sits on the plywood.

theres gonna be gaps/damage in the plywood around the areas that you see the boards/sheet metal. If you think this progress is too slow we can talk about it.

-Mark

Nothing new today

Spend the majority of yesterday doing errands....sorry bro...dont tase me....tonight I should have some time

A little bit done

So I managed to have enough time to convert the canopy to polys and get going with the tiles on the roof.

No New Posts Today :(

Had the meeting with Chuck and Dave yesterday. Went really well...im excited about what Chuck wants to do and its pretty rare I get excited about someone elses work. Anyway...well see what I can get done on the weekend even though its gonna be another busy one with halloween and all.

-cheers

The red flag waving never meant the same

not much done yesterday either (god damnit I always have so many stupid errands to run after work) but, cloth has been added....its nurbs....I need to convert it to polys...oh yeah, this whole thing is about 28,000 polys....pretty high for something like this

A real RED wagon!!!

what can I say...slow progress man...I hate not having more time during the night to work on this...the most I can spare is like an hour..two tops. Tuesday will be no better...im meeting with Chuck to discuss business....next stop is roof shingles I think

Don't Taze Me Bro!

I've shifted some scale and added some preportions as per your request. Good eye, I think you caught alot of shit that I didnt. Ummm...the canopy window is to high off the ground and I guess the big wheel could stand to be a bit smaller...but other than that...I think we're in business..I like where this model is going....I just need to post some wires for you soon so I dont go overboard on polys at such an early stage.

cheers boss,

-Mark

more hours put into it

so yeah.....further revising...going through everything in passes...nothing special here.....Hit me with your best shot! from what you can see so far...crit me!

Keep the car running

I didnt have much time to spend on this last night...but here's what I have so far. If I have time to work on a model, what I like to do is rough out the shapes first with simple primatives...then i'll sculpt the shapes or replace them with a more detailed primative.

I guess at this point all we can look at is design, appeal and preportion. I have a feeling that this model is going to be more of a test in texturing above all else. the good news is that I can craft some really nice wood because this isnt a really intensive model. your thoughts?

3D modeled undercariage

--this is just a rough--

I think my concern at this point is if im getting to carried away with it. I have to spend one more night working on this little model because it isnt in proportion to the longer side of the wagon (the canopy side). Right now its just kinda symmetrical. Your thoughts? tone it down? stay the course?

Detailing

Im getting a little more intricate with the guard rail. I think it will be a little more intricate to destroy. I thought about putting some bread baskets on the shelf of the canopy window at the side.....but if the wagon is toppeled over....nothing will be on that shelf
I really like the idea of going with a hand carved rose for the under carriage of the wagon. Since its made out of wood, I would keep it more straight edged, therefore low poly.

I need to take some time to think of the undercarriage....I think I might keep the undercarriage simple to contrast the detail of the wagon

So here's the other side of the wagon that you don't see in the other drawings. nothing really new here. In fact this view is a hell of a lot simpler than the opposite. Tomorrow i'd like to draw individual elements of the wagon (like the detailing and junk) as well as the props around the wagon. Saturday i'll topple the wagon over and then on Sunday have a rotation of the toppled over cart.

The Nature of the Experiment!

Alright Slim, Heres my contribution for the day. I basically took yesterday's drawings and refined the design and materials.