Jamie Holmes

[otoh]

I will give this a go. I have never used Maxwell before so this will be quite a challenge.

Since I am new to Maxwell I think I will try to keep things simple. I'm thinking I might look at doing a car show showcasing the beautiful cars of a similar era to the Museum.

I believe there will be a nice contrast between the hard straight lines of the Museum and the curves of the 50s/60s sports cars.

I will need to find some nice cars too as modelling those are beyond my pay grade!

Final Submission :

[otoh]

This is a bit of odd start but I thought I would have a quick play with Maxwell over the weekend with some of the cars I plan to put in the scene - The cars are a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa and a 1954 Mercedes 300SL. The models are relatively low poly but should work well.

I may need to source a high poly model if the car will make it to the foreground. Or, alternitively remodel parts that need more res if I have time.

What do I have to do to get the full evaluation copy of Maxwell?

[otoh]

Here is a test shot with the NNG model and the Ferrari. I found this cool photo of Sir Stirling Moss with a coulpe of models - thought it looked good in the shot.

This is the sort of style I think I will run with for my final images.

At the moment ther is still a lot more to get on with and the car seems to be ridiculously out of scale. That will need to be fixed.

[mitchrichie]

Love your direction on this. What are you using for the floor material?

[ddutchie]

keep em coming

[otoh]

Love your direction on this. What are you using for the floor material?

Thanks, at the moment I am just using a texture from Arroway Tiles - Volume one.

[otoh]

Hi again

This is my latest update. I have tweaked all the materials - still trying to get my head around this part of Maxwell. I am using a photo for the background at the moment - This may or may not change.

I have altered the model a little because some parts didn't feel right and I have also removed the LCD light tracks as I believe they were installed later as I am trying to go for a 60s/70s feel. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any decent images of the interior without the LCD Light tracks.

I still have a few cars to texture up and I am struggling to find people of the right era for the images.
I will start playing with some camera angles and some more content relevant to a car exhibition.

There is always more to be done!

This image obviously has a bit of post done in Photoshop - I might do some B+W images too.

[mikedhansen]

Auch. That looks very good. Am I correct in asuming that the outside and light flares are photoshop? It looks really well.. The cars are beautiful as well.

[otoh]

Auch. That looks very good. Am I correct in asuming that the outside and light flares are photoshop? It looks really well.. The cars are beautiful as well.

Thanks - the exterior is on a plane that is rendered in Maxwell but the glow and the flares were added in Photoshop. I think Maxwell can do a pretty good job of this as well but I intend on adding people in post so I think this is the best method for me maybe.

[BBB3]

This is looking very good already! Feels like these ceiling lights were made to be reflected on cars! Very sexy!

[otoh]

This is looking very good already! Feels like these ceiling lights were made to be reflected on cars! Very sexy!

Thanks Bertrand - It just seems to work.

I have gone back to the drawing board with my materials - after doing some research I was doing things wrong so I have rebuilt all the materials I have done to date. They don't look that much different but they should work better from other camera angles and different lighting situations.





Currently I have crappy version of the Barcelona Chair (It wouldn't be a Mies building without one!). I plan on making my own as I might feature it close up somewhere? I have also rebuilt the floor using Floor generator so I could get a bit of variation on the rotation of the tiles - I also added a chamfer to edge so they catch the light better. I have also done a similar thing to the stone walls. I am having a bit of trouble with the wall material - I am not happy with it at the moment so I will come back to that.

The Background is now a mixture of trees and a photo. I will add more geometry as I go I think as to not bog down the scene.

[otoh]

Just a minor update this time

I have remodelled and unwrapped the columns for use in some closeups. I have also added another car, this time a DB5 - model is not done by me just the texturing.

I have also been working up the Background and still tweaking materials!