Shape ideas

[alanrotoi]

New car shape! What car is this?

[Ryoma]

The ZiL of Brejnev ?

[alanrotoi]

It needs a few fixes but I think American cars were not so popular in Europe 😆.
It is also a classic Argentine car. #summonCas 

[Ryoma]

No because few american cars came in Europe .... And it was not regular.

[alanrotoi]

No problem. I'm here to solve that

We lack of American cars in Stunts. I'm not trying to fill that space. Here in Argentina are brands like Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler and from Europe Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, VW, Fiat. I mean those wich are manufactured here only. So we have a lot influence from both industries. The fun thing is that when we build local cars they are based on American cars but all the details, the lines and comfort we get inspired on Italian designs.

[Cas]

Well, I am not somebody who knows much about cars, I have to admit... and what I will say doesn't match what you say, ha, ha... but it reminds me of a Ford Falcon

[alanrotoi]

Exactly! It's a Ford Falcon Sprint! Thank you!

[alanrotoi]

Another challenge. The true blood Argentine muscle car: IKA Torino. Still a work in progress, the front is too hard.

[Ryoma]

Cool...Alan will make a lot of cars now....cool

[Cas]

Wow... that one looks great, really unique!

[alanrotoi]

Thank you guys! A lot of learning is still ahead but I'm having fun

About the 5th wheel in the back hood, is it possible to place it like in the picture?

[Duplode]

About the 5th wheel in the back hood, is it possible to place it like in the picture?

I think so. The LM002 spare tyre should be a good reference.

[alanrotoi]

Yes I used it in fact but it's just not the same. I tryied to put it vertical but I don't understand the object. I'm 90% sure it is impossible and seems nobody did it before.

[Daniel3D]

Thank you guys! A lot of learning is still ahead but I'm having fun

About the 5th wheel in the back hood, is it possible to place it like in the picture?

Give me your model and I'll try to re-position the wheel in softimage.
I can easily manipulate it without changing the relative vector positions.

[Cas]

Uhm... in order to manipulate the wheel from a 3D model editor, you'd need to export it with something special. Stressed and CarWorks don't export wheels to OBJ. Based on the way a wheel is defined in Stunts 3D shapes, it's possible, in theory, to rotate it in any direction you want. That's as far as definitions are concerned. Then comes the rendering. I don't know if Stunts 3D renderer can handle ellipses that are not aligned with the vertical. If it can't, very weird effects would occur.

In my opinion, the easiest way to try this out is to manually change the wheel vertex coordinates and see what happens.