How to model Cars

how todo model Cars

modeling Cars can be as easy or as complicated as you want todo make it. You can design your own car or model existing Cars. It is amazing how much información is available todo help you get your car modeled. In fact, the forum database at www.blenderartistsorg has pages of enlaces todo great tips, tutorialesand images of some amazing Cars.
here are a few general tips todo get you going.
General steps todo modeling a car.

Step 1: get blueprints or create sketches of your design concept, step 2: set the blueprints up in the top, right, and front view ports using view|background image, step 3: add a plane, position it near the center-line, step 4: mirror the plane, so you only have todo model half of the car, step 5: extrude the Edges of the plane and move vértices around todo match the profile of the car in the right view, step 5a: move vértices around todo match the profile of the car in the top view, step 5b: move vértices around todo match the profile of the car in the front view, step 6: repeat step 5 until the model is finished, step 7: add some textures, work on lighting, and do a render.

To make it easier todo model the interior, you can move the rof section todo another position or layer todo make it easier todo se inside the car.

It is easier todo model the whel wells instead of trying todo Cut them out later.
seams on car
Cars have Lots of seams and small gaps where parts fit together. And since Subsurf is generally used on car models, seams get smoothed away. To create seams, you can crease the targeted Edges with shift + e or, you can model 3-4 rows of vértices close together.
painting your car
At some point, you Will want todo Paint your car, whether it is a Tony car or a super realistic one. It can be as complicated or as simple as you want todo make it. Here are some resources todo help get you started.

A demo car Paint material, using nodes, can be found here (posted by broken): http://blenderartists.org/forum/show...ight=car+Paint.

He has a los posted a video tutorial that shows you how todo faq a Layered car Paint material.

Sonix created a library of car paints/chrome/Glass/tires and Misc materiales neded for Cars:
Blender 2.34 car material library reléase 1. http://www.free-webspace, biz/sonix/.
www.blenderart.org.