| Post 1 | New | Posted September 26th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing! 
| Back on the modeling trip, with another Neural concept car, still very early stage:    It doesn't really look good right now, as I haven't done anything on the normals yet and I'm still experimenting with the shape, but you can see where it's heading to. The concept is an FR transaxle GT style car. The old Neural wheels are just there for experimenting reasons, they're gonna be replaced. Polycount is 1300 right now. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 2 | New | Posted September 26th, 2005 |
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| Will Shovel Headed Kill Machine 
| Nice shape going there... I must get back to the Lada, but college is overloading me. Grr. I'll do it, not much to do anyway. Just thinking wheel wise... what about something really sharp and edgey for it? Like a blade design? ------------------ -My site got deleted-   |
| Post 3 | New | Posted September 26th, 2005 |
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| Azz the barbarian. grrr 
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| Post 4 | New | Posted September 26th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
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| Post 5 | New | Posted September 26th, 2005 |
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JJHW
| Needs proper Neural headlights... ------------------  Long live the first 20 members! - I'm number 15 *duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhuhuuuhuhuhuhuhhhuuh* |
| Post 6 | New | Posted September 27th, 2005 |
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| 2na Beans, eating it!
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| Post 7 | New | Posted September 27th, 2005 |
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JJHW
| Hmmm, the front is quite Ford GT reminiscent... ------------------ Long live the first 20 members! - I'm number 15 *duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhuhuuuhuhuhuhuhhhuuh* |
| Post 8 | New | Posted September 27th, 2005 |
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| Meklo | Dwi'n Yma O Hyd | :. 
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| Post 9 | New | Posted October 5th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
| Some more pics, fitted some backlights, adjusted some normals and added a bit of colour, sideskirts and the back diffusor.  JJHW wrote: Needs proper Neural headlights... Got Any idea? Explain how they should look! ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 10 | New | Posted October 5th, 2005 | ||
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| Cerbera Ben 'Cerbera' Millard 
| I think the bonnet ridge is far too sharp; it seems to meet the bonnet with just a single atom. The windscreen seems to curve too far back. An enourmous amount of bodywork will need to move with the door to allow the player inside. I don't think the windscreen should go right out to the edge of the vehicle because it makes the front area far too big for an exotic vehicle. The windscreen seems to go too high. It's not in proportion to the rest of the car, imho. I really like the nose, the front fenders and the swoopy sides. Reminds me a lot of the 1967 Corvette Stingray I set up for GTAVC ages ago.  ------------------
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| Post 11 | New | Posted October 5th, 2005 |
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JJHW
| A bit like the Lotus Elise's headlights... ------------------ Long live the first 20 members! - I'm number 15 *duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhuhuuuhuhuhuhuhhhuuh* |
| Post 12 | New | Posted October 11th, 2005. Updated October 11th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
| Restyled headlights: I first tried something Lotus Elise style, but they somehow didn't really fit the car, so I tried this instead. Cerbera wrote: The windscreen seems to go too high.(...)  You're right on that one, I increased the size of the roof to make it a bit less high. I'm also not sure if I'll do the big Neural style gullwing doors again or if I should seperate the two big glasses into a moving and a fixed part each. EDIT: lol, just realized that this was my 1337th post. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 13 | New | Posted October 12th, 2005 |
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| Alfadog beats eating it 
| Just 1 idea - to make the shape nicer, you could move the arch of the wheel arch at the back forward a little. Keep the lines more parallel. Also, I feel you can make more use of the whole split windscreen theme. You can do some really awesome things with it. Check out the GTA1 Neurals to get ideas if you want. I like eccentuating the rear arch shape with the window as shown in my pic. I also smoothed the corner between window and the front pillar. Make it a little faster looking. Now, I don't know how easy that is to do in your 3d program but it's just an idea. I love what you did with the bonnet. My preference wuold have it sharper around the sides - I have this idea in my head - but I think that's probably way too hard to model. is there anything you can do with the great big square holes inthe bumper? Really lets the car down atm imo And you know what would be cool? If the rear glass went down to the front of the spoiler, and there was just a grille kinda thing on the back between the spoiler and body - like on your previous neurals. Keep another design element.. Well, it might look good.. just that from here it seems as though the rear glass will have to be awfully steep to join with the body. Hmmm, I guess it's probably front engined too. So the grille thing would be pointless. COuld do glass a la CRX, or just dismiss my idea all together :D OK, enough ! Hope you understand what I meant. Attached File: The file has been deleted. ------------------  |
| Post 14 | New | Posted October 12th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
| wow...so many constructive ideas, thanks for that, Alfa, and for the effort of making a photoshop pic. I tried to take into consideration what you said, it now looks like this, and I'm quite happy with it: the Alfa wrote: is there anything you can do with the great big square holes inthe bumper? My original thought was to fit the Neuralite "N" grille into the center hole and standard grills into the left and right, so that you can see the radiators behind. But the holes seem to lack a bit of aggression right now, I've got to think about them a bit longer. I guess it's the changed headlights that make them seem out of place, the holes fit the style of the GT40ish headlights better. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 15 | New | Posted October 12th, 2005 | ||
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| Cerbera Ben 'Cerbera' Millard
| Perhaps using a wider "snout" on the bonnet would improve the design? The Panoz Esperante has something better, imho. There isn't really space in your car for a decent size of engine in the front because the intakes are so far back. Because you have those big intakes on top of the bonnet, you don't really need any in the front bumper. You could drop the nose down lower, a bit like the Panoz does? Perhaps using headlights a bit more like the TVR Speed 12 would work? The new shape looks very good. I think the rear window pillars should be a bit narrower so the rear window doesn't need to be as steep on the outside edges. There should be some exit vents behind the front wheel arches, imho. ------------------
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| Post 16 | New | Posted October 12th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
| Cerbera wrote: Perhaps using a wider "snout" on the bonnet would improve the design? The Panoz Esperante has something better, imho. There isn't really space in your car for a decent size of engine in the front because the intakes are so far back. The V12 from the first Neural fits without problems. As this is supposed to be a transaxle configuration, which means front engine and gearbox attached to the rear axle, there should be enough room. Cerbera wrote: Because you have those big intakes on top of the bonnet, you don't really need any in the front bumper. You could drop the nose down lower, a bit like the Panoz does? The bonnet intakes are supposed to be a ram air intake into the engine, the ones in the front bumper were meant to be for the radiators. But I'm not to happy with the look of it right now, I guess I will rework quite a lot there.Cerbera wrote: Perhaps using headlights a bit more like the TVR Speed 12 would work? I thought about making them this way, but it would only work if the front wheel arches were steeper, with this rather flat angle, they'd be hidden quite deep in the body.Cerbera wrote: The new shape looks very good. I think the rear window pillars should be a bit narrower so the rear window doesn't need to be as steep on the outside edges. Thanks. I've got some ideas for the rear window on my mind, but I have to build them before I decide which one I'll use. Cerbera wrote: There should be some exit vents behind the front wheel arches, imho. Good point. That would add some spice to the sides. They're definitely coming. ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 17 | New | Posted October 13th, 2005 |
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| Alfadog beats eating it
| Wow Frag, the changes look fantastic, well done! Can' t wait to see more tweaks :) So far this is the best looking Neurally car you've made yet. Well IMO anyway! ------------------ |
| Post 18 | New | Posted October 13th, 2005 |
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| Will Shovel Headed Kill Machine
| This is great looking! Perhaps though with the front lights, just rake them back a bit if you can, or put them under little idvidual glass domes... hard to explain, like a small cover bit between the light and the bottom of the recessed bit where it sits. Just smooth it off a bit. Love the shape of it. ------------------ -My site got deleted- |
| Post 19 | New | Posted October 24th, 2005 |
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| Fragdieb2 Avatar is missing!
| total nose restyle (the 4th attempt):  Sexy? ------------------ -temporary placeholder for a new cool signature- |
| Post 20 | New | Posted October 24th, 2005 |
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| Will Shovel Headed Kill Machine
| Much, much, better. The headlights work with that front end now. I likes it. ------------------ -My site got deleted- |
