Over the past week I have managed to squeeze in a few more hours on my 1951 Chevy Blender pickup model that I've started. I thought all of you would like to see how it's progressing and find out some of the plans I have for this project.
As you can see from this first image the truck has really started to take shape. I'm very pleased with how I managed to get the body looking pretty proper in shape and proportion. I played around with several different colors and thought the green was the order of the day. I had originally thought of a red truck but I have already done way more red vehicles lately so it was time to create something just that much different. Besides the truck in green seemed to be just the ticket.
There is a lot of work to do yet with the model but the body is pretty well dialed in. I got the tires and rims put together this morning but still have to work on tread and sidewalls if I am going to use the image (or something like it) that you see pictured above. I like to experiment with different looks when it comes to backgrounds and lighting so I cannot promise you that the final render of this truck will be anything like what you see here.
I do like the lighting that I have here but like all of my Blender vehicle models or any Blender model that I work on I am constantly tweaking the things here and there until I feel it is just right. This is a good start and so I will keep moving forward with the project and refining it. I think the back wheels need to be wider especially being that this is supposed to be a street rod. I did lower the body just a bit as the stock version stood a bit higher than what I have here. The look was improved greatly because of this small change.
A lot of little details will still be needed to complete the model not even considering putting an interior into the vehicle. This in itself is a lot of hours work to get just right. I have collected a large amount of reference images from the net to figure out these little details. That is what makes a big difference in modeling a vehicle like this. The little details add a great deal to the overall look of any vehicle so it is worth the effort.
I was asked this past week why I create what I create on Blender. The best explanation I could give this person was that to me working with Blender is like putting together a puzzle on your table. Piece by piece you put it together until you have the finished picture that you want to see. But in my case instead of the puzzle being in cardboard and the finished image being a 2D image I am working in the computer and creating something that is 3D to make that final image. Add in all the other factors like color, texture, lighting and such bring the complexity of this 100+ hour puzzle up many more notches compared to a table top 2D puzzle. Plus the fact that at the end you have the distinct honor of saying " I made this myself on my computer and it's not a photograph. " This makes this kind of project very rewarding and gives me hours of enjoyment that cost me nothing but some of my free time. Worth every hour in my book to be able to create something like this and enjoy it all at the same time.
I'll post more on my Blender Chevy pickup as I progress to it's completion. Total hours in the project so far is close to 21.5 hours and I'm loving every minute creating it as I do with all of the projects that I work on.
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