Project - Blade Runner Spinner

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Blade Runner is one of my favourite films and is full of wonderful imagery. Lots of people have modelled the famous Police Spinner - I wanted to go through the process of modelling my own.

Updates:

• 30 Sep 2006 - Completion: 98%
  • Created a tiled backdrop for rendering
  • I need to do some extensive experiments with lighting and shadows in yafray - my first test render with the spinner lights switched 'on' took 17 hours and didn't render properly!
  • It could be some time before I post the final renders
• 29 Sep 2006 - Completion: 98%
  • Added further detail and glass material to roof lights
  • Spent several hours tweeking some of the decal textures to fix warping issues
  • I've just got to tidy up some of the decal textures and tweak the material settings for glass and metals
  • I might also add some bump-mapping to some of the textures
  • A couple of 'high quality' rendering sessions will complete the project
• 27 Sep 2006 - Completion: 94%
  • Put treads on tyres and enhanced the wheels
  • Added decals to wheel covers
  • Just the lights and basic interior to complete
• 25 Sep 2006 - Completion: 90%
  • Picked up again for the final time (hopefully)
  • Applied most of the decals
  • Still got the wheels, wheel covers, lights and (basic) interior to finish
• Apr 2005 - Completion: 80%
  • I keep shelving this project leaving it for several months and then picking it up again
  • I've added a basic interior but have decided that I'm going to leave the interior, add decals, produce final renders and leave the project in that state
  • Who knows when that will be...

Test Renders

Just a few tests for progress...

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