3D Lamborghini Murcielago

This exotic [Lamborghini Murcielago] car might not be exactly the hottest model from Lamborghini series but it is definitely one of my few favorites. This 3D model features a stock model with black glossy paint and chrome rims. The project took about a week in Autodesk Maya, rendering using built-in Mental Ray. Here are some progress highlights:

• After cutting out blue prints of the car perfectly from The-Blueprints.com, I started out using NURBS Curves to sketch out the blue prints. With cars, I normally start out from the rim lines. (Image 1)



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• Knowing the model will be symmetric, I only try to model half of the car from then on. Here is the frame work of the NURBS Curves converted to polygons. (Image 2)



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• From then, I kept on adding details and refinements to the frameworks. (Image 3,4,5)



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• More details all around the car are then made including the windows' frames, the windows, the door lock, the exhaust, etc (Image 6,7)



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• Last but not least, I spent a good day researching references to make the rim. Mathematically, I divided the rim into 5 symmetric parts from which I later duplicate them. I was quite happy with the result. (Image 8,9,10)



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Summary:

• Model: 3D Lamborghini Murcielago
• Modeler: Dewey Tran
• Software used: Photoshop, Maya
• Time: ~7 days
• Effort: Not extremely hard but definitely not easy, wish I had a real model to look at instead of pictures. Had fun the whole time though
• Technique: Polygon modeling