3D 4Runner - First Gen
06-18-2006, 09:14 PM
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Now we're gonna need a 3d forum 
I've taken pics of my truck and modeled things on top of it like bumpers, sliders ect just to see how it'd look. The only thing I ever followed through and built were some radius arm mounts... that I still haven't finished and put on the truck.
Nice modeling
I've taken pics of my truck and modeled things on top of it like bumpers, sliders ect just to see how it'd look. The only thing I ever followed through and built were some radius arm mounts... that I still haven't finished and put on the truck.
Nice modeling
06-19-2006, 08:10 PM
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I remember the days of the E-light.
It's ok for displaying a model, but not very pratical, in my opinion. Read up on Mental Ray--it's included with Max now. You can get some very nice GI effects using MR's Global Illumination and Final Gathering. The downside is, depending on your machine, renders will begin to take a lot longer. Although still quite a bit faster than using Max's built in Light Tracer plugin.
If you ever start messing around with Mental Ray, let me know. I can probably help you get started on a fairly decent lighting setup.
Or if you get V-ray I can show you a few things with that too.
It's ok for displaying a model, but not very pratical, in my opinion. Read up on Mental Ray--it's included with Max now. You can get some very nice GI effects using MR's Global Illumination and Final Gathering. The downside is, depending on your machine, renders will begin to take a lot longer. Although still quite a bit faster than using Max's built in Light Tracer plugin.
If you ever start messing around with Mental Ray, let me know. I can probably help you get started on a fairly decent lighting setup.
Or if you get V-ray I can show you a few things with that too.
06-19-2006, 08:33 PM
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Here's a sample scene I did probably a year ago, just playing around with Mental Ray and GI.
It's the inside of my apartment, built to scale, minus all the furniture and stuff. I was more interested in getting a decent GI simulation that didn't eat up system resources and take hours to render. Don't remeber if I was using Final Gathering or not...
I forget the render times on this, but it was less than 5 min. It's a basic GI setup, with a few tweaked settings and some shader adjustments. It's not finished, and it never will be. I've only put a couple hours into this, and that's as far as it will ever get.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4...gtest016zd.jpg
It's the inside of my apartment, built to scale, minus all the furniture and stuff. I was more interested in getting a decent GI simulation that didn't eat up system resources and take hours to render. Don't remeber if I was using Final Gathering or not...
I forget the render times on this, but it was less than 5 min. It's a basic GI setup, with a few tweaked settings and some shader adjustments. It's not finished, and it never will be. I've only put a couple hours into this, and that's as far as it will ever get.
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/4...gtest016zd.jpg
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07-05-2006, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by getitdone
There is a taco model floating on the net for free. But it's like a 96 model I think, not 04.
This is the one I've got. I don't remember where it came from, but it was a free download. If anyone wants it, let me know.
The mesh on it is pretty bad, but I guess that's to be expected from a .3ds... and being free.
materials aren't that great either. Just for the hell of it, I threw on a metallic red to see what would happen... it's no portfolio piece... lol
07-05-2006, 10:03 PM
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That is the one I was refering to.
Couple of years ago when I was trying to learn rhino 3d I used it to look at a roof rack and bumper that I was playing with.
I borrowed the head lights and tire from the truck
Couple of years ago when I was trying to learn rhino 3d I used it to look at a roof rack and bumper that I was playing with.
I borrowed the head lights and tire from the truck
07-05-2006, 11:02 PM
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Thats a 92-95 Truck. Tacomas never came with a wing window, or those style mirrors. The reason I say 92-95 is the front bumper is smooth unlike the early style (89-91) trucks that had a 3 piece front bumper.
But all that 3D stuff is really neat. I wish I could figure out how to do that.
But all that 3D stuff is really neat. I wish I could figure out how to do that.
12-13-2007, 04:01 PM
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This is reall cool, I am going to build a mold some day to build RC Rock crawler bodys. I bought a 1985 4 runner for a model and Just becuse I really like them. I want to do it in 1/10 scale.
