War buggy

[99sproth]

Hi guys.

This is my first proper commercial model. Made for a pen and paper roleplay book.

The image still needs a little tweaking. It rendered in 1 hour with 3x9 radiosity on the car. Constructive crits wecome.

Cheers,

Simon

[Zarathustra]

Is it finished, or a work in progress?

[lone]

a little dirt/dust, especially on the tires - other than that, it looks great.

[Jake]

Looks pretty good:) .
Having someone actually driving the buggy, with some blur on the tires and a dust cloud behind it would add a lot.

[starbase1]

Very good, apart from the tires - I agree with the other guy, they look a bit too smooth and new.

Nick

[99sproth]

Yeah, I sorted the threads, but I cant show you the results because I sold the image and no longer have any rights to post it!

DOH!

Simo

[Carbon71]

Nice buggy!
Good composite job. reflections on bumper look good.
The other guys already mentioned to need for some imperfections on the tires.
I just wanted to mention 2 things:

1. soften your shadows just a little. Check out your bushes on the left side of the pic as a reference.

2. fake (or make) a little radiosity underneath the buggy. It's too black in the shadow. You might get away with coloring the shadow (more grey) and/or compositing the shadow separately and just giving it a little transparency.

Oops just one more note:
The winshield glass seems a little flat/plain. Do you have a fresnel efftectset on it? how about refraction index or caustics? I can't put my finger on what it is.

Great job!
Carbon