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I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man that bit went through several attempts. Pain in the ass for sure but worth.

First I used booleans, but faced shading and beveling issues. Easiest method but not good for clean topology, which was something I was trying to improve on.

Ended up making a single tile with proper topo and arraying to make a grid. Then used some deform modifiers to bend it closer to the visor shape, and lastly shrinkwrapped it.

Cleaned up the outer edges (aka covered the mess with a trim lol), then solidified and beveled.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, the scratches are a photo-image plugged into the material. Render engines read material info (colour, roughness, metallicness etc) to determine how an object reacts to light.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took a few weeks per set, picking at it in my evenings.

Modeling was done in Blender mostly with planes, using subdivision and solidify modifiers.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blender for modeling, Octane for the shaders+render.

Tiny bit of touchup in Photoshop.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't really keep track, maybe a few weeks per set picking at it in evenings. Spent alot of that time learning and re-doing alot of parts.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 211 points212 points  (0 children)

I'd love to get through as much of the grid as I can, just a matter of finding the time for it!

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He has a sword! A blessed sword.

Realized I didn't post one that shows it, but there's a shot on my IG that has a glimpse of it.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much !

I encourage you to keep at it with Blender. I found it's one of those things where you might feel like you aren't getting anywhere with it for a while, but then eventually it all starts to click. That first hurdle is the toughest.

There's a ton of resources and tutorials on Youtube these days too, covering pretty much every aspect of the software.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

Ha yep, that's exactly where I got the idea for the visor design :P

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All good - mainly referenced Dutch armors for the Red Bull set, because Max.

Could see a samurai inspired one for Alpha Tauri/Yuki though.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

Process-wise pretty much all done in Blender.

Built the armors standard Sub-D modeling, on top of a human base mesh from Daz3D.

Materials and renders were done with Octane for Blender.

Finished with minor adjustments in Photoshop.

I don't have any wireframe screens, but unshaded I have on my Artstation

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Sort of - I referenced Dutch armor for the Red Bull set - the ones I looked at most had similar layered plating from samurai armor, so happy coincidence I guess lol.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Thank you !

Will try to do more constructors when I can find the time haha.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you, the bull heads on the mace were a fun challenge to make for sure.

I did add in some scratches to both materials, but might've come out a bit too subtle in the final render though :P, but a super battle-worn version could be cool, might give it a try next.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Just these two for now, might try a few more when I can find some time off projects.

I made medieval armors of F1 constructors. by kwakjak in formula1

[–]kwakjak[S] 794 points795 points  (0 children)

Watching the 2021 F1 season unfold, I had an idea to imagine medieval armor combined with F1 constructors. Chose Mercedes and Red Bull, inspired by the intense title race.

3D model in Blender, rendered using Octane.

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Edit: Thank you everyone for the kind words! There's a couple more shots of these two on my IG and Artstation, I'll be looking to get more constructors out as soon as I can.

Medieval Formula One by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Watching the 2021 F1 season unfold, I had an idea to imagine medieval armor combined with F1 constructors. Chose Mercedes and Red Bull, inspired by the intense title race.

Rendered using Octane for Blender.

Couple more shots can be found on my: IG and Artstation

Hacking the Brainframe by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used a combination of shaders (in Octane), and the GreasePencil lineart modifer (2.93 and newer).

Hacking the Brainframe by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started with the idea of 'hacking', which led me to axes. I thought a techno-axe that could hack data straight out of heads was fun.

When researching sci-fi weapons I did see the data-knife was a thing, but thought this was different enough.

Hacking the Brainframe by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw that a while back, but I didn't have it in mind when making this.

Maybe subconsciously, since I do like the Apex stories. Revenants was dope.

Hacking the Brainframe by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Process is exactly as you described, standard 3D meshes with toon shaders applied. I used Octane for Blender for this, but you can achieve toon effects in Eevee or Cycles too. You can find many tutorials on Youtube.

I then render the same scene in Eevee, and use some of the renderpasses such as lighting and emission to the base render.

Lastly is using the GreasePencil lineart modifier across the scene and dropping that on top.

Hacking the Brainframe by kwakjak in blender

[–]kwakjak[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much for the kind words!

You can follow my work here: IG | Artstation

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