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[BogdanM]

Great work man! Looking forward to this vehicle pack! BTW if you're going for realism, the lights in the back window of the unmarked cars are blue and yellow not blue in red.

 

Ah, thanks for pointing that out. I didn't check if the LAPD uses a different light system, I based the texture on a random video of an unmarked cvpi.

 

 

Hey, Kinda noob quistion but im trying to learn it....

 

But, On torurials i saw you need a blueprint of the car, but where can you find it? XD

 

There are a few websites with car blueprint libraries like:

http://www.the-bluep...lueprints/cars/

https://getoutlines....utm_content=bar

http://www.smcars.ne...ts-archive.223/

 

but I think the best way is to do a google search using key words and just look at the image results. Type the mark and model, the year and "blueprint" (eg. 2010 Dodge Charger blueprint). If the car is really new there might not be any blueprints available so in that case you can use photos from different perspectives. You can type make and model, year and side/front/rear/top view or you can look for a 360 degree view (you can find those on official car websites) and take printscreens from each perspective. Before you start modeling always make sure that the blueprint images are scaled and lined up correctly.

 

I've made a new LASD prisoner transport van (the right side doors are the ones that open)

[BogdanM]

 

I wasnt able to 'totally' complete my version of this rig before I threw in the towel, this is the vehicle I'd do. Thanks for the noble effort in learning to mod Em4.

 

I've made the truck you suggested, now let's hope for plenty of rainy days so the LA citizens don't end up in ER with burned retinas.

 

[EmC-Unit]

I like it! https://youtu.be/oX5rrYHlqTM?t=2m51s

[LBFDEngine11]

 Am i building the body correctly?

[BogdanM]

 

 Am i building the body correctly?

 

So far so good but my suggestion would be to use a mirror modifier (I assume the fire truck looks the same on both sides). Check out this tutorial, relevant part is from 1:00 to 1:45. It will allow you to model half of the vehicle while automatically copying everything on the other half. Once you are done, just apply the modifier and the model will be complete (do this step only when you are absolutely sure you are done modeling, as it's a pain to split the model and realign the mirror half). I'd also suggest checking off "Clipping" in the Mirror modifier menu, so that you'll have a clean middle line and the vertices won't cross from one half to the other.

[EmC-Unit]

 

 Am i building the body correctly?

 

Assign side photo or blueprint and you will be able to fix erors.

[LBFDEngine11]

So far so good but my suggestion would be to use a mirror modifier (I assume the fire truck looks the same on both sides). Check out this tutorial, relevant part is from 1:00 to 1:45. It will allow you to model half of the vehicle while automatically copying everything on the other half. Once you are done, just apply the modifier and the model will be complete (do this step only when you are absolutely sure you are done modeling, as it's a pain to split the model and realign the mirror half). I'd also suggest checking off "Clipping" in the Mirror modifier menu, so that you'll have a clean middle line and the vertices won't cross from one half to the other.

on all of the LBFD ENGINE one side of the engine has a ladder

Assign side photo or blueprint and you will be able to fix erors.

thats the problem ive been having issues with the blueprints i had found on this exact type of engine

[BogdanM]

on all of the LBFD ENGINE one side of the engine has a ladder

thats the problem ive been having issues with the blueprints i had found on this exact type of engine

 

Ah, ok. You could still do it like that so that both sides are identical and then after you apply the modifier, modify one side to make room for the ladder. This particular truck doesn't really need a blueprint if you can't find one, it's all straight lines so just make sure you only drag the vertices on the X,Y,Z axes. 

[LBFDEngine11]

this is what i got so far