Coal Car
 

This is a coal car from a project I am working on. The models need to be low poly so this one is only 1962. The textures are mostly UV maps made with reference photos and/or Photoshop and Painter work. Now on to the engine....

looking mighty good Cory! great work there.. what is it for?

yep I agree, that looks really nice Cchristensen.

really nice lighting to! how did you get that nice soft look?

This is for an animation I am doing for the local power company to show a before and after demo of proposed rail changes.

For the lighting in the test image, there is just a single yellowish spotlight positioned as it would be at sunset. It is set to shadow map at 1.1 for a softer edged shadow. Global Illumination is lowered to about 6% and given a blueish-purple color. Spec maps are used to give a realistic look to the car.

Looks very nice!

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