Final Model Shots

These are the final shots i had taken of my model. Overall really happy with the result. The vinyl stickers really made it more realistic. There are some imperfections at the bottom of the vehicle where the wheels are. If i would change something i would change the color of the glass window, which i think it kind of fade away with the dark solar panel colors. Maybe should of went with a medium tone gray.

Week 17

Finishing the model, I used a matt white for the body of the vehicle, and a high gloss metallic imperial blue for the solar panel. The reason i used a matt body color is therefore you can define which is the solar panel and which is not. I overspray the glossy area with clear coat to make it more reflective just like a real solar panel surface. To finish the model off i used some vinyl stickers which i got it made from a place in chadstone. This was able to make the model more realistic!.

Week 16

The surfaces are complete and now i am ready to apply shellac and ready to paint. Before i applied shellac i sanded the clay surface using a 800 grade wet and dry, this was to make the surface a bit more rough so the shellac can fully be glued and seal the surface of the clay. I didn't sand back the shellac after each coat and the last coat i left it for a whole night to dry before i started applying primer on. The first coat of primer i used is a K&H plastic primer, which apparently sticks better compared to a normal primer filler. I applied 2 coat of that and then applied another 2 coat of 3 coats of primer filler to get rid of any scratches or imperfection. (sanded each coat of primer filler down with an 1200 wet and dry.)

Week 15

This week is all about cleaning the surfaces. As you can see my clay model is pretty much balanced and the surfaces are all cleaned up and evened. Details such as the light as well as the shut lines had been added to make the vehicle more realistic. The other thing i did is drilled holes in where the head lights are placed, this was to insert light bulbs later on to make the vehicle more realistic instead of using vinyl sticker prints.

Week 12, 13 & 14

SKETCH OVERS!

These couple of week i was really busy with my studio clay model, and i didn't spent too much time on my transport, due to the submission date and time. The progress was rather slow compared to other weeks but there was still some progress made during these couple of weeks. As you can see i had balanced both side just by marking some simple points from the other finished side. I over build the unfinished side by around 5mm therefore it would enough room to take off. Surface isn't perfect and more work needed to be done to make it more balanced!

Model refinement 3 Week 11

Not much changes to the surface of the model, but design changes had been made on the intake as well as the big cut out graphic on each sides of the vehicle had been slightly changed into a more leaf shaped cut. It just seem to flow with the overall design better. Also the head light section had also been cut out

Model refinement 2 Week 10

Details or graphics had been added on to the clay model. surfaces had been cleaned up more so it more smoother and i can identify where changes needed to be made. The side graphic and intakes near the wheel covers had been clayed in.

Model refinement 1 Week 9

Starting to refine the shape of the vehicle once i had the general size and dimensions right by using the templates i made earlier on. The clay vehicle will start to take shape, more detail are needed to be clayed in. The glass house feature had been slightly change rather then just round its not more defined with crisp edges.

Clay roughed in to templates Week 8

Templates are made for the clay model based on the Alias drawings. The template is roughly lay on top of the model to give a indication of how much clay are needed to be applied and just getting the overall shape and dimension right before shaping and adding details.

Armature covered in clay Week 7

This week we have to cover our armature with layers of clay/ Before applying clay is important to cover all MDF areas with double sided tapes otherwise the clay will not stick to the MDF well. The other thing is that you need to use the Hot air gun to lightly run across the surface of foam to make it harder and easier to work with.

Foam armature and base board Week 6

This week is all about making the armature which clay will be built around it. The armature are made out of parts of white foam, which i had sanded and cut up into shape in order to get a general idea of what the solar car design looks like. The baseboard are drawn using permanent markers then shallacked over the top to protect the line from fading. However i realized that Permanent marker does not work well is shallack, which it seem to fade out the ink of the marker so better use pencil next time!!

Final Package Drawings Week 5

These are the final package drawings, which consist of the side, top and front views. These drawing are done in Alias then photoshoped.

The Final Concept developments

These rough sketches are just some of the developmental work which i had played around with based on the final chosen concept

Chosing the Final Concepts Week 4

This week we are suppose to choose the final concept, which we are going to develop. So at this stage we were meant to have 3 rendering of the chosen concept done, So to get the perspective right i started doing line package
drawing in alias and trace over the line work then render it to get a nice perspective views.

Starting The Aurora Concepts Week 2 + Weel 3

This are some of the concept sketches, which we did at the start of the project. Basically the project is to design a solar car for MAD MAX, which is powered by solar energy. Based on the scenario and the market which i am design for, i wanted to have a really futuristic look to all my designed vehicle, which we assume that solar power are now very efficient.