Back to the future

the Delorean model has been one that i've had an interest in building for quite a while. the release of new back to the future Blu rays may have been the catalyst for me to finally get into it. I did quite a bit of research and built the base car before adding the the bttf details. the body work was unique due to the shape of the car, straight sharp edges were fun to create.

For the clay renders, i added a simple grey with a high / sharp specularity to identify issues with topology. As you can probably see, by the strong line running through the middle of the model, I keep the model mirrored for most of the modeling process. You can never be too sure when you may need to make a large edit to the topo.

the final texture used is as simple as it gets. we all know that the delorean is made out of stainless steel. "The way I see it, if you're going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Besides, the stainless steel construction made the flux disperal... " however if you actually take a few minutes to look at the car you notice it looks quite soft. a simple shader with a focus on the specular did the trick. a bit of lighting, including the flux capacitor finished the project. im using a daylight system with final gather and global illumination.