Open Sourcing

completed the modeling of the wheels for my F1 car last night.

The idea is that the wheels are completely hubless, which gives them a nice futuristic feel. However, I needed to have some way for the wheels to be driven, so I added some gearing to the inside of the wheel. This will connect to the car and drive the wheels. The gearing was made with the "Blender Mechanical Gears" script, which is excellent. I'm not fully happy with the material for the wheels yet, but this shiny chrome should do for a little while. I do like how the tires came out though.

After doing some node material research, I ran across a material for a nicely tiled floor. That material, along with this document, let me create the garage floor material.

You may have to click on the image for a bigger version, but I think I'm fully satisfied with it. It could possibly use a little bit more dirt, so I may add that, but for now I'm calling it complete. I also added some dirty plaster wall material for the interior wall and a painted, rusty metal material for the pole on the left.

The next step is to finish up connecting the wheels to the car, then work on some decals for the car. My latest thought is to make this scene be at night and add a moon with some stars to the outside. We'll see how far I get on that one!