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3d - 1960's Batmobile inspired Hot Wheels concept

Call me nostalgic, but I have always preferred the retro-futuristic Batmobile from the 1960's TV series. Being a child of the 70's, Hot Wheels figured prominently in my pre-teen years. This is my take on a 1960's Batmobile inspired redline in chrome.
Here is another 3/4 view on a dark blue surface. Those redlines really stand out in this view.
Here's a view showing the back end with the missile turrets and the famous signature flame exhaust/thruster. I originally wanted a plastic looking flame for this to go with the typical toy car but it wasn't looking very good so I changed direction and applied a different material setup to my sculpted flame. It's not intended to be a realistic flame more like a stylized pseudo realistic flame. Hey, if I can have working headlights, why not a working flame?
Same view on the darker blue. The darker background shows off the flame rather nicely.
Here the sweeping profile really stands out. Of course the original Batmobile design inspired the huge fins. I envision the bubble roof either swings forward on a hinge or completely rotates inside the car to let in our caped crusader...
Same view on the darker blue.
Another view showing the profile and back end.
Same view on the darker blue.
Here's an isometric view. This view to me looks the most like a Hot Wheels car.
I modeled a little piece of Hot Wheels plastic track for one of the renders.
Here is a screenshot of the Blender UI showing a quad view setup in preview render. Also shown here is my flame sculpt and the flame material nodes setup. Pretty simple material.
Using the internal Cycles render engine in Blender, it is so easy to setup your renders. Just basically add emission shaders to planes, position those planes and cameras to your liking using the preview render in the 3d window and hit render.
Here's a closer view of the flame sculpt. It's crude but it works for this, especially when using the flame material which covers up my inadequate sculpting skills ;-)
3d - 1960's Batmobile inspired Hot Wheels concept
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3d - 1960's Batmobile inspired Hot Wheels concept

Call me nostalgic, but I have always preferred the retro-futuristic Batmobile from the 1960's TV series. Being a child of the 70's, Hot Wheels fi Read More

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