I'm really new to all of this. The best that I've been able to do so far has been with sculptris. The drone took a half hour the green face took an hour.

 Ha! You guys are all kicking ass with this stuff! I definitely do not have mastery over 3D like you guys do.

I think it's cool that your cartoon styles reflect in your models as well.

Although the 3d model isn't going to fully detailed it will be made to accurate overall dimensions so that drawings can be made for making a real studio scale model.

The real thing makes use of the 1960's Johnny Express cab and dump truck body parts. Old Johnny Express advert at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEvOhnDdy64

 Work in progress but will probably trash the body - there's no saving it. LOL. 
This is from a combo of CB Model Pro and Sculptris

There is also a new image on my gallery featuring the Lycan-Mek.
*http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=ZIKEO

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nice work zikeo and design I might add

Its not a ford capri but something close.

Whats your technique here zikeo as a matter of interest?

Hi AirFlames.
I had a 2000S Capri when I was a kid.

The car I'm basing this model on.
Is one of my kid brothers 2.7ltr Honda engined 270hp before nitros car.
He tends to eat BMW's. :)

As for Technique, I tend to box out the whole car and then start refining the edges and details till something starts to look okay.
Failing that. I bin it and start again.
Z

*Failing that. I bin it and start again.

*Similar technique to me then!

and me :)

 Here's a totally amateur attempt at a minotaur:

So I took the insignia that was on some earlier cudas and put that on the side. That one is only about 100 polygons.Got a bit more of a mood light going on too. Also likethe red better. The Mopar green is more of a 70's color not really a 68 color.

*http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/browse.php?username=ZIKEO

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Started a new car (yet again) model.
This time it is for a mate's birthday. He used to have one of these in the early 90's and now can't aford one.
Any guesses?

Z

Well I will venture a guess a Volkswagen Sirrocco. Now a closer look probably not it is something not available in the states.

SawnDriscol do you know about the traveller calender? That would be quite at home there.

Not an ol' Datsun (Nissan) is it?

Shape vaguely reminds me of a 510, but after cross referencing on Wikipedia, it's a lot more of an 810.

That's some purty sheet-metal there! Very crisp and well defined.

very clean zikeo

 I'm learning about materials and how hard they are to import into other programs.

This is Metasequoia and GMax to Sculptris to Softimage Mod Tools to Meshlab to UV Mapper back to Metasequoia and ending up in Blacksmith 3D (after having making stop off in about four other programs where things just didn't jive.).

 Amazing work as always Zikeo.....what modeler are you using?

Primarily I use Amapi Designer 7 for most of the modelling.
And then transfer to Carrara 8Pro for domains, UV, Etc. Etc.

Thought I was getting through this one quite quick.
Then I realised I hadn't done any bleedin door handles!!

Z

 Cool, Teyon! Looks like a Mortal Kombat type monster. =D

Thanks!

 Recent battle with Softimage:

(Geometry easily accomplished in Sculptris).

Still learning how to apply texture maps and hair properly. =)

 Ta Da! It's after 8AM over here. Think I should go to sleep now. =P

 Hoo Ha!

I'm starting to lean more towards futuristic instead of alternate Earth transportation.

 I think I'm getting the hang of creating torsos.

The basic shape was formed in Mod Tools, exported to fbx, then exported to obj, cleaned up in Meshlab, mapped in UV Mapper and finally imported in to Sculptris for the finer details.