Tutorial: How to build a next gen vehicle

[Valentin_N]

Hi guys,

First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Valentin Nadolu and I am Lead Vehicle Artist at AMC Studio, a romanian outsourcing company specialized in game art.
I started of like most of you, learning 3d at home as a hobby and doing cars for games like NFS4 and GTA3. I then got a full time job at AMC and I've been doing cars for games ever since :). Me and my team have done cars for games such as Test Drive Unlimited, Mercenaries 2, Saboteur and a few other titles that are yet undisclosed.
Here's my way of giving back to the community, a tutorial describing how we here at AMC Studio build a next gen vehicle, from high-resolution model to final ingame version.

Here are some screenshots of the actual work:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7513/screen1bh0.jpg

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/2990/screen2qc8.jpg

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/2549/screen3zt9.jpg

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/1313/screen4sj1.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8496/screen5ek9.jpg


Unfortunately, the tutorial is too big to be posted on forums, but you can download a PDF copy from here:

http://www.amc.ro/shares

Hope you find it enjoyable to read as well as educational and as always, comments and critics are welcome!

Thank you!

[kongni]

Thanks for the resource. I also liked looking at the 'making of steam master' :)

[funkdelic]

Thats is totally welcomed! thank you a lot Valentin! :)

[Valentin_N]

Probably some of you have read the tutorial. Let's see some critics now ;)
What do you think is missing from it?
What are the areas you feel weren't detailed enough?
What do you think would be something that you want to see more of in a tutorial like this one?

[freakmean16]

Thanks for the tut man, downloadin now.......

[Marcus Dublin]

Thanks for sharing this with the community Valentin, it's very much appreciated!:)

[mcunha98]

Greate tutorial, thanks

[sagiarts]

Thanks a lot bro it really helps

[Medyl]

Nice vehicle, reminds me of a cockpit for a fighter, nice flow! Someone call BMW!