I wanted to push my hard-surface skills in 3Ds Max, so I picked Anakin Skywalker's podracer from Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.
What I learned
- Sectioning the vehicle — splitting the pod into parts so it could read as highly detailed while staying on a low-poly budget
- Alphas — first time using them, for the energy binder running between the two engines
Textures and final renders were done in Substance Painter.
