Projects
Hard Surface · 2021

Anakin's Podracer

Star Wars hard-surface study — detailed vehicle on a low-poly budget.

3ds MaxMudboxSubstance Painter View on ArtStation
Engine detail
3ds Max
Role
3D Artist
Context
Personal project
Team
Solo

I wanted to improve my hard-surface skills in 3ds Max, so I picked Anakin Skywalker's podracer from Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

I learned a lot with this piece: I split the vehicle into sections and detailed each of them while keeping a low-poly topology.

Modeling breakdown in 3ds Max

It was also my first time using alpha textures — for the energy arc between the engines. The textures and the renders were done in Substance Painter.

The pod and the engines
Cockpit detail
The pod
Engine detail and the energy arc
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