Hi all !!! here is my vision of forklift truck
Truck modeling time - 100 min
Triangles count - 6838
HowTo:
At first i create body and wheels for understanding size and proportions of model, than i start to add some small elements (because they give model some realistic kind) but most of all primitives are box, cylinder, sphere etc. no blueprint used only photo reference. And about render, i create one fast shaded render (i use MentalRay and new MR fast materials) and than i render default grey mats+grey+wire frame (by this tut
http://www.game-artist.net/forums/tu...rial-max9.html), For scene lightning i use Daylight system(mrSun,mrSky). I use 3dsmax 2009 sp1 . Thats all
Many thanks !!!