Life in 3D

My Kind of Carbon Footprint

A company called Carbon Motor Corporation has designed the first car that was designed specifically for police work and after reading about the features it has and seeing the photos, I would like to see it on every street in America YESTERDAY!  It is that freaking cool!

Flashing emergency lights are embedded in the E7′s frame, making the car aerodynamic and visible from all directions. The front seats are designed with extra space to accommodate a police officer’s utility belt.

The rear passenger compartment is completely sealed off from the cockpit. Molded plastic seats in back allow for easy cleaning and prevent prisoners from hiding contraband.

Two front-mounted cameras automatically scan license plates of nearby vehicles and alert police when they find a car flagged as stolen or involved in some other crime. According to developers, the car’s onboard equipment can also detect nuclear and biological threats.

Li said the car’s 300 bhp forced-induction 3.0-diesel engine will deliver 420 lb-ft of torque and propel the vehicle from zero to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds, with a governed top speed of 155 mph.

He also said the E7′s engine, which can run on either ultra-low sulfur diesel or biodiesel, will have a combined fuel economy rating of 28 to 30 mpg — up to 40 percent more fuel efficient than conventional police cruisers.

The men and women who put on a uniform every day to protect the public deserve to have every tool that we can give them to make the job easier and safer for them.  It even has ballistic protection for the officer built into the doors and dash as well as a FLIR system (Forward Looking Infra Red) according to their website

This is one of the coolest cars to come out in a long time and I certainly hope this is just the beginning of a long and successful life for Carbon Motor Corporation.

As for the officers who will (hopefully) be driving this car in the near future – You lucky bastards 

More pretty pictures

I’ve been keeping busy with animation stuff for the past few weeks.  The Camaro in the banner above is very close to being done, all that is left is to build out the interior and texture it.

The exterior is done and all that is left is to finish the tires by adding a bump map to simulate the writing on the sidewalls of the tire, and adjusting the texture map to make it look more like nice, shinny rubber.  All in all, I’m pretty happy with it

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I even did one for my friend Gatakitty – though I hope to god I will never see this done to a REAL Camaro

Yep, fun with textures and lights.

***UPDATE***

Oh, and I also did this one too.  I’m planning on doing a junker version of the Camaro for a whole ‘before and after’ animation so I did an old school paintjob to start with as a base.  I need to replace the custom rims with some stock factory ones and remove the air intake from the hood, but it’s a start

Upgrades, Themes, Cars and Planes

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 (hey, I’ve been busy!) and since I am in here anyway thought I would do a post.  I do like the new layout that WordPress has in the admin area, looks nice and is easy on the eyes as well as giving some nifty features such as password protecting a post.

I also decided to go with a new theme for a while.  I still want to make my own, but since I just don’t have time to do that I figure I’ll just poke around for new ones every once in a while.  I like this one for now, the colors are good, layout is clean and it has three columns which I like.  So, tell me if you like this one or if I should find something else.

Finally, I realized that I never did post up a shot of the final version of the Camaro so here it is.  All the pieces are on it and the model is finished.  Texturing will be done next semester – that’s what gives it color and makes it look like metal, plastic, wood, whatever.

I’m also working on a P-40 Warhawk and so here are a couple of shots of it for your viewing pleasure