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Posted on 12/06/26 08:21:46 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I was wandering around a car boot sale last weekend when I came across a stall selling vintage toys. Among them was this Batmobile, and I remembered having played with one of these nearly sixty years ago. Mariner, of course, will want to restore this somewhat battered vehicle to showroom condition, but can the rest of you find a suitable location in which to show off this vintage relic? High res is here.  |
Posted on 12/06/26 08:27:09 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3347 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I shall do my best, Steve. AI Overview This is a vintage Corgi Toys 267 Batmobile from 1966. |
Posted on 12/06/26 12:44:34 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3347 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Here's a quickie. No need for a critique Steve. If anyone wants to use this, feel free. 
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Posted on 12/06/26 1:37:31 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7178 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Wow – that’s quite a quickie! |
Posted on 12/06/26 5:06:08 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Sure, I'll use it, thanks Mariner! Don't laugh, I now have a whole thirty minutes tied up in this one. 
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Posted on 12/06/26 7:28:39 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I was planning to post this earlier, but the opportunity to use Mariner’s work took precedence over my simple quickie. 
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Posted on 12/06/26 11:30:23 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1093 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I found a free model to download at Sketchfab, compliments of S.York-designs. Slightly different to this but fun to play with. I added and fixed a few things in PS. 
_________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/06/26 00:49:38 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Nicely Done Dennis... I need to start checking Sketchfab for ideas on future challenges. |
Posted on 13/06/26 05:45:49 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3347 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Close to perfect Dennis. I just looked at Sketchfab and found a couple of hundred imitation Batmobiles. Thanks for the tip. |
Posted on 13/06/26 07:27:57 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1093 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thanks Loyd, thanks Michael. What I like about Sketchfab is that it has such a nice viewer for the models, I often rotate the model in the viewer, to the angle I want and clip the image for PS. If you press ALT and left click drag, it'll change the position of the light enabling you to match the light direction of the photo you want to add it to.. Fab has a lot of free models too. Some very realistic ones. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 13/06/26 10:06:39 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4175 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
The nice thing about Sketchfab is that you don’t necessarily need to have a 3D programme. If you find a model that you like you can rotate the displayed image to the position you want, enlarge it to fit the screen and then take a screenshot. There are some limits but I have used this technique often when the file format of the actual 3D model cannot be opened in Cinema or Blender. _________________ Whatever you do in life do it with the enthusiasm of a 4-year old in a Batman suit. |
Posted on 13/06/26 11:40:57 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I tired that, works well for my needs. Dennis's tip for lighting is fun as well. Now I just have to wait for the proper challenge to give it a try. |
Posted on 13/06/26 11:45:37 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Would you buy an expensive vintage collector toy Batmobile from this guy? 
I like the patina of the provided Batmobile so I used it here. |
Posted on 13/06/26 10:45:31 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2205 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Thank you, lovely work. _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 13/06/26 11:37:52 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1093 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
I enjoyed the process of placing all my characters into the scene. My imagination took me back a couple of decades...okay, a couple more and then some. What's Flash saying? "Go, I'll give you a head start!" I'll bet the Joker backed Flash. Unless he splashed lubricant all over the road ahead.  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 14/06/26 3:46:19 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6262 Reply  |
Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Steve sets out upon a sentimental restoration of his car boot find. 
The hardest thing for me was to find a way to use the supplied challenge image and not just substitute new shiny stuff. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/06/26 4:14:04 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 6262 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Forgot to declare ........ online AI used for young Steve. (Re-use from Pedoscope challenge). _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 14/06/26 10:37:49 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Very clever David, I think your 'backwards ageing' AI work is the most convincing thing that I've seen. |
Posted on 15/06/26 7:35:23 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1878 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Like David I wanted to use the original image and find a way to use it in it's battered shape.  |
Posted on 15/06/26 8:44:25 PM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3560 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1109: To the Batmobile!
Nicely done Frank, it's one of those "wish I had thought of that" entries.  |
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