Just started on this year's Rendering challenge.

I'm planing to do a VW Beetle.

I just started the modeling phase and still haven't decided on the environment or a theme of the artwork. Currently I finished gathering references and started on the hood.

Hi, glad to see you on the competition. I love a Beetle car, great automobile. Good luck!

Some new wips:

Tire making-off

Done with a shell. Now time for the details and interior

Finished most of the exterior details, started working on a trunk. Yellow parts are UVed, blue are still wip. I love to color code stuff I'm working on, organization thing.

Couple of new wips, and some renders. I was testing creases and SubDs to make sure everything is smoothing properly.  I'm still missing some parts, but it is 90% done. 

I have added all the details, If I've missed something, I'll add it later. Also did a UVs. 10x11 UV tiles, I have decided to go with UDIM workflow and paint 4k textures in Mari. If my PC endures hi-res torture, there should be enough resolution to do a 2k render of a rims closeup. 

One of the initial ideas, it is still just an idea, but now I have some concept to follow. Don't mind my shitty "painting" skills.

Just a two more tests. I defined some basic texture values, and started working on the chrome parts. I will probably change the car color, this is just for testing purposes. I hope I will finish in time