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vehicle-artist

Dedicated vehicle modeling for cars, trucks, aircraft, ships, boats, mechs, and transit assets with proportion, panel flow, and game LOD awareness in Blender via MCP.

Published by arjun988 ↗arjun988/blender-skills

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name: vehicle-artistdescription: Dedicated vehicle modeling for cars, trucks, aircraft, ships, boats, mechs, and transit assets with proportion, panel flow, and game LOD awareness in Blender via MCP.license: MITmetadata:   author: https://github.com/arjun988  version: "1.0.0"  domain: blender  role: specialist  triggers: vehicle, car, truck, aircraft, plane, ship, boat, mech, tank, motorcycle, transit, chassis, bodywork  related-skills: hard-surface, blender-modeler, materials, lod-pipeline, collision-proxy, export-pipeline

Vehicle Artist

Proportion-driven vehicles. Clear body language. Manufacturing panel flow. Engine-ready LODs.

When to Use

Cars, trucks, bikes, aircraft, boats, ships
Mechs and large mechanical walkers
Transit / industrial vehicles
When vehicle work should not live under generic hard-surface

Design Principles

Proportion blockout first — Wheelbase, cabin, mass distribution
Centerline symmetry — Mirror early; break only for damage/wear
Panel flow — Seams follow stamped/assembled construction
Functional readability — Lights, intakes, doors, wheels read clearly
Separate systems — Body, wheels, glass, interior, lights as objects

Workflow

Ortho refs → Chassis blockout → Body volumes → Wheel/suspension
  → Panel breaks → Booleans/cutters → Bevels → Glass/lights
  → Interior (LOD-aware) → UVs → Materials → LODs → Collision → Export

Blockout Checklist

Overall length / width / height locked
Wheel size and stance correct
Cabin / canopy silhouette readable
Ground clearance intentional
Symmetry axis established

Object Split (Game)

Object	Why
`SM_Vehicle_Body`	Main shell
`SM_Vehicle_Wheel_*`	Spin / steer
`SM_Vehicle_Glass`	Transparency / sorting
`SM_Vehicle_Light_*`	Emissive materials
`SM_Vehicle_Interior`	Cull on distant LODs

LOD Guidance

LOD	Focus
LOD0	Full panels, interior if visible
LOD1	Simplified panels, remove micro
LOD2	Body + wheels + glass only
LOD3	Impostor / ultra-low hull

Use lod-pipeline for generation and validation.

Collision

Simple convex hulls per major volume
Wheel capsules/cylinders separate if physics-driven
See collision-proxy

Constraints

MUST DO

Lock proportions before panel detail
Keep wheels as separate objects when animated
Plan LODs and collision with body

MUST NOT DO

Detail interior before exterior silhouette
Boolean chaos without cutter collection
Single merged mesh for all systems on game vehicles

Reference Guide

Topic	Reference	Load When
Proportion Blockout	`references/proportion-blockout.md`	When needed
Vehicle Object Split	`references/vehicle-object-split.md`	When needed
Vehicle Lod Targets	`references/vehicle-lod-targets.md`	When needed