Mars Curiosity Rover by Brian Haeger at Coroflot.com

Mars Curiosity Rover

by Brian Haeger

This Mars Curiosity Rover was built 100% from photo-reference for an ad campaign for Futek, the company that made the servos and sensors aboard the rover. Seems the boys over at NASA would need over two weeks to give me the 3d files to build the rover, and I had...
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The front pose of the rover.

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The rover in the perspective pose.

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Rover Power Supply | MMRTG

The MMRTG design incorporates PbTe/TAGS thermoelectric couples from Teledyne Energy Systems. The MMRTG is designed to produce 125 W electrical power at the start of mission, falling to about 100 W after 14 years. With a mass of 45 kg the MMRTG provides about 2.8 W/kg of electrical power at beginning of life.

The MMRTG design is capable of operating both in the vacuum of space and in planetary atmospheres, such as on the surface of Mars. Design goals for the MMRTG included ensuring a high degree of safety, optimizing power levels over a minimum lifetime of 14 years, and minimizing weight.

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Vincent Gillot Jul 13, 2012

Well it depends on if the client wants close-ups or general views. But a client that does not say the view it wants? Not cool..even less considering the complexity of this thing. Anyway it looks very nice. The only thing I'm thinking about is the wheels, I would have though them less cylindrical and more spherical, but I don't know. BTW it arrives next month, lets hope it works fine!
Brian Haeger Jul 12, 2012

The worst part is that I didnt know what view the client wanted for the final image, if I knew that, I would have concentrated the modeling detail in those areas. I had to settle for spreading the detail out across the rover (just to be safe). If I had to do this again, I would create my wiring systems in 2d planes with opacity and displacement maps to build dimension.
Vincent Gillot Jul 12, 2012

8 days and from photo reference? This is awesome. Very accurate.
Alp Germaner Jul 11, 2012

amazing work !

Alp Germaner Jul 11, 2012

amazing work !
Vincent Gillot Jul 12, 2012

8 days and from photo reference? This is awesome. Very accurate.
Brian Haeger Jul 12, 2012

The worst part is that I didnt know what view the client wanted for the final image, if I knew that, I would have concentrated the modeling detail in those areas. I had to settle for spreading the detail out across the rover (just to be safe). If I had to do this again, I would create my wiring systems in 2d planes with opacity and displacement maps to build dimension.
Vincent Gillot Jul 13, 2012

Well it depends on if the client wants close-ups or general views. But a client that does not say the view it wants? Not cool..even less considering the complexity of this thing. Anyway it looks very nice. The only thing I'm thinking about is the wheels, I would have though them less cylindrical and more spherical, but I don't know. BTW it arrives next month, lets hope it works fine!