Lotus Esprit

No sleep for the wicked as they say.

So it’s time for new free time project. I chose to continue with British racing cars as I’m modeling Lotus Esprit!
And it’s going to be GT1 racing Lotus!
Textures made with Quixel.

EDIT. Around 60 hours of modeling/texturing.

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Oh, this is gonna be good…
Excellent choice of car, I’ve loved these things ever since seeing that white S1 from The Spy Who Loved Me. Also a coincidence that Giugiaro designed the original, as he also designed the Golf Mk1!
Can’t wait to see the twist :smiley:

You’re right! I didn’t even remembered that! :D:D
And yeah, Mr. Bond is in there somewhere in my back skull but gotta say the twist is not a submarine!

I can’t wait to see how this turns out!

Some progress.


About 6 hours so far. Piece by piece.

Edit. Amiga’s Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 theme started to play in my head.

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Clocked about 7 hours.

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Looking tight so far. Keep up the good work!

Thank you!

About 9 hours.


About 11 hours. Had to repair some mistakes.


Looking forward to see further progress. I’m modeling my first car in blender at the moment, so these WIP threads help a lot !


The shading looks strange in that marked area…don’t know if there is a mesh issue or if my eye plays tricks on me :slight_smile:

Thanks! Yeah, there are some pinches and little errors to be fixed and I tend to fix those as the modeling progress goes on. It should be better already!

13 hours of work.

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16 hours.

Did many shapes on the back second time.


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Matcap and wireframe.

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Good wireframe overall, but looks a bit too dense in the rear part.

Thanks! Yeah, I divide the wires more evenly (aka more wires to the middle part). Back end has a bit more geometry so it’s a bit unbalanced right now.

Anyway. Did some windows, windshield and trims.
About 18 hours of work so far.



Very nice modeling and shapes, I like it.

Thank you!

Wiper. Just love to model something simple and technical.


About 20 hours so far.

Great looking wippers. Edges are totaly believable…that is something i’m struggeling with still.

It starts to evolve.