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Pyroland Protector Police Cruiser

A police cruiser prop from my 2012 Saxxy entry, "Whole Wheat Hardcase".


It's a cop car, created from the fusion of a 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 1961 DeSoto Adventurer. It's been heavily modified, and shares much more in common with the former car than the latter. I chose these vehicles because they were often used as police cruisers both in movies and in real life during the 1960's and 70's.

I made strides to cartoonify the car, but I was reluctant to go all out. I made several passes, and ultimately settled with something that was a bit more subtle. I'd say that the style is "exaggerated", rather than toon.

In the original version that I made back in 2012, it didn't have an interior. It was intended for background shots and nothing more. That, and building an interior takes a ton of time, time I didn't have back then. I thought about adding one in with this release, but I decided it was best to wrap up this Pyroland Protector project instead.

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-There is no interior to the vehicle, I neglected to make one.

-The car is rigged with functional wheels. Spin them with motion blur for added effect.

-The headlights and backlights can be turned on by switching to Skin 1.

-The windshield wipers can be animated.

-The license plates are bodygrouped, and can be toggled on or off.

-The side police stickers are bodygrouped, and can be toggled on or off.

-The license plates can be detached and posed.

-I finally got the chrome effect working again(from my other car). The bumpers, grill, hubcaps, and door knobs use a special chrome material. If this effect is too strong, you can dial this back by overriding materials and modifying the "$envmaptint" color to be darker, or disable it by turning off "$envmap".

-I've added an extra prop, "prp_police_siren_light.mdl", which can be attached to the roof of the police car.

-The non-police variant of the car is paintable.

-It's been scaled to fit the TF2 team.

Includes:
pyroland_protector\models\vehicles\veh_belair.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\vehicles\veh_belair_police.mdl
pyroland_protector\models\props\prp_police_siren_light.mdl

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