Probably one of my most famous models to date is the Jurassic Park Explorer. Originally intended for Jurassic Park: Oblivion, the explorers were eventually released as a part of a small test level called "hppavTest" which featured a real working breaker box. I will detail the process of making that breaker box in a later post.
This is actually the second or third time I have modeled the explorers. Previous attempts were way too high poly for the engine to handle. Ironically it was a 1130 polygon Explorer mesh I found on Turbo Squid that I used to defeat the 300 polygon limit myth that was prevalent in the early Diehard Forums days.
The explorer model includes 5 working doors, two screens on a separate mesh so you can put whatever you want on them, and are as movie accurate as anything else I have made. However, only Explorer 05 currently has magnets. I was going to make magnets for the others but I had computer troubles and only released this after quickly grabbing it before the computer crashed. Of course those troubles have been solved and I could go back and fix not only the magnets, but the way too high poly bumpers in the near future.
When I was a kid I always wanted to own my own Jurassic Park Explorer. I thought they were the coolest looking cars I have ever seen. And yes, I do own the Jungle Explorer toy, haha. In my opinion, they need a large scaled (like 1:18 or 1:24) diecast series of the cars from Jurassic Park.
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