PROJECT 02 / Vehicle concept & 3D design

Rides of
Wasteland

Two vehicles for a survival journey through dry ruins and flooded waterways.

Shawn Wang · World & vehicle concepts, modeling and texturing.

DustRunner Dry route / Two operators

Fig. 01DustRunner · Complete vehicle. Design, modeling and texturing by Shawn Wang.3D

Dragonfly Water route / Enclosed cockpit

Fig. 02Dragonfly · Raised canopy and complete hull. Shawn Wang.3D

Vehicle design project · Blender / Substance Painter / Unreal Engine. Scene sources & credits ↓

DustRunner

Two operators.
One working vehicle.

I changed the second role from a passive gunner to an active systems and combat operator. The protected pilot and elevated second station give those two jobs distinct positions in the vehicle.

Fig. 03Selected DustRunner concept · Original functional annotations.Concept

Fig. 04The pilot sits inside the forward cabin; the second operator works from the elevated rear station.Occupant layout

Fig. 05The pilot enters the lower cabin from below; the second operator climbs up to the exposed rear station.Access study

Dragonfly

A low hull.
A cockpit within it.

The early rounded hovercraft became a lower, sharper hull for the flooded route. I kept the cockpit enclosed, with a raised canopy to expose the seat and controls for boarding.

Fig. 06Dragonfly · Silhouette and enclosing canopy.Concept

Fig. 07Realized cockpit · Seat, hand controls and surrounding hull surfaces.Material detail

Fig. 08A low seated position keeps the operator within the long enclosing hull.Occupant layout

Fig. 09The canopy lifts clear so the operator can step onto the hull and lower into the cockpit.Access study

Operators & cargo

People and cargo,
given their own place.

DustRunner places its systems operator above the cabin. Mule carries the cargo: a working body with a folding container that opens independently of the transport frame.

Fig. 10DustRunner and seated operator model · Shawn Wang. Hangar environment · Ckang2021 (Open3DLab).3D

Fig. 11Mule · Cargo hauler and folding container. Side walls open to expose the cargo bed.2D / Mechanism

Fig. 12Container sequence · Side walls fold down to expose the cargo bed.Detail

Optional exploration

The Seed · four-page story comic

The Seed / story sequence.

A mission from Shanghai to the Himalayas gives the vehicles a purpose beyond their appearance.

Fig. 15Preparing to leave · Story page 3.Comic

Fig. 16Choosing the route · Story page 4.Comic

Characters, route maps & atmosphere

Fig. 17The Wanderer · Character concept.2D

Fig. 19Route 1 · Northern dry-land journey.Story map

Fig. 20Route 2 · Southern flooded route.Story map

Water-route atmosphere.

Fig. 21Water, ruined structures and evening light · Environment atmosphere study.2D / Study

Earlier vehicle directions

Fig. 22Wheeled direction · Exposed suspension and angular protective bodywork.Early concept

Fig. 23Hover direction · Comparing cabin silhouettes and the second operator’s position.Early sketches

Fig. 24Water-route direction · Soft surfaces and a rounded hovercraft body, before the sharper selected form.Early concept

Model & colour studies

Fig. 25Assembled model · Cabin, equipment and layered body.3D

Fig. 26Cockpit geometry · Seat, controls and enclosing shell.Model study

DustRunner / colour studies.

Orange accents and pale panels alongside an olive-and-light configuration.

Fig. 27Light panels with orange accents · Shawn Wang.Colour study

Project credits

Shawn Wang

World and story; comic, character and environment concepts; vehicle design, functional packages, modeling and texturing; seated operator character model. Coventry University entertainment-design project.

Scene context

Hangar environment — Ckang2021 / Open3DLab ↗
Used as the background in the seated-operator detail. Vehicle and seated-operator modeling · Shawn Wang.

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