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Understanding the Franchise and Vehicles

Pumpkin Carriage:

The pumpkin carriage is the most iconic vehicle in the film, and is features in many play line products
Main motifs I would like to use consist of the main bubble body, the curly patterns, the “C” insignia on the doors, and the lamp posts

Wedding Carriage:

The wedding carriage is less iconic as a vehicle as it is only seen in the last couple minutes of the film, and is not as magical as the idea of a pumpkin that turns into a carriage
I really like the detail on the wheels as they seem more sturdy than the pumpkin wheels

Horses:

Horses are cute and fun to work with, however I think that they could be barely considered a stand alone vehicle in the context of this project. If I wanted to go more absurdist on this, I could make a “robo” horse sketch
I would like to use the gold motif on the vehicle if I can

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3 Vehicle Concept Sketches

360 Wheel Design:

I thought this design was pretty, and could be fun to control, however I think it is a little too carriage-like and that I could take the concept a little further

Buggy Design:

This design was a bit too classically “car” like, and I think if it had more carriage elements that it would be a bit more magical

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3 Vehicle Concept Sketches

Race-Carriage Design:

This is the original design that I had in mind going into this project. I want to play around with the idea of this merely being a part of a large line of Disney Princess related racing mobiles, similar to the Mario Kart franchise. An alternate universe where the princesses race.

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Foam Core Model

During the foam core process, I encountered the problem of making the dome. I went through about 3 tries with the final being a topographical method to make it hollow. One of the major complications from the get go was working with such a round and curvy form.

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Exploded View

For my exploded view, I ended up taking my original sketch and breaking it into pieces digitally. I came up with 34 individual pieces to make and assemble within the next 10 or so weeks. In this process I also got to work on my to scale orthographic views as seen below.

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Foam Carving / Vacuforming

For my first attempt at the body, I accidentally carved out where the wheels went, so it was unable to be vacuformed. It was messy in the first place. On my second try a super clean piece that formed super nicely, but i had to scrape it out from the formed piece.

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Laser Cutting

I laser cut my hubcaps, battery box, grill, back swirls, and display plate. I made all the vector files to scale in Adobe Illustrator and the Otis Model Shop cut them out.

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Beginning to put it together

In assembly, I started my long process of filling in the gaps with epoxy sculpt and sanding. over and over. All until it was smooth enough to prime and paint. My fenders were the main challenge as where they attach is a curved valley that is very hard to sand without breaking.

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Making the dome

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Axels for the wheels

For my axles/ wheels, I needed to make to different mechanisms. For my front wheels I had to do a short, solo one for each side as there was a battery box in the way of making the connecting bar go all the way across. For my back wheels however, as there was space, I was able to connect them to each other with making a holding beam in between.

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Beginning the rhinestoning

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Making the interior

For the inside of the car, I built everything onto the chassie. This was fairly simple as i just used flat plastic and carved/sanded it to the size needed to fit inside the body without scraping or breaking. After that, I sculpted and painted a steering wheel. One of my favorite parts, as someone who likes to work with fabrics, was making a real upholstered seat. This was done with cut art board, wrapped with fleece, and then wrapped with iridescent blue organza. The best part is that the 5” Cinderella doll I was working with was able to fit perfectly in the seat.

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Beginning the painting

The painting was an all day process. I started with the white parts, masked them, and then went in with blue. In this process there was accidental chipping or peeling and lots and lots of layers. But when I was able to get that done, I sprayed with iridescent blue car paint.

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Fine painting details

For marking out the swirls, I used a blue alcohol based marker and then used light blue acrylic on top. I made the “C“ insignia the same way but with gold. From then on I spend weeks rhinestoning hundreds of stones to the car. This was probably my favorite part!

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Adding wheels and fixtures

Once the majority of the rhinestoning was done, I attached the wheels light sconces, grill, and back swirls to the car. The sonces were hand sculpted and attached to a clear tube, and left hollow to eventually be lit up with LED’s. An element that I thought was cute was the shoe hood ornament.

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Adding the LED’s

I left 4 areas of the car with transparent areas to lace a string of LED’s into. They lead into the battery box inside of the chassie.

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Final product

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