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MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 11 Jan 2014, 13:41

Post comments related to the challenge here.

Main thread.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 11 Jan 2014, 16:40

I like this! Especially that it requires an original concept (not Star Wars etc.) and a character.

You might want to emphasize that a character is required. That could cause confusion or frustration if overlooked by any contestants.

For those without DAZ/poser/makehuman or skill in modeling characters can the character(s) be robots, mechs, or non-humanoid (easier to model)?

Daz tip: if you model clothing and import it into Daz there is a tool to transfer the rigging of the Daz character to the clothing so it will move with the character.

(Typo "Straw Wars". It could be a hillbilly or farmer spoof of SW.)

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 11 Jan 2014, 22:18

Seems nice. Been wanting to work more on my own scifi products... like the Alkathosk one. If I did a seperate part of that world, would it qualify?

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 11 Jan 2014, 22:33

Finis wrote:You might want to emphasize that a character is required. That could cause confusion or frustration if overlooked by any contestants.

Done and done.

Finis wrote:For those without DAZ/poser/makehuman or skill in modeling characters can the character(s) be robots, mechs, or non-humanoid (easier to model)?

Sure, the character can be anything from a mech to a squirrel. Even an aircraft in focus that would suggest a character inside of it would do.

Finis wrote:(Typo "Straw Wars". It could be a hillbilly or farmer spoof of SW.)

Fun idea!

Draise wrote:Seems nice. Been wanting to work more on my own scifi products... like the Alkathosk one. If I did a seperate part of that world, would it qualify?

Yeah you can use your project Alkathosk if you like. As long as it isn't a pre-made character.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 11 Jan 2014, 23:00

Posted the competition on the home page - including the image that won! I just need to start making some awesome galleries..hmmm...

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 12 Jan 2014, 01:47

"Feel the Farts, Luke"

No wait, that was a dream after a chili bean dinner.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 23 Jan 2014, 20:59

My entry. It was a bit of a hassle to get all of this to work together. Many exports to various programs. I tried out Bryce and Daz3D for this one. I'd say I probably made more near-final renders for this one than for any other scene I've ever made. I scrapped most of them though. Both Daz and Bryce and interesting tools to use but quite frankly the render engine in Daz Studio is terrible unless you want to create barbie-dolls and Bryce is well... Bryce. I like Bryce when I'm making a scene that Bryce agrees with.
Ultimately I went back to our beloved trueSpace though.

I think the scene turned out quite well and at least I got more of a say in how the render turned out than if I had made it in say Daz or Bryce.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 23 Jan 2014, 21:50

Great entry. It has a feel, an atmosphere, to it.

Daz's renderer is 3Delight (here) but there is little access to it's awesomeness. It seems tuned in Daz for "barbie dolls". When I found that it was 3Delight I was going to use Daz for my renderer but then was disappointed. Lightworks, TS model side renderer with the model side interface is hard to beat for ease of use and versatility. It is even better now (here).

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 23 Jan 2014, 22:11

Thanks Finis. If only the current version of Lightworks was compatible with trueSpace... that would be epic.

I added a backstory as well now. To the post in the main thread.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 23 Jan 2014, 23:28

I'm enjoying your entry mikom! I am noticing the deadline ending soon. I'm crunching many things right now, I dunno how I'm going to be able to whip out anything soon, I wish there was more time to do it!

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 24 Jan 2014, 00:04

@Draise

Well if everybody agrees on this, I suppose we can extend the deadline. Considering how long it took me to make my entry with gratuitous amounts of free time, I would imagine people with jobs (or lives that extend beyond the occasional Minecraft break) would need even more time to complete their entries.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 24 Jan 2014, 04:44

I'd like an extension. I can do something by the current deadline but there might be more participants with more time. It is up to you. Winner has the power.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 24 Jan 2014, 11:04

Alright, deadline has been extended to 14/02/14

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 28 Jan 2014, 21:51

Probably won't participate in this one. Installed Windows 8.1 and it removes all the apps, so there is a lot of re-installing to do and I'm in no hurry to do that humdrum job.

Will get back to it when I get back to it.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 29 Jan 2014, 00:50

That's why Scapino didn't get a famous James birthday cake.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 29 Jan 2014, 03:51

Finis wrote:That's why Scapino didn't get a famous James birthday cake.

Yeah, nothing creative on the computer yet. Win 8.1 Even uninstalled Adobe cs3 creative suite - not sure if adobe will even let me re-activate it... cause it's so old. heh

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 31 Jan 2014, 08:02

Updated my entry with a better render, hope that's ok. Thanks to the 4GB patch I could now do an actual render in one go instead of piecing together several layers. I think this render looks much better.

All other pictures featuring the scene I made will not be in this contest but can be found in this thread in my artists folder.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 31 Jan 2014, 20:47

Fun entry Steinie! Good composition. I like it a lot

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 07 Feb 2014, 19:07

ARGH!! Time is ticking by! I had better get on it!!!!

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 14 Feb 2014, 17:48

Done! wip: vi ... f=5&t=4292

Great entries. Come on Draise. Finish yours. Steinie: lasik

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 14 Feb 2014, 18:27

NEARLY GETTING IT!!!!!!!!! I'm pushing it.. had some troubles with shaders lastnight...

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 14 Feb 2014, 20:06

Oh my... that was a close call but at the very last minute a whole three more entries came rushing through the floodgates.

Great entries all! I guess that since we're all done here I can start the poll right away and it will run for a week from today.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 14 Feb 2014, 20:17

Yeahp! Rushed it!!! Phew... I'm down for starting the poll. =)

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 14 Feb 2014, 20:59

Arrrg! The toes! The nuclear apocalypse brightness of the toes. Should have done something to put them in shadow too.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 14 Feb 2014, 22:06

Finis wrote:Arrrg! The toes! The nuclear apocalypse brightness of the toes. Should have done something to put them in shadow too.

Argg my monsters tits!!!....I should have put them in the shadows too!

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 15 Feb 2014, 03:39

Some Real cool pics and ideas guys!

Great work boys.

PS: Phew. Been blamed too many times for being politically incorrect so glad you said sumtin first abt those tits there Bob.
Um... yup; you right.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 15 Feb 2014, 22:52

Oh by the way, forgot to add a link to the poll here: vi ... =66&t=4356

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 17 Feb 2014, 01:25

Vote! Link above.

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 17 Feb 2014, 14:55

Ties are things your kids give you at Christmas. We don't like ties here.
The fate of the free world is in your hands. Think of your kids, think of the tie-less Artist here.
Vote!

vi ... =66&t=4356"

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 17 Feb 2014, 15:23

Did someone say tie?

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 18 Feb 2014, 01:17

Let's see a wire frame for that James.

Vote! Link to challenge poll thread above.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 18 Feb 2014, 01:40

Finis wrote:Let's see a wire frame for that James.

Vote! Link to challenge poll thread above.

Sure, it's high poly.

Think I should retopologize?

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 18 Feb 2014, 15:35

Vote! Challenge poll thread: vi ... =66&t=4356

I see a couple of polys with reversed normals James.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 18 Feb 2014, 17:47

Finis wrote:Vote! Challenge poll thread: vi ... =66&t=4356

I see a couple of polys with reversed normals James.

Indeed.

I was too lazy to fix them, so I just shined a light the same color as the texture on them.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 20 Feb 2014, 04:51

Vote! Break the tie or give us a surprise come-from-behind winner.

Challenge poll thread: vi ... =66&t=4356

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 23 Feb 2014, 01:59

Poll still going? Vote.

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 23 Feb 2014, 02:07

Im afraid I wont be able to participate on the forum for a while. Id appreciate it if you guys could close the poll and end the competition.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 23 Feb 2014, 19:57

I hope you can return soon and that things are getting better for you.

There's a tie. I propose that we leave this poll open until someone votes and breaks the tie. No need to start a tie breaker poll.

Link to poll in earlier posts.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 24 Feb 2014, 02:49

Or, you both could win and then decide who will determine what the topic of the next challenge will be, while the other puts restrictions on that challenge.

e.g. Finis and Steinie wins:

Finis decides the next contest will be about buildings that more vertical than horizontal.

Steinie agrees, but puts the restriction on the contest that all buildings must have one purple animated eye and feet with a certain number of toes.

Just saying...

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 24 Feb 2014, 03:46

Particularly interesting James given the theme I have in mind if I win.

How about trial by combat to break the tie.

How about sudden death, no not by combat: As soon as a contestant has more votes than the others he wins. Which still means more votes are needed. Vote! vi ... =66&t=4356

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 25 Feb 2014, 23:17

It was a horse race until your horse took off Finis!!!

It looks like Finis is going to win this Challenge which was hard fought.
I'm glad Dragneye started pulling up the rear too! Every entry I enjoyed as it was developed. This was a fun challenge and I want to
thank Mikomdude for extending the deadline so more people could enter (ME!). Very creative works by Mikondude and Draise whose entries
make me want to try harder. Finis always has a great back story and reason behind all his works. Bravo!

MikomDude · Post by **MikomDude** » 25 Feb 2014, 23:45

Congrats Finis. You may start the new challenge!

In other news, I may have things sorted out temporarily, as in, I once again have a net connection on my main PC. Still, it's not exactly an upgrade so I will get something else eventually.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 26 Feb 2014, 00:51

Congrats Finish, lovely concept, and loved the challenge. Was fun!

froo · Post by **froo** » 26 Feb 2014, 01:39

Congratz Finis!

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 26 Feb 2014, 03:54

Thanks everyone. I'm dead tired from work so I'll make the threads tomorrow. Here's a sneak peek:
- Theme: teamwork
- You can participate as teams or individually or both.
- Rules for teams:
-- Each team must have a name.
-- Teams must have 2 people and not more.
-- No one may be on more than 1 team.
-- Members of a team work together to produce and submit entries under the team name.
-- Each team may choose its own theme(s) for entries since working as a team meets the challenge theme.
-- Teams must post an announcement of their team name and membership in the challenge comments thread.
-- If a team wins then its members work together to choose a theme and rules for the next challenge.
- Rules for solo artists:
-- Participants can work individually.
-- Solo artists must use the theme of teamwork for entries.
-- Solo artists must post an announcement of their solo status in the challenge comments thread.
- Dual citizenship:
-- A participant may be on one team and also produce his own entries as a solo artist but only if the other team member agrees to allow the solo work.

Otherwise the rules will be like mine from previous challenges.

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I voted for Steinie's entry because he had multiple hand made characters. Otherwise it would have been difficult to pick. I hope Dragneye finishes his.

Steinie, I just had the vague idea of a pleasant future with super-tech at first but I do have a back story now. It is still conceptual but I'll post it if I finish it. I still wanted the challenge entry to not have a story so viewers would imagine their own.

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 27 Feb 2014, 02:41

Congrats Finis!
Yes, it's real nice to see us all gettin' better and better at this. Some nice work guys.

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