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theuns · Post by **theuns** » 09 Dec 2009, 10:46

decided to change the first design [after suggestions from my wife ;) since she is one of my sources for information ] ...

just removed the torus around the cyclist seat to give him a better view...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 09 Dec 2009, 10:51

[quote="Tommy"]What to say??? Outstanding. I think I have no chance with you in this challenge.

In my early days in school when there were a sports meeting I realised I haven't a chance so my aim were to be the last in the competition. It was my way to show of. I feel in some way I got the same wiew in this challenge.

But I will be struggling with my entry. Maybee I will be second or the third or the fourth or......[/quote]

This is how I felt as well before my first try... and guess what... I WON!

You never know until you try and the more you try the better you get...

Besides... I can't win this one because I am hosting ;) I might enter it to see how it goes in the voting but I won't be able to win ;) Just a personal choice to give others a chance to host the next challenge...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 09 Dec 2009, 12:55

Here are some profile shots of the latest model...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 15:30

started with the terrain now... the forests are petrified tree stumps as hard as stone, might put a giant Stone mushroom in the background as well...

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 11 Dec 2009, 19:32

the problem with the conventional bicycle D is that you can not use the weight of your body to push the pedals on a climb.

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 19:58

true, but with such a low profile, wind resistance will be a lot less than the other designs and with the low weight futuristic materials, you won't need as much powers as todays bicycles...

here is the Umpire Flyer, watching over the participants and providing protection, and they WILL need it in this seen, you'll see [hint: remember the desert boat I did a while ago?]

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:41

Here is the WIP pics of one of the dangers of this desert race track that gives it the name of 'desert forest race of death'...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:44

more...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:46

here is the final one with teeth and spurting blood from wounds and the sand spouts where it breaches the surface...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:48

I choose the tandem bike to be the victim of the desert shark... one of the riders gets flung out of the bike and bits break off...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:50

anybody remember the first appearance of the 'desert shark' in this image? SMC 33 in September 2008... ;)

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 11 Dec 2009, 23:53

here is the first full scene render... still want to play with a bit of fog to hide the background a little... perhaps add some lense flares to the lasers of the Umpire Flyers attacking the desert shark...

LeonRegis · Post by **LeonRegis** » 12 Dec 2009, 00:00

Transmit a great felling of action!

LET'S JUST GET OUT OF HERE!

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 12 Dec 2009, 00:02

thanks leon.... thinking of adding some more tree like things instead of the rock cacti...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 13 Dec 2009, 17:54

here is a newer version... added some color to the bike paint, replaced the background rocks with sand dunes... added another bike to the foreground and background... rearranged some static scene objects ... gave the desert shark new colors, an extra ventral fin and sharper nose (old one looked like a whale) ... redid the sand spout where the shark breached...

LeonRegis · Post by **LeonRegis** » 13 Dec 2009, 18:23

Cool, I don't know why but those light colors make me feel like that it's toys (Light blue and green) but others colors makes the scene more vivid!

Keep the good work!

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 14 Dec 2009, 06:32

thanks leon...

its like todays bicycle races with all the bright colors of the sponsors that the riders wear, along with color paint and stickers on their bikes (just like grand prix and all other motor sports too)... ;)

wanted to break the blandness of the desert colors and create some contrasts that would keep the focus on the bikes and their riders so they don't get lost in the scenery... same reason I changed the sharks color, even though in terms of nature, it would make sense to have a brown shark to camouflage with the sand, I choose to use more traditional shark colors to make it stand out and draw the focus onto it... that is also why I replaced the background rocks with sand dunes because the rocks were too prominent and drew away the focus from the objects in the foreground... wanted to add some do some stencils on the bikes (did one on the yellow bike in the foreground) but don't have cool looking pics to use as stencil and don't have time to go hunting yet...

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 17 Dec 2009, 12:05

Here is the basic layout of the next scene... “Deadly Shroom Forest” ... stay tuned for the nasty surprises waiting here ;)

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 17 Dec 2009, 12:06

Does anybody see the image below? I only see a text string :(

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 17 Dec 2009, 12:17

Hi man, there is only the string
hope you sort it

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 17 Dec 2009, 13:18

Now how did you do that Steinie?

I clicked on the Img button and pasted the URL and it didn't work :(

What did you do to make it work?

Steinie · Post by **Steinie** » 17 Dec 2009, 14:26

You had "Disable BBCode" checked at the bottom of your post.
I unchecked yours and now it shows too.

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 18 Dec 2009, 09:12

ahhh, i'll remember that, thanks Steinie :)

theuns · Post by **theuns** » 29 Dec 2009, 12:58

I'd like to tweak it a bit to make it look better and add some SFX here and there, was thinking of course indicators as floating glow lights or something ...

any suggestions?

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