What's Next?

[cholden]

Comp 27 is over, is a voting thread going up soon?

What's the next comp all about?

I say something simple with the blizzard drawing a lot of game, but since we just did a low poly challenge maybe something different.

Possibly a Bad Ass Texture comp?
Any theme game level texture
1x512x512 diffuse with optional normal, spec, glow
Present it as well as you like. On a box or in a scene, it's all up to you.

[aesir]

perhaps a straight hi-res modeling comp, since lately everyone seems to be having fun with mudbox and silo

[ChaosEidolon]

Id be down for a zbrush/mudbox/silo sculpture comp!

[flaagan]

I like the texture idea, cholden. I generally like the simpler ideas and projects, with maybe a big one every couple of comps; was too busy as it was to even participate in the low-poly summer comp. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[MAUL0r]

how about a comp with a time period, just not WWII!

[rooster]

best crate texture?

[Marisa]

What about a high or low rez 3D animal competition? Make your favorite animal or something like that.

[Tulkamir]

[ QUOTE ]
best crate texture?

[/ QUOTE ]

THat'd be awesome. I'd actually have time to do it.

[Slum]

Crate texture contest sounds awesome.

Although, my recent lack of challenge participation pretty much voids the value of my opinion here.

[Xaltar]

I was kinda hoping for a low poly character comp, now I have gotten my feet wet in MAX I want to enter a comp /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Maybe ultra low poly characters with 16 or 256 color textures no normals or spec on a single 128x128 texture.
Half life one models anyone?

[conte]

Mudbox, Zbrush, Silo2 Scultping competition is amazing idea!

[indian_boy]

maybe somebody could make a base mesh (low poly) of a set topic or theme, and then everybody could download it and sculpt a high-res version in their favourite program... then i dont know how a winner is picked but, i hope u get my point /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[hawken]

I was thinking low poly marvel characters

[Joseph Silverman]

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I was thinking low poly marvel characters

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Sounds great, but why just marvel?

[bearkub]

Remember, Marvel is not happy with having their assets modeled unless they are getting bank for it. Prolly better to go with something a tad more generic.

I like the hi-poly sculpting idea, but it's fairly hard to put any kind of easy-to-follow constraint on it.

My suggestion would be a 1500-2000 poly "famous vehicle" such as Airwolf, the Dukes of Hazard car, the batmobile (any generation) the Back to the Future delorean. You get the idea.

[cholden]

My original question has been a bit overlooked

Comp 27 is over, is a voting thread going up soon?

[Marisa]

Yeah, I agree with Cholden. When are we gonna start voting for Comp# 27?

[hawken]

I was waiting for some stragglers but they obviously find it too difficult to post to that thread... pah

[conte]

MAYBE But Fetishist model competition? Huh?=)

[dvukomanovic]

How about marvel-look-alike low-poly char?

[Xaltar]

How about low polly fantasy models? Ogres, Orcs, Trollocs, myd'drall, elves, fairies etc?

[Slaught]

They´ll even sue your ass for look-alikes...just think about the trouble City of Heroes had. :]

[hawken]

stole the idea from some of the postings in p&p

dur:
http://20threed.com/images/3d/mini-juggernaut.jpg

Electro
http://www.users.on.net/~benromi/misc/wolverine.jpg

Makoa
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/kendobi/venomLayout.gif

Seriously, we're not a commercial venture, Marvel don't go around suing fan art.

[snemmy]

how about instead of direct copies you do inspired versions? i believe someone did a female Logan back in spring that was really awesome.(sorry i forgot the name) that way it really is orginil fan art and not (completely) infringing on their character IPs.

[indian_boy]

how about we take a character from the "previous generation" and then change it to suit the next-gen specs. eg: we could modify Abe (from Abe's Odysee/Exodus) and make him cooler (ie. suit the next-gen)

[Toomas]

Or maybe non marvel superhero?
Comp could be called "Marvel is teh sucks!" /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[b1ll]

Invincible is mine !

[steady]

Comic book characters !!! yes please /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[MasteroftheFork]

Or how about simply creating our own stereo-typical super hero?

[Keg]

snemmy: t'was Dur that did the female logan

[Sectaurs]

[ QUOTE ]
MAYBE Butt Fetishist model competition? Huh?=)

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I second this, now that Gauss has gone and produced about 15 of the little buggers.

[hawken]

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Or how about simply creating our own stereo-typical super hero?

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the attraction to doing something like marvel is that it's recognisable, especially if low poly. The main problem with making your own is that we really couldn't offer up enough time for the character development.

I still don't see why it would be a problem to do marvel lowpoly, no one is going to come nocking on PC's door for fan art, but if it's out, then it's out.

[Joseph Silverman]

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no one is going to come nocking on PC's door for fan art

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I agree. Only change I'd suggest is make it comic characters instead of just marvel.

To allow the obligatory Batman and Tmnt

[Tulkamir]

Comic book characters are so overdone though. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Joseph Silverman]

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Comic book characters are so overdone though. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

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But not by polycount, yet. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[snemmy]

whatever is chosen i think concepting will be the only bit i can get to. Graduate Assisstanship ftw! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Emil Mujanovic]

Definately some lo-poly comic book characters!
But it definately should be open to all comics and not just Marvel.
If not that... BEST CRATE!

-caseyjones

[kiril0t]

... first post, Im waiting for you all to make up your mind, since sunday!, as to what the contest is gonna be because ive been wanting to do something for it, and if you decide to do the comick book thing, which'd be awsome,

I CALL DIBS ON LOBO!

[Sectaurs]

haha. so this is how you get the lurkers out.

equivocate!

[Neo_God]

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MAYBE Butt Fetishist model competition? Huh?=)

[/ QUOTE ]

I second this, now that Gauss has gone and produced about 15 of the little buggers.

[/ QUOTE ]

I actually like that idea, and I would probably join in on that one. Because since seeing Guass churn those things out I've thought how neat it would be to model one of those things.

[Xaltar]

Ask Gauss if its cool, I wouldn't want to step on his turf without asking..

[Keg]

Maybe a raygun competition? I suggest cause I just found this sexy link.

http://www.wetanz.com/updates/rayguns/

[Marisa]

I like the design your own raygun idea also

[zenarion]

Aw /images/graemlins/laugh.gif Fallout2 memories just surfaced /images/graemlins/smile.gif
I agree. Model handheld energy-based weapon fit for a humanoid type of user. Humour is wanted.

[MoP]

modelling guns might be fun. crazy guns.

[Zwebbie]

Or combine the whole bunch; guns used by lowpoly superheroes in the bottomfetishists' universe.

[Joseph Silverman]

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Or combine the whole bunch; guns used by lowpoly superheroes in the bottomfetishists' universe.

[/ QUOTE ]

I was thinking exactly that less than five minutes ago.

[Tulkamir]

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Or combine the whole bunch; guns used by lowpoly superheroes in the bottomfetishists' universe.

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I was thinking exactly that less than five minutes ago.

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Haha, crazyness, I was doing the same. (Though more like a day ago)

[tremulant]

I like the butt people...they are asseom.I mean awesome. Oh man that was bad...sorry

[Geezus]

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I like the butt people...they are asseom.I mean awesome. Oh man that was bad...sorry

[/ QUOTE ]
you better be. :]

[tacit math]

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i've not yet completed a comp. so i accept my vote shouldn't count for much. but. there's this old episode of transformers where ultra magnus. springer. and rc are given human form. their outfits are all coloured up in tune with their robot / vehicle colour scheme. so. there's the idea. if it's not been done already : take an existing transformer from any era / incarnation and redesign it as a human character

[Sectaurs]

Tacit... they're already doing that in the movie.

OH SNAP!

[tacit math]

real ? human versions of them ? dang

[dvukomanovic]

Guns + Fallout = YES PLEASE!

[flaagan]

impossible weapons? somethings out of the ordinary perhaps?

[cholden]

A while back, we had a discussions about it awarding icons or “challenge ## winner” under their name, and for a while Hawken had all those example icons under his username. Ebagg was awarded “Challenge #25 Winner!” under his name; fogmann won Challenge #26 and received nothing.

Personally, I don’t mind either way, but for community and building interest in the challenges I believe consistency is important. Is this concept still on or another good idea that fell through?

[bearkub]

Nope, it's still on. I was getting to yours today. =]

The hell? ... I did foggman's. I SWEAR. grrrr.

Sorry, I have been busy lately, so I will take complete blame on that. I am trying to keep caught up.



Honestly!!

[ironbearxl]

Next month (October), will there be another 10K challenge?

[conte]

naah, idea of current comp is boring.
hmm.

[hawken]

too difficult for ya?

[dfacto]

I like the current one quite a bit. But then again I would, wouldn't I?

/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[KDR_11k]

Does armor mean body armor or the military definition, i.e. any armored vehicle?

[dejawolf]

exoskeleton: (powered, armoured external skeleton)
http://www.itineratesurfer.com/wp-content/News0200.jpg

http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/news/vert.exoskeleton.ap.jpg

http://www.scenta.co.uk/_db/_images/HAL5.gif

cyborg: (not fully human, which means less parts to protect)
http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/mm7-robocop-5.jpg
http://www.mhmoandp.com/images/C-Leg_Descent.jpg
power armour: (allowed?)
basically a human-shaped vehicle.
http://www.steelfalcon.com/Macross/Images/renegade1.gif
http://www.joelcarroll.com/art/mech.jpg

mechs: (allowed?) large power armour, rarely humanoid.
http://www.solaris7.com/files/members/61/vult_mkii.jpg

[zenarion]

By wikipedia:
Powered armour is WORN, while a mech or mecha is piloted. Are mechas allowed now too?

[PeteJ]

perhaps your all bored of redesigns.

but redesign a carmageddon (1) car? keep it to about 2k polys be a nice challenge i think.

[notman]

I was thinking of swiss army knife. Someone posted some swiss army vehicles and it made me think. How about a contest with swiss army knifes with things YOU'D include... something that would be just fun.

Just thought I'd share that... even though I never participate /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Joseph Silverman]

So... Next?

[HandSandwich]

Mexican Wrestlers

[B0r3D]

Christmas... gone bad? http://boards.polycount.net/images/icons/santa.gif

[Clint]

humanoids with crazy weapons for appendages? half human/animals? Mount & rider would be fun aswell. I would imagine all kinds of crazy ideas coming from that one.

[Tulkamir]

[ QUOTE ]
Christmas... gone bad? http://boards.polycount.net/images/icons/santa.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I second this.

[obson]

design a Bond villain?

[PeteJ]

xmas gone bad.. not exactly original.
but appropriate i suppose.
or an xmas scene?

[Archanex]

I think designing a hybrid animal would be cool.......not that I have time to enter.

[dr_wagner]

x-mas gone bad or mexican wrestlers sounds good to me. (or how about gone-bad x-mas mexican wrestlers)

[DeathKitten]

[ QUOTE ]
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Christmas... gone bad? http://boards.polycount.net/images/icons/santa.gif

[/ QUOTE ]

I second this.

[/ QUOTE ]

I put my vote for this one too! /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

-DK =^..^=

[Clint]

Alright. Christmas gone bad. Lets do it. Im bored /images/graemlins/ooo.gif

[indian_boy]

christmas gone bad... a scene or a character?

[Joao Sapiro]

i always wanted to do a character out of an object, like a toilet or a lamp, etc, a character where you would see him and say "hey thats my toilet !" ( yes im a turd )

[Marisa]

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i always wanted to do a character out of an object, like a toilet or a lamp, etc

[/ QUOTE ]

like this?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qyXra5bqNZ4&mode=related&search=

[hawken]

OK christmas it is. Of course /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Will place the rules up here in the next few days

[katzeimsack]

christmas with wii specs? /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Marisa]

YAY! I love Christmas!! totally awesome

[hawken]

I like the idea of Wii specs.

Anything to combine with christmas though? Robots?

[DeathKitten]

Low poly specs might be kinda nice... for once /images/graemlins/blush.gif

edit: maybe a naughty/nice+christmas... ok, boring, I know /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

-DK =^..^=

[katzeimsack]

[ QUOTE ]
Robots?

[/ QUOTE ]
hmmm, the futurama christmas robot was great. But can there be many varations of that theme or will al robots look the same?

[Tulkamir]

I shouldn't have much say in this seeing as I haven't been in a contest for a while, but haven't we seen enough robots?

[Bodanski]

CHRISTMAS GONE BAD! +1 low poly no robots /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[PeteJ]

naughty/nice xmas sounds ok
no bloody robots please.
christmas gone bad is a bloody awful chliche but i would kind of like to see what comes of it.
i say a naughty/nice scene.

[bearkub]

I like the Xmas gone wrong deal. My twist would be you have to do a static scene of a certain poly-limit showing an "xmas gone bad" It would be more of an environmental pieces instead of a character piece.

[Slum]

awesome. we did environments for xmas last year too, right?

[ElysiumGX]

we did a low poly halloween scene some time ago... env, prop, character. that was fun. I'd like to try something similar with the naughty Xmas idea. Perhaps a little higher in polies tho, Wii specs.

[Emil Mujanovic]

I'm all for doing an environment scene! I say bring it!
WOOO! /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

-caseyjones

[DeathKitten]

Naughty & Nice Low Poly Christmas Gone Bad Environmet Scene... with Characters? /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

c'mon pleasepleaseplease /images/graemlins/grin.gif

-DeathKitten =^..^=

[Joao Sapiro]

kitty hasnt reached critical mass yet deathkitten /images/graemlins/frown.gif so yah sound fun !

[fogmann]

Yay! So, with Christmas gone bad deal, can I make something like a tribute to Bad Santa? (http://www.affichescinema.com/insc_b/bad_santa1.jpg) What can I say, I love Zwigoff's movies (Robert Crumb documentary and Ghost World hurray!). Thumbs up for naughty Santa!

[gavku]

I'm all for christmas gone bad....i have quite a few ideas I wouldn't mind trying already....could always team up with someone..an environment & character....

[hawken]

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awesome. we did environments for xmas last year too, right?

[/ QUOTE ]

yeah, last year I set the challenge to nativity scene. I think someone entered but it wasn't exactly high turn out.

Anyone got the Wii specs to hand? How many polygons / textures can this wee chap digest?

[JO420]

What about designing a Medieval total war 2 unti, extreme low poly with alot of emphasis on variation textures for the units?

[Joao Sapiro]

hawken i guess its the same as gamecube eheh ... ill try to dig it , but i believe it is in terms of polygon count the same or more than ps2 , but textures with higher resolution ( 512x512)

[b1ll]

not really.

[Joao Sapiro]

flarp to U ! it was a guess thou based on some screenshots eheh...

[gavku]

I think you could probably go with 1.5/ to 2 times the PS2 in terms of polycount....

[hawken]

yeah, I wonder if there are any numbers out there, I'll check in GD

[PeteJ]

i dont know if this will be well received by most of you, i know hawken might like this though.
im study my final year in graphic design and although i do love doing 3d, tbh i stink and i dont have time to improve at the moment, so it would be nice to enter a challenge like this and perhaps do some vector based work in illustrator.
kinda whatever challenge your doing, enter a 2d illustration instead of 3d.
i know it strictly isnt going to gel with the 3d work your all doing, but it adds some variety /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[hawken]

I agree with you PeteJ but it would sink like a stone on a 3d graphics forum.

There are some other forums out there that have weekly illustration challenges, I used to partake in the challenges over at eatpoo.com and it really helped fill my portfolio with vector art that I otherwise would not have done. Although that forum is a shit hole and I was actually banned from there, you may find similar challenges on cgchat, cgtalk and conceptart.org

[gavku]

Hawken it depends what sort of numbers you are after..ie: a character for a platform game would obviously differ from a fighting game etc....let me know what you had in mind and I'll ask one of the coders at work. Our current title is going to be released on the wii..

[ElysiumGX]

set the specs to something that most people are able to accomplish, but still offers a challenge. ready, go!

[MAUL0r]

I'm gonna have to recommend the 1964 classic:
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058548/)

[ QUOTE ]
The Martians Kidnap Santa! Santa's North Pole Workshop! The Fantastic Martian Toy Factory! Earth Kids Meeting with Martian Kids! Space-ship Journey from Earth to Mars! Santa Turn Mars-Robot Into a Mechanical Toy!

[/ QUOTE ]

There's a lot of room for variety here...

[Joao Sapiro]

santa got caught on IBS and didnt deliver gifts in time...the ones that made it had crap all over them !

[ElysiumGX]

Santa dies in a horrible wood chipper accident. Chuck Norris' beard saves X-mas.

[Bodanski]

a nuke hits near the north pole and radiation deforms santa and all of his helpers. The North Pole Has Eyes /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[PeteJ]

i think sticking with: xmas themed scene.
then do whatever the hell you like, within xbox360/ps3/wii spec

[katzeimsack]

ps3/xbox360 specs would lead to 1.000.000 polygon rooms with fancy normalmaping. No thanks!

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
i think sticking with: xmas themed scene.
then do whatever the hell you like, within xbox360/ps3/wii spec

[/ QUOTE ]

dude, the 3 consoles have wildly varying specs. FYI

[hawken]

[ QUOTE ]
Hawken it depends what sort of numbers you are after..ie: a character for a platform game would obviously differ from a fighting game etc....let me know what you had in mind and I'll ask one of the coders at work. Our current title is going to be released on the wii..

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes would be helpful if you could get a polygon count and texture count / texture size for one single character. Please PM me the details if you can, of course I'm not interested in breaking anyones NDA but maybe you could get it out of him over some beers?? /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Richard Kain]

I like the idea of a Christmas-themed environmental scene with mid-range (Wii) technical limitations. I'm not exactly sure about the permutations on the theme. Doing a "Christmas-gone-bad" theme would definitely be entertaining. (I keep seeing an image of Santa caught in the engine of a 747) But it would also be somewhat limiting. But I suppose that's kind of the point of these challenges. Placing them inside a clearly defined framework is half the challenge.

I fully support a Christmas-gone-bad challenge. (maybe someone could do an environment of a Christmas-themed console launch, complete with line-waiting and violent muggings)

[hawken]

christmas in space is getting my vote currently, keeping it very open.

christmas gone bad implies a scene or a story, I don't think anyone has time to do something like that, turn out would be low.

Christmas in space could be virtually anything. A little asteroid with christmas trees, or santa with a space helmet. Ok well they are the only two ideas I have right now...

[MoP]

Christmas in space sounds way more limiting and clichéd than christmas gone bad.
I don't think "xmas gone bad" implies a scene or story, you could do anything from an evil elf to a monstrous reindeer, or you could do an interesting environment if you didn't wanna do a character or creature.

[hawken]

I'm gonna put it to the vote /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[ElysiumGX]

Xmas in Space, and Robot Xmas could easily fit into Xmas Gone Bad with a little bit of creativity...and a better title. Xmas Amiss, or Twisted Xmas. Something like that, less limiting. Either way, it's perfectly fine to put a space helmet on Santa, or throw him into a jet engine...if you want to. I'd try for something more creative.

So, I vote we speed things up since Xmas comes but once a year. And some of us go on vacation.

[Vailias]

Aye either of those works well
Xmas Amiss or Twisted Xmas. As they rhyme and allow for lots of creativity.

[zenarion]

What is after the piggys? SpaceMarine Primarch? (Pre or Post Heresy) Ive got no chance to win such a thing, but i would love to see the end results of it.

[Sectaurs]

Dominance War is next!

[zenarion]

Oh i gotta learn more about that :>

[CheapAlert]

We can still brainstorm until the time comes!

new power tools!

[MAUL0r]

How about Star wars Fauna? using the various star wars books and other online resources as refference... only one catch! Can't be an animal that was in any of the 6 movies.

[Emil Mujanovic]

[ QUOTE ]
Dominance War is next!

[/ QUOTE ]
Enough said.

-caseyjones

[zenarion]

so what is Dominance War?

[Mansir]

It's a little shindig where we ("We are the champions" background music.)point and laugh from the deep end of the pool while the folks at cgchat wear floaties and dog paddle.

Here's a linkie:

http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=171735&page=0&fpart=1&vc =1

[zenarion]

haha, means im out xD
dont wanna lower any "team scores" by accident

[rooster]

naah I dont think thats how it works man. Polycount needs YOU!
edit: btw if you kick out more rockin concepts like your guitar heroes ones you're sorted, and you'll get plenty of good advice if you run into any modelling trouble

[Justin Meisse]

I'm just throwing this out here for a future challenge: model an actor as one of your favorite characters from a comic, book, video game, etc...

I plan on doing this anyway, I call dibs on Johnny Depp as Dream (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_%28comics%29) from Sandman and Ben Kingsly as Herr Starr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herr_Starr) from Preacher.

[zenarion]

so what? we get to make whatever we want? ive been designing a warcrafty version of myself, as a necromancer.. is that allowed?

[rooster]

nah you have to wait for the comp to begin before they announce the theme- you never know, that might fit in though

[ZEROrhythm]

Dominance war seems dope. How long has it been going on for?

[rooster]

this is round 2 after we won the last one (couresy of mr rawkstar)

[zenarion]

Im hyped for it /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[Asherr]

hurry up and gives the details already! /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[conte]

Vailias, awesome avatar=)

[Vailias]

lol, thanks.
here's the bigger version.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/vailias/BigGreenSpacestation.jpg
Its also in the dom war returns thread.
I'm psyched for this one. So much so I put it on the "Things to do this year" list.. ahead of college.

[Justin Meisse]

I was going to suggest some sort of environment/fixture challenge and then I had an idea that should please everyone. Model your interpretation of a chess piece, you could model them as the character they represent or make it look like a castle or whatever the heck you want.

[hawken]

we did that back in 2005 / 2006

and environments get low turn outs. (except for polycount village)

I got a PM about a decent challenge.

[bearkub]

Let's keep justin's idea in mind as well because it sorta rocks balls.


kinda...

[andym12]

Justin's idea does sound pretty kickin rad.

[frettchen]

Aye Justin's idea sounds pretty hot - but then I've not been around for long so wouldn't have been here for the last time /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

[MoP]

Yeah, chess piece interpretations sounds awesome! Good idea! /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Justin Meisse]

I'm gonna punch a unicorn if it's another character/creature contest.

[bearkub]

what would it take to get you to just punch a unicorn regardless?

[Justin Meisse]

honestly, not much!

[rooster]

open to interpretation = win! I vote chess

[Clint]

kick ass idea. Alright, lets do this.

[IronHawk]

I am down with teh chess. Sounds fun and would be my first PC challenge.

Justin would you punch a unicorn with a katana?

http://www.maynardland.com/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_116113/m.~w$3A~unicorn~guy.JPG

[acc]

No school and no job = I'm in for chess. I swear to god I'll finish an entry this time.

That's a fearsome unicorn, IronHawk, but I'm ever more afraid of the Tingle cosplayer!

[allyx]

I thought the chess piece character was done 6-8 months ago. Maybe it was on another board.

[Xaltar]

That was board game pieces if I remember correctly. I was planning on doing a knight but never got a chance to work on it. I think it should be something else.Maybe something involving sculpting tools like Mud and Z?

[hawken]

nah it was this board. (I tried to find the original thread, but search is futile on this forum engine /images/graemlins/wink.gif as we all know)

model a board-game character contest.

Not saying it's a bad idea, I love battle chess. But people had the chance to do it last time and there was only ONE entry from chess, which wasn't finished.

[Marisa]

I say make it a twist of an environment type thing so us environment guys can get some action.

[hawken]

To be honest Marisa, env challenges don't work very well here.

I'm currently thinking along the lines of a texture challenge to compliment the last challenge. In negotiations to get a good, unseen, model. From someone we all love on the boards, so sit tight /images/graemlins/smile.gif If another mod wants to run the chess challenge while I get this asset...

Another idea was to make something with no mass. Spirits and elementals.

[Joao Sapiro]

Lol , even if you are environment why not give it a shot ? might learn new stuff, dont limit yourself.

[Cybroxide]

Has there ever been a vehicle challenge?
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Also i love the sprite/elemental idea

[MoP]

Vehicles would be fun. But I still think the Chess one is best.
The problem with the previous one (model a boardgame character) was that it seemed obscurely limiting, while just making it "interpret a chess piece" has a huge range of possibilities, could be normal mapped, sculpted, environmental, character, whatever really.
I think it'd get a lot of entries if the specs were open enough to allow people freedom of style and design.

[Justin Meisse]

It's alot for me to search through but the victorian model pack and lightsaber challenges had plenty of participants.

[StJoris]

The chess idea sounds fun:)

[Zwebbie]

I did a chess rook for the board-game challenge, but never finished because the entry was quite lousy. I actually wanted to make a complete set as a personal project, but never got around to it. Too bad there are exams coming up or I'd have given it a try this time too /images/graemlins/wink.gif .

[bearkub]

It looks like the chess piece is going to be the winnar for now. Details coming soon....STAY TOONED.

[kypo]

Sounds good, already got some interesting ideas.

[Xaltar]

No time to join in again /images/graemlins/frown.gif

Fucking work /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[zenarion]

Let me join the mainstream:
Chess sounds fun!
There is something for everyone. Enviroment, character, monster.. anything can be done there. It can be sci-fi, steampunk, fantasy or realistic present day interpretations.

[Emil Mujanovic]

Sounds like an interesting challenge, though I remember the fat bishop character with it's sidekick lugging around a huge ale barrel from the board game challenge.
Though a texture challenge would be awesome Hawken.

-caseyjones

[flaagan]

Take an old school (sprite based) point and click game character and make 'em 3d. Doesn't have to be a main character.

[Emil Mujanovic]

That's a fucken sweet idea flaagan! Keen as all fuck for that one!

-caseyjones

[zenarion]

Seems fair. Lots of possibilities there too. People tend to make bad 3d copies of flat sprite characters. All megaman or sonic models for Q3 or UT have been flat and boring. Some things deserve a redesign.