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Forums	Topics	Replies	Latest Post
3Daily 2017 Make one 3D object per day for the year of 2017	71	899	3Daily 2017: analogous analogous • Nov 2018 in 3Daily 2017
Allegorithmic's the Beast	444	5.8K	The Beast - The Cursed Queen daizyp • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's the Beast
Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM' http://www.polycount.com/the-throne-room-challenge/	498	4.6K	The Beast -- Feral children Sophia_Williams • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM'
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	61	591	Chivalry UGC General Discussion SofiaMiglani55 • Jun 2016 in
Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop	165	2.8K	[Chivalry] - Mason Vanguard - Great Horned Helmet herbertvwright • Aug 2019 in Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop
Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest	51	869	WAR PAINT WINNERS! skankerzero • Jan 2019 in Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest	1.1K	3.7K	PC-CSGO \|Space Invaders Playonce • Oct 2019 in CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest Winners	8	209	PP-Bizon / Biomechanical [ Shipping in a Weapon Case ] G99Factory • Jun 2016 in
Enlighten Contest	36	334	The Courtyard – An Enlighten Lighting Contest ratubola303 • Jul 2020 in Enlighten Contest
Game Art Workshops Hands-on Community Learning since 1967.	158	1.3K	Low-poly 3D Characters For Fight Game – GUTS, Indianapolis - Indiana gameyanstudio001 • Jan 2023 in Game Art Workshops
GDC T-Shirt Contest	23	131	Q&A Thread r13 • Feb 2015 in
Handplane Contest Contest Forum for the 3d baking tool; Handplane	47	366	Handplane Baker development roadmap radiancef0rge • Dec 2018 in Handplane Contest
Hexels Contest Forum The Hexels Contest Forum!	4	226	Marmoset Presents: Cubed - Final Submissions GhostDetector • Jul 2016 in
Killing Floor 2	7	38	Killing Floor 2 Workshop General ThiefofBreath • May 2016 in
Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED	194	912	[kf2] - Item - Plague Mask SenayAmanuel • Jan 2016 in
Low Poly Challenge Oh sure, you can throw as many triangles as you want at a mesh to make something pretty! But what happens when you're limited to how many triangles you can use? Think you're up for the Challenge? Then this forum is for you!	70	1.9K	Low Ploy Weapon Challenge FelixOwO • May 2019 in Low Poly Challenge
Petrol/Blood	229	2.7K	PETROL/BLOOD - Elk Ranger pongstah • Jan 2015 in Petrol/Blood
the Polycount Tower A collaborative project for an endlessly-climbing tower of 3d models	46	355	TOWER - Mothership GeneWiz • Jan 2018 in the Polycount Tower
Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016	109	1.1K	3D Rigged Character TriGon_ • Jan 2021 in Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016
Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest	72	1.1K	oneshotmax oneshotmax • Jan 2016 in Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest
Riot Art Contest	1	404	[Riot Art Contest] - Kevin Collinet Beeltrat96 • Oct 2019 in Riot Art Contest - Animation
Riot Creative Contest 2017	10	504	[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Postman Singed - JunkieKong KTENO • Nov 2023 in Riot Creative Contest 2017 - Character Art
Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest Bring a Dota themed object to life in Shapeways 3d printing contest!	5	46	Cassowary DEBABRATA • May 2020 in Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest
Team Fortress 2	143	17.4K	Looking for old copies of missing concept/promo artwork from old Polypack threads TF2CutContentWiki • Sep 2022 in Team Fortress 2
UT Master Challenge: Concept Art	141	1.1K	UTMC - Old space Rabro • Jun 2015 in
Warframe	135	1.1K	[Weapon Swap] – Skana – Infested Skana Meyaka • Aug 2016 in
XMD Contest	91	599	Character Inna • Feb 2018 in XMD Contest

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
GOLF - Striptease Table I had to forget my previous idea because I shouldn't really make something that is already exists in games ( The previous idea was to make a map with iconic characters and environment pieces around …	2 Last	Aerashi Jan 2014
GOLF - Loco Golf Train Yard I'm not sure that I have time to make this happen; but I'd like too. So in the event that I manage to get it together, I'll make a thread. My idea is to do a Train yard, where you play golf on flat…	1 Last	Aerashi Jan 2014
GOLF - Games .	4 Last	Obscura Jan 2014
GOLF - snowballs chance in hell! Just reserving a spot - going to be doing an fire/ice level with a snowball for a golf ball. thinking of a mario 64 art style to stay within budgets.	0 Last	tharle Jan 2014
GOLF - Pirate Cave / Ship Graveyard The idea is a pirate ship graveyard with lots of water hazards leading down to another level with a treasure cave. I would like to design this with game play in mind and have it be around a par 5-7 h…	1 Last	EzMeow Jan 2014
GOLF - Back in Time! This sounds like fun, I'm in. I'll be doing a Back to the Future inspired cartoon style hole. I'll tweak things enough so IP issues should not be a problem (ala Harrison Jones in World of Warcraft.)	2 Last	Aerashi Jan 2014
GOLF - Storming the Castle Reserving a spot. My idea is to create a fantasy castle in the midst of an attack. The golf ball being the "weapon" which causes its demise. Will post some sketches and reference eventually.:)	1 Last	Aerashi Jan 2014
VG Remix -- Pokemon Gym Battle Update# 8.11.2013 Final Update (for now) Wow, its been a pretty busy weekend. Wife is out of town, so I was able to get alot of work done! Here is the final submission stuff [SKETCHFAB]55915aed33…	28 Last	Decci Jan 2014
ESCAPE Wild Hunt Team "Old-School' Hi, better late than never. Team "Old-school" is here to prove that old-school is still cool. Please, meet the honored members: Ryan Metcalf 3d character artist - [URL="http://ryanjmetcalf.blogspot…	171 Last	foredea Dec 2013
[Mixamo Contest] - Cerbiron - "Western Rounin" Hello everyone, I appreciated Polycount and Mixamo for the wonderful contest This gonna be my first contest I jointing in, and a good opportunity for me to boot up my skill. (I'm sorry if my English…	12 Last	cindya Dec 2013
VG Remix - Darksiders II Hi everyone ! I will try to recreate the clash between Death and the CrowFather during the Intro of Darksiders II . [URL="http://www.casimages.com/img.php?i=13072703001512290911413977.jpg"][IMG]htt…	12 Last	BoBo_the_seal Dec 2013
VG Remix - Bioshock Infinite Let's start. Liz - 488 tris Songbird - 718 tris (hope this is not too much, Songbird without wings - 498tris)	5 Last	gunawanzx Dec 2013
VG Remix - Day of the Tentacle FINAL: Day oF the Tentacle sucks I missed the cutoff by a few hours cause i was at work.. anyways here it is [SKETCHFAB]fd8e4824f84d4cc79817d064a6552b42[/SKETCHFAB]	24 Last	keupon Nov 2013
[Dota2] - Sniper - Vasily Zaytsev Hi PC! Thanks for this challenge! In the Russian version of the first DOTA Sniper had an alternative name of the legendary sniper 62nd Army Stalingrad front - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil…	68 Last	Polymiron Oct 2013
Blender Game Making Challenge 11 Hi everyone , its almost time for the next blender game making challenge. Here a video with more info: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IvZ37ECzHM"]Blender Game Making Challenge 11 Almost is He…	0 Last	wallmasterr Oct 2013
VG Remix - Devil May Cry update: [SKETCHFAB]eb9e08b2f0984aada82862684a53de45[/SKETCHFAB] ================ started 1 august ================ hey there i'll try some dmc characters hope I can finish in time :D let's start wi…	15 Last	johnnechim Oct 2013
[Dota2] Broodmother TBD Hey all! I'm collaborating with Toph Gorham on an armor set for the broodmother. Here's what we've managed to piece together for everyone :) FINAL MODEL: [url]http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles…	76 Last	Endritv Oct 2013
ESCAPE - Sushi Run - Team Tempura [CENTER][IMG]http://www.artofiansmith.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/teamptempura_shushirun_header_830.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE="7"][COLOR="LightGreen"][B][FONT="Verdana"][U]Final Beauty Shots[/U][/FO…	42 Last	Msansook Sep 2013
[Dota2] Lone Druid Mystic Bear Set [COLOR=SeaGreen]Hello Polycount![/COLOR] Hopefully it is not too late to join the Dota2 party! :) My friend Salvo and me (DanBe) are going for the Lone Druid and want to bring him back to his ances…	38 Last	Gizmokiller Sep 2013
[DOTA 2] - Drow Ranger - Shadow Death Good afternoon, here I decided to lay out part of work, I won't manage to finish until the end of competition, but I will try to carry out the conceived. Concept: [url=http://img20.imageshack.us/img…	20 Last	MasWeakAkoSayo Sep 2013
[Dota2] - Naga Siren - Sea Legs Hey everyone, I gotta say amazing works so far. I will be focusing my efforts on Nag Siren. I have a few ideas in my head so far. I will be diving right into sculpting this week and I will post some …	7 Last	MasWeakAkoSayo Sep 2013
The VG REMIX - Questions & Answers As always, post your questions specifically for the VG REMIX in this thread and we'll do our best to have them answered.	77 Last	satrio Sep 2013
VG Remix - Snes Shadowrun Just starting my thread, I'm going to tackle the initial morgue from the Snes Shadowrun which was one of my favorite games ever. Can't wait to play Shadowrun Returns EDIT***** Started to mess aroun…	72 Last	brenly Aug 2013
VG Remix - Octopus Here goes .. I always say I'm going to enter a competition and never so this time I'm going to go for it. I hope I haven't left it too late. I can see a few late nights ahead. Anyway time to get into…	54 Last	brenly Aug 2013
VR Remix - Metal Slug Hello everyone, I decided I also try to participate in this contest .. I hope to finish it :) I decided to inspire the game "Metal Slug" [IMG]http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/210369-metal-slu…	16 Last	William3DArtist Aug 2013
VG Remix Legend of Us Hey everyone! All the ideas so far are really inspiring, and I can't wait to see what direction everyone goes. I had originally thought of doing something "Last of Us" -related (because I'm loving i…	28 Last	a3sthesia Aug 2013
[Dota 2] - Sniper - Scurvy Shot Hey everyone! This is my concept for sniper. I tried to base his theme off of a pirate, I figured it would go well with his attitude...and I wanted to make a treasure chest. :) I will probably rew…	27 Last	BenHenry Aug 2013
VG Remox- Diddy Kong Racing 64 Hey guys and girls. I've never attempted to character model before so this should be a lot of fun:) Good Luck to everyone in the Challenge! :) The Image in this box will contain the most recent Sk…	33 Last	PaperTig3rs Aug 2013
VG Remix - Journey Gonna jump in on this and do a piece based on Journey. One of my favorite games and I love the art style. Will start working tonight and post some stuff. :) [EDIT] Moving the sketchfab view up here …	18 Last	stevston89 Aug 2013
VG Remix - Deadly Premonition x Cooking Mama [I]Edit: Misread the rules, since only game per submission, just going to do Deadly Premonition in the style of Cooking Mama. [/I] [IMG]http://24.media.tumblr.com/c55e5a859d95ab062b31d4c9f26e0b63/tu…	30 Last	the-regressor Aug 2013
VG Remix - Need for Speed: Most Wanted OK, the second i saw this comp i wanted in, so I have gone with one of my 3 all time favorite games franchises - Need for Speed (the other 2 are WoW, and MK) - the reason I went for this and not eit…	50 Last	reneemars Aug 2013
VG Remix - Dishonored Hope I have enough time for this! I'm planning something based around this scene. [IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cCiX48wtFaQ/Ub1HTvOhrEI/AAAAAAAABns/VjqNU2rpTA0/s1600/main.png[/IMG] I hope I can …	138 Last	AzzaMat Aug 2013
VG Remix God_of_war_III_Expansion Hi guy. I heard about the contest few days ago and now decided to participate. Quite intimidated by other cool idea around but here I go anyway. My piece will be an scene for God of War III expansion…	56 Last	SaarlemSanders Aug 2013
VG Remix - Silent Hill 3 So, my basic plan is to re-create my most terrifying moment from Silent Hill 3. That moment for me is entering a nondescript room in Brook Haven Hospital and standing face to face with a room of nurs…	8 Last	SaarlemSanders Aug 2013
VG Remix - Kingdom Hearts Welcome to my VG Remix: Kingdom Hearts thread! [CENTER][B][COLOR="DarkOrange"]Final scene[/COLOR][/B] [SKETCHFAB]f3ce820fdb8b4bc598077520ac7b4e50[/SKETCHFAB] (Better view [URL="https://sketchfab.c…	55 Last	mariomanzanares Aug 2013
VG Remix - Super MignolaTroid Going to be doing a diorama of the end of the intro level from Super Metroid, the first faceoff between Samus and Ridley, but gonna do my best to treat the textures in the hard blacks and simple colo…	3 Last	Vailias Aug 2013
[Mixamo Contest] - Baldez - Foreigner (FINAL) [CENTER]WIP Thread: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121742[/url] [vv]69290009[/vv] [URL="https://vimeo.com/69290009#at=0"]https://vimeo.com/69290009#at=0[/URL][/CENTER] [IMG]ht…	4 Last	Shandaash Aug 2013
VG Remix - Yogg Saron Hey guys, been a while since i last posted anything but i figured i'd have a bash at this. This is my first propper go at anything super low poly and low res texturewise, so i don't know where this …	58 Last	Impala88 Aug 2013
Amnesia: The Dark Descent [B][COLOR=Red]NEED HELP:[/COLOR] the 'VG Remix -' part of my thread title isn't showing up, as the rules dictate is necessary for entry. I've tried changing the title thread but it is still not wor…	15 Last	Wild_Fire_1187 Aug 2013
VG Remix - The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker Hi Everyone, looking forward to this contest. Still trying to think of a scene I want to come up with. There are so many good ones coming from this game.	21 Last	William3DArtist Aug 2013
VG Remix - Vandal Hearts [IMG]http://ban-game-2.gamewise.co/39195372592ccc-53744-full.jpeg[/IMG] I've been wanting to make these guys for a while so here is my excuse, I will be creating everyones final armor sets. Don't kn…	19 Last	D4V1DC Aug 2013
VG REMIX - Fallout - Fighting the Master Hello! My VG Remix will be based on what I consider to be the final scene in the original Fallout: fighting the Master inside the control center underneath the Cathedral. This moment in gaming is pr…	3 Last	PHIllstead Aug 2013
VG Remix- Pikmin D&D Alright! So I am working on a piece for the VGRemix with a mashup between Pikmin and tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons and Heroscape. The idea is to have the diorama look like a built game board…	45 Last	specsowl Aug 2013
VG Remix - Tony Hawks Pro Skater Hey all! To avoid a life story; I couldn't manage to start this competition when it began unfortunately. My health is finally good again and I'm able to participate! I'm really hoping I can get it fi…	19 Last	sheckee Aug 2013
VG Remix - Fus-Ro-Dioramah! Final submission: [SKETCHFAB]b819181e3ca84671afb06541a6dd402d[/SKETCHFAB] My entry will be based on Skyrim, but will be given a cutesy/chubby Wind Waker/ Adventure Time look. I'm aiming to do a cr…	20 Last	Alismuffin Aug 2013
VG Remix Pokémon Tower Hey everyone! It took me a while to decide what to do and get started, so hopefully I'll have time to finish. I'm making a scene from Pok	10 Last	ashleighmills Aug 2013
VG Remix - Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Hey guys! I decided to partake in this contest :) I may not finish due to other work I need to do >.> But whatever I'm gonna give it a shot!! I am doing it based on the pub from "Final Fantasy Tact…	26 Last	Alismuffin Aug 2013
VG Remix - Quake I made this very rough just to see if my idea would workout. I think it's doable. I want to turn the gritty 90's extremeism of Quake into something cutesy. I will probably depart from the anime/manga…	8 Last	Doctor 0 Aug 2013
VG Remix - Far Cry 3 So I'm going for an action packed Far Cry 3 scene. Just a blockout and some colors so far, to get a feel for the composition [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16993876/polycount_fc3diorama_01…	23 Last	glenatron Aug 2013
VGRemix - Earthworm Jim I'm going to give this a shot with Earthworm Jim. I think it could be lots of fun! [IMG]http://ftp.tectrapro.com/main.html?download&weblink=90f48b769eb7176357257ad977fbc71b&realfilename=6001-11$20…	13 Last	Grayson Aug 2013