ADMIN NOTE: This is not an official Polycount Contest, nor are we specifically moderating for this contest. It is a 3rd party contest being run by another group that has asked participants to post on a 3D art forum.

The C&C Forum will be used as a housing location for this contests duration We ask that all further posts regarding this contest be kept in this forum specficially.


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"Dear contestants and watchers!

The Mixamo Fantasy War 3D Character Contest has come to a close and the winners have been chosen!

We were hard pressed to choose only three winners. In fact there was a lot of debating in the Mixamo office last week about who should take the title but through the democratic process of hand raising, we finally elected the winners:

Check out the updated contest page here: [MIXAMO FANTASY 3D CHARACTER CREATION WINNERS] -- Don't forget to read more about it on our blog!

Those are some amazing entries right?! Wouldn't it be cool to run them through the Mixamo Auto-Rigger and start applying some of our monster, action or adventure motions? Want to try it out and post a video of the results? We would love to see your work in motion!

Lastly, we would also like to give a huge shout-out to the awesome members, participants, and crew of the Polycount Forums for allowing us to invade their forums. We got such a wonderful response from the community and some of the best submissions to date! The talent here is superb and we would love to work with everyone again in a more formal manner for our future contests !

We're looking forward to launching our next contest in a few weeks, giving more to the community and inviting everyone to join us, so stay tuned!

The Mixamo Team
www.mixamo.com"

woop woop

So does it have to be human?

Hey, why not enter? I always wanted to know how Ashe Ketchum felt in those Pokemon gyms. Come on Mixamo badge!

I would love to do this but I'd be totally blown away by those more experienced :P

Does the 15 000 tris include the weapon? (I would assume not) In that case, if I created a super hi poly weapon would it be acceptable in the comp? Additionally, would I be able to use a weapon I've previously created, or is currently WIP?

Just a few questions I had that others might like cleared up

Originally Posted by Bek

Does the 15 000 tris include the weapon? (I would assume not) In that case, if I created a super hi poly weapon would it be acceptable in the comp? Additionally, would I be able to use a weapon I've previously created, or is currently WIP?

I think you're supposed to use the weapons that they created and supplied for download.

I would assume the weapon is included in the tri count just to be safe and logical.

also

"Use the weapons provided in the download link on the main contest page or create your own weapons. Be as creative as possible!"

I'm not quite sure about what we're supposed to make. Are we to follow the realism of the weapons? Do we have to roughly follow the black silhouette forms?

Or is it an all-out just-make-what-you-want creature competition like the Dominance Wars? As long as said creature uses one of the weapon classes - but stylewise and such complete freedom?

I think it's really up to you. Their scifi character contest was similar, and had no restrictions on style or silhouette. As long as he/she fits within the categories and specs, just pick a character class and go nuts.

I don't see a rule saying "no old work" i for example have a to be finished character which would suit the contest pretty well and maybe i'll find the time to finish thenhighpoly, retopo the lowpoly and do the texturing etc. would this be allowed? I guess not as it would be quite a big advantage, considering the time that i had to put into. So if i would make the rules I would take care that this isn't allowed ;)

I don't see a rule saying "no old work" i for example have a to be finished character which would suit the contest pretty well and maybe i'll find the time to finish thenhighpoly, retopo the lowpoly and do the texturing etc. would this be allowed? I guess not as it would be quite a big advantage, considering the time that i had to put into. So if i would make the rules I would take care that this isn't allowed ;)

im thinking this would cover that

4. All entries MUST have (Required) a work-in-progress thread in any online 3d community forum. Feel free to start your thread on this forum and post the link to it in this thread!

Cool challenge, I'll join this one

Hey folks thanks for the interest.

1. You can create your own weapon. The idea is to create a class in one of the five described on the page. You can use the weapons we have if you like and or create your own.

2. Polycount includes weapons.

We're really open to creativity. Humanoid is about as complex as the rules get.

Thanks for the info, mixamo.

Could it be set up specifically with a material in a game engine or should it be made to easily transfer between whatever rendering solution (ie no fancy shader setup)?

This sounds very good. I'll probably be in.

I'm totally going to be in on this!
Sure I won't stand a chance, but that's not the point

Originally Posted by Uncookedtrout

So does it have to be human?

Your character most definitely does not have to be human this is fantasy based be creative however characters should be bipedal.

Originally Posted by Bek

Does the 15 000 tris include the weapon?

First of all 15,000 tris total for all polygonal assets related to the character.

A base wouldn't count towards the limit. Also you are encouraged to create your own weapons as long as it adheres to the weapons class of your choosing:

http://www.mixamo.com/c/user-contest...r-contest-2012

Yeah, sounds like a great time! Count me in!

Originally Posted by mixamo

following map typesdiffuse, alpha, normal, specular, specular color, glow) diffuse, normal and specular encouraged!

In all seriousness it sounds fun I should love too get something started.

Originally Posted by paintforge

im thinking this would cover that

4. All entries MUST have (Required) a work-in-progress thread in any online 3d community forum. Feel free to start your thread on this forum and post the link to it in this thread!

what does it cover? it doesn't say the wip thread has to be made after the contest starts.

So awesome! No way I can win it compared to the talent here, but who cares, it seems like too much fun to just avoid.

I'm gonna give this a try! ^_^

I have a question though, are the characters to be modeled in t-pose or a pose of our choosing?

could be a lot of fun... i'll see if i have time!