speed modelling challenge week 3 - mousetrap

[Karikoga]

Originally posted by David Ciprian
The mouse has enough space to get to the cheese sideways :p

Motion sensors..... :p

[Orkron]

Well, if it was a Linux mousetrap I'd have more beleif in it...Cuz you know microsoft is gonna crash all the time...or the mice will
make a virus to make it not work right.

[Karikoga]

Originally posted by David Ciprian
The mouse has enough space to get to the cheese sideways :p

In my original concept the trap does not require any bait. You place it right at the mouse hole so whenever the mice comes out - SWOOOSH!!!
The sensors work in such a way that the moment the mouse goes under the blade - that's it.

[Karikoga]

Originally posted by Orkron
Well, if it was a Linux mousetrap I'd have more beleif in it...Cuz you know microsoft is gonna crash all the time...or the mice will
make a virus to make it not work right.


That's why it is the "Beta Version". Stay tuned for the final version....:D

[McFly]

Well done everyone!
It is quite amazing to see what some of you can do in such a short time and still produce photo-realistic stuff. :eek:
Respect!!

Here is my noob-like contribution.
There is a string running under the mousetrap, which is pulled when the mouse walks on the piece that rotates. The string removes the hook attached to the axe at the back and whack! The mouse is cut in half from head to tail!

I did not have enough time to finish the cheese! :D

Will do the textures later.

These challenges are a really good idea. Hope to join in for the next one!

[McFly]

And a close-up of the rear:

[dark-elf]

when are they going to tell us who won?

[CutCopyPaste]

Uh...

deadline - midnight GMT Wednesday 7th July


*
Maybe they'll let the challenge run it's full course first... whaddaya think ?

[dark-elf]

so we can still post more of our renders.
my first 2 didnt get any crits so i might do a third.
im on holidays at the moments so why not.
does anyone have any good ideas for a mouse trap?

[Saad M. Yasin]

This is my first contribution in modeling a mousetrap speed modeling. It's a gentle way to catch a mouse. I made this by using 3D Studio MAX 6. I took 30 min to complete the modeling, while texturing and rendering took about 45 min.

[Saad M. Yasin]

This is another mouse killer (trap). I think it needs a little more touches, but the 45 min where finished. I think it was wasting of time trying to replicate a real mouse trap.

modeled by 3D Studio MAX 6.
texturing and rendering took about 60 min.

[andycg]

modelling time - 28 minutes

Maya 6.0

texturing time - about 10 minutes

rendering time - about 2 minutes

I changed a bit of the background color in photoshop as well. That took about 2 minutes after saving and all.

This mouse trap is designed to catch the mouse without splattering blood everywhere, however fun that may be. Of course, I didn't put any vent holes in it though, as I noticed after I posted the image, so the mouse would die as soon as the air ran out.
I saw a trap like this a long time ago, and haven't seen them since. We thought it was fun to catch the mice then feed them to my friends pets. Yes, I was a horrible kid, I know.


http://andycg.com/images/persp1.jpg


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This is my first post. This seems to be one of my friend's favorite sites, and he posts alot of his work, so I thought I'de give it a look.
I noticed more people are active in these forums than most.

[coo_kie73]

My contribution ; dunno whether still in time?

modelling time - 30 minutes

texturing time - about 3 minutes

rendering time - about 2 minutes

[Viper0]

The new trapmouse, do you like a "hotDOG"? in 4 minutes you will have a "hotMOUSE" with cheese :p with this microwave.
Made in 3DStudio Max5 in 45 minutes, and some hours to texturing and rendering. Good luck to all.

[hnbmilk]

lol!
Creative, but how does it turn on? Do you manully turn it on or does it do it automatically?

[Barks]

Alright. I finally did get some spare time to whip something up. The actual modelling took about 25 minutes, and the rest took around a couple hours. I couldn't decide on what kind of textures I wanted. C&C's are welcome. It's fairly simple. The mouse enters using the ramp to get whatever bait you decide to put inside, then the door snaps shut because of the pressure sensors in the grate and seals the mouse inside. The incinerator then activated and you have blackened mouse.

Thanks.

[Barks]

Here's a top view.

[Barks]

Finally, here's a render with the incinerator activated.

[Aedilhum]

Wow, a lot of nice models out there! To name a few (or maybe more than a few), Mirach, otacon, the_bully, travis_jinx, Diego, Honki, CHAINSAW, cyrrix, samuriah and hellkab I liked all of yours!

I attempted to model one in 45 min and came out short :(. I'll try it again tomorrow and see if I can't finish one.

Here's what I got done in 45min on my first try with the half modeled release lever.

[aliased]

modelled in Max
time taken 42 mins
texture time 25 mins
render time 6 mins

[Legion25]

I had a spare 5 minutes so i threw this together.
no textures.

[<<GhosTS>>]

Here is my 3rd model.
Done in 3d studio max.
Modeling time - 30 minutes.
I must tell you all objects is modeled again.nothing is taken from my last model.
good luck 4 all others.
I think this would be my last model to this contest.

[Viper0]

Originally posted by hnbmilk
lol!
Creative, but how does it turn on? Do you manully turn it on or does it do it automatically?

Thanks hnbmilk, the microwaves have a security system, when you turn the time wheel and the door is open, the microwave don't start warming, but, when the door is closed it start cooking the mouse automaticaly.

[Sonic-X]

HI YOU ALL

VERY NICE AND INTERESTING MOUSE TRAPS.
I CAN SEE THAT THIS SPEED CHALLENGES ARE A BIG
SUCCESS WOTH MORE PEOPLE JOINING IN EVERY TIME

HERE IS MY MOUSE TRAP- A CONVENTIONAL ONE

MODELLED IN AUTODESK INVENTOR:36 min
TEXTURED IN 3DSMAX 5: +- 50min
RENDERED WITH FINAL RENDER STG 1: 28 min

[dark-elf]

ok this is my 3rd and last attempt at this trap thing so will someone please say something about my modelling.
no time for textures on this one so here it is

[dark-elf]

modelling took about 32 minutes
rendering time was about an hour

[dark-elf]

this just shows the inside.
the cheese gouse in the middle.

[Sonic-X]

WELL DARK-ELF

IT IS A VERY INTERESTING DESIGN AND A NICE MODEL.

THE ARRAY TOOL MUST HAVE SAVED YOU LOTS OF TIME.

Sonic-X

[sarvesh]

rendered in 14 sec

[laserjock]

Just thought I'd another last minute attempt.
Conventional cage with one way see-say ramp entrance.
Modellng time around 30 mins
Apologies for the poor texturing.
Truespace 5.1

[renderbunny]

Well, its been such a long time, I thought, why not...

The Venus Mouse Trap : genetically engineered for all your mouse trapping needs - no mess to clean up - fully environmentally friendly...

Modelling : 37 mins
Textures : 5 mins
Rendering : during a coffee break :D

edit : (This was going to be just a fun post, but I've decided to enter it)

[oindypoind]

Nice one Renderbunny,

Think it should be an entry though.

[renderbunny]

Well, okay then....

(see above)

[hellkab]

... I've seen a lot of very good image during this contest and I'm glad I was a part of it... so to everyone who post something ...good luck to you all.

Here is my final render... I don't have a real computer...just a laptop and it crash a few time during rendering....so I'm very glad I could finish my image on time.

[Tel]

That's a really nice one Hellkab.
I like it, (specially with that nifty little logo)

I've been busy all week, but finally got the time to sit down and do some sketching and modeling.

Here's my ultra-modern mousetrap.
Good to have if the food supply is running low...

Time: 45min (had five minutes to spare, so I made the can too...)

Textures and all that: A couple of hours (has been toying around with finalRenders FinalToon shader.

Software: Max 6

[Tel]

Had to give some appraise...

Just flipped back a few pages and saw ViperO's microwave-mousetrap.
:D Damn, that one gave me a good laugh.
Wonderful idea!

(still laughing in my mind...)

[Aedilhum]

hellkab. Very sweet looking model you have there, excelent textures as well.

[Thanos]

I 've already posted in this weeks challenge, but two days ago I remembered a fairy tale that I read when I was young. There was a man with a flute who travelled to a rat-infested village and rescued the villagers. He hypnotised the rats by playing his flute and he led all of them to a river where they fell and drown. But the villagers wouldn't award the man so he did the same thing with their children.

So, I modelled a magical flute in a modern version. (ready for the stores).

I know that it's not exactly a mousetrap but if you think it with a LOT of imagination and from the tale's perspective, then it is.
Anyway, since no one thought of it, here it is.

modelling time for the whole scene: 35 min (max6)
texturing : 3 hrs
rendering : 10 sec

Does anyone heard of the tale before? What do you think of my choice?

[Dridon]

LOL GUYS... Nice entrys you guys all have ;). Keep m coming ;)

[Mustela]

I give you:
The Mouse Gibber 1800S
(16Kw needed)

ProductionTime: 35 minutes

Materials: a few minutes

Software: 3dsmax 6

[the_bully]

good work so far this is going to be hard to win
im working on texturing my last one trying to beat the time:(

[Aedilhum]

Here's mine. :shy:
45min modeling.
2-3 hours texturing and rendering.

[DangerDude]

Hi everybody! This is my seconde mouse trap.

It's a mecanical version of my laser trap. When the mouse step on to the middle plate the weight of the mouse will press it down causing the walls to rise. The mouse i traped.

I dont know if this is a design that exists today. And i dont know if it acualy work. But if the materials are right and its well calibrated i think it would do the trick.

modeling: 43 mins --- 3ds Max 4
texturing/lighting: 50 mins
rendering: 45 mins --- Default render

---------------Week 3------------------
Speed Comp week 3: First entry (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19908&perpage=15&pagenumber=20
)

Speed Comp week 3: Second entry (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19908&perpage=15&pagenumber=16
)
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[the_bully]

Aedilhum
Wow thats crazy i tought for a sec that was a photo great textures:D

[Dutchman]

My entry for this great contest!

Done in 3Ds Max 5.0 and CorelDRAW 9.0 and a bit Photoshop 7.0 touching up. Rendered in Default Scanline Renderer. For reflections is a HDRI map used.

Modelling : full 45 minutes
Texturing : about 80 minutes
Lighting : about 20 minutes
Rendering : about 20 minutes

I post two images; one 'beauty' render with textures, and a clean model render. I hope you'll enjoy!

[Dutchman]

Here is my clean-model-render:

[the_bully]

this is my last one

"Its you know for the kids"

the concept is the mouse runs in to the box
for the cheese and gets stuck in the glue.Kids
come over and and crank the handle which makes the cat dance and plays music at the same time
the mouse is crushed by a falling ceiling.Tryed to give a old look kind of as a antique

Program:cinema 4d8.5
modelling time:43mins
Textures:1 hour
:D

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Thanos
I 've already posted in this weeks challenge, but two days ago I remembered a fairy tale that I read when I was young. There was a man with a flute who travelled to a rat-infested village and rescued the villagers. He hypnotised the rats by playing his flute and he led all of them to a river where they fell and drown.

It's called "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" -by Robert Browning.

It's a good illustration of how "children's" stories have evolved over time! The "new" version of this is very tame and doesn't give children nightmares! lol

If this was a flute-musical instrament moddelling contest, I would vote you to be the winner definatley! I love the detail you added with

the box, the decals and the translucent plastic...VERY well done.

[Dymitr]

Program: 3ds MAX 6
Modeling time: 43 min

My moustrap:

[Dymitr]

Next shot:

[Dymitr]

And textured (this could be better but I have not time)

[bboyflipz]

program: max 5

time: 44 min

[tattarn]

Aedilhum: nicely done, its almost photoreal.

the_bully: hehe, nice, i really like that one :D

[Andy_k-3DT]

ok guys, according to the forum clock we have now reached the deadline.

Many thanks for all your entries, we'll announce the results in a day or two.

Now head over for challenge 4

Andy

[hnbmilk]

Here is my third Mousetrap:

Max 6

modeling time: 7 seconds
Texturing time 45 minutes
Rendering time 9 seconds (lol, longer than it took to model)

[gsxr6rider]

:D
Model: 45m
Light: 8m
Texture: 10m

[gsxr6rider]

Honestly, I posted with in the time limit. It's just that the fist time my attachment did not show up.

[Dridon]

Lol... That was the over the deadline :P...

No iam very currious whos gonna win.

[Andy_k-3DT]

we'll be judging the winners tonight and announcing them tomorrow - bear with me guys - I'm a bit busy with work stuff today :(

Andy

[Orkron]

I've been hearing the theme of Jeapordy in my head, waiting for final Jeapordy
to finish so we know who won :-)...(-:
tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...t ick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...ti ck...tick...tick...tick...
tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...t ick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...ti ck...tick...tick...tick...
tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...t ick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...tick...ti ck...tick...tick...tick...

[Andy_k-3DT]

OK OK........

my fault - I'll do it this evening - my main machines have been tied up rendering for the last couple of days so I've not really had the time to check through all of the entries ----

leave it with me for a couple of hours and I'll get on the case

Andy

[<<GhosTS>>]

Ok Andy_k-3DT , you have 2 hours.;) :D
I can't wait to see who the winner is.:roll:

[GlahES]

Dont listen to these guys, Andy. Take your time, and jus get to it when u are able.

We're all anxious to know who will win, but we can wait. If Andy says it will be another day, then it will be another day. if, then, that day comes and he says it'll be another day. then, again, it will be another day. if the process repeats, then we scowl at him. :grr:

if u think huge people shouting "ni!" at you is bad.. u shoudl try a large group of people scowling directly at you at the same time. very eerie.. very.. .... what was i talking about again?

:dance:

[Andy_k-3DT]

cheers guys and sorry for the delay in getting the results posted - I've had a hectic few days but at long last I've managed to find an hour or two to go through all of the entries and make a few comments.

Once again, we've had a great response and everyone seems to have really enjoyed themselves. The creativity shown in trapping/disposing of our four legged friends has been great and for this reason, once again we are going to give two CDs away, one for a traditional trap and one for a comic/concept trap.

The standard of the modelling has again been exceptional so picking what in our opinion is the best has been incredibly difficult. We'll give a few "special mentions" first, these are models that were almost winners but that we felt were just not quite as good as the one we have chosen as the winner. Drew Carey, the trap looks great and was certainly humane. As far as traditional traps go, Oindypond, Diego, the_bully, travis jinx, chainsaw, Qubical, samuriah, hellkab, monkeyhead (for the simple box trap), ghosts, laserjock, Otacon (very nearly my favourite) all entered terrific models which deserve recognition.


It was close but the winner in this category is Aedilhum

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=212145


we felt his trap conveyed perfectly the balance between the delicacy required to trap a mouse but the strength and power needed to kill the victim - a really great model and although not part of the judging the render you submitted was superb - well done.


Now on to the comic/concept traps, so many varied entries, hammers, lasers, liquidisers, cutting saws, fans, guillotines, guns, exposives, catapults they were all superb and showed just how vicious and twisted some of you are :)

The special mentions in this category are numerous as well and all of you came within a mouses whisker of winning :) I loved the simplicty of woot's entry, the rather bitter wedding mouse trap of Mr Glass, the fun factor of pixeljunkynz, the brute force of Problemss, the ....well I'm not quite sure but it made me laugh anyway of cutcopypaste's superb efort, the sheer brutality of Jarred's trap, Honki's rather drastic solution which showed terrific attention to detail and was almost the winner and the clever Agatha Christie link by aliased.

Once again, choosing just one was incredibly difficult but it has to go to tattarn for his Mr Cheese

http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=210061

such a simple model but oh so destructive - brilliant and funny so well done to you.

Thanks everyone for entering and if the winners can drop me a private message with your full postal details and which CD you would like we'll get them in the post to you.

If I've not mentioned your entry that doesn't mean it wasn't good enough - almost all of them were excellent, it's just that there were some superb entries and hopefully I've covered all of those.

I must give Orkron a special thanks for pointing out to various people the rules etc and saving me a lot of typing - it's nice to see you are having so much fun around here and it's also great to see your modelling skills developing at the same time.

Andy

[the_bully]

congrads to the winners
I had a feeling they were going to win
they both did a great job
congrads again :)

[Orkron]

I knew 100% that if they gave 2 cd's this time, they would give one to that awesome grenade trap. Congrats to the winners...
FYI, I'm going to give you a run for your money on the loudspeaker challeng :-) j/k boys/girls...

[ludenhud]

I liked jorey´s trap, but creds to the winners

[monkeyhead]

my congratulations to the winnners!
really love your models!

[Aedilhum]

Andy_k-3DT and 3D-Total, Thanks for choosing my model. :D
And Congrats tattarn. Your Mr Cheese model was hilarious! :haha:
cheers.

[<<GhosTS>>]

Congrats Aedilhum.I hope to see you in the Week 4 challenge.

[tattarn]

thanks very much Andy_k-3DT!! there was alot of great models in this challenge, there must have been very difficult to pick one out. im really glad you liked mine :D
congrats Aedilhum. your model was very nice indeed :)
thanks again!

[Death_monkey]

Well done guys

[renderbunny]

Congrats Aedilhum & tattarn!

Great work :)

[anduvo]

Congrats Aedilhum and tattarn!!! really good and funny models

[SirDeadman]

Felicidades para los ganadores!!...


Congrats to the winners!!



:D

[hellkab]

congratulation to you Aedilhum & tattarn, you really deserve your price.

especially you Aedilhum... your image was impressively good looking and seemed very real. when I saw your image, I knew you'd win.

Also congratulation to all the others because I've seen a lot of really good stuff and I know I'm going to see a lot of very good images on the next contest.