speed modelling challenge week 34 - music on the move

[Andy_k-3DT]

The "rules" are simple,

1, Each week we'll post a subject for you to model along with a time limit on how long you should spend on it. How you interpret the brief is up to you as long as the final model conforms to what we have asked for.

2, spend no longer than the specified time on the modelling stages then render the image.

3, Post the image here along with your details, software used, time spent etc. Please post only one image per entry with a maximum file size of 100k and with the maximum dimensions of 800x600. This image should include at least one wire frame view of your finished model. Posts with multiple renders of the same object will be deleted.

4, time spent on rendering or texturing is not included in the alocated period to allow those with slower machines to participate on an even playing field. What we are looking for is the quality of the models you can produce "under pressure"

5, if your model is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognizeable

6, no cheating, we are relying on your honesty here and the idea of speed modelling is to simulate a "real world" environment. If you are working on a project and asked to show a concept model you'll need to be able to get somewhere near the target in the allocated time. Your submission should be a model created especially for this challenge and not one you have stored on your hard drive.

7, No limit to the number of entries each person is allowed as long as each one is a completely new model and not one that utilises bits of previous entries


8, No external links to pictures, they must be attached using the browse button and be no larger than 800x600 pixels and 100k. Any pictures larger than this or links will be removed as soon as we see them and the poster will be disqualified immediately

prizes of a 3D Total texture CDs to the best entrants. We'll judge it to avoid the voting process getting too complicated and winners will be notified by an announcement in the thread once judging is complete.

so, here we go, with this week's challenge

deadline - 22.00 GMT Wednesday 16th February 2005

modelling time - 60 minutes

subject - music on the move

OK. time to get the thinking caps on :)

from an old radio to an iPod, if it's portable and plays music then it qualifies for this challenge

good luck and have fun


I've been a bit busy this evening so I'll be adding my model tomorrow. It's up to one of you lot to be the first this week :)


Andy

[vladoportos]

Oh andy, best subject ever for me :)

[Andy_k-3DT]

just to settle one of the "fine points" we are not looking for musical instruments but electrical items that playback pre recorded music.

Andy

[vladoportos]

yes yes yes yes yes MUHAHAHAHAHA:crazy:

[fasth]

Seriously, I started building an mp3-player today when I got home from school!
it's still wip and I haven't got a clue how long it's taken me, but I just wanna show it since it's pretty fun, that today of all days, this is the subject :E

I'll remove this one when told to, just submit it now to make you laugh at me for being stupid :P

[Andy_k-3DT]

nah - we won't judge it but Chris can use it as the front page thumbnail :)

Andy

[Renz]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
just to settle one of the "fine points" we are not looking for musical instruments but electrical items that playback pre recorded music.

Andy
Thanks. I was wondering about that.... :)

[Brodix]

If i were a good enough modeler i would make a Ice Cream Truck!!

[digitalxni]

bring on the ghetto blasters !

[the_bully]

Great idea andy

this is something i was working on a while back
in the wip threed but i never finished it

It was suposed to be a ipod from the 80's
just wanted to share

[tojo]

my mp3-player.

my own desing. (im an industrial designer...:))

again modeled in Rhino3d (the best and easiest NURBS modeling tool awailable!!...aint it JUHA? ;)), and rendered + textured in MAX5.

enjoy.

[Orkron]

hey tojo, soooo....you textured and rendered that model in 8 minutes total? ... ... ... ... We have a time/math issue again thinks I.

[vladoportos]

Orkon: LOL

[Henry_B]

nice one tojo!


........is it really easy to model in rhino????

[vladoportos]

yap rhino is best :))

[Andy_k-3DT]

Originally posted by Orkron
hey tojo, soooo....you textured and rendered that model in 8 minutes total? ... ... ... ... We have a time/math issue again thinks I.

I think that his timing is very tight :)

I must admit that's impressive texturing for less than 10 minutes


Andy

[Henry_B]

Originally posted by vladoportos
yap rhino is best :))

mmm.... im learning max, but maybe ill give it a try for this challenge..

lets see what it can do..

[vladoportos]

you need also max for rendering models from rhino, rhino renders realy sux.... :(

[Henry_B]

Originally posted by vladoportos
you need also max for rendering models from rhino, rhino renders realy sux.... :(

Thanks man.. i'm downloading an evaluation copy of rhino right now, but ..i dont know .... i like max a lot, and also a dont want to get confused with both softwares... but lets see what happen:D

[vladoportos]

Rhino is different way of modeling than in max... it need time to get into it... but this technique is not suitable for everything for something is better to use poly


Edited: I love Max too althrough od discreet polici, not to listen what modeler wants they just listen to their saling department. Good example is max v.7 but their UI is just the best one.....

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
I think that his timing is very tight :)

I must admit that's impressive texturing for less than 10 minutes


Andy

Doesn't seem realistic to me...But that's just me of course...I can only speak for myself.

[inspired]

'hehe allright, great subject andy... I can finally make some of my own designs again! Think im gonna get a couple of entries done again this week... but then again... i AM kinda busy the next week :( oh wel...

oh btw, tojo, impressive model... i dunno about the time tho, i dontsay you cheated,, but the timing sure is VERY tight... explanation would be appreciated :roll:

every1, good luck...

ooh and btw, its 1:13 am here, so i cant really type normal engish :p

[Renz]

For a musical speedy walk music.. singing along .. hope u like it.. allways listen to them old multy band radio..

Good Luck every one

[vladoportos]

I've done a small mp3 player but im soo tyred so i cant see on my monitor so after 60 min its nothing much done.... i will post it anyway but have to wayt until its rendered, i gonna sleep now good nihgt every1 :halo:

[Old_Nick]

tojo: I like your model, the design is fantastic and also
the render.!!!!

[tojo]

Originally posted by Orkron
hey tojo, soooo....you textured and rendered that model in 8 minutes total? ... ... ... ... We have a time/math issue again thinks I.

where did u get the idea that I´ve rendered and textured the player in less than 10mins?

Isnt the time limit only for the modeling part?

[tojo]

i´m confused now....?!?

it reads on my picture that the player is modeled in rhino in 55mins.

and AFTER that i textured and rendered it in 3dsMAX5.

am I not getting something here with the timelimits?

[Andy_k-3DT]

Originally posted by tojo
where did u get the idea that I´ve rendered and textured the player in less than 10mins?

Isnt the time limit only for the modeling part?

Yes Tojo the time is for the modellling part.

How we arrived at the 8 minutes for texturing and render was.....

You posted a model that took 55 minutes to make exactly 63 minutes after the challenge started.

Now, as the rules state all models have to be new it's reasonable to assume you did not start working on the model before the challenge began so unless you are now admitting to cheating you must have completed the textures, rendered, done the post process work and uploaded the image all within 8 minutes!!!!!!!!

Anything you feel we need to know before you are disqualified for attempting to bend the rules?

Andy

[Isavedlatin]

well... it had to be done, im just glad i did it first. Dont worry, ill get some more creative models later. But for now... IPOD

max 7/mental ray: 60 minutes
textures: between 30 - 45 minutes
render time: 2:03

*EDIT* added more views, cuz i realized you couldnt see either end of the model.

[n-e-gma]

Hey nice subject Andy!!

Ill see what i can do.

Orkron, Despistado, Nojoy thanks for the help on SSS; i've allready given up on that, but maybe ill make a translucent music player :D if......i get that darn thing to work for me :D

Hey Vlado...i really missed all your creative ideas in the past challenge.........dont get lazy you hear? :D

[Technographer]

I'm liking what I'm seeing! =) Looking forward to some more great work.

Mental Ray (although I didn't use any Mental Ray specific features)

[Destroythenseek]

Yeah, Andy, wonderful subject.

Ive got a good idea of what I want to attempt ( Im not great, but if I do this, it will be a great advance in my 3d career.)

Im probably going to make a sketch of it tomorrow durring school, and make an attempt to model it afterwards(that is... after my swim meet. haha)

Good luck everyone, and good works everyone that posted so far.

-Anton.

[Orkron]

Thanks Andy, that's exactly what I wanted to say in my post but didn't want to get in trouble.

[the_jigu]

hey andy nice subject!!!

i hope i have chance to make entry here.coz i m gonna be busy with buying of my new system.i m gonna buy new AMD athlon 64 bit 3000+ :dance: :dance:

BTW, if i have modelled "windows media player" or "winamp"?:roll:

[KevinJW]

Sorry it's not that detailed. I'm really tired so I was kinda trying to rush it. I will post a second one later.

[andoy]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
just to settle one of the "fine points" we are not looking for musical instruments but electrical items that playback pre recorded music.

Andy

I guess that puts my idea of a one man band out of the equation then.... mind you it might have been a tad difficult in an hour..

[juha]

Really good one Tojo. awesome render...
and surely rhino is really good nurbs modeling program.....and fast too.

happy speedmodeling boys and girls...

[roman jr.]

awsome job tojo really good design. very stylish, and the red and white colors are very bold. i wonder if they could actualy make a screen to put out those colors.
cheers!

[Mousek]

Hmmm good topic!:(

[Mousek]

Good texture on ipod is here:

[n-e-gma]

Hi all!

Here's my first entry.....

My concept MP5/MP6 Player with USB 6.0 and 2 600GB Compact Flash Card included :D

[TORNADO]

Ha nice topic!:D

[inspired]

whoooo awesome awesome awesome :p :dance:

Ive sketched out some ideas, and one really is stuck in my head now, im gonna see if its even possible to model in a hour, but im gonna try. I think i have to kick out a lot of details then.

but then again, i think im gonna model it seriously too, not for the challenge... :D hehe

ooooh, ok, mi back to earth now :) Good luck every1!

@ n-e-gma - Great design, can i order one... just for listnening to music ofcourse... not to steal some of the ideas of your design...:roll: MUAHAHAHAHAH

3DMadness

[vladoportos]

@Mousek: Isnt that ericson mobile ipod skin.... ?

[inspired]

allright, kinda dissapointing start from me... but well, i liked the idea, so ill post it anyway. Dont feel like modeling it again so...

I had to rush this, because i have to go in a couple of mins to town... So i couldnt spent the time on it, that i wanted...But i do like the idea, its a portable err.. Pickup-player... You have to wear it at your back :D

I think im gonna start modeling this idea seriously this week. Gonna make some nice sketches soon, and i hope i can model it the way i want it :) so be sure to check out the inorganic WIP forum this week ;) :p

well here it is... The MP-II LPC 350dlx.

modeling time - 40 mins (maaaaan, i wanted to model this monster COMPLETELY different...)
mats & Lights - 1 mins (1 sky, 3 omni's)
render time - 1 min

[vladoportos]

Inspired: goot idea, i had similar but with whole pc and auto battery on your back:crazy:

[MR. BROWN]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
Yes Tojo the time is for the modellling part.

How we arrived at the 8 minutes for texturing and render was.....

You posted a model that took 55 minutes to make exactly 63 minutes after the challenge started.

Now, as the rules state all models have to be new it's reasonable to assume you did not start working on the model before the challenge began so unless you are now admitting to cheating you must have completed the textures, rendered, done the post process work and uploaded the image all within 8 minutes!!!!!!!!

Anything you feel we need to know before you are disqualified for attempting to bend the rules?

Andy


Wow! you guys have the sharp eyes!!! I didnt even catch that. I thought we would have a tough one on our hands with Tojo's model....but since it looks like he cheated....:dance: :dance: :dance:

[tojo]

OK, i understand now...

Yes, my model in old, but it IS modeled in 55 mins.

How do I know?

-Because i timed it when i modeled it in Rhino.

I didnt in anyway try to cheat, and if u gyus get that impression, im very sorry.
And if my model doesnt qualify, thats then my fault...

I´m not trying to bend the rules here, just didnt know if u can post existing models...

Sorry everybody:o :o :o

[inspired]

Originally posted by vladoportos
Inspired: goot idea, i had similar but with whole pc and auto battery on your back:crazy:

hehe thnks Vlad! You really seem to live here on these forums the last week dont you ;) Its great to see you around man!

hehe the sketches for my serious design include a big battery, and some sort of smal equalizer :D I hope i can work it out ok :)

[ravenlp]

Here is a repost of my initial entry, nothing changed model wise, just an updated texture...

[tojo]

6, no cheating, we are relying on your honesty here and the idea of speed modelling is to simulate a "real world" environment. If you are working on a project and asked to show a concept model you'll need to be able to get somewhere near the target in the allocated time. Your submission should be a model created especially for this challenge and not one you have stored on your hard drive.

ok.

i´m sorry...didnt read the rules well enough...

[Andy_k-3DT]

Tojo,


apology accepted but that model is disqualified let's see a new one :)


Andy

[vladoportos]

Inspired: :) im looking forward to see your models they are realy cool and funny. I will stick probably with real thing this time.. :) maybe.... I had strange issue with my last model. Render is almost finished now but its second time i rendering it because, I let it render during night at the same time windows automaticly download update and somewhere during night restarted pc without asking and with render in the midle.. :mad: :mad: :mad:

I noticed that this morning when i came to pc and insted of my picture i see message saying that windows update is finished... :mad: :mad: :mad: now the big render 800x600 is finished and another small one is in the middle so it will be here soon. Than i gona do ipod... :) its easy and quick...

[tojo]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
Tojo,


apology accepted but that model is disqualified let's see a new one :)


Andy

ok, i´m very sorry for the misunderstanding.

BUT I´d like to question something about the rules;
IF i had waited, lets say for a day, to post my model,then nobody wouldnt know the difference...so theres a little hole in the rules.
now youre depending A LOT in the participants own morale. again, I wouldnt have posted my work if I knew that you couldnt use pre-existing models.

I really dont understand why u cannot post pre-existing work, if u know that it is modeled in less than 60mins?

[jone]

really nice subject andy
here creativity wins it
!!!
ohhh and about that incident, that' s why you shouldnt
skip at math classes:D :D (great model anyway)
:)

[Andy_k-3DT]

these challenges rely on the honesty of those taking part and that is an integral part of the fun.

Of course it's easy to cheat or bend the rules, after all we kept them as simple and informal as possible to make the challenges fun and if anybody thinks it's worth cheating and running the risk of getting caught for the price of a texture CD then they are selling themselves way too cheap :)

Not everyone keeps track of their older projects so by asking for new models it means all the models are competing on a level playing field.

Andy

[jone]

you tell them andy
:) :D

[tojo]

ok andy, txh for the explanation. I´m not trying to argue here, just asking questions...

from now on, only new models from me.

keep up the goor work everyone!:)

[Renz]

?

[inspired]

:dance:

ok, now that everybody is gonna model new models, lets start modeling :D hehe, im looking forward to see some stuff of you tojo!

:D 3DMadness :D

[jdgill]

Hey Andy,

Last night I worked like 45 mins on a model but my parents sent me to bed so I didn't have enough time to post it. Would I still be able to post it with out going against the rules? Probally not, but I was just wondering.

[vladoportos]

So here it is, it was pain to render it... :crazy: Its not much as model, i've been doing that at 1:00 am with one eye closed i was realy tired....

im promissing that i will do better one, hope nobody will be offend with that model ;P

Modeling: 50 min (cause of tiredness)
Rendering: ethernity :ufo: :mad: :mad:
Texturing: 25 min +/- 5 min
Soft: Rhino3D, Max6, fR, PS
-------------------------------------------------------

[curka]

hey, vlad it's a decent model. not complicated bot nicely shown.u don't have to be so modest ;]

the subject is great - not too easy but creative and leaves a lot of space for improving skills. i hope to find some time later on to model some portable music players, especially that i have a few ideas(references) already ;]

greets4all

:]

[vladoportos]

Thanx curka for kind words but i realy hate that model cause of rendering problems

[the_bully]

Hey andy

did you use my pic for the front page
Cool man thanks a lot:D

[Chris-3DT]

I did. Andy usually produces a sample pic that I link from the frontpage but this time he diddn't, so I grabbed yours (without asking, I admit) because it wasn't part of the competition and because you're a regular poster.

[Andy_k-3DT]

there you go Bully - fame at last :)

Cheers Chris for grabbing that one - I haven't had an hour to spare to get anywhere near a finished model this last week.

Andy

[Diabolos]

Modelling Time: 30min
Software: Maya 5
Render Engine: Mental Ray for Maya (HDRI)

Apple meets Microsoft :D

[inspired]

the_bully - hehe congrats with your frontpage man ;) so now you can say youve been on the frontpage of 3dtotal :D
when the next challenge starts, im gonna post all my models i ever did, and hope chris will pick one of mine :p
I AM a regular poster aint I ;)

Diabolos - Great one! nice modeling, and great idea! is it your own design, cause then i want to order 1... waitm i want to order 100 :D

Vlad - My man, dont talk so low about urself man ;) Thats a great entry :) i think the modeling, the texturing AND the rendering came out very good!

[jdgill]

Andy didn't answer my question:cry: :ugh: :p

[Nojoy]

Here is my first one finished it quite quick so i tried my luck on the u2 ipod texturing wise for a little extra. My first one.

Vlad and Inspired im loving those models ... hope to do something more complicated later... wanted to start on the easy side.;)

[Andy_k-3DT]

Originally posted by jdgill
Andy didn't answer my question:cry: :ugh: :p

sorry - I missed the question. You don't have to do the whole hour in one go - so you still have 15 minutes to spare

Andy

[URs3D.net]

Hey, really nice model's around...
I'm not a good texturizer , but i think i modeled this one very good so I would like to ask one of you guys to texture my model. And maybe you could give me some tips on how make excellent textures....
I hope you'll help me?

[Orkron]

That's pretty funny Bully, since you gave up on that model a while ago...And now it's featured! That means you have to finish it.
o, btw, if I don't see you on AIM tomorrow, I'll just consider we're not friends anymore...I think you know why.

[jdgill]

Andy- ok cool...thnx:D

[digitalxni]

Originally posted by Andy_k-3DT
there you go Bully - fame at last :)

Cheers Chris for grabbing that one - I haven't had an hour to spare to get anywhere near a finished model this last week.

Andy

As if you need an hour to do a speed challenge model! You've usually done them in like 15mins ! :p

[Orkron]

Originally posted by digitalxni
As if you need an hour to do a speed challenge model! You've usually done them in like 15mins ! :p

ya, Andy's 1-hour models look like my 1-week models...

[digitalxni]

Originally posted by Orkron
ya, Andy's 1-hour models look like my 1-week models...

my 1 year models lmao :]

[oad]

sorry folks!
i just had to do it.
and here it is...

my iPod

modelled within 1 hour
using 3D Max 6
Texturing about 10 minutes using PS CS
Compositing 5 minutes, again using PS CS
Rendering < 1 minute for each view


keep it up guys! nice models around already! ;)

[Orkron]

oad, i was gonna call you a dirty-rotten-cheater cuz I remembered seeing your ipod in the final section, but I VERY happy to see they are completely different, good job man.
Here's your beautiful ipod from before:
http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=262499
I see you recycled your textures, but that is totally okay.
hmmm, I swear I've seen that back tex on somebody's ipod...maybe not urs though.

[oad]

Hey thanks Orkron!
yeah i made a new one...
but actually i also made new textures
even tough they look almost the same as the old ones.
had to make it in color and as you might see, also the battery differs a bit from the old texture.

so now i only have to do the iPod mini and Ipod shuffle to have ém all :D

see ya!

[jm3d]

Hi everybody! Great models, Vlad I love yours, is so clean.
Anyway here is mine, it´s a easy go mp3. The time catch me and didn´t have time to finish it.

Modelling 60 min
Tex and ligth 30 mins
Rendering 12 mins.

[c.o.b]

Not so much, but I like this chalanges and I would like to join

[the_bully]

:cry: orkron No

Dude i dont have web anymore at home and we no longer can use aim at work its blocked because
some people here where getting a little crazy with the chat (ie.xxx)so i can only surf the web,I should be getting web at home soon as the cable company fixes the problem in my building.


A couple of great models so far,im working on textures now for my first;)

[Diabolos]

Diabolos - Great one! nice modeling, and great idea! is it your own design, cause then i want to order 1... waitm i want to order 100 :D


Thank you, inspired, yes it is my own design. (My iPod was laying on top of my XBOX ).

I have a long way to catch up to the talents of all of you though.................there are so many professional pieces of work here - models and layouts.

[inspired]

Originally posted by Orkron
ya, Andy's 1-hour models look like my 1-week models...

hehe andy's 1 hour models look like 'models i will never be able to create' :D

but anyway, GREAT Ipod Oad! Really awesome mats on that one!

and diabolos, really great design... maybe you can email Bill Gates sometime, and tell him about it ;) i am using my xbox as a footbench while im typing this btw :P

[murre-]

Here's my longshot: :D

http://www.multi.fi/~andy/stuff/gib.jpg


modeling, texturing and render took less than an hour... duh ;)

[Mousek]

oad
------
Nice:)

[oad]

Thank you inspired!

Your pickup-player looks great too!
Hey since i´m already typing this reply to your kindly post... remember my last weeks PM?


...and thanks Mousek!

[jdgill]

Murre...ummmm ok.....doe sit play music in anyway? It needs to be posted directly on here also.

[curka]

oad, congrats. your model as well as its presentation looks very cool to me :]

[jone]

great ipod ,oad
nice textures

:)

[n-e-gma]

Originally posted by inspired

@ n-e-gma - Great design, can i order one... just for listnening to music ofcourse... not to steal some of the ideas of your design...:roll: MUAHAHAHAHAH


Jajaja...i wish it was real too!! :D
Can you imagine??....600GB of music in the palm of your hand!! :D

[murre-]

jdgill: Good point there... I simply read "music on the move" and got to work. Silly me. :o

Edit: And I didn't read Andy's post either :grr:

Anyways... here's the properly attached image:

[Mousek]

I´m rendering mp3 player. Please wait!

[jdgill]

I think it looks cool. Say its one of those cd players that looks like a car:p .

[jdgill]

Murre-I think it looks cool. Say its one of those cd players that looks like a car:p .

EDIT- Delete this post...idk why it posted two times.

[Mousek]

jdgill
------------
Where is your model ? :D

[3DVortex]

Hey! everybody well, this is my second time in the speed modeling challenge... so.. Im gonna do my best, soon I'll post my model...


Good Luck everybody!!



3DVortex:ufo:

[Andy_k-3DT]

Originally posted by digitalxni
As if you need an hour to do a speed challenge model! You've usually done them in like 15mins ! :p

nah only the "easy" ones :)

seriously I try and get a recogniseable shape in the first couple of minutes then work on refining it for the rest of the time, starting at the most visible point and working away from the camera.

Every object has a "key detail" something that makes it instantly reconiseable. If you've got that right then pretty much everything else in the scene is secondary.

I've still not had chance to get my "entry" done this week - hopefully I get tomorrow afternoon free but then I may just head out for a beer or two :)

Andy

[Mousek]

My mp3 player.

[inspired]

Originally posted by jdgill
Murre-I think it looks cool. Say its one of those cd players that looks like a car:p .

EDIT- Delete this post...idk why it posted two times.

come on lazy, you can delete your own posts ;)

[MechIDsh]

i couldnt get the right textures:grr: :xyz:

[Decorus]

HAHA! I was the first to do the iPod shuffle, b1tch35! Ya, I know it sucks...but I tried.
60 minutes in 3dsMax7, rendered with mental ray, quite a while lighting and "texturing". Max wont let me use pics as textures anymore.

[jdgill]

Originally posted by inspired
come on lazy, you can delete your own posts ;)

oh..I didn't know that...hehe. thnx:p Um..how do I delete it..lol.

Mousek- I need to make a new one...the one I had is meesed up. I know I can do better than what I have right now.

[Orkron]

EDIT --> Check the box for "delete" then click the button "delete"

[bjparch]

This week's subject sounds like fun. I will try to get a model done for this one.

[Xtreme™]

Big-ipod from me, hahaha.... well it all done in 1 hour, and for the renders it take about 3-4 hour... *slow computer :roll:... software with max 7 and post production with photoshop 7.

edit owh god... the leather texture dont show up lol... oh well:( :roll:

--- cheers friends ---

[Henry_B]

here is mine, ill try another one more original...

max 7
modeling...60 mins..
mats & lights...45..

[frozeneyeball]

This is the first time I've posted anything, first time i thought i had a clever enough idea (albeit cheesy).

Modeltime/Materials/Rendertime (all kinda blurred together) : 30 min

Music on the go (get it? get it? poke poke)

(ok sorry about that)

[evil-98]

nice one xtreme, and just wondering is that my mats? i havent really rendered any of them nicely so if that is that looks pretty nice

[Xtreme™]

Originally posted by evil-98
nice one xtreme, and just wondering is that my mats? i havent really rendered any of them nicely so if that is that looks pretty nice

ahoy matey :Dthanks.... yea actually i modify em mate, to get looks more fibreglass...hehehe... its yer mats mate :D... of course yer mats was awsome :D i take yer mats for my basic car paint mate... im really thanksfull for yer help, and i learn some new mats from u mate.... i wish u could teach me...* i still didnt find and dont kno how to use those glare (lume) lol.... hey mate if u have some free time, i wanna ask u something around mats ok :D

--- cheers ---

[Destroythenseek]

ah! He kinda took my idea!
I was planning on doing an Mp3 player with legs or wheels(didnt decide)

Unfortunatly I didnt have any time to do it lately... :-(

haha. Good job dude.

-Anton

[Orkron]

No offense to the ipod modellers, becaus eI like all of them sofar...But if this keeps up, then it will be the NON-ipod models that stand out...And the ipod models will just blend into the background.
Somebody should model a portable record player, that would kick @$$ :D

[Brodix]

Remember those old headphones you dialed in to radio stations? Well heres my rendition. Looks like im gonna have to steal some notches so i can step it up. Good job everyone.

Modeled in 45 minutes
rendered in like 25 seconds(Maybe)

Maya 6

Edit:I suck at texturing, so i didnt try.

Edit: Frozeneyeball: you might wanna inclues the wire and what program you used;)

[Barks]

Originally posted by Orkron
No offense to the ipod modellers, becaus eI like all of them sofar...But if this keeps up, then it will be the NON-ipod models that stand out...And the ipod models will just blend into the background.
Somebody should model a portable record player, that would kick @$$ :D

Portable record player eh? That would kick...Perhaps I should venture a try at that one...I just hope I don't butcher it.

[evil-98]

heres my portable DJ cd player if only i could have one this size...
anyways

modeling: 36 min
texture: 21 min
render: 18 min
software: 3dsmax 7

rendered in mental ray. and just noticed i didnt put anything on the LCD... but you get the point :dance: :dance:

Xtreme™ just drop me a PM. ill be glad to help

[aerosole]

Diabolos - Nice modelling but you should consider using a different screen for it since yours is in fact a copy of The Skins Factorys T3 WMP skin which can be found here: http://www.theskinsfactory.com/skinsfactory/?page=fvportfolio&id=77&view=2

Just wanted to give you the heads up.

Keep rockin everyone else, I see alot of nice designs here.

[Error404]

I had a bit of time tonight, figured I would participate in one of these challenges. I'm glad I did, it was fun :)

About 40 minutes modeling
3d Max + Brazil for modeling/rendering, and photoshop for the radio dial text.

Something from the 50's:

[vladoportos]

@Error404: Its beautiful model and render but not realy portable.

[TORNADO]

Andy I have question.Could the model be something that is my design?It will still play musik I promise!:D

[Andy_k-3DT]

yep Tornado - no reason not to use your own concepts

Andy

[TORNADO]

Thanks Andy!:dance:

[inspired]

Originally posted by TORNADO
Andy I have question.Could the model be something that is my design?It will still play musik I promise!:D

you mean it is also allowed to model things that arent your own design :roll:? :p

hehe allright, anyway...

[inspired]

modeling time - 48 mins
mats & lights - 5 minutes (1 sky, standard mats)
render time - 2 mins

Mp-II (Magwai Portable Music Players) Introdusec it newest design. The Cr350 is specially designed for children, but is also suitable to fit in every home. The C350 uses so called 'cassetes' to record, and play music. It was a revolutionar discovery quite some years ago. This portable cassete desk player, work on batteries, or can be plugged in on the electicity net everywhere you want.

The cassetes can be bought at antique shops, or maybe some of your grandparents still have cassetes left. Cr350 introduces this portable Cassete Deck specially for the children of this time, to make them more familiar with antique types of music recording systems.

The Cr350 can be ordered at our website. It costs $ 200,-

[Sniper]

I got a tape deck in my car...:(

Got an idea for a model. will work on it soon. actually I got 2 ideas.

Luke...

[TORNADO]

Inspired cool entry!:D

[LESTAT]

good model you got there , but .... wait a min :ufo: " INSPIRED TO LISTNEN " ?? maybe its just my eyes playin tricks again , not wearing lenses when im supposed to !

:cool:

[jm3d]

Hey guys great modelling, and very cool renders. That´s a nice one mousek, and inspired your models are always so clean

Well here is my second, Glad nobody has done it, it´s my packarbell mp3, hope you like it, I finally made something that I like ;) .
modelling 60 mins
tex and lighting 1 hour
rend 7 mins.

[curka]

hey error404 and inspired imo u're the best so far :] love your models!

/still don't have time to model sth :(

[gbr]

Hi! this is my first entry.

this is what i make during one hour.

modelled in modo (30 min)
textured in 3ds max5 (20 min)
rendered with v-ray (7 min)

edit: thank you Inspired! i fix my post.

[fasth]

gbr,
you have to attach the file, not post links.
edit that message you just sent and use the attach file box in the bottom of the window.

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Inspired, fun model :D

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And all the iPods looks good. a bit boring, but good nonetheless :dance:

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also the bully:
congrats for the frontpage plug!
and it is actually a pretty hot model :D

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vlad, yours looks great too!
though I have a question:
is the textures upside down?
'cause the wire you posted looks mirrored (the main buttons on the right side, while the rendered one have the buttons on the left).

Great stuff so far!

I'll try to get something done myself.:dance:

[inspired]

wow, so much nice replies! Thanks, curka :o, jm3D, LESTAT, Tornado, Fasth

Jm3D - Wow! Great entry! Wonderfull modeling and great mats!

LESTAT - Youre eyes ARE playing with you ;) it sais 'BE inspired to listnen' ;) hehe,
well, 'be inspired' is my motto. So i kinda used that for the motto of Mp-2 (Magwai portable Music Players :p)

Sniper - my parents got one too :p

Curka - thanks :o, come on, and make some time to model ;) btw, is that you in your avatar?

Gbr - great discman! Altough you have to post a wireframe along with your picture :)
and you have one hour for the modeling. You can spend ALL the time you want on texturing and lighting and rendering etc. :)

[vladoportos]

@fasth: m not sure but after inporting from rhino to max i rotated the model and than aply texture som maybe is mirrored from wire, wire is from rhino and render is from max

[LESTAT]

all this while i thought " LISTEN " , not " LISTNEN " was the right way to spell " LISTEN " or " LISTNEN " , damn ..... you've taught me a valuable lesson , and am on my way to the doc . :D

[inspired]

oooooh THAT was wat you ment :p hehe well, now im confused :p is it listNen or listen? maaaa, why didnt i pay more attention during english classes :p

[Nojoy]

lol lestat.... well i made a mistake too and claimed it was already week 35 speed modeling in my picture (ipod u2) nobody noticed however so far. Im coming with my second entry in a few hours finished modeling just now... its something someone asked for and for dj's ;)

evil very cool futuristic looking portable record dj player there...
i guess it wont need a needle in the future ... happy to know thats coming ;) you still got some time left modeling wise i see.

[Xtreme™]

my god....ill post another mini mp3 player....damn yall awsome model and renders!....fantastico

--- cheers ---

[NeonLeopard]

Very cool models so far ppl! Inspired has my favorite so far i think.

Just curious. does a car radio/cd count as music on the move?? It's not quite as moblie a device as an mp3 player etc. That's not gonna be my model, just wondering is all.

Well better get started then, good luck everyone ;)

[DESPISTADO]

wowww daniel buck in the forum im one of your fans, your works are really amazing, i been learning a lot with your tutorials, you have quality man, hope you can have more time and show us more models in this week and share some tips :)

best regards

[inspired]

despistado... did i miss something :roll: Who is daniel buck?

and thnx neonleopard :D its always nice to be some1s favorite ;)

Extreme! how are you mate :D hehe good to see you around here ;)

[DESPISTADO]

Originally posted by inspired
despistado... did i miss something :roll: Who is daniel buck?

and thnx neonleopard :D its always nice to be some1s favorite ;)

Extreme! how are you mate :D hehe good to see you around here ;)

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: shame on you :p you have to see his page http://danielbuck.net/

error404 = daniel buck

[jm3d]

Inspired - Thanks a lot for your comment, very apreciated.

I´ve check the Daniel Buck page (didn´t know who he was, shame on me too :o) and just have to say that is amaizing :D :D
It´s really great to see so much talented people in this contests.

I´m still waiting to see Otacon model.

keep it up everybody.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Hey guys... I've been under the weather lately... so I haven't been keeping up with current events. I mainly speak of the departure of our resident motor mouth Black. I know he's said his peace but I just wanted to say my goodbye publically and I hope life treats you and yours very well. You'll be missed.

As for this week's compitition... here's all I could come up with for now. This flu thing really really sucks!

3D Studio Max 6, 45 mins modelling, 10 mins texturing, 8 min render (not really sure why since I've done nothing different from all my previous 1-5 minute renders... default scanline render with 1 skylight and 1 omni):

[evil-98]

Originally posted by Nojoy
lol lestat.... well i made a mistake too and claimed it was already week 35 speed modeling in my picture (ipod u2) nobody noticed however so far. Im coming with my second entry in a few hours finished modeling just now... its something someone asked for and for dj's ;)

evil very cool futuristic looking portable record dj player there...
i guess it wont need a needle in the future ... happy to know thats coming ;) you still got some time left modeling wise i see.

its a CD player not a vinyl but thanks. i did have alot more time but i modeled it at around 12 pm so i was tired lol :roll:

[TORNADO]

Marty_McFly very nice model.I like it!

[affeman_83]

3D Studio Max 7
20-30 min modelling,
15 mins texturing
2 min render

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Originally posted by TORNADO
Marty_McFly very nice model.I like it!

Wow... thanks a lot Tornado. :D I'm really glad you like it even though it's extremely lacking in textures. (As in none at all! :roll: )

I'm also glad to see Inspired keeping up the 3DMADNESS! Good job man... keep it up!

[inspired]

hehe i AM ashamed of myself ;) Sorry daniel, youve got some great stuff on ur site :D


Marty, nice model! and I will do everything to keep the 3DMadness up, SIR! :D

[TORNADO]

Here is my first entry.I decided to make an old onne for a start.NO TEXTURES SORRY.It is not a big deal!But I hope you will like it.
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Modeling:40min
Rendering:3min
Soft:Max 5.1, Photoshop CS.
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[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Sweet model Tornado... I see we share the same taste in textures! Hehehe... :D

[URs3D.net]

Hey all of ya, very very good models here ! The textures are extreemly good.

I've one big questions, today I installed 3dsmax6 and when it finished installing I wanted to open it. The it said initializing...loading mentalray.dlz... and then it was not responing anymore. Could someone please help me with that...
Pleeeeese?

[TORNADO]

Thanks Marty_McFly maybe some day we will work together on texturing something!:D
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Sorry UrsiNMC but I'm using Max 5.1 and don't have money to buy max 6 now.Don't worry there are some peolpe here that use Max 6 so I gues that someone will help you!:D

[Mousek]

Tornado:
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Good model and put on model any texture.

[TORNADO]

First thanks Mousek.
Unfortunately my library with textures is limited, and I'm sick and I hardly even make it out of the bed so I decided to make the model without textures.

[Xtreme™]

wokey friends heres another from me... chamfering the edge and cuts its really take my time. so i dont make the earphones... dont have much time to make it! :roll:

well here we goo..... post production with ps 7...

--- cheers ---

[the_bully]

Xtreme

real nice like that one a lot

[inspired]

another one. Its my own design. I really dont feel like texturing it, so i followed the texturing style of tornado and marty :D
and i abslolutley dont have the time to write a little story, because my favorite tv-show is about to start :D

modeling time - 55 mins
mats & Lights - 10 seconds (1 sky, gray mat)
render time - 1 minute

[Mousek]

inspired
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Sweet model and materials are where?

[Xtreme™]

Originally posted by the_bully
Xtreme

real nice like that one a lot

thanks mate :D, i like yer model too...looks awsome *no kidding...
cheers mate :D

wow insipired thats awsome mate... wow u should give the mats for it....

ok friends good luck with the challange yeaaa...:dance:

[Mousek]

My inspiration model.

[inspired]

thanks mousek and extreme...:D really appreciate it! Your models are both really awesome!

about those mats... well lets just say i kinda s*ck at materials and texturing :D didnt want that to kill my model :)

[jone]

great model inspired
i got to texture it!
i 've finished mine and im gonna post it tomorrow
:D :)

[Mousek]

what are you saying on my model?

[Xtreme™]

Originally posted by inspired
thanks mousek and extreme...:D really appreciate it! Your models are both really awesome!

about those mats... well lets just say i kinda s*ck at materials and texturing :D didnt want that to kill my model :)

hehehe....same here mate, same here *got materials problems too... wellaa ive to go bakc to my stronghold now *game stronghold lol.... hope i found something new and fresh idea there lol....

all model looks awsome and unique...this gonna be tight!... let yer mind open friends :D, good luck....

--- cheers :D ---

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Mousek
My inspiration model.

That's really nice Mousek, looks like you copied/mirrored some polys to the left side? They look like the need the vertices to be welded, but very nice still.

[qooq]

Hello all.

Some awesome models here. So much skill that it makes me cry...

Here is my try.

I'm so damn slow.

Modelled in max 6.0 in 60 minutes
texture: N/A
render: 6 min

[polybuilder]

Good images everybody I'll try and get an entry this week

James

[Mousek]

Orkron
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Thanx and i don´t copy. :)

[Mousek]

I am Beginner. :)

[actionbob]

I dunno if this would count since there was a computer speed challenge earlier... but its also a portable music player for on the go!

Modeled in Max 7.
Modeling: 45 min
Textureing:15

[the_bully]

Ok heres my first and yes i know people have done the ipod already.

Software :cinema 4d 9,3 studio max,Vray
Modeling time :15 mins for the ipod,25mins for the ear buds.
rendering time :10 mins for each
texturing time :kind of gave up for now on the textures

[Neil _M]

Some realy nice stuff, makes me wana go shopping :)

[curka]

yes that's me in my avatar only now i'm a little bit older (but still i look that nice ;] )
and i hope to model sth tomorrow. tonight i'm totally exhausted.had a hard day.
goodnight everybody
:)

btw loads of grat models so far :]

[HooDLuM]

Hello people!

This is my first post here and my first complete model other than the max tutorials - I took over 2 hours modelling it though, so it breaks the rules but I figured it looked kind of nice so I've posted it anyway (hope that's ok). I couldn't think of a name, but it looked like a bar of soap, so that kind of stuck...

[Henry_B]

welcome HooDLuM

nice model, keep trying! so you can meke it on time..

[NeonLeopard]

@HooDLuM - Nice model i like that you put a visulization in there (is that R4 for winamp?). Practice makes perfect as they say, these speed challenges are a really good way to learn because they make you pay more attention to how you go about modelling an item. thats my 2cents anyways :D

[Sathe]

FInally there is a speed modeling challenge i like, so i figured id make the most of it.
Its a model of the Creative Zen touch which my brother just bought and its true they are worse than ipods, but who likes IPods anymore???
Also, does anyone know how to make the screen glow, i spent about an hour after finishing looking on the web for tutorials but i couldn't find anything :(.
Well, i think it looks alright without the glow.
Also am i diswualified for using photoshop to blur the image? I havent posted in the speedmodeling so i dont know whats what. I have the crappy renders if they are whats needed.

[vladoportos]

@ Sathe: thats nice looking model BUT wire and final picture have to be in one image wit max 800x600px and max 100kb (rules) and no you can use photoshop and postproduction on your picture doesnt count.. you have 60 min for modeling and on the rest you can spent much time as you want (not more than one week :) )

[jdgill]

Heres my entry..I had anotehr model but It turned ot like crap. THis one isnt that good either, but hey its a learning experience.

Modelling time: 30 mins because I had trouble deciding what to do.
Texturing time: 30 mins because I had trouble finding what to do..hehe.
Program: Truespace 3.1
Note: Isn't that good looking i know... I had trouble coming up with ideas.

[Sathe]

Duly noted :)

[jdgill]

Looks great...you are probably gonna win or atleast be runner up.
um.......I think you might get you object deleted though from what the rules say.

[Sathe]

The picture i just posted details are:

43 minutes modeling.
6 minutes texturing...8 if you include the wire render.
Rendering: 4:23
Software. 3DS max 7
Total time: 54 minutes.
BTW i hope im not disqualified for posting more than two images. Please give me a chance.

[jdgill]

I hope your not either...its a beautiful model.

[vladoportos]

So my next entry is here :)
I allways wonna do minidisc player but on the net is not much reference anf the bigest picture i could find is this one here (http://www.vladoportos.sk/mdr.jpg) also bigger wire frame picture can be found here (http://www.vladoportos.sk/wiremd.jpg) (hope i wold not be disqualified whe i post link for bigger wire) but i like the wire more than my render....

@Curka: You look cute on that foto :)

I like that pen style player looks cool to me and also inspired player, i had similar one when i was kid....

Its 3:20 am here so i need to get some sleep, good night.......


Modeling: 60 min (stopped after 60min)
Rendering: 80 min
Texturing: a while (dont know)
Soft: Rhino, Max6, Ps
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[Barks]

...Wow...

Vlad...that is amazing...A HUGE well done for that last one.

EDIT: Hmm...It makes me wish that I knew how to use the copy of Rhino that I have...

[vladoportos]

Thanx Barks its not much just few clever cuts, two time rewolve and two lofts :)

[H2O-3DT]

wow. The bar seems to be raised every week. Great work people. :)


3DMax
Time:60 min.

[DESPISTADO]

heres my entry

3ds max 7

modelling time: 3600 seconds :D

render time: 4 minutes and 2 seconds

[Xtreme™]

crab...all awsome!... *it make it hard...erghhh.....im gonna make new one...

amazing work people...like em so much...

--- cheers ---

[Thrillhouse900]

i always see really beautiful reflections for chrome stuff, which i assume is a relfect map, but what is it? can someone send me it? ir show me what they usually look like so i can make one?
all i got is lakerm:(

[animesean]

in max with mental ray use raytrace in the reflection channel and that works pretty well

[evil-98]

^^ chrome mats are 100% raytrace with a black diffuse color
black shows true colors of raytrance.

everything else that has reflections is probally fall out in reflection channel with HDRI or white box.

[animesean]

yes and black as well, usually use black as the color in self illumination and black diffuse, chrome is a mirror, black is the absence of color so it reflects best.

[Brodix]

Well this is my secone entry... as you can tell im new. This ring has a power button on one side, a volume button on the other side, and a headset jack. This is my best at texturing. I only know how to select faces and apply color.

Program Maya 6.0
Modeling 50 minutes.
Texturing 1 hour
Rendering 30 seconds

[animesean]

If you are using max reverse engineer the martini glass and shaker sample file don’t remember the real name of the file but the shaker looks like nice chrome, not perfect but all the setting can be recreated, and by reverse engineering a file you see what changes effect what.

[Orkron]

Originally posted by Thrillhouse900
i always see really beautiful reflections for chrome stuff, which i assume is a relfect map, but what is it? can someone send me it? ir show me what they usually look like so i can make one?
all i got is lakerm:(

If you want great looking metal, go to my site...link is below...and download my hdri's, then use them in the enviornment slot with reflect up high... go to google type "hdri tutorial" with no quotes and the very first tut on the list is the best on the net to learn how to use them...

[Sathe]

Thrillhouse (good name), if you want the standard chrome look it is simple. Firstly research hdri. www.splutterfish.com has some good tutorials. But if you want the preset 3ds max raytraced chrome texture go to the material library. Click the slot for a new material. once in there open a new material library and select raytraced 2. i think its in :3dsmax, matlibs, raytraced 2.
Hope this helps.

[RockstarKate]

When I saw this subject, I thought, "Hooray, I can make my cool looking old Sony Discman!"
When I say all the iPods I thought, "Cool, my model will be totally different!!"
But alas, 1 hour was not enough time for me to finish it. I forced myself to stop. Oh well. Guess I was going a little overboard tweaking the shape. Maybe I'll do something simpler, or finish it just for the heck of it later but anyway... Here's how far I got :o

[evil-98]

heres a quick one i did mostly to test out some mats but ill enter it anyways

modeling: 16 min
texture: 22 min
render: 9 min
software: 3dsmax 7

rendered in mental ray.

i was testing the glow(lume) and looks like it works out pretty nice.

[Dacke]

Cool :), im new, how'd you get that blue glow.

[inspired]

cool evil! What are the mats for those spheres? and the light setup? Looks pretty awesome :D

Great models ppl! You keep surprising me every week :D awesome!

And Dacke, welcome to the boards. You have to attach the pic with your post. (press the browse button) make sure its less then 100 kb, and attach it :)
oh and your model looks pretty good, since you started in such a short while ago! Just keep on practasing :)

[Sathe]

Why do you need to ask what map it is Inspired. :P Your avatar has the exact same glow too it ?

[Dacke]

Hi.
New to 3d modeling, been doing it for about 3 1/2 weeks. Here is my first entry to any of these Speed Challenges.

Took me 40-45 minutes to model it, just made a sphere and started going with it. Hope you like it.

Sort of a portable mp3 player.

Ty Inspired, just did a whole new post. Wouldnt let me attach it on my original. Weird.

[evil-98]

Originally posted by inspired
cool evil! What are the mats for those spheres? and the light setup? Looks pretty awesome :D

Great models ppl! You keep surprising me every week :D awesome!

And Dacke, welcome to the boards. You have to attach the pic with your post. (press the browse button) make sure its less then 100 kb, and attach it :)
oh and your model looks pretty good, since you started in such a short while ago! Just keep on practasing :)

rendered in Mental Ray 3.3 using some of Lume's materials

Lume has may different materials that are really helpful

metal(lume) glass(lume) glow(lume) glare(lume) etc

with metal you can create brushed metal instantly just by checking blured reflection and same with glass you can easily create a bead blasted glass just by bluring the reflection. glow is another great mat which i used in the spheres.

its a Raytrace material with really basic stuff, fall out in reflect channel, and glow in Luminosity channel.

as i was testing the mat i couldnt get it to glow with a basic lighting setup. so i kept testing and tryed a more simple lighting set up which basicly isnt even lighing. the scene there was lite by a skylight, multipler set to 2 and a HDRI map

final gather on, max radius 100 min radius 1
sampling, max 16 min 1

and thats it. just play around with mental ray, its a really cool system once you get into it and understand how everything works.

[Mousek]

Vlado : texture is cool. :cool:

[inspired]

Sathe - hehe, my avatar is only made with Photoshop :)

Dacke - hehe thats better :) you might want to make your next entry a 640x480 (or 480x640) jpg... ;)

Evil - Thanks man! havent done much with mental ray yet, but im certainly gonna check it out soon! thnx!

[inspired]

Modeling time - 60 minutes (yeah... i needed the whole hour :p)
mats & lights - 15 mins (7 omni, 1 sky. Raytrace and standard mats. screen made in PhotoShop)
render time - 2 mins

you want 1 gig of space to stock up your music? You want your songs to be played perfeclty, with the most clear sound? But you dont want to be just another one who has an Ipod? Be original, and buy MP-II's alternative, the Inspi-Pod.

The Inspi-Pod has a storage of 1 gigabyte. It plays Mp3, WMA and WAV without a problem. The Inspi-Pod comes standard with headphone, and USB-battery reloader.

The Inspi-Pod is now available, and costs only $250,-

[Mousek]

inspired
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Original design your player. :)

[sgibbons]

Hi everyone, this is my first ever post on this forum, but I've been following everyones work for a while now. and I have to say, I'm very impressed with what 've seen and felt I had to join in!

So here goes...

This is my play on 'music on the move' - I figure that the record would be moving, and has the music on it - hence 'music on the move' - may be a bit off the mark, but seeing as I have built it, I'll submit, and see if I can get away with it!!

Software: Lightwave 7.0
Modelling: 0.58 hrs
Rendering: 1.30 hrs (radiosity)
Compositing 0.10 hrs

I hope the image appears, I can't see it on the preview!

[Mousek]

Name : CD player
Modeling : 60 min.
Rendering : 10 min.

[TORNADO]

Wow Mousek nice model.What do you use to render your models?:???:

[Mousek]

finalrender and wherein global illumination. :) + finalshaders

[sgibbons]

Mousek, I can't help but notice, that my render time of 1.30 hrs is very high compared to everyone else's, do you know any one else here who uses Lightwave, that may be able to shed some light on that?

Thanks.

BTW. Your model looks great, I always struggle with that more organic modelling. And your render time's certainly quick.

[Mousek]

sgibbons
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I don´t use lightwave. I use rhino on my model and render do in max with finalrender.

[fasth]

Originally posted by sgibbons
, do you know any one else here who uses Lightwave, that may be able to shed some light on that?



I would recommend you to ask the almighy otacon when he gets around, 'cause he is the guru-est of them all. :)

[Isavedlatin]

@sgibbons, definitly ask otacon once he makes an appearance. He is the master of lightwave.

@Evil, nice mats with that blue glow. Ive just been gettin into mental ray Recently and ive been tryin to make work as well as it can, but havent been able to quite do it yet. The specs on your scene really helped me out, thanks.

[mohamad]

This Music on the move system is for Mr. "Betoven".
Software: 3dsmax6
Modeling Time = 1 hour.
(I liked add more details but time finished)

Material: 30 minutes.
Render: 3 minutes. (V-Ray)

[Xtreme™]

mohamad
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hot damn i never think about that before mate, very unique...like em much mate

--- cheers ---

[the_jigu]

well guys!!
really nice models coming so far!!!
H20,inspired,mousek,mohamad really nice model ,,,,,dudes!!!

well guys need ur help with mental ray!!

i m trying to render scene with volume light effect with mental ray!!
but i knew that volume light doesn't support mental ray!!
so how could it possible to render volume light effect with mental ray?:roll:

[pedrospy]

Hi guys.
Im newbie in 3d (3 or 4 mounths studing) and im from brazil and speak (and write) english very poor.

Name: Pedro Spy System (the ultimate cd player portable system)
Modeling : 20 minutes
Material : 35 minutes (slooooooow)
Render : some seconds

http://img2.uploadimages.net/557063pss.jpg

[jone]

nice ideea mohamad
very original
congrats:)

[TORNADO]

Hi all.Nice models every1.Vlad,Mousek, Inspired good work!
Now here is my second one!It is my personal sound machine.I aways carry it with me.I usualy put it on my back and after a few minutes I have to row again if I want to listen.Very,very convinient, don't you think?:D
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Modeling:45min(had problems with the net)
Texturing:hahahhahahhahhaha!:D
Rendering:5min
Soft:Max 5.1, Photoshop CS!
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[DESPISTADO]

i m trying to render scene with volume light effect with mental ray!!
but i knew that volume light doesn't support mental ray!!
so how could it possible to render volume light effect with mental ray?


:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: mental ray doesn't support volume light ?????:eek: :eek: :eek:

mental ray support volume light look the image rendered with mental ray you dont have to do nothing special just do it in the same way that if youre working without mental ray

best regards

[vladoportos]

Hi all,
I found some free time, so i made another model but i totaly give up to texture it... I just dont know how to get nice looking material.... :(

Modeling: 45 min
Rendering: 2 min
Texturing: :ufo:
Soft: Rhino3D
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[sgibbons]

@ fasth & Isavedlatin

Thanks, I'll keep a look out for Otacon, I've looked back over some of the past few challenges, and he's models and renders are very impressive. Serious Lightwave skills envy right now!!

Are we gonna see a model from you both this week? I may have another go myself if I get time

[RockstarKate]

So I think I could finish my Sony Discman in time if I started over. Is there any sort of rule about starting over on the same model? I think that I figured some stuff out while working on my first one that would let me do it faster. Is it cool if I try the same model again with my new knowledge?

[vladoportos]

Yap, where is Otacon ? im sure he is waiting for last day with his great models to not demoralize us right from start :):roll:

[sgibbons]

@vladoportos

Seriously great models from you vladoportos over the last few months, and I really like the stuff you do using the toon shading, I don't think I can do anything like that in Lightwave. - I may be wrong! 8-)

[vladoportos]

@sgibbons: to be honest i dont know anything about lightwave i saw once video tutorials from 3dbuzz just to check out worflow in it. But there must be plugin or something for lightwave to render toon things. My last model was rendered in in Penguin, special plugin for Rhino (non photorealistic render)

[sgibbons]

I just took a quick look at the Pengiun 3d website, looks like there are some other cool render effect, with that as well as toon. Really need to look into some Renderers, trouble is I'm on a Apple Mac, and there doesn't seem to be as many options out there for Mac users!

Still, at least I can play modelling for now, just have to find something to do while they render!!

[Zeyix]

I'm not very good at modeling things, and usually when I do they end up being tons of polygons. But here it is.

I used 3Ds max 5.1 to model/texture/light and render it all. I used Photoshop put the wireframe together with the picture.

[daneel_olivaw]

hi evereybody, i have two questions

1- is valid to retouch the images in photoshop? to adjust levels, brightness/contrast, sharpen the image?

2- where do you post the winner images? just to see the winner images of the last challenge. (sure not me... im far away... but i only would like to see)

thanks a lot, and congratulations everybody, great images.

[vladoportos]

@daneel_olivaw: hi, and for your questions.... see next

ad1. yes its alowed (i think, but andy is the boss here)

ad2. The winners are announced week after the challenge, if andy have time to judge it, look in older challenges, and look for andys post with names .. somewhere neer the end of that threed...

[Henry_B]

here is a link for an idea, maybe someone can model them ...sure not me, not good enough..heheh
http://www.oakley.com/catalog/colors/eyewear/oakley_thump/256/matte_black_black_iridium_polarized/

peace

[sgibbons]

@ Henry_B – Those are some serious shades! - Look a bit too complex for me to model - yet! - Your car model looks awsome btw.

Anyway, here's another quickie from me, still not got the hang of the rendering lark, but at least the render time's reasonable!!

It's another ipod I'm affraid, but a mini one!!

[Kaze_SR]

this is my first model for the week...
I had to stop at 60 min, didnt have time to do all the plugs and the earphones

Modeling : 60 min
Textures and lights : 60 min
softwares : CATIA 5 V13 and photoshop

my computer was so slow for this one it was crazy... I had to restart the program 4 times to do all the renders...

Good luck everyone

[Nojoy]

Here is a sedond entry as promised more complicated model than the previous ipod u2 i did .... found this model sketched on an image plane over google wich i used as reference.

Great entrys again, sure makes it tough, but than again makes one try harder wich is great in the longrun. Keep it up folks and those entrys rolling in. :D

[the_jigu]

Originally posted by DESPISTADO
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: mental ray doesn't support volume light ?????:eek: :eek: :eek:

mental ray support volume light look the image rendered with mental ray you dont have to do nothing special just do it in the same way that if youre working without mental ray

best regards

Thanks dude!!!

i thought mental ray doesn't support "volume light".but it's my mistake. i did try with Lens Fx (glow)effect(press 8, and in effect panel) with mental ray.it;s not working with mental ray.:(

so i already thought and didn't check about volume light.

BTW, now is it possible to render "Lens Effects" with mental ray?:(

EDIT: hey dispi , i just checked Lens effect is also working well.:eek:eek:eek:
mental ray gives kinda like this error:
"Lens Effect expected unsupported Gbuffer channel Transperancy".

jigu.

[the_jigu]

guys!!! man this week is coming with really nice models!!

nojoy u did gr8 one with lots of details!!

[Diabolos]

The very first portable transistor radio.................

Maya 5
45 min
Mental ray (HDRI)

[Brodix]

Well very nice models everyone. Welcome to all of the new people. pedrospy might want to double check the rules. Other thank that keep up the work everyone.

[illyster]

Here is my piece:

[DESPISTADO]

EDIT: hey dispi , i just checked Lens effect is also working well.eek
mental ray gives kinda like this error:
"Lens Effect expected unsupported Gbuffer channel Transperancy".

thats normal because mental ray doesnt support glow and ring effect thats the why you get that message, but ray, autosecundary, manual secundary, star and streak are sopported by mental ray

heres a tutorial on how to use shader for glow using lume tools



http://www.lume.com/manual/html/Tutorial-LumeLight.html

best regards

[Nojoy]

thanks "the_jigu" worked long time to get textures looking right... currently on my next entry a bit simpler.

If you use Maya u can use your regular glow effects - paint effects and mental ray will render those tooo.... :)

Keep them portables coming... coming along great sofar this week. :D

[Error404]

Originally posted by vladoportos
@Error404: Its beautiful model and render but not realy portable.

oop! :dunno: guess I should have read the requirements a bit slower! :haha:

sorry about that :)

[GENIE]

Speed Modeling Challenge 34
Time mod. : 60 min
Time texturing : 30 min
Time rendering : 10 min
Software : Rninoceros 2.0 , MAX 5 , Vray

[GENIE]

pic

[Nippur]

Hello, here is my post for this week

modelled in 3dsmax 2.5, time 55 mins
textured in cca 60 mins

[kenkuru]

Beautiful works again guys! :) Vladoportos seems to be hot this week along with many others. Some great models/designs and renders. Here's a quick one from me too. Not too much time to spend on these this week :(
It's some sort of mp3/wma player. Had to stop before i even got to the earphones...
Modelling 60 min. awesome texturing, max 6 again