speed modelling challenge week 38 - triped

[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. Spend no longer than the allocated time then post a render of your model. 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.

How you interpret the brief is up to you as long as the final model conforms to what we have asked for. Any images of models that do not match the brief will be removed and the poster disqualified

2, You may enter as many times as you like as long as each model is completely new and uses no components from other entries.Entries using models which are not original will be removed and the poster disqualified

3, Your entry may contain as many views of your model as you like but it must include a clear and easy to see wire frame of the mesh before any smoothing/subdivision has been applied. Please use a screen grab. No other method is acceptable and any "wire renders" or wireframes we can't see properly will be removed and the poster disqualified

4, You must include the following details with each submission: software used and time spent creating the model. Any further information is voluntary but posts not containg the required information will be removed and the poster disqualified.

5, Post only one image submission per entry which must be no larger than 800x600 pixels in either landscape or portrait format with a file size of no more than 100k. These images must be uploaded to our servers using the "browse" button on the forum reply page. Do not link to external images Files. larger than the maximum size or posts containing links to external images (other than for reference materials) will be removed and the poster disqualified


6, time spent on rendering or texturing or building a scene in which to display your model 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". If your model is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognizeable.

These rules apply to everybody taking part there will be NO exceptions

this weeks challenge

time limit - 60 minutes
deadline - 22.00 G.M.T. Wednesday 23rd March 2005
subject - Triped

We thought it was about time you took on another character and to make it different we want him/her/it to have three legs or three points of contact with the ground

have fun with this subject. The forums are back to normal - let's see a big one this week



Andy & Black

Here's a starter,
Modeling:60 minutes
MaYA
Texturing:6 minutes
MaYA
Rendering:5 minutes
MaYA
PostWork:Around 3 minutes
PhotoShop

[Orkron]

Sorry Andy...do you mean Tripod?
Not sure if you meant Triped

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Wow... a triped? About 3 ideas came to mind as soon as I read that. Muahaha... can my Army be on a rebound? :halo: It's time to hit the drawing board!

3DMadness!!!

[inspired]

nice subject...

marty, I hope your army is strong enough to hold my flood of three legged battle mechs this week :)
hehe bring it on :p

good luck every1!

3DMadness!!!

[Orkron]

Am I missing something? Is there really a Triped? Oh god I feel dumb.

[inspired]

Am I missing something? Is there really a Triped? Oh god I feel dumb.

LOL

you mean you feel dumb like this: :blah: ?

or more like this: :drool: ?

or maybe more like this: :crazy: ?

[Orkron]

And you said I post too much? lol I think u just like the sound of your own text! :-P

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Go to sleep Inspired and leave Orkron alone you big meanie spammer person dude!

Orkron: It's just as Andy said... We thought it was about time you took on another character and to make it different we want him/her/it to have three legs or three points of contact with the ground... Nothing special... :D

[inspired]

what can I say? i think we BOTH post too much sometimes, but this picture shows YOU always want to have the last word :p
This picture is a screenshot of the 'frontpage' of the speedmodeling contests a couple of minutes ago...

[Orkron]

this is NOT a submission, so please don't DQ me for the week...I just wanted to share this....
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=20188
What do you guys think?

edit: last word.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

That's exactly what Andy's looking for. :D Nice model... now make another!

[Orkron]

That's exactly what Andy's looking for. :D Nice model... now make another!
Thanks a lot Marty! I definately will hehe...but that took more than 60 minutes ;)

edit: last word.

[inspired]

you big meanie spammer person dude!

orkron is the spammer, look how much he posts :p

hehe looks like the three of us are 'spamming up' whole the first page...:p

thats a cool model Orkron btw... looking forward to see your entries this week :) and urs too marty ;)

[/sucking up mode]

[CurtObi4]

Yeah, I don't think triped is a word, but this looks like a good subject. Can make the models a little more complex than a nut crackers I think. Now where to go with this subject.... need ideas.. googles.....

(Maybe triped is one of those secret words that all geeks know, but that can't be found in the dictionary...)

[Andy_k-3DT]

yeah it's a sort of made up word - we are looking for a three legged character not object.


Black will be posting a starter for you anytime now - me i'm busy modelling moroccan lanterns for a client :(

Andy

[inspired]

allright, at first, i didnt want to ask this but...

when you say a character, and NOT an object... does a robotic thingy with three legs count as a character? or does it/he/she have to have a mind of its own..:roll:

anyway, good luck with the maroccan lantarns :p

oh and black, im still waiting for your post man ;) i really want to go to sleep, but i cant untill ive seen your post :D

[DESPISTADO]

three legs that sounds interesting, good luck to everybody

[deadplant155]

i think robots have minds of their own...don't they?

[Agamemnwn]

three legged character? as in organics? :hmm: dont like organics, never made any organics. all my models hade been inorganics and scenes.i'll see what i can come up with.have to plan it really thow. we'll see.... :(

[Black]

Dang ... it seems I forgot to texture the guys eye balls! :(

Well it was a bit hectic in the back stage this evening. Sorry for the delay folks.

Well as for your questions... the whole thing is based on the same grounds as the competition for a biped character. But the diffrence here is that you have THREE contact points to the ground.

I think that should give you a hint on what to be able to go for.


Good luck all. I am SURE you will impress everybody yet once again!

Black

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Hey guys... you can refer to Week 18 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=23620) for some great inspirational models. (Especially my models... :D well... maybe not my first one! :p) Just remember now... three legs this time... not two! :eek:

[Agamemnwn]

Can we model a three legged robot? If not i will try to do something else.... :hmm:

[Andy_k-3DT]

yes - robots are classed as characters for the challenges.

But bear in mind, you may not get on with organics but these challenges are here to help you develop your skill levels - everyone will join in to help - have a go and if you get stuck, then ask :)

Don't just model what you know - try branching out

Andy

[Black]

Agamemnwn shall you apreciate.. there is a VERY thin line in were a robot would really fit into the rest.
It is hard to point out the slight diffrences but I am sure you can grasp the bit about it having to be a CHARACTER.. Do you get my point?

So when you think of it this way there are a variaty of robotic.. even toy characters.
Please care to have that feel squeeze in.

As for Organic modeling.. I would say give it a go anyway.. do your stuff.. and do that too. This is a strong platform to learn alot.
Look at me... I can model now!! :D

[Agamemnwn]

thank you Black and Andy. I will try to model one for sure.... :D :D

[Black]

Damn.. I must have been hanging around Marty abit TOO much.. getting late at my replies!

[Agamemnwn]

btw... Black did u see my reply in last weeks challenge about the settings i use in MAYA?

[Black]

Yes I did.. and I am sorry for the delay.. but things were a bit dence today all together.. I have a few more questions in que... Will be getting to yours again very shortly.

[DESPISTADO]

yeah it's a sort of made up word - we are looking for a three legged character not object

mm im a little confuse, black image just have two legs or the tail count as leg?

best regards

[Andy_k-3DT]

and I quote from the brief

"We thought it was about time you took on another character and to make it different we want him/her/it to have three legs or three points of contact with the ground"

not reading the brief is a cardinal sin :)

Andy

[Agamemnwn]

Thank you VERY MUCH Black i really apreciate your help in this matter. i know you and andy are very busy and i thank you for your time. :D :D :D

[adamos]

So here is mine.
Modeling: 30min
texturing: 10 min
rendring: 5min
And software as always MAX 6.0

[Segreto]

Couldnt finish this one but i thought i would go ahead and post. Not enough time so the legs dont really work, and i couldnt build a body but oh well. I'll try to plan ahead next time.

60min
3dsmax

[Henry_B]

Couldnt finish this one but i thought i would go ahead and post. Not enough time so the legs dont really work, and i couldnt build a body but oh well. I'll try to plan ahead next time.

60min
3dsmax
not finished but still loking good!!
you are the mech master!!!!

[DESPISTADO]

and I quote from the brief

"We thought it was about time you took on another character and to make it different we want him/her/it to have three legs or three points of contact with the ground"

not reading the brief is a cardinal sin :)

Andy

hehehe ok andy, i got it sorry, dont add me reputation point :drool:

[H2O-3DT]

So here is mine.




Thats very cool. :)
Good job and cool style.
U have some jagged edges, but aside from that smal detail. Thumbs up. :)

[Zeyix]

Wow, this was hard. I'm not very good at making character style things, but I was pretty proud of this one. Took me a few hours to get the fur right; it still doesn't look as good as i want it, but I had fun and that's all that count right? Anywas, here it is!

[Brodix]

HI All, This is my first organic charater.
Software Maya
Modeling Time 60 minutes
Texturing time 10 minutes
Rendering time 50 seconds
Posting on your favorite forum without waiting a week... Priceless
Thanks by the way for all the hardwork and dedication

[Orkron]

Here's a freaky submission from me.
3dsmax: 48 minutes
render 7 minutes
postwork: Photoshop

[Orkron]

Ummmm Firefly...I think you're forgetting something.

edit: there you go.

[Brodix]

lol yeah i was having technical difficulties :crazy:

[Mousek]

:verts: Nice topic but I think there will be just few posts. :verts:

[vladoportos]

Hi guys im back and im bad :crazy: (not realy)
Nice topic but also oranic is not my strong side.... but first thing what come to my mind when i readed trilegs was droideka from starwars movie (im great fun) so when my render is finished (im rendering my project for another challenge) i will start modeling ...

Its good to be back ;)

[eagle4]

ok i dont know what i was thinking when i modeled this, thats why it looks so strange, anyway, modeled in 55 minutes using 3d studio max, i tried heaps of different textures, but because i suck, i gave up and used simple colours.

i think his long arm is ment to be able to swivel arround him, a strange product of evolution....


eagle4

[Agamemnwn]

ok my first organic. :shy: :dunno:. I planned it well ( thank god) after i got inspired by Zeyix's submission. i looked on google to find some reference about the model i wanted to make. Had some ideas on my head and i wanted to see in close view different parts like legs and head how they look like in different views etc. then i made a little scetch before i started modelling it in Maya. Modelled with NURBS mostly, only the last parts on the leg and the teeth were subds. Dont know how it would be with a 3 legged spider anatomically i mean and stability wise :p C&C always welcome.

[Diabolos]

Here's a freaky submission from me.
3dsmax: 48 minutes
render 7 minutes
postwork: Photoshop

Hi Orkron; Good job! Are we allowed to use displacement maps? How did you make your treads?

Segreto; Wow, I would have liked to have seen that one finished - I really like your rendering style (deep highlights and shadows).

Adamos; great job/idea.

D,

[Segreto]

thanks for the comments guys! got some good plans for my next attempt, so hopefully i will be able to finish it this time

[Orkron]

Hey Diobolos,
Thanks and no I didn't use a displacement map but yes that is ok.
I made a simple track shape in polygonss, I then used the Array tool to copy that object 34 times. I then chose PathDeform form the Modify panel and chose the spline that I created and shaped previously as the deform path...then I just lined it up and viola!
Hope that helps, but here's a very simple tutorial you can try:
http://3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/cattrack/cattrack.asp
Orkron.

[Xtreme™]

hey how is it going you all guys? hot damn you all awsome!...well i'm not sure, i'll join in this challenge (if i've a time, of course i'll join in)... btw good luck with the challenge friends... --- cheers ---

segreto, hey thanks for cable tut's mate... yea now i can download it :D... many thank's again to change it into *.rar (the file size it's more small than before now :D)...

--- good luck with the challenge! ---

[Diabolos]

Hey Diobolos,
Thanks and no I didn't use a displacement map but yes that is ok.
I made a simple track shape in polygonss, I then used the Array tool to copy that object 34 times. I then chose PathDeform form the Modify panel and chose the spline that I created and shaped previously as the deform path...then I just lined it up and viola!
Hope that helps, but here's a very simple tutorial you can try:
http://3dcafe.com/asp/tutorials/max/cattrack/cattrack.asp
Orkron.

Thanks for the help, Orkron :smug: There seems to be so many ways and methods to make things.................

D,

[Diabolos]

Just wanted to clear this up..............................

D - I - A - B - O - L - O - S

I remember Orkron having the same issues in earlier posts :wall:

[Sniper]

Great topic Andy.

I just have one question. Is functionality going to be a part of the judging on this one??? Cause I have a realy good idea for a mech triped that would look cool but when you think of a mech triped trying to walk it doesnt really work very well due to the ballance point if you know what I mean???

Just to explain what I mean a bit. Say you want to lift one leg and move it, The ballance point has to be moved between the 2 legs that remain on the ground witch is all well and good. But then when you want to move one of the other legs the ballance point has to be moved between 2 different legs. So what turns out as a really nice looking triped. Might actually have a very limited functionality in moving due to gravity and falling over and all that sort of stuff.

Hope this makes sense and I will have an entry soon. Just its St patricks day and keeping up with the spirit of things Ive had a few drinks and am now all philisophical.


Luke....

[leonsooi]

This is my "Tri-cat".

Modelling: 60 minutes (3dsmax)
Materials: 30 minutes (3dsmax)
Postwork: 10 minutes (Phtshp)

[Andy_k-3DT]

I know what you mean Sniper but you could easily make a triped mech that works without falling over - would make for an interesting walk cycle - I gave it some thought and three legs in a row would work quite well, the centre one working almost as a pendulum/balance point with the outside legs working together - it will make sense if you've ever had to use crutches to walk after breaking a leg :)

Functionality? Nah, not really, lets just see some very cool models this week and make up for all the chaos of the last couple of challenges

Andy

Andy

[Villane]

from the models shown in this week's comp, it's good to see folk actually adhering to the 1 hour time frame. Far more believeable that people are actually being honest this week...long may it continue!
Remember honesty is the best policy!

V

[Sniper]

Thanks for your reply Andy. I have a couple of ideas. Some functional and some not so.

Luke....

[eagle4]

hey andy, breaking your leg is the best thing for learning about 3d modeling, it gives you heaps and heaps of time to sit on ya bum and play arround with all different features. i am at the moment recovering from a broken leg, and i have learnt sooo much since i broke it.


so to all you fellow newbies out there go out and break your leg, it helped me ;P

eagle4

[Sniper]

hey andy, breaking your leg is the best thing for learning about 3d modeling, it gives you heaps and heaps of time to sit on ya bum and play arround with all different features. i am at the moment recovering from a broken leg, and i have learnt sooo much since i broke it.


so to all you fellow newbies out there go out and break your leg, it helped me ;P

eagle4


Lol. yea I kinda agree with this but from my experience this is a much too painfull way to go about it after spending almost 2 months where I couldnt even really get out of bed (I broke both the bones in my left leg and had to have a steel rod put in there :( ). The much better thing is to just quit or be fired from your job. Unless your job is working in the 3D industry.

Luke...

[mimi01]

This wasn't easy as I thought...Modelling the legs took me too long (almost 40min) so I could not finish it the way I wanted to. He needs some arms, and his body isn't what I imagined. :ugh:

Maybe I wil finish it just to see how it looks like. :hmm:

Good luck to you guys! Great models so far. :)

Modelling time: 1h
textures: 30min
render and lights: 30min
software: 3dmax5

[eagle4]

well, i found out that after 8 weeks (and still in a cast) that my leg was still broken, i only recently got my leg out of the cast, but yeah. modeling skills have improved heaps (still crap, but improved)


eagle4

[JAPO]

I have seen such mech... walking. In Emperor - Battle for Dune. It was Harkonnen devastator :)

[andoy]

Great to see the forums up and running again, (a huge thanks to everyone who put their efforts into this for us )
I didn't think i would get chance to enter this week but i managed to find a few spare hours and started doodling. So here's my entry for this week.
Not sure how functional it is really, but i guess that two legs would work forwards, whilst the third one would be working backwards.. if that makes any sense at all..
Modelled in Max in 60 minutes.
Textured in 25 minutes.
Rendered with MR and one skylight in 10 minutes 57 seconds.

[inspired]

wow, this is promising! I feel this is gonna be a GREAT week, just like the old days...

my fav for now sure is ADAMOS! Great design and very cool style and modeling!

Some other great models too, Orkron, Mimi, every1! awesome

mimi, i like your new avatar :) cool to see you are still around here aswell :)

and segreto, my man, what can i say. You know you are the mech master, too bad you couldnt finish it in time, because the start sure looks promising! exactly your style! Im gonna do a mech style one, but less detailed... hopefully i can finish it in an hour, preplanning is the key!

good luck every1, keep those good models coming, and lets make this week SHINING like before. Lets make andy and black proud!

3DMadness!!!

[Villane]

60 minutes....hmmmmmmmmm tick tock tick tock.............................................. .................................................. ........................time's up!

[bescec]

my triped made with blender, i hope you like it :)

[fastrak]

Well, I had an unusual inspiration for this one. I happen to be in one of the smaller rooms of the house and something caught my eye.....can you guess what is was?? (LOL)
Not much too this....bevel profile for the plunger thingy and a capsule for the handle. The tenticals are loft objects. The box is, well a box....inset, extruded and shape merge. The eyeball is a sphere with hemispheres for the lids. I think that's about it.
Kinda silly really. :o Had fun though.

3dsmax 7
32 min. modeling
19:58 to render (scanline)

[Rooky]

Hi! The week has just started and I already see very nice models. Hope that there is no one else like me who nearly wanted to skip this week because of ignorance what triped means.. But I pulled myself together and made a three leged green smily creature! :D :D Hope you'll like it!

[fastrak]

Looks nice Rooky.
Would be fun to rig and let loose.
Cute character

[inspired]

hehe rooky, THATS cute ;) nice model

and fastrak, what can i say? AWESOME model! Great concept and nice texturing and modeling! great job!

[Agamemnwn]

great models everyone. better than my spiderthingy... :wall: :wall: Anyway. i 'll try to make a new model . see if it works.. :D

[CurtObi4]

andoy I was thinking about doing something kinda like that. Seems like you beat me too it. :) You pulled it off well too.

[Rooky]

fastrak, inspired : Thank you guys! :) You both are inspiring me not to stop and maby make an other one..
And fastrak I like the idea about rigging. I think it would be great to see this little creature moving! :D Let's see what can I do.. :)

[Orkron]

sorry Diabolos, I transposed a the o and the a in your name, my apologies.
Rooky, very cute entry!
Inspired, thanks for the comment :)
Fastrak, may fav so far! Very creative and original.
Orkron.

[Orkron]

wow its been an hour since anybody has posted.....where u guys at?

[hammerch]

Been thinking about it for a couple hours while I've been working. Should have one in about an hour

[fastrak]

Thanks for the favorable comments guys. :smug:
Now, Orkron and inspired, how about some crits. I would like to improve. Give me something to go on here. Both of you are such prolific posters, maybe you can find your way to give me some help too. And it doesn't even have to be about this last post. (I have alot of admiration for many of the posters capabilities, so anybody's c&c are welcome, always)
I just want to get better! :)

[Mousek]

I´m rendering my model. Please wait :D thanx ......

[adamos]

!!!! Horror tripoid in progres !!!!
24 min left for modeling

[JanJaap]

It probably show and it might not have been a smart idea but this is my first organic model ever.
Although is doesn't look entirely how I wanted it to look but I'm still pleased with the result.

But I'm probably going to model inorganic triped just to have something that is almost, but not quite, enterily unlike a fighting chance.

:D

Jan-Jaap

[Mousek]

Modeling in rhino! Rendering in AIS 2.0. :dance: :dance: :dance:

[Black]

Sorry guys..

I was OVER occupied the whole day.. and could't follow up.
Just to reply some of the private contactings;

Please try to concider the third leg as a contacting point.. but in such a manner that the character has to depend on the third one in some way or the other. If nothing to keep in balance (NOT like the T-Rex.. the three points have to be TOUCHING the ground) So when your trench coat is too long and it touches the floor, it wouldn't manage to make you a triped.
Anatomical perfectness is not really the issue. But sort of create with supporting facts in the model itself (If that makes any sence).


Originally posted by Villane
from the models shown in this week's comp, it's good to see folk actually adhering to the 1 hour time frame. Far more believeable that people are actually being honest this week...long may it continue!
Remember honesty is the best policy!

V
Villane,
I shall react VERY harshly if you are preparing to call the contestants liars without coming to me with proof. PLEASE care to choose your words carefully and wisely.

[Orkron]

I have to say that yes sometimes I look at certain models and think there's no way that was done in one hour :) BUT I keep it to myself...after all I can do in one hour more than some contestants in 4 hrs...and it works both ways....for instance, Andy can model something in one hour that would take me several hrs at least...so let's remember that everybody has different skill levels.
On a different (much happier) note, I just bough 3dworld mag (the one with Truespace) and I'm hoping that a couple tuts in here are made by Andy (or article or whatever) and I may even set max aside for a couple months and try my hand at this new program...
Wish me luck :)
Orkron.
p.s. that means that some submissions in the near future will sayd "modelled in TS [truespace]" not modelled in max :D

[NeonLeopard]

Quick question :D do three wheels count as a "triped". ie "R2 D2" from star-wars (as if anybody doesn't know that :D)

[Black]

R2 What?!

Star What?!!!

Huh?!



Darn have to type some more to fullfill the 50 character limits quota!

[adamos]

Why im out of scale?

Why?
Why?
Same problem as Black-3DT have.
"Darn have to type some more to fullfill the 50 character limits quota!"

[deadplant155]

dont even think about it! r2 is mine!!!!!! just kidding, i did a really junky version, go right ahead and show me up if you want. :)

[Orkron]

Hey Andy, I'm gonna try your motorcycle tutorial tonight...I thought I recognized that bike on the cover of the cd ;) Wasn't 100% sure till I started reading the mag.

[CurtObi4]

It's a creature alright.... :)
Software: Blender
Modeling time: 60 min
Texturing time: 50 min
Rendering time: 11 min

[Black]

Haha DeadPlant You do NOT know what you are getting yourself into! :)

It was my First Model (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=53075&stc=1) I had tried to do when entering these contests.
And to my suprise: 3 attempts (Or was it four) And I STILL couldn't finish the little bag of bolts and oil! I can not start to count the amount of preperation I went through to have him done with.

Since then I have been trying to erase R2-D2 out of my memory.

I would LOVE to see one of you manage to model him.
(Please note the very important diffrence of modeling out of an existing object and one you have created yourself. With creating you can really go nuts and/randome. But when creating an existing object.. loyalty to the original is very important in defining it's quality. And it's THAT bit of it that really takes alot from your time.)

The entries are getting... Intresting :)
I hope this keeps up!

[Rooky]

Ok! Here I go with my second one! This doesn't smile so much but in some ways he's very similar to the smily one! :D Enjoy! :D

Modelling: 30 min
Texturing: 1 min
Rendering: 1-2 min
Software: 3ds Max 7

And I have a question - In the situation when I have written the times on the image, do I have to mention them here too! I hope you understood me.. cause my english sentence building is just awful! :(

[Black]

No Rooky, It HAS to be stated.. but only on the image would be enough at this stage.
Thank you for paying attention though

Black

[fastrak]

And another nice one from Rooky. You've got quite the cast of characters going on.
So what's next? The "villian" perhaps? (hint hint) LOL
Anyhow, I like the "simple" design of it, and you kept the textures down to a bare minimum, which adds to the character feel.
Good Job

Mousek "Modeling in rhino! Rendering in AIS 2.0"
What is AIS 2.0? Looks good.
And the model is good too!

[adamos]

At last, after 1h of modeling and who knows how much more time for play whit light textures etc. Its finish.
Time
modeling: 60 min (full)
rendring: 3,54 min.
light: ?
textur: ?
Software: Max 6.0

[adamos]

oh i forgot. 5 min for smok cigaret.
at last 50 characters

[fastrak]

oh i forgot. 5 min for smok cigaret.
at last 50 characters
LOL....yeah, that happens to me too. :D
BTW....another great post. That's just too bizzare. Very creative Adamos.

[inspired]

50 chars...? this is gonna be hard for me... :(

anyway, rooky, again a nice model from you! Me likes it!

and adamos, again, what can i say? Marvelous model! Great style, and very good modeling! keep it up, and the total texture cd is yours for sure IMO ;)

anyway... im off to bed...

marty and orkron, where are your models ;) much talking, less modeling huh? w-what? M-my models? err.. well, e-excuse me, I gotta g-go!

3DMadness!!!

[adamos]

Thx guys but thts just two boxes whit some insert, extrude, bewel.
eny how its nice to see that you like it.

[Orkron]

Haha Inspired, but I seriously can't think of anything else to model...

[Diabolos]

wow its been an hour since anybody has posted.....where u guys at?


no worries Orkron, it was not directed at you - just something i wanted to say in general............ :o

[Diabolos]

Maya 6.5
Time 45 min
Renderer: Maya Software


adamos: right on! spread the evil............

[hammerch]

A little obvious but no-one else has done it yet. Tripod the dog.
Maya 4.5
Modelling: 59 minutes 32 seconds (stopped before I was really happy with the face and the ankles.)
Rendering: 12 minutes because of all the dang fur.
lighting: 4 minutes
texturing/fur: 1 hour 12 minutes

[adamos]

Last one to day.
Mecha tripoid (star wars like)
Time modeling: 35
No textures couse its late and tumorow i must work hard :)
Software Max 6.0

[Orkron]

no worries Orkron, it was not directed at you - just something i wanted to say in general............ :o
Lol Diabolos, I think you quoted the wrong one....Cuz I was just mentioning the fact that nobody had posted for a while.
adamos: 35 minutes? damn...I thought it was good when I thought it took you the hour, then you tell us it took 35 minutes? good job, nice model.
Orkron.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Marty and Orkron, where are your models ;) much talking, less modeling huh? w-what? M-my models? err.. well, e-excuse me, I gotta g-go!

3DMadness!!!

First off... I hope you don't mind me correcting your quote by capitalizing Orkron's name aswell as my own... even though I noticed that you don't cap you own name... even a Mad Scientist who still has dreams of conquering the world of 3D still likes his name typed correctly. :p (It has to do with proper paperwork... since mispellings can cause delays in international patents and such...) ;)

Second. I have one model 85% done... only 15 mins left to go then maybe I can try texturing him properly. Then... I still have a few more ideas... so unless you want the rath of Titan to be unleased upon you... I'd try to stay on my good side. So shaddap and start pushin those :*poly:'s!!!

3DMadness!!!

[elshopper]

i have a question, i'd like to submit a model, but i cant do the fuzzy textures, how do y'all make the fuzz?

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Yeah yeah... what he said. How?!? Uhh wait... Mr. Elshopper dude... we do need to know what software you're using. :)

[Orkron]

No we don't Marty...
Elshopper, u need a $500 plugin to do that.
Lol, not really, but it's processor intensive usuually and it requires learning how to do it...you should check out the help section in Threedy's forums...I'm sure something similar is there...
Orkron.

[Rashika-3DT]

and here is my submission, modeled in 3d studio max 6.0 (yay) in 47 minutes.
texturing took forever, and lighting about 2 minutes. thanks for your support everyone, and c&c very welcome.

[elshopper]

huum, ok i don't have the plug-in, i use 3dmax, i tried to do it with a hair object using scatter compound, it looked like fur, but it wasn't as nice as yours, i'll see the help forum thanks

[Henry_B]

nice models!, i really dont have imagination nor the ability to model a character, im going to try one any way, lets see what i can make... maybe ill surprise my self..heheh

[NeonLeopard]

dont even think about it! r2 is mine!!!!!! just kidding, i did a really junky version, go right ahead and show me up if you want. :)

sorry deadplant :D i started an R2-D2, realized it was st.patricks night, went out and got drunk and then realized there's no-way i can model a detailed R2 in the time limit! :( I'll try again tomorrow though.

Some nice models so far. Adamos - yours get better all the time man :D

good luck ppl :D

sorry if this makes no sence, had a few too many guiness's ;D

[Henry_B]

btw. if anyone wants them, i have R2D2 blueprints, i was going to medel it, but i think maybe for a personal proyect, beacause i think 1 hr is not enough time to model it. well, at least is not enough time for me..hehe so, if you want them just PM me

[NeonLeopard]

I'll Have some of that great R2D2 blueprintness :D. Your right about the personal project, i think i may go that way too. It'ss be something too fill out the protfolio :D :D

[Orkron]

huum, ok i don't have the plug-in, i use 3dmax, i tried to do it with a hair object using scatter compound, it looked like fur, but it wasn't as nice as yours, i'll see the help forum thanks
scatter is the only real way to do it in max without an external plugin like HairFX (formerly Shaghair)
HaidFX is like %500...but you can get good results with the scatter method, you just have to learn how to use it first...I don't know personally.
Orkron.

[Orkron]

I'd love the blueprints too thanks.
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edit: I added to ur rep for sharing the blueprints Henry, thanks.

[NeonLeopard]

Oh! Orkron. While i remember, Thanx for your HDRI's on your site man. Gonna help my uni work loads. U da man :D

[Orkron]

Oh! Orkron. While i remember, Thanx for your HDRI's on your site man. Gonna help my uni work loads. U da man :D

Oh, you're welcome! lol I thought everybody on this forum already got them hehe j/k ... If you need to know how to use them I got a great tut here: http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/contrib/tutorials/gabry_hdri_tut/_contents/
but all my hdri map are already changed in HdrShop so you can ignore that part :)

[CHK]

Maya 6.5
Time 45 min
Renderer: Maya Software


adamos: right on! spread the evil............

That's cruel Diabolos!!!!:0....
That's reaaaaallllyyyyyyy cruuuuueeeeellllll, etc,....etc...... (50 quota)...

[CHK]

ooops 6 pts is too big??? I would have thought that it would be very small text like in MS word...Sorry for the big size guys! I didn't mean it!;).

[Phynius Gauge]

Hi guys :). I'm all for the organic stuff so I decided to enter this week.

Software: 3ds Max 6
Modeling: 57 minutes (An extra two minutes spent fixing the belleh)
Materials/scene: 10 minutes
Postwork: 5 minutes

[Black]

Orkron;
I don't :(

Marty locked my IP out of your sites access.


NeonLeopard I'll double you on that! I had access to all the official R2 blueprints through the R2 builders club.. hah! :)
Maybe you noticed the R2 in the refference cube tut (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=28305) you saw in the help forums. I had actually modified them dearly to have as efficient a result as I can. But again none the less. I couldn't model the little twerp (I really hated the frustration it gave me)
I won't be allowed to share the official blueprints. But I could share the ref images that I had personally created with you two. Though I presume you guys already have TOO much information from what is out there on the net.

(ONE advice though.. Reffer to not use the free R2 models out there as reference if you want to do a portfolio job rather than a speedy model. The BEST I came across was from The Force (http://scifi3d.theforce.net/) And even that was not really on the head)

CHK;
Ever heard of the Edit button :)
(And I think Diabolos is taking it more as a compliment than anything else.. haven't you noticed the general nature of his entries?)

[Orkron]

I'm sorry Black, I have the attention span of a flea...What are you referring to when u said "I don't" ? Cuz I just can't remember the last thing I said to you lol.
Orkron.

[Black]

This was what I had replied to;
Oh, you're welcome! lol I thought everybody on this forum already got them hehe j/k ... If you need to know how to use them I got a great tut here: http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/contrib/tutorials/gabry_hdri_tut/_contents/
but all my hdri map are already changed in HdrShop so you can ignore that part :)

Not everyone :xx:




:P

Ok again I have to fullfill 50 characters. sorry for the lack of creativity in the process

[Brodix]

Well since I wasted my time I thought I might as well post it. Gyroscope in the middle to keep its balance

Maya 6
Modeling time 55 minutes

[Henry_B]

ok guys, here are the R2D2 Blueprints hope this helps..

Blueprint1 (http://www.promografweb.com/programas/r2d2_1.jpg)
Blueprint2 (http://www.promografweb.com/programas/r2d2_2.jpg)

thanks for the rep orkron :smug:

[CHK]

Orkron;
...
CHK;
Ever heard of the Edit button :)
(And I think Diabolos is taking it more as a compliment than anything else.. haven't you noticed the general nature of his entries?)

:smug: .................................................. ...............................thx!

[Orkron]

Not everyone :xx:

Then get them! Unless you don't like hdri, that's a different subject.

[Black]

Orkron,
You ruined the whole 'funny'ness of the post in the first place! (As lame a joke as it was) Just nevermind it all.

As for 'Then Get them':

Thank you,
but I tend to need HDRI's of the specific env's that the characters are going to be placed in. So I usually have to make my own. And for those I do for fun or here; the Debevec or Dosch HDRI's have proven useful enough.

None the less,
Your contribution has been of use and greatly apreciated by many.

[adamos]

thx guys. i`m sore that this one (star wars like) its gona be part of mi biger project. And you know what every time i have to doo some thing for this speed is much more eazy.
Sorry for mi english.

[Diabolos]

i aM nOt eVil - I am JusT RenderEd ThaT wAy :evil:

I just like thinking out of the :max:


D,

[Diabolos]

Yo, Black-3DT! I am sure you could model R2-D2 by just looking at your keyboard, it's like Einstein saying "the relativity of what - na don't know nothin' about it?"

[inspired]

I'd love the blueprints too thanks.
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LOL, can we give RP for jokes that makes us Laugh Out Loud for Real!?

ps. nice one PG (this is phynius G... something..:p keep forgetting your name ;) )

[Orkron]

:)

:)

[andoy]

Orkron: good to see you are trying out other software, the motorbike tut in 3d world is a good one, and even my wife managed to get through it and she has no 3d experience. ( i guess that says a lot for the way Andy laid it out )
TS is a decent package and i was gonna start using it as my main software, but decided that C4D is better suited to my needs.
If you are considering changing then try the demo of C4D ( it comes with issue 62 of the magazine or you can download it from maxon web site) and check out www.c4dcafe.com for their tutorials and forums.
In Andy's words " it simply blows max out of the water"

[Orkron]

Hey thanks Andoy,
Actually I have C4D, but despite it's simplicity I can't wrap my head around it lol (Andy even wrote a mouse tut for C4D that he gave me and it was way too much for me at the time), I mean everybody says Max is too complicated but I feel lost in other UI's ...

If your wife (with no experience) got through it then dammit I'm gonna try hard - I actually had changed my mind (I hate tutorials that say sfter your halfway through "now do this with the skills you've just learned" [no offense Andy, it's a really good tut]) but I will give it a shot!

I actually just got my hands on a video tutorial for Vray and finally fell in love with the renderer...I wasn't getting even partly good results prior to this tut (even though I had tried 10 or more text tuts online) then the sun came from behind the clouds and made me VERY happy :) anyways now that I can use a decent renderer I'm staying with Max...More I had the idea to do models in both Max and TS...

I'm jealous you already have issue 62 as I have to wait more than a month after each issue is released hehe is that an excuse enough to move to the UK? I doubt my daughter would be as happy as me lol.
TS seems rediculasly simple in it's UI but since I know zero of the shortcut keys, I feel lost anyways lol, no worries I'm all over it!!!!! :D

[Andy_k-3DT]

Hey Andy, I'm gonna try your motorcycle tutorial tonight...I thought I recognized that bike on the cover of the cd ;) Wasn't 100% sure till I started reading the mag.

sorry, I missed this one first time around - I've been so busy with client stuff over the last couple of days.

Enjoy trueSpace - as I've said before 4 is starting to show it's age now but it can turn out some nice stuff. Once you get a handle on the unusual interface it's all kind of logical (and then you upgrade to trueSpace 5 and wonder why you did it :)) If Caligari offer you a silly price upgrade deal from 4 to 6 that you can afford it's worth taking - 6 has an awful lot of highend features for not much money and any version sold now will have a V7 upgrade included in the price. tS7 looks as though it will be a groundbreaking piece of software and when you consider just how much of the 3D software we use now was influenced by earlier versions of trueSpace then it should be good.

Let me know how you get on with the bike tut

Andy

[andoy]

Hehe you are jealous that i have issue 62... well i just got issue 63 in the post last week!!
seriously though TS is a good UI, my wife is from Thailand and her ability to read english is not great, so an icon driven UI is ideal for her. I think thats why she gets no where in max and seems to love TS and C4D.
I needed to get her involved so she doesn't nag at me always for hogging the pc.. Now it's me thats nagging her to finish so i can play!!

[Orkron]

Will do Andy,
This tut looks DETAILED lol but lucky me I'm unemployed and I'm on spring break so no school.
I'm suprised they will sell 5 or 6 since they released 7...I guess I'll have to see if I like the software before I spent serious money on it (serious to a fulltime single parent, fulltime student who parttime works :) )
But if you made that motorbike in it then it can obviously do some serious modelling.
Orkron.

[Orkron]

Lol Andoy, I hate you!
issue 63 ouch...man how come all the good ones are thousands of miles away from the center of the universe? (hint: that would be NYC, USA - where I don't live lol)

Okay, bed time now...See you guys at your bedtime lol....

[Andy_k-3DT]

they haven't released 7 yet but they have started marketing it and I think the upgrade from 4.3 on the CD is currently the one they are offering to registered users of trueSpace 6 - so that is a helluva a good deal :)

Caligari's marketing strategy has always been weird and it's best to keep an eye on it when you are thinking of buying - with their special offers I've seen V5 being sold for $129. I think that's why they keep older versions up for sale.

As you know I've used trueSpace virtually since it was released and it's an often overlooked but very powerful piece of software.

If you get stuck with the tut - let me know I'll try and help out

Andy

[Segreto]

some really nice models so far everyone! I like the 3-legged dog hammerch, made me laugh.

[Rooky]

fastrak : Thanks for comments :) , now I am a bit confused cause I was waiting more critics than really good words :) Your models are always great and I am really happy about that you like mines too. :)
Let's see what will come in my mind next! :D
inspired : Thank you too. :)

[inspired]

It was a sunny friday in the netherlands. Inspired sat all alone in his room, thinking on what to model. Triped, triped, triped, he constantly repeated. His mother had looked several times around the corner, just to find her son sitting on his bed, with his eyes closed, repeating the same words. Suddenly, Inspired jumped up, bumped his head against the lamp, and shouted: EUREKA! While his mom, brought the poor boy some lemonade and a cookie, inspired took his phone and called his old friend, SQRTSCH.
'SQRTSCH knows what to do, he always got the greatest ideas...' is what inspired thought, when he phoned his friend. and SQRTSCH sure did what to do! 'Let me come over, and let me help you this week finding ideas, since im a triped myself' he said.(Its more SQRTSCH Telepated towards inspired, because he has no mouth...) Inspired almost smashed his head to the wall, when he thought on how stupid he has been. One of his best friends, was a Triped himself... So thats why inspired modeled SQRTSCH first. At the time this written, Inspired and SQRTSCH are sitting both down on inspireds bed, with their eyes closed, repeating the magic words. 'triped, triped, triped...' Inspireds mom peeks around the corner of the door, and shakes her head softly.. then she slides a plate with 2 glasses of milk and 2 cookies into his room, and leaves silently... 'COOKIES!!!' is what both friends shout at the same time. Thery both jump up, and bump their heads against the same lamp. :roll:

modeling time - 60 minutes ( i wanted to add more detail... no time :( )
mats & lights - almost a minute...
render time - 1 min 50 secs
3DSMAX 6 ;)

[JanJaap]

straitjacket required on post #143

Jan-Jaap

P.s. 50 characters...right...
iniation search...
searchstring: "pointless, subject, 50, charcters, minium"...
scanning left lobe...
scanning right lobe...
scanning hypothalamus...
no matches found...
ending search

P.p.s. nice straightjacket, I really love the color, Robijn Intensief?

[Sniper]

Ok model finished just working on textures. Inspired maybe you hit your head a bit harder than you thought. Have you seen a doctor about your problem??? Nice model by the way..:p

Will have mine up soon. Anyone up for some Mech wars...:D cause its very nasty looking.. he he he..

Luke...

[daphone]

3ds max - brazil - photoshop

1 hour very full..

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Very nice Dadphone... I had a very similar idea! You pulled it off great!

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Ext: Wide shot of Planet Earth...

Ext: Camera begins zooming in on Eastern Hemisphere...

Ext: Zoom get's tighter on on an island off the caost of Florida.

Ext: Zoom stops and rotates over a geosphere in the middle of the island.

Int: Camera zooms through the dome to reveal a giant factory...

Int: Panning through many rooms and corridoors it finally stops on a close up of the lead character.

Marty: SQRTSCH?!? SQRTSCH?!? That was my idea! I can't believe he stole my idea.... I've known SQRTSCH for 3 minutes longer than he did. As a matter of fact... I introduced them! Ok... if that's the way it's going to be... then that's the way it's going to be. Now it's time to fight dirty.

Pacing back and forth he starts thinking frantically of how he's going to deal with this treachery. And then an idea hits him like a lamp to the head... Syndrome! His old scientist buddy Syndome... he always has good revenge ideas. After a few missed phone calls... he finally gets through and the brainstroming begins. 3 minutes later they've got it! The Omnidroid v .025a!!! It only has 3 legs... err arms... err tenticles... uhh... it only has 3 points of contact with the ground. (And it really has great potential to be a very destructive force in an animated motion picture too!)

This will teach Inspired to steal my ideas... Muahahahaha! Using 3D Studio Max 6 and 55 minutes of his time... he cleverly finds a way to include his build time and software used into his story. Unfortunately... he fell asleep before he got to post anything and when he woke up... he noticed that Syndrome took the plans and began working on his own version of the Omnidroid. (I guess we may be seeing the Omnidroid in a movie after all since Syndrome is a part time actor...)

Anyway... to make a long story short... (trust me... you don't want to hear about the marshmellow incident... or what really made the pizza guy's hair turn white!) I present to you.... The Omnidroid v .025a!!!

[mimi01]

Hey, inspired, thanks for the nice words... :o Your model looks fantastic. :D

and daphone and adamos, I loved yours too.

Great models everyone!

I hope to get one more done this weekend.

[Sniper]

Ha ha you guys really are crazy im sure of it.

Nice one Daphone very cute character.

Good work Marty.

Hammerch (hope thats spelt right) love your 3 legged dog I was thinking about doing one like that today while I was at work but I guess its too late now as yours is much much better than I would be able to do..

So now I guess I should really have some huge intro for my character but I cant think of one. So here he is in all his shiny glory.

The Spikerator. :D

2 hours planning
Modeled in Max 7 full 60 min had to leave out some details I wated to do..:(
1 hour lighting and textures.
Rendered with Brazil.
Composed in photoshop.

[Henry_B]

nice one sniper!!!!! really like your model!!!!


... bla.. bla... bla... 50 characters..

[Henry_B]

I actually just got my hands on a video tutorial for Vray and finally fell in love with the renderer...

orkron, where did u find that tut?? ive been trying to find good tuts for Vray

[NeonLeopard]

NeonLeopard I'll double you on that! I had access to all the official R2 blueprints through the R2 builders club.. hah! :)
Maybe you noticed the R2 in the refference cube tut (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=28305) you saw in the help forums. I had actually modified them dearly to have as efficient a result as I can. But again none the less. I couldn't model the little twerp (I really hated the frustration it gave me)
I won't be allowed to share the official blueprints. But I could share the ref images that I had personally created with you two. Though I presume you guys already have TOO much information from what is out there on the net.

(ONE advice though.. Reffer to not use the free R2 models out there as reference if you want to do a portfolio job rather than a speedy model. The BEST I came across was from The Force (http://scifi3d.theforce.net/) And even that was not really on the head)



Lol! I remember that help thread, yes. I live by it's laws :D. Those ref images are PERFECT. If you suppled them too me then i'd just HAVE to do a protfolio worthy R2, or i'd just be being rude! :D

I've got lots of ref material already though, but it's acuracy is questionalbe :grr:

[inspired]

Sniper - Thats an awesome model man! thnx for the compliment too :) I didnt hit the lamp THAT hard, SQRTSCH really exists ;)

mimi, jan-jaap thnx you 2 ;)

Marty - 'Now it's time to fight dirty.' indeed! Its now time to fight dirty... me and my friend (yes MY friend!) have designed ALOT of new 'friends' to teach YOU a lesson! Accusing me of stealing your ideas!? tss

And its a big lie that you know SQRTSCH longer then me, when i asked him, he 'said'. Inspired, I LOVE inspired...(actually he said, i love cookies, but cookies sounds like inspired...:roll: )So he is MY friend... And him and me have already plans to take over this weeks challenge, and make even more powerfull creations then snipers spikerator! oh, and sniper... better watch your words :p We are not crazy, Marty is just a mad scientist... and im just crazy.. wait a minute...:roll:

but anyway, you better watch out where you are going marty, because it wasnt a smart move of you accusing ME of stealing ideas ;)

now lets go! bring the 3DMadness!!! on!

oh, and was it you who made the hair of the pizzaboy white!? i found him lying in front of my door, crying because his hair had become white... And just to let you know, he now is on my design team aswell...(only for this week, he doesnt know yet im gonna fire him wednesday cause he smells like cheese... :dunno: )

ps. SQRTSCH asks if he could get the email adress of titan, and maybe a picture... he seems very interested in him :roll: he havent had a girlfri.. err boyfriend since childhood... :lame:

[Stealth3D]

Anyway... to make a long story short... (trust me... you don't want to hear about the marshmellow incident... or what really made the pizza guy's hair turn white!) I present to you.... The Omnidroid v .025a!!!


Nice Trailer and Model McFly.......one question though!!!!.... :kiss: :smug: ....When is the Movie Relesing????? :kiss: :wave:

[andoy]

Found a bit of spare time today to make another entry, I tried to keep this one organic rather than a mech type.
Started off with just an 8 sided cylinder for the body then extruded polys.

Modelled in Max in 60 minutes.
Rendered with scanline and one skylight in 8 mins 23 secs.

[inspired]

nice one andoy! Great idea, and pretty good modeling, and that all from a cylinder :dunno:! Awesome!

[andoy]

Thanks inspired. Not sure how it would do in the kentucky derby though!!

[CHK]

Arrrgh! Don't how you guys manage to do great models within 60mns! That 's what I could get so far...lol

[Black]

A little soething by NeonLeopard
Lol! I remember that help thread, yes. I live by it's laws :D. Those ref images are PERFECT. If you suppled them too me then i'd just HAVE to do a protfolio worthy R2, or i'd just be being rude! :D

I've got lots of ref material already though, but it's acuracy is questionalbe :grr:Feeling honoured NonLeopard. Thank you.
Actually I am in doubts now to redo that and make it a tut for the forum. It is a question that has started to come up very often. (Or maybe I should post something on it to bring it back to the top :p. Cause there are SO many tutorials that people (mostly from the Threedy forums); are expecting still.
A little note: SOORRY guys.. I haven't forgotten ANY of yours! Just had TOO much to do for some while

I would love to see what you could do with them. I'll check if I still have the cube scene WITH the images still intact, to send to you (if you still would like them). If I don't.. I could always send you the files only.
You saw the link of my halve-arse R2 right? Well that was made with those refferences.
In the cube for that set; I had also made the colour be it's trans value, so when I had rendered the image. I had a series of blueprints on the background. And a wire display of plans in the foreground.
You might like an effect such in some of your renders aswel.

[Black]

Lol CHK That entry smells of DQ!! :)

It has to be a character that HAS three contact points.. not HAD!! :P


Gosh has this week brought out the sadistic creativity in each of you!

[jdgill]

everyones models look great.

hey orkron...did you get the magazine with TS 4.3?

[deadplant155]

just so you guys know, i already gave up on r2. i actually couldnt find those blueprints youve got, i did find that r2builders site, but not the plans....so after the hourwas up i only had a vague representation of r2. and in the middle of my render it crashed and i hadnt saved, so ya know. best of luck to anyone else who tries though. and i still really hope to have one in this week.

[Black]

yeah yeah.. excuses, excuses :p

Those who want to have the BluePrints I had used.. just send me a PM.

I'll try to post them on the net.
(MaYA users; state if you are using MaYA especially.. I am going to try to prepare a scene file WITH the ref cube in it)

[Vytautas_V]

Well, FireFly, we had the same idea :wave:

Modeling Time: 60 min.
Texturing time: 20-30 min.
Rendering time: 1 min.50 sec.
Software: 3ds Max 7

~30min. modeling a hand and other 30 min. for the rest.

[Rooky]

You guys are unrivalled! I just can't understand where you get the ideas to make such interesting models! :dunno:
But I won't give up, and here I have my third this week!

This one is called The Red One. :D I started the model from the head to legs, so you can see that when I got to the legs - there wasn't much time anymore and I had just to make something that looks like legs. Thats why he looks so strange! But I thought out a reason why he has to have the third leg - how you see he has a very big stomach, and it's good to have three legs to hold it above earth. :D :D Hope you understood something of this stupid story! :D
I made the model just out of 2 spheres (of course not including the eyes and teeth). :)

Modelling: 60 min
Texturing: 1 min
Rendering: 2 min
Software: 3ds Max 7

[fastrak]

I'm stuck in a rut. I'm really not much of an organic modeler so this has been frustrating. Some of these models here great, it's depressing. :wall:

Marty...inspired...excellant stuff once again. :cool:
and Sniper...OMG! :drool:

I used poly editing on the legs and a bevel profile with FFD for the head. The little splingly things are simple lofts. The barrel is another bevel profile with some noise and vert pulling and pushing. Nothing to get excited about.

The info is on the pic......(sigh) :ugh:

[Diabolos]

Wow! Great job everyone!

Sniper - way to go.

Maya 6.5
Time: 50 min
Renderer: Maya Software
Textures: 30 min (TotalTextures 7)

[Rooky]

And again one very nice triped from fastrak . :) I like the textures very much! You and and all the others are making me nervous because I have to think out something more original instead of just modifying spheres. :D

[fastrak]

Hey Rooky, nice once again....went with the villian...cool.
A couple of observations...don't want to offend....the two front feet should point a little more towards the front, to help balance the mass..looks like he could fall over if he ate anymore..lol. Also the anntena things...give a little more curve...too stiff looking compared to your others in this series.
Again...I'm no expert...just trying to help. :)

[fastrak]

And again one very nice triped from fastrak . :) I like the textures very much! You and and all the others are making me nervous because I have to think out something more original instead of just modifying spheres. :D

Thanks Rooky....too kind. Yeah I'm a bit nervous too!
Nothing wrong with the spheres...try using the FFD modifier to customize the shape more... :)

[Orkron]

Marty: good job, I was gonna do that robot too till I looked hard and noticed it had 4 appendages...I didn't think of just making 3, lol looks pretty good too.

Henry: Well a friend sent them to me...it's a total of close to 300mb so it's not something I can just offer you I'm sorry...But I can make a list of each little section (as there are 52 video files) and maybe make 1 or 2 available for download from my site...

jdgill: I sure did, and I love it...it's my first copy. Bully has been nagging me like an old wife that I needed to start spending serious money on those mags and I'm glad he nagged me into submission because I really enjoyed reading it. I havent played with TS yet (much) but intent to do Andy's tutorial real soon for the motorbike.

[Rooky]

fastrak , you're right in both things you said about my model, that the feet should be more pointed to front and the anntenas are too straught, but I spend all 60 min modelling this triped. :cry: Of course it would need only 1 to 2 min to fix those things, but then I would be cheating overruning the allowed time. But I will watch out making the next one. :)

[Orkron]

Henry, just pick 2 from this list (by number) and I will upload them to my site for you to DL

o ya...#'s 1 & 2 are the best for first-time users.

[Orkron]

ummm....Did I kill the thread? Too many people with jobs out there? How horrible.

[darkzerox]

This is the story of a table, who wanted to be a turtle.

[jdgill]

jdgill: I sure did, and I love it...it's my first copy. Bully has been nagging me like an old wife that I needed to start spending serious money on those mags and I'm glad he nagged me into submission because I really enjoyed reading it. I havent played with TS yet (much) but intent to do Andy's tutorial real soon for the motorbike.

I'll definantely be doing the tutorial in the near future. It is great. You will definantely enjoy the subscription. They have free programs every month. Thats where I got the only two programs I have....:P.

Fasttrack and Diabloso....Yours look really neat.

[Orkron]

...subscription no...don't have $99 right now, but it's definately a good price.

[Villane]

Sorry guys..

I was OVER occupied the whole day.. and could't follow up.
Just to reply some of the private contactings;

Please try to concider the third leg as a contacting point.. but in such a manner that the character has to depend on the third one in some way or the other. If nothing to keep in balance (NOT like the T-Rex.. the three points have to be TOUCHING the ground) So when your trench coat is too long and it touches the floor, it wouldn't manage to make you a triped.
Anatomical perfectness is not really the issue. But sort of create with supporting facts in the model itself (If that makes any sence).


[/I] [/SIZE]
Villane,
I shall react VERY harshly if you are preparing to call the contestants liars without coming to me with proof. PLEASE care to choose your words carefully and wisely.

Abit touchy aren't we?
Just calling it as i see it, i have been working in the industry long enough to know how long something takes to model, and please i'm abit old to be told off like a school child so can you not be so aggressive in your tone black?!
Not trying to ruffle any feathers just stating it as i see it and i'm probably stating something that alot of others competitors have been thinking for a while but have declined to comment on for their own personal reasons, either it's a 60 minute modelling competition or it isn't, that's the point i was trying to make.
If you deem these words not to be carefully considered or wise then there's nothing i can do about it.

Villane

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Sniper: Thanks... The Spikerator is kinda scary... I'd cut myself just putting it together!

Inspired: You must've lost your mind if you think I'm going to let you call me a liar and get away with it... It's On!!!

Stealth3D: A release date for the movie has not yet been set. (But I heard rumors that it's already leaked and been packaged under another name!)

Fastrak: Thanks... oh... and I'm sorry if your model Jerry is giving you any troubles. H wasn't supposed to break out of the barrel until 2008!

Orkron: Actaully... in the "movie" it had 5 appendages and then went to 6 after it was beaten by Mr.... uhh... huh? What? What are we talking about here?

As for me... I'm having modeller's block right now... but something's coming... oh yeah... it's coming! :evil:

[Villane]

Fastrack and Diabolos nice work there fellas, both your models gave me amusement :smug:

Good jobs

V

[Phynius Gauge]

ps. nice one PG

Thanks Inspired. Your 'SQRTSCH' character and his backstory is great :).

Lots of great work from everybody. I especially like Daphone's crutch-guy and Adamos's spider-mech. Hopefully I'll get a chance to do another one (and hopefully it won't be so delightfully obscure as the first :D).

Cheers everybody :dance:

[fastrak]

Fastrak: Thanks... oh... and I'm sorry if your model Jerry is giving you any troubles. H wasn't supposed to break out of the barrel until 2008!

:

JERRY?!?! Lol, lol...never thought of giving it a name. Cool. Thanks Marty

Villane glad you enjoyed it. I think my stuff is here to amuse.

[Black]

Villiane,
Be you a modeler as good as Stählberg, or be you as old as my grandfather..

It makes NO diffrence. Evidently I don't care WHO you are! This is not the first time you have stuck to stick in posts such.
If you have doubts on individual posters.. state them.. or contact the mods about it.. and if you would preffer, put me aside and contact Andy.

But by talking to the general public like this, is literally nothing less than acusing literally everyone!

Unless some things are too evident to us, trusting the competitors honesty is the basic prefference.
Instead of getting so offended, and answering such, I would reconcider what you wrote, and what was said to you.
Since you are still insisting on the same concept, I am asking you once more: Are you calling the contestants Liars here?
You don't HAVE to accept and understand the conditions of being a part of these challenges. It is very normal. You are free to not take part in it all.

Some are better at modeling some concpets than others. And admitedly most of the contestants state that organics wre their weaker sides for modeling. So their doing poor'er models is what it takes to convince you that the models were done in an hour?
Personally I can't state that I find the models of this week poor... I am directly reffering to your own comment.

So I state it once more; inspite your age, inspite your experience and inspite your disagreement to my 'tone'; Choose your words wisely.
As good as your intentions may actually be. They are NOT coming out like that. And insult or an accusation stated politely is still an insult or an accusation.
For the part of 'stating the rules of it being a 60 minute competition' is being handled by Andy in the rules page of every week.
There is no need left for you to use it as an 'excuse' to spill out your personal doubts.

I will not say that everybody here is 100 percent honest. Cause I can not say.. since I can not know!
And you shall also never witness me stating that they are not. The best you shall ever witness me do is to ask an individual.

[fastrak]

Black or Andy
Not pushing or anything. I know everyone is busy...especially since the forum problems.....but, (and being said as politely as posssible) any time-line for judging week 36?????? Just asking.

[Orkron]

lmao Fastrak but they haven't judged week 35 yet :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
That, then 36 sorry buds....

[fastrak]

Jeepers.....oooppppsss. I got a little carried away I guess. I think 36 was the first one I entered. OK....so.....disregard my last post.
Thanks Orkron

[Villane]

Villiane,
Be you a modeler as good as Stählberg, or be you as old as my grandfather..

It makes NO diffrence. Evidently I don't care WHO you are! This is not the first time you have stuck to stick in posts such.
If you have doubts on individual posters.. state them.. or contact the mods about it.. and if you would preffer, put me aside and contact Andy.

But by talking to the general public like this, is literally nothing less than acusing literally everyone!

Unless some things are too evident to us, trusting the competitors honesty is the basic prefference.
Instead of getting so offended, and answering such, I would reconcider what you wrote, and what was said to you.
Since you are still insisting on the same concept, I am asking you once more: Are you calling the contestants Liars here?
You don't HAVE to accept and understand the conditions of being a part of these challenges. It is very normal. You are free to not take part in it all.

Some are better at modeling some concpets than others. And admitedly most of the contestants state that organics wre their weaker sides for modeling. So their doing poor'er models is what it takes to convince you that the models were done in an hour?
Personally I can't state that I find the models of this week poor... I am directly reffering to your own comment.

So I state it once more; inspite your age, inspite your experience and inspite your disagreement to my 'tone'; Choose your words wisely.
As good as your intentions may actually be. They are NOT coming out like that. And insult or an accusation stated politely is still an insult or an accusation.
And for the part of stating the rules of it being a 60 minute competition is being stated by Andy in the rules page of everyweek.
There is no need left for you to use it as an excuse to, spill out your personal doubts.

I will not say that everybody here is 100 percent honest. Cause I can not say.. since I can not know! And you shall never witness me stating that they are not. The best you shall ever witness me do is to ask an individual.

VILLANE here, and no i am no Stählberg :blah: .
You seem to have me down as some kind of forum antagonist here from what you have been typing, but in truth i participate in these forums because i enjoy it and like to see some of the work produced by the artist's within. You seem to be blowing this out of proportion here especially by asking me to accuse individuals of being liars, which of course i would never dream of doing.
As for wether i have i am accussing everyone of cheating well that is plain ridiculous, of course i am not and thank for the suggestion of going to Andy with any matters relating to these forums, something which i may take you up on in future.
You're obviously trying to paint me as the bad guy here and for all to see and for that i am not particularily appreciative.
Having said that i respect you as a 3d artist and like the work you have produced thus far.

I guess i'll have to keep my opinions to myself from now on, and here's me thinking it was a forum for free speech...guess not :hmm:
Now i'm going to relax as it's Friday night and i've had a week of long working days and nights!


Cheers
Villane

[Diabolos]

Fastrack and Diabolos nice work there fellas, both your models gave me amusement :smug:

Good jobs

V

Thanks, Villane :smug: when are you going to enter a model - I can sense some evil in your imagination :evil:


D,

[adamos]

i have finisht another one. so as soon as it posible i will send it here.
P.s. If any one whant mi model just give me a sign and i will send it directly to you. The you can tell about simplicity of this models.

[Phynius Gauge]

@ Andy or Black:

Since I only spent about 55 minutes on my model, would I be allowed to make a quick change and replace the current image of my model with a new one?

@ Villane:

I personally think that all the models herein are totally plausible within the time limit. I'd be interested to hear who you think might be disregarding it.

[Henry_B]

thanks orkron, thats very kind of you man!!
i would have tosay tha 1 and 8 would be the ones, i want to start with the very basics of vray before going to something more complicated..

gave you rep points for that, thanks a lot

[Villane]

Thanks, Villane :smug: when are you going to enter a model - I can sense some evil in your imagination :evil:


D,
Hi Diab,
i have been super busy this week but will try and come up with an idea this weekend if i can.
Keep up the good work matey!

V

[Villane]

@ Andy or Black:

Since I only spent about 55 minutes on my model, would I be allowed to make a quick change and replace the current image of my model with a new one?

@ Villane:

I personally think that all the models herein are totally plausible within the time limit. I'd be interested to hear who you think might be disregarding it.

If you see my original post on the matter (page 5 i believe) i stated that i believed no one was 'stretching the truth' modelling time wise as opposed to previous weeks. Afterall this is just my opinion and maybe in hindsight i should of kept it to myself. It would be interesting if anyone else elt the same as me but if not i'll get my coat....still it's certainly a talking point eh :roll:

By the way nice work this week!

V

[adamos]

another one from me.
I like to do some texture but im too leazy for this.
this one its more complicated then previous mech and i dont like it. i dont know why.
Modeling time: 56 min.
Software Max 6.0

[Phynius Gauge]

If you see my original post on the matter (page 5 i believe) i stated that i believed no one was 'stretching the truth' modelling time wise as opposed to previous weeks.

I agree that some models in previous weeks seemed incredible considering the amount of time. For instance I remember looking at the film projector thread and being pretty impressed. Weather or not anyone was cheating is not really possible to determine :hmm:, but I think most people here are pretty honest afaik.

By the way nice work this week!

Thanks, I'd be interested in seeing what you can cook up, hearing that you work in the industry :).

@ Adamos: Another incredible bot. I think I might try an inorganic triped next :D.

[DaftPunk]

I hate you so much right now Adamos ;_;
:dance:

[Black]

It is free for speech...
limited by the respect that should be granted to the other members.
I shall be against anyone who shall reasonlessly be disrespecting yourself aswel.
You have made a statement.. and I asked you to live up to it and clarify it all, or watch what you say. Don't hide behind the 'speech' cliché, when you don't want the same ability to be given to any oppositions.

I shall too be using the same freedome; to speek against you, shall you decide to again comment on anyones honesty without base. Which again I add.. IF you have base TELL me. OR message me.
Otherwise you are simply accusing. And you are even convinced that you know that everybody else is thinking the same; so you are actually saying it for them. I am sorry but I can't find a way to sugar coat it to make it sound better.

Now...
If any of you are thinking the same please do report it...
There is no way that we are going to plant spies into everybodies computer. And this subject is going to be closed for this week, as it is not motivating anyone.
So Villane; you said what you said, and it was wrong.. taking it to personal grounds, slapping back a moderators warning as a schoolchilds scolding won't justify it. Take the warning as it was said and what it meant. If you are going to keep it as personal. I am going to have to insist you take it to private messaging.
Alot of work was spent, and alot of people were kept waiting for this forum to get back and running. So without sticking in any more sarcasms, leave it.

Phynius Gauge,
I'm sorry. That totally depends on what you intend by reposting. Could you be more specific on what went wrong, and what is to change?

fastrak,
I understand your frustration. Things have not been going too smoothly since that week. I shall ask you to be a bit more patient.

[adamos]

Phynius Gauge THX so much. I like your model to, honest.
And DaftPunk way you hate me just becouse i have send some Tripoid Canon?
Or meybe becouse color of mi skin?

[Sniper]

Thanks to everyone that comented on my last model. I was quite proud of it. :lame:
Love your last model Adamos very nice..:)

Might have to start work on anothe one today..:)

Luke...

[Phynius Gauge]

@ Black: Nothing really went wrong, I just wanted to give my creature a bigger beer belly, 'cause I thought he could use a bit more character from the front side :dance:. Maybe I'll spend a bit more time on materials as well (if I'm allowed to replace the old version).

[Sniper]

Adamos, Im pretty sure Daftpunk said he hates you as a joke cause your model is so good.

Luke...

[DaftPunk]

Adamos, Im pretty sure Daftpunk said he hates you as a joke cause your model is so good.

Luke...

I didnt make the sarcasm obvious enough with the dancing banana? :crazy:

[adamos]

Yeap i know that i was just playing. BTW whats whit You Sniper show as something that will blast as to space. I know you can do it. Come one.

[Black]

Phynius Gauge, are you talking about This (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66603&stc=1), image?

Well yes you can.. and you can rerender.. but do show care to have the limit calculated accordingly. Please understand that I am going to have to insist that you don't make a habbit of this.

I can't tell this enough, guys.. there is NO reward given out to those that manage to model a model less than the proposed time limit. So make complete use of it the best you can.
On the contrary, IF the model has a few things gone bad about it and you still had 15 or so minutes. Then it really pulls your entry down. Since it shows a dear lack of commitment to the entry.
Even if you have to sit infront of the computer and think for the rest of the time just stairing at the screen... do that! :)

good luck

[Orkron]

Adamos, I agree with Daftpunk...I hate you ! lol that is a great model...And just in case there is any kind of language barrier, the "I hate you" means "I wish I could make a model that cool" :D



And thanks for the rep points :D

Orkron.

[mboi]

Hello Everybody

well done everybody who's submited.

Here's my entry for this week, I could have easily spent a lot more time on this subject but an hour's an hour..

Software: Max
Modeling: 1 hour
materials and render: 15 min

[adamos]

:dance: God if Orkon sey this word it means to mi that now i can die happy :dance:
:halo: .
THX Orkon for your`s HDRI map, they are the best.

[Orkron]

:dance: God if Orkon sey this word it means to mi that now i can die happy :dance:
:halo: .
THX Orkon for your`s HDRI map, they are the best.
hehe Adamos, u damn me with praise :D
And your welcome for the hdri's...
I'm gonna bug Black into showing me how to create hdri maps without any of the equipment...Then when I master that, I will post all of the hsri's that I make :D maybe a hundred or so :P
Orkron.

[Rashika-3DT]

i would like to say that the models here are truly inspiring, joining this forum has probably been the best thing for my modelling, as i've seen somethings that make you go... "oh, so it can be done THAT way?" some that make you go... "where the hell did he come up with that? (ahem..diabolos..cough...) and to no offense, some that make me go "heh, im not so bad after all..."

i would just like to say that everyone here is helping me become better at this.

now for some moo points (a cows opinion)

phynius... go home. you are no longer allowed to post your models here, as so long as you do, there will be no way i can win ;P

inspired, your quirky little inventiveness with your models, as well as the intuition you employ in making the object feasable... it just astounds me.

daphone, i love the crutch character... hes got good personality in him.

sniper, as to that pointy thing... i must say... ouch.

any sort of criticism that i may have over any others is worthless, as my only experience in modelling s from bryce 3d (eeeew...^washes hands^) and 3d studio max.
btw, in case noone noticed, i just got a wallet trimming and upgraded to max 6.0...
woot. oh, and can anyone help me out with the unwrap uvw modifier? whenever i use it, it looks like a giant pile of overlapping polys...

[adamos]

Rashika you must add at first Flatten Mapping, that should clear few thing up.

[Orkron]

3dTotal has a good tut for this rashika, it's called "...sad mike" lol can't remember...
here's the link: http://67.15.36.49/team/Tutorials/sadmike2/sadmike2_1.asp

[Black]

To Orkron,
Bugging?!! hehehe.. no I am just using you to spread the word out..
_Today Orkron... tomorrow the WORLD!

Lol.. I shall be free this weekend and I'll try and prepare a fine tutorial for you. And as I had said: shall things go wrong, my offer still stands to do them for you. It is just that I may not do them instantly :(



Rashika; WHERE on earth did you come up with a signature like that? Mrs. Black is STILL laughing from it.. (She read it like .. yesterday! :P)

[Orkron]

To Orkron,
Bugging?!! hehehe.. no I am just using you to spread the word out..
_Today Orkron... tomorrow the WORLD!

Lol.. I shall be free this weekend and I'll try and prepare a fine tutorial for you. And as I had said: shall things go wrong, my offer still stands to do them for you. It is just that I may not do them instantly :(



Rashika; WHERE on earth did you come up with a signature like that? Mrs. Black is STILL laughing from it.. (She read it like .. yesterday! :P)
Thanks Black, you may have heard this one:
"Give a man an hdri map, and you texture one object for him, TEACH a man to make hdri, and you texture everything for him" ... Lol it originally didn't go like that, but I bet you understand.!!!
:D
Orkron.

[Sniper]

Thanks for posting those links Orkron. Is it ok if I download them too???
Ive been rendering with brazil since I had brazil with my old max and I dont know how to use any of the other renderer's

Ive added to your rep points too. Good work your help is much appreciated..:)

Luke....

[adamos]

ok time to bed, whel then here in Poland its now 00.50
And i must be at work by 9.00 :(

[Orkron]

THanks for the reps, much appreciated!
Orkron.

edit: here's an example of the difference after two lessons (#'s 1 & 2 ) I did this lighter in Vray...
the top renders are Skylight renders and the bottom one is Vray...don't worry you'll see the dif
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=28663
Leave C&C's guys!

[Brodix]

Vytautas_V: Thats funny, we can just say they are from the same planet :p

Edit: Inspired: Hey! "Captain Never Checks His Mail"... Check your mail

[Phynius Gauge]

Phynius Gauge, are you talking about This (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66603&stc=1), image?

Well yes you can.. and you can rerender.. but do show care to have the limit calculated accordingly. Please understand that I am going to have to insist that you don't make a habbit of this.
Yeah that's the one. I'll try not to let this happen again ;). Thanks Black :kiss:

@ rashika: Hehe :halo: I like your tongue-monster :D.

[Orkron]

Had to remove links.
Sorry, hope you guys got them.

[Sniper]

Ha ha I was just watching them too and im thinking I missed something.

Thanks again Orkron I might try a scene with v-ray for my next model..:)

Luke.....

[Diabolos]

i would like to say that the models here are truly inspiring, joining this forum has probably been the best thing for my modelling, as i've seen somethings that make you go... "oh, so it can be done THAT way?" some that make you go... "where the hell did he come up with that? (ahem..diabolos..cough...)

:smug: <scenes like the gingerbread man in shrek 1 / not to mention monty python / and and and>

[Orkron]

ok, had to take them down....Copyrights and stuff.

[Rashika-3DT]

funny thing, that signature came from a conversation me and a friend were having while watching the movie "a christmas story" where the kid wants the bb gun. dunno if he made it up or not, but my friend said that and got the whole room laughing.

another one i like goes like this.
"some people are like a slinky...
not really good for anything, but you cant help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs."

that i got on a sticker from hot topic, alongside "i poke badgers with spoons"

at any rate, i just modelled a really crappy teddy bear on a tricycle, and decided that there was no way i would post it. i did it without any reference images, and i gues it goes to show ya, reference helps a ton.

@phynius guage thanks, was wondering if anyone liked the idea... tried to come up with something noone else would think of... except maybe diabolos. hes got a twisted imagination.

[Rashika-3DT]

just outta curiosity, where is this flatten uvw? its notin the modifier stack.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Rashika: You have to add an UnwrapUVW modifier to your object. Then under parameters hit "Edit". This will open up a new window with your UVs all on top of each other. In that window select Mapping from the menu... and then "Flatten Mapping." You'll get a dialog window where you can pretty much leave everything at it's default settings. Hit "OK" and bingo... instant flattened UV maps! Enjoy! :)

[Black]

Rashika, just for future refferenece...
If your teddy was meant to be ridding a bike, then that would not really count. That would make us all quadropods shall we drive a car. If I misunderstood the concept.. correct me.

Your friend has a very Intresting imagination.. I MUST admit.. there are some VERY intresting signature once a while.

[Henry_B]

Had to remove links.
Sorry, hope you guys got them.

are you talking about the video tutorials????? never saw the links! :( mmm, well, maybe some other time. thanks anyway.

[Orkron]

are you talking about the video tutorials????? never saw the links! :( mmm, well, maybe some other time. thanks anyway.

Sorry Henry, the vid tuts are copyrighted and I got scolded for linking to them so blatently...It was my stupid move...

[Black]

So what happened? They noticed and then emailed you?
I mean that was REALLY fast! Boy do you Americans take the copywrite thing SERIOUS! (Maybe I should concider moving there!)

Well stupid move or not, your intentions were good none the less. Don't feel too bad.
But I guess it would have been a better idea to ask about it first.

[Henry_B]

Sorry Henry, the vid tuts are copyrighted and I got scolded for linking to them so blatently...It was my stupid move...

no problem man, ill try to find some other tuts..
,, any good links guys???

[fastrak]

I hope this still within the parameters of the challenge.
Didn't finish it, ran out of time for many of the details.
Pretty happy the way the "brain" came out. Wheels went as planed also.

[Orkron]

So what happened? They noticed and then emailed you?
I mean that was REALLY fast! Boy do you Americans take the copywrite thing SERIOUS! (Maybe I should concider moving there!)

Well stupid move or not, your intentions were good none the less. Don't feel too bad.
But I guess it would have been a better idea to ask about it first.

Hehe Black, no the person who gave them to me advised me not to do that.

Great entry Fastrak, I smell a winner...great wheels.

[Sticks]

Well here goes! I'm relatively new to 3D (and still quite fragile) and this is my first post ever.... so be nice or at least constructive. I've suddenly realised that the best thing about these speed challenges is that you soon become aware of your many shortcomings! It's brutal but worth it in the long run.

[Orkron]

Nice one Sticks, welcome to the forums!

I'd like the record to reflect that the above post by Sticks is the very first post he's ever made on this forum and he managed to get every single thing right...Sticks is the proof that the rules are easy to understand and follow.

[Black]

Lol, Good point Orkron;

Welcome aboard Sticks!
Anyone who can care to read is more than welcome! :)

[Sticks]

Thank you! I must admit though, I had a few nervous moments and must have read the rules about 5 times! Was still dreading the possible abuse and the knock on the front door because I had done something wrong! A huge sigh of relief........

[Zeyix]

Lots of really good entries this week, keep it up!

[Sniper]

Welcome Sticks, and very nice model too.

Had a real lazy day and done pretty much nothing but watch TV and play GT4. Might see if I can come up with another idea tonight.

Luke....

[Danabso]

Didn't have photoshop at home, so had to make due with Microsoft Paint, sorry about the quality of the wireframe screengrab. This was fun. I honestly never saw the post above mine before creating this; I had to laugh when I saw it. I like his idea alot, much more creative then mine. Good job.

[inspired]

hehe, again so much posts, and so mucn nice entries! Good to see everybody is working hard this week :) I hope i can come up with something tomorrow... But again, its too busy in the weekend for me doing social things... i think ill take SQRTSCH to town or something... just chilling :D

anyway, like I said, great entries, and good converstations... ;) this is a nice week so far :)

allrighty, good luck every1 ;)

inspired out.

EDIT:Oh, and i see the octopus (or is it tetrapus) thingy is quite hot this week :D

2nd EDIT:Firefly... i check my mail and my pms and my other mail, and my msn like 156 times a day.. sometimes 157... dont see anything...:roll:

[Diabolos]

funny thing, that signature came from a conversation me and a friend were having while watching the movie "a christmas story" where the kid wants the bb gun. dunno if he made it up or not, but my friend said that and got the whole room laughing.

another one i like goes like this.
"some people are like a slinky...
not really good for anything, but you cant help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs."

that i got on a sticker from hot topic, alongside "i poke badgers with spoons"

at any rate, i just modelled a really crappy teddy bear on a tricycle, and decided that there was no way i would post it. i did it without any reference images, and i gues it goes to show ya, reference helps a ton.

@phynius guage thanks, was wondering if anyone liked the idea... tried to come up with something noone else would think of... except maybe diabolos. hes got a twisted imagination.


:cry: <runs and cries in the corner, bangs head on wall, then turns back with evil smile - a new idea has been born>

[fastrak]

Welcome Sticks, good to see you took the plunge!. Good solid entry.
Look forward to more. :)

Thanks Orkron, yeah I smell something too..(maybe I need a shower) lol

Danabso, look to shareware sites from some free type programs, like downloads.com. I found this one there, free, and development was assisted by Microsoft to use as a replacement for paint. Even has layers. Might be worth a try. Here is the link directly to it. Link (http://www.download.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338147.html?tag=lst-0-5)

[Segreto]

heres another one from me:) i think i'll try an organic one next

[fastrak]

Nice one Segreto. Very clean. BTW, you guys that do mech type stuff, do you have like engineering backgrounds or something. Many of the entries have very plausible setups, like Segreto's here. So what's the secret?
Segreto, how did you do your clay render....that is with the wireframe. This may have bee asked before, sorry. That really helps to define the image better. I use max also.

(hmmm, 245 posts and only 42 entries...come on guys (and girls)..challenge is half over!)

[Segreto]

thanks for the nice comments fastrak! No engineering degree here, i just really like mechanical stuff and have made it kind of a hobby of mine to self study. I do the claywire by choosing flat by right=clicking on the viewport name -> and by choosing flat as my view setting. And enable wireframe as well. I use max7 but i believe its available in max6...not sure though. The i just take a screen shot of the model. If you cant change to flat mode, you can achieve the same effect by making a new material, apply it to the object and then add a sold color to its self-illumination. That will block out the shading in the view port and create the clayrender look. If that doesnt make sense to anybody, i'll make a video tut to show how i do it, just let me know.

[formaX]

Nice one Segreto. Very clean. BTW, you guys that do mech type stuff, do you have like engineering backgrounds or something. Many of the entries have very plausible setups, like Segreto's here. So what's the secret?
Segreto, how did you do your clay render....that is with the wireframe. This may have bee asked before, sorry. That really helps to define the image better. I use max also.

(hmmm, 245 posts and only 42 entries...come on guys (and girls)..challenge is half over!)

Just a little comment on the setup of mechs in general. Most of the mechs i've seen on this forum are nicely modeled but when you look at it from a technical/engineering viewpoint there are often flaws in the design. For example Segreto's latest work (nothing but good comments on your modeling skills, and not the best example since the one hour limit ect.) , but when you look at the design the legs lack the ability to rotate around the vertical axis. So the design would only be able to move when one of the legs gets a good grip and pulls the whole mech forward, making it kind of scrape the ground. In general lots of mechs have essential parts missing, such as balljoints, cilinderjoints and cilinders to give the mech the muscle and flexibilty to walk.

Just my 2 cents..

[Segreto]

nice comments there formaX, Modeling mechs and designing them are two seperate things. I like to make them look good and somewhat realistic, but i dont have the ability to actually make them completely feasible, thats something that im learning over time tho. you'll also notice that the gattling gun cant rotate along its pivot because it would just hit the legs, there are a number of other issues that i see in the model but ah well. thanks for commenting on the mech. I like hearing about what i did wrong. It helps me get better:)

[fastrak]

Flat is a new feature in 7 that I didn't know about. I've used 6 for so long, I didn't see they made an addition there. So after the flat do you render or screen grab? I tried something similar and just turned on edged faces...but not happy with the result. I will have to try out the flat feature. Thanks Segreto

[fastrak]

formaX,
I guess there is alot more out there than I thought. Good observations...guess I won't do any engineering related stuff. Mine would probably fall apart!