speed modelling challenge week 41 - toaster

[h-yousfi]

fastrak
, thanx , i didn't notice that till now , but it's o.k. cus i didn't expect to win with that TOASTER .
by the way i realy loved all of your jobs specialy the glass one . good work .

[fastrak]

Vhector
Good One! My mon had one of those, actually I think I gave it to her as a gift once....we used it maybe three times, and got tired of cleaning up all the cheese...lol. Yellow is cool!

h-yousfi
Thanks...and we can expect another one from you?

[Vhector]

Fastrak, I've got one to (it was my reference). And I never use it to on the same reason. Using a frying pan is more easy, :D

[gan3d]

DESPISTADO
Nice Job....I like the "feel" of it.

LESTAT
one word....wow.
I like the "tongue-in-cheek" settings. I would have thought it better to put the cord on the side or back, but very nice and detailed all the same.
Excellant entry...............again. :)

gan3d
Good one. I've never seen one of those before. Did you make the grill using an opacity map? (not sure what it would be in Maya)


Thanks, Yes I applied grid on transparent map to get the grill kinda effect. Its quite common in india, we have both coil and non-coil heater, for non coil people use wood to burn. actually i was planning to do that but donno how to do wood n fire in maya.

[gan3d]

software used - 3ds max 7
model time - 50 mins
textured in - 15 mins
render time - 15 mins

first and last .

wow what a superb work :dance: . I like the steel texture a lot on ur models. I have been seeing all the posts for a quite sometime and i observe that lots of people have base(floor) and bgnd kind of merged, i see it in ur image also. How to do it?? :wall: I usually keep one plane for floor and one for bgnd.
Hope am not asking tooo many questions.sorry.

thnx

[inspired]

VhectorGood One! My mon had one of those, actually I think I gave it to her as a gift once....we used it maybe three times, and got tired of cleaning up all the cheese...lol. Yellow is cool![

hehe, weve got one like that too... but the ppl here (read: my mom, and my brother...) never clean up the cheese... so when i want to make my own 'inspired-sandwich DeLuxe' i have to clean up their dirty cheese...(I HATE cheese!)

:wave:

[moon69dog]

Didnt have allot of time to work on this model.. got allot of work lately.. sorry i wasnt able to find time to texture it...
My entry - A Toaster with a Kickstarter...

[vladoportos]

Another from me,
Im sorry but i just dont have time :( :wall: :cry:

Modeling: 60 min
Rendering: 15 min
Soft: Rhino3D, Max, fR
-----------------------------------

[Brodix]

Oh! i forgot to mention, I found a script spiral.MLL to create a spiral(coil) in maya. Its pretty good. But I like your method since it gives me more controle over the mesh by adjusting the ep curve ;P .

cyas

Sweet I'm glad i could help, check out this coil
Oh and thanks for my FIRST rep point. Im on my way to being cool now :roll:
Edit: Sorry for the Spam

[Orkron]

Great models this week,
I'm very impressed by a few.
Henry, I have to say I am extremely impressed by the level you've moved to, great models this week and good use of Vray - I too am learning Vray for it is a beautiful render system (I like it better than Brazil) - Bully is trying out Maxwell and it looks good but the render times are excrutiating! Hehe
Lates all.
Orkron.

[Henry_B]

Great models this week,
I'm very impressed by a few.
Henry, I have to say I am extremely impressed by the level you've moved to, great models this week and good use of Vray - I too am learning Vray for it is a beautiful render system (I like it better than Brazil) - Bully is trying out Maxwell and it looks good but the render times are excrutiating! Hehe
Lates all.
Orkron.

thanks for the great coments man! i really apreciate it. i havent try brazil yet, neither maxwell, but at the time im really happy with vray, so i thinkk im going to stick with it for a while :D

[Mr_Killer]

here is my squarry pinky toaster. after all why not, lol it is 1 am here i am tired and i could'be boterd to produce any harder work, i just did it for the hell of it. i'l take the next one seriously

[Henry_B]

<<< OFF-TOPIC>>>

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: HAPPY BIRTHAY BLACK!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:
Best Wishes man!!

soooo how may candles does the cake is going to have????:D

[Perchik]

hehe well I have an idea for my entry...hehe

[mimi01]

Guys, your entries are just FANTASTIC!
I haven't had time this week to keep an eye on this challenge, but...WOW!
So many great models, and so many new faces...

I can't write about all you guys, 'cause ther too many fabulous entries, but Fastrak, you are great!

Marty, Inspired, Mousek, Andoy - are some of the models that catched my eyes. :wave:

Sorry for the others I didn't list here, but You guys know you're good... ;)

A simple one, only to join this week:
modelling time 60min
textures 30min
lights and render 10min
3ds max5

[fastrak]

ode to Black
Happy Birthday To You, :dance:
Happy Birthday To You, :dance:
Happy Birthday To Bla-ack, :dance:
Happy Birthday To You! :D

(any many more)

Best Wishes! :) :)

[LESTAT]

mboi : thanx , glad you liked it .

curka : high class ? ( lmao ) ... thanx

fastrak : arent you a :shout: mod in disguise ? lol.... youre models are top notch , retro freak ..hmmm... isnt the cord on the side ? bit dazed , sorry .... thanx man ... you are too kind ... (M.I.D) !


wow what a superb work :dance: . I like the steel texture a lot on ur models. I have been seeing all the posts for a quite sometime and i observe that lots of people have base(floor) and bgnd kind of merged, i see it in ur image also. How to do it?? :wall: I usually keep one plane for floor and one for bgnd.
Hope am not asking tooo many questions.sorry.

thnx


first of all " asking too many questions " is why the forums is so hip :dance:
except disturbing the mods with the inevitable " when is .. ? " queries (j/k) ... but yeah i did use a plane for the base .. applied a Gloss White Mat ( default raytrace mat in 3ds max ) and added a background map which the base plane reflects , thus the merging illusion . hope thats simple and understandable . cheers !

otacon : :halo: WHERE ART THY TOASTERS ? :halo:

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Lol Fastrak... You're quickly coming into replacing Inspired as the resident SMC Spammer. I'm going to have a few job openings in my labs if you're interested... I'll look up the details later. All you would have to do to show your interest is to add the chant 3DMadness!!! to your posts from time to time... believe me... there are many benifits in having a Mad Scientist on your side! I already have a robot's toe named after me... and maybe a whole robot soon... my last employee was givin a car for his services... and you may even be givin amnesty from the hypnotising Periwinkle Blue! :D

Mimi... Thanks once again! I'm glad you think my models are worth mention... your models always have such nice details... I can only hope one day to bring that much to my models. :)

Fastrak, Vladoportos, Perchik, Henry_B, and many many other have been kicking much butt this week! I might have one or two more in me this week... just trying to juggle SMC with my Mermaid. We'll see what happens. Oh... and Happy Birthday Mr. Black! :D

[DESPISTADO]

=fastrak]DESPISTADO
Nice Job....I like the "feel" of it.


thanks fastrak for your kind words:)

[LESTAT]

:ufo: here's wishin you ...

[Methis]

Hey peeps, just joined the forums :smug:
Guess you could say I'm a bit of a n00b, but hey, I try

Anyway, here's my submission for the contest
-Modeled in 50 minutes
-Textured in.. I'm not at all sure actually, but I think about an hour and 10-20 minutes :dunno:

Edit: Whoops! :hmm: Modeled and rendered with 3D Studio Max 7 (Default scanline and video post for the glow)

Nuclear Fusion Toast, anyone?

[LESTAT]

hi and welcome to the forum methis :wave: .... nice model .. the perfect breakfast ...according to the rules you also have to mention the software you have used along with the time taken to model lest your entry get disqualified... please edit your post a.s.a.p .

[Methis]

Sorry about that. Fixed it :smug:

[fastrak]

mimi01, lestat, and marty
Thankyou for such kind words. :o
I'll keep the spam down.

Saw a picture of this on Ebay. Didn't know what the insides were like so I guessed.

info on the pic

[mimi01]

:dance: ======= :dance:

[Braggart]

Hi everyone,
here's my entry. Bar toaster.

[Xagoth]

Ditto what Mimi01 said :) :D Happy birthday :)

Anyways there are few cool models in this week. Keep it up people :) !!

[Special-K]

I'm surprised noone has modelled the Tubby toaster from Teletubbies...? I would but I just dont have time.

[inspired]

congrats mister Black-3DT ;) hope you have fun wherever you are :dance: :lame:

but anyway, nice models every1... i dont think im gonna do anymore models in the near future, but im sure to come in now and then to spa... crit and chat :)

keep it up ppl!

:wave: inspired OUT :wave:

[saiko]

Hi after really long time I am back to Threedy Forum:
Here is my entry:

I am an industrial design student, in my school everyone makes fun if someone takes toaster as his/her project, as every third student of industrial design used to take toaster as the project. In most of the design school all over the world this is one of the most common things taken as project by student.
I never got the ‘opportunity’ to take toaster in any of my project, so when I saw this as the theme for speed modeling challenge, I could not control myself…..

The design is mine; I am not showing the sketches as 800x600 is too small for everything…the modeling very simple and basic, internal components are not made, it was entirely modeled on rhino and rendered in 3DSMax6, All times are exact.

[Pawz]

Saiko - question - How do you make your toast go down? I don't see any levers or whatever :)

Methis - nice toaster, although it looks like my son's sippy cup going nuclear! Right down to the blue color and everything.

[Methis]

Lol :haha: So? Is that a problem?
Besides, I know I don't stand a chance, I just made it for fun. A little practice never hurt anyone :)

[Kev]

If you want a toaster that looks the part after all the nukes hit, you're going to need one of these. Made of scraps of old metal, this toaster can survive a beating (just don't shake it too hard, the toast brackets are a bit loose). Featuring adjustable temperature control and raisable bread support you'll never be without toast again! (even after WWIII).


Modelled in 60 minutes.
Textured in... ummm... I lost count.
Rendered in 2:17.
Max7 for modelling.
Photoshop for texturing.
VRay for rendering.


Just a side note, some of you might not believe that this competition is OVERLY realistic with regards to real world scenarios but recently I went to a job interview where I was given half an hour to model anything I liked. At the time I had no idea how much I could model in half an hour and, thus, I ended up with something really crap. I didn't get the job.

If I had known about and entered one of these speed modelling challenges I would probably have been much better prepaired.

[mak_designs]

speed modelling challenge week 41 - toaster
3ds max 6, Vray, Photoshop Cs
Model Time: 22mins.
Everything Else: 25mins.
Texturing: 30mins.
Render Time: approx. 1min
=)

[saiko]

Saiko - question - How do you make your toast go down? I don't see any levers or whatever :)

It has built in mechanism for doing that, you just hav to press the front button toput the bread in and same button if u want to take it out before the automatic timer pushes it out .
Its not a space-age concept, now can find toasters which doesn't hav that prehistoric lever system.

[danielbravo]

This is my first post here, so I congratulate you.
Software: 3DS Max7
Modeled in 57 minutes
Rendered in 17 seconds

[Henry_B]

Hi after really long time I am back to Threedy Forum:
Here is my entry:.............

nice 1 saiko.. i llike the concept, the render and the model.. good work and welcome back

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Hey mak_designs... nice toaster. I'm working on one right now with an extremely similar design. It's more of a classic plain everyday simple persons toaster. Well... I'm off to finish it up... then it on to lunch! Mmmm... lunch! :D

[mak_designs]

hey thanks man, hurry though, time's ticking away :wall:

[Dopetrick]

I finally made an entry into the speed modelling challenge. Just curious, how do you people get 800x600 under 100kb?
Hope you guys like it anyway.

[mak_designs]

I finally made an entry into the speed modelling challenge. Just curious, how do you people get 800x600 under 100kb?
Hope you guys like it anyway.

i like it, u saved it too small though.
Ok if you're using photoshop, simply press cntrl + alt + shift + S (for PC),
apple + alt + shift + S (mac)
you'll get the option for Save For Web... There you can adjust the quality, from low to high (under 100kb)

[Kev]

Dopetrick, if you have photoshop, just go to 'File' > 'Save for web' and play with the quality until it says a number less then 100k down at the bottom.

Also, you are only supposed to submit one image.

Your toaster looks nice by the way, it'd be nice to see it bigger.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Hey Dopetrick, your images are really small... and you should only post your true entry here. Take down your seond pic nd put a link to it if you want people to see your creation in a completed scene. Next, you really need to bring up the size of your entry... I can barely see it now and I'm on my laptop with a 1024*768 resolution. You need to get yourself some jpeg compression software if you're not using Photoshop 7 or later. Worse comes to worse... send me the full size entry and I'll compress it for you.

Drat... two posts already before mine... I really do reply too slow! :eek:

[mak_designs]

shortcuts are a necessity in this field of wurk :dunno:

[Rooky]

The last two weeks I`m just OUT OF TIME ! So here's something I managed to do in my little free time!
Hope you'll like it!

[Henry_B]

nice rooky, i like the design, is it ur own idea?

[otacon]

otacon : :halo: WHERE ART THY TOASTERS ? :halo:

Ive been really busy this week, plus im having problems with my internet at home, so im not sure if i can do one this week....maybe if i can find some time here at work i will try one. :smug:
Really nice models by everyone so far, i can tell people are getting better.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Well... after reading a comment made by Perchik and mak_designs last entry. I decided to just make something fun. It's an experiment in my modelling tools. So... here we go. (Btw, after Rooky's last entry... I should be embarrassed with this entry.)

3D Studio Max 6 + Silo, 55 mins modelling:

[fastrak]

One Way To Make Toast..... A LOT OF TOAST! :)

Instructions: light match......run!

I know....kinda silly :lame:

didn't have enough time to finish it either.

info on the pic.

[gxx]

nice toaster... :D

[Henry_B]

One Way To Make Toast..... A LOT OF TOAST! :)

Instructions: light match......run!

I know....kinda silly :lame:

didn't have enough time to finish it either.

info on the pic.
@ fastrak LOL ! nice1

[fastrak]

Rooky
Excellant entry, man. Love it. :D

Marty_McFly
Oh, marty, marty, marty.....lol. Glad you did....lol. Good job. ;)

Kev
Good Job! That's a neat idea! :cool:

Saiko
Very, very nice. :)

[Rooky]

Actually it's not my idea! I found a picture of this kind of toaster in google but I haven't yet figured out if the picture of the toaster I found is real or the toaster is modeled and rendered in a program! :D So I can't tell if there are any real toasters like this. :D
BTW Thanks for good words for all who liked my model. :)

[inspired]

fastrak, hehe, now THAT is 3DMadness!!! hehe awesome...

oh, and marty, glad to see you are still here to fill my gaps ;) nice model!

others, great models, dont have time to comment every1, but ive seen some GREAT ones! (rookie..., others..)

:wave:

[reVersiblecHaos]

Hey Rooky

The toaster you've modeld is a Dualit. It was the first toaster I thought of whene reading the briefing. As a matter of fact I'm rendering my own model of the Dualit. But its gone take some time becouse v-ray may be faster than mental ray but its still slow on my machine (and I'm not very good at texturing)

Nice model rooky !!!

[URs3D.net]

I thought I just post another toaster...
I hope you like it, and you could give some advice on how to improve the picture...
Can someone of you tell were i can get the Vray :???: :???: :???:
pretty excellent posts from everyone!!!

[roach105]

really nice stuff rooky.

well, I had some extra time this week and decided to try doing another model. I still prefer the first one over this one

[fastrak]

fastrak, hehe, now THAT is 3DMadness!!! hehe awesome...

:wave:


Marty's hypnotising Periwinkle Blue made me do it! :crazy:

[Henry_B]

I thought I just post another toaster...
I hope you like it, and you could give some advice on how to improve the picture...
Can someone of you tell were i can get the Vray :???: :???: :???:
...
http://www.vrayrender.com (http://www.vrayrender.com/)

[Kev]

fastrak: I love that idea, always good to see a bit of humor.

UrsiNMC: I really like the render. It almost looks real. The toaster appears to be on even though it's not plugged in... not that that really matters of course.

roach105: That's a great idea and great render.

[Villane]

Hi all,
not alot of time to do something for this week's challenge but had an idea (which i always ust have :lame: ) and the bonus was that it involved using a primitive..which was nice! Oh yes it makes 3 slices of toast in one go also :dance: .
God job everyone, by the way this model is kinda low poly.

Cheers

V

[Methis]

Looks nice, but where would you put the bread?..

[vladoportos]

fastrak: LOL, thats great way to make toasts :evil:

[Perchik]

alright mcfly! lol

I'm still lookin for an hour of free time to do it...ah

[Kev]

Hmm... by my calculations (well, really by the calculations of that site that converts GMT time), I'd say there's less then one hour left. Would I be correct?

[Villane]

Looks nice, but where would you put the bread?..

i'm assuming this was directed at my egyptian thing, well the bread would go where the orangey glowing bits are as in a toaster :smug:
There are 3 sides of the pyramid that have vertical extrudes to hold the bread and the little handle at the side lowers them into place. i thought it was pretty self explanitory.

V

[Dopetrick]

Thanks everyone for the info on making the file smaller, decided to upload it to a different server. So you can see it at
http://farthing.jaywalk.co.za/lastrender1.jpg
I'll do a proper post if I do the next challenge.

[Villane]

Fastrak my friend, I like the burning factory idea..very nice matey!! :smug:

Texas T!

Cheers

V

[fastrak]

Hi all,
not alot of time to do something for this week's challenge but had an idea (which i always ust have :lame: ) and the bonus was that it involved using a primitive..which was nice! Oh yes it makes 3 slices of toast in one go also :dance: .
God job everyone, by the way this model is kinda low poly.

Cheers

V

Ah yes! Sometimes the simplest approach is the best approach. Bravo. :)
"Careful son, you could poke an eye out with that thang"

Thanks for the comment ...having fun :dance:

[Kev]

Oh, I get it now, the bread goes DOWN, right. When I first saw it, I thought that the bread went in vertically or just lay on top of the pyramid or something.

[mak_designs]

One Way To Make Toast..... A LOT OF TOAST! :)

Instructions: light match......run!


& PEOPLE, MUAHAHHAHhHAhhahaaa!!!! :dance:

[fastrak]

fastrak: LOL, thats great way to make toasts :evil:

a little crispy maybe, but it should work! LOL
Thanks

[deadplant155]

Kev- ::Hmm... by my calculations (well, really by the calculations of that site that converts GMT time), I'd say there's less then one hour left. Would I be correct?::

it is tuesday right? doesn't the challenge end on wednesday? which would be tomorrow? maybe i'm just crazy...but that's how i thought it was :)

[fastrak]

Absolutely! One More Day...hurry, hurry

[Kev]

Program: 3D Studio Max 7
Modelling time: 60 minutes

Tried to come up with something that hasn't been seen yet.

[Kev]

Kev- ::Hmm... by my calculations (well, really by the calculations of that site that converts GMT time), I'd say there's less then one hour left. Would I be correct?::

it is tuesday right? doesn't the challenge end on wednesday? which would be tomorrow? maybe i'm just crazy...but that's how i thought it was :)

Well, where I am it is Wednesday. Maybe the site said Thursday. That'd be pretty good, I could get some more entries in.

[roach105]

hey kev thats looks awesome. great idea

[Kev]

Hey, thanks roach.



I guess my toaster needs a little explaining. It should make sense from the renders but I'll put this here just to make sure.

- The knob and on the left is for changing how dark you want your toast.

- The display on the left shows which setting your toaster is on. (i.e. "defrost" or "light"). Unfortunately, you can't see this in the render

- The big dial on the front displays how much time there is left in minutes and seconds as well as in 'laymans terms.' This can be helpful when someone who isn't near the toaster yells out "How long on the toast?" By simply glancing at the toaster, you can tell them "It's nearly done" or "There's still a while."

- When the toast is ready, a 'ding' can be heard and the little red light next to the dial turns on until the toast is retrieved.

- The lever on the right is what all toaster levers are for.

- The holes in the top are where bread slices go in so that they can be transformed into toast.

[Villane]

like that Kev, a lot of work there and to me it has a certain maritime vibe.

Good job.

V

[Villane]

[QUOTE=fastrak]Ah yes! Sometimes the simplest approach is the best approach. Bravo. :)
"Careful son, you could poke an eye out with that thang"

yeh, i agree i often prefer the purety of a simple idea. It's our job to communicate that idea to the viewer in my opinion!

how many toasters have you done now?

V

[electroglyph]

My First Entry

Why have just plain toast when you can have something worth thousands of dollars? The EBayAtron 3000 generates custom celebrity images. Patented radiant and laser technology can apply the likenesses of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and others to ordinary toast.

[deadplant155]

i'm sure someone will beat me to this, but you should probably go read the rules regarding posting before you get disqualified, that'd be a shame.

[fastrak]

electroglyph
Welcome to the forums. I'm sure you'll find this a valuable resource. Just a note on your entry. Please use the "manage attachments" button to post your entry, and not a link to the image. I'm afraid it could get disqualified if it remains this way. You may want to review other previous posts and the rules a little more.
(nice idea BTW.) Hurry and "Edit" your post (the little button on the bottom right of your post will do the trick.)

[electroglyph]

Thanks All,
When I previewed this all I could se was text. The only other thing I could think of was the img command. Usually when I have a 50/50 chance I get it wrong 100% of the time.

[fastrak]

electroglyph
Good Job!
If I may make a comment, you can post the "how I did it" in your text part of the post, that way it will leave more room for you images and the ever important wireframes. You don't have to for this one, and it isn't a rule, maybe for the future. Makes it neater that way :)
Bryce, huh...Glad to see that software is still kicking around.

[curka]

kev, awsome.
great model,materials and the idea.i love it :]

[tokai]

A big welcome to the forums.


thx. :)


Nice to hear from a fellow Imagine user. I cut my teeth on that program....and cutting it was, no thanks to that sorry piece of literature they called a manual. :wall: Although I had an Amiga, I didn't get the program til it was ported for windows. I stuck with that thing for a couple of years....actually made some money off of it. Last I heard it's still available, but I haven't checked for awhile.


Yeah.. its a beast, but when you got used to it at some point it was nice, still... nothing comparable to the today programs. No NURBS, etc. you had to make every soft form manually, thats why i usually didn't made soft form objects with it. ;)


Anyway, excellant entry. Good Job and hope to see more in the future. :)

Thx, yep.. wanna try to get some practice by participating on challenges. As I'm pretty timeless because of my job I'll probably never find the time to realize all my own ideas, but spending a fixed amount of time on challenge tasks works out, i hope.


@all:

some very nice entries around. congrats, learning a lot by just looking at a few pics.

some of u seem to use HDRI images for a quick indoor environment reflection on chrome materials. Are there some free to use royalty-free indoor images available on the web or are you guy creating these images yourself? Would be thankful for a few hints here. Thx.

regards,
tokai

[deadplant155]

Thanks All,
When I previewed this all I could se was text. The only other thing I could think of was the img command. Usually when I have a 50/50 chance I get it wrong 100% of the time.

hey, we all know how it is, it's cool :) and welcome

apparently there's some issue where attached images dissapear if you try to preview your post, so people make that mistake all the time. thanks for reading out posts and fixing it, and i hope you have fun here.

[fastrak]

tokai
One of the forum members here has a few hdri imagaes to download.
Check www.orkron.com

[Perchik]

Electro- welcome

THAT TOASTER ROCKS!

[Brodix]

WE ARE THE NIGHTS OF NIGH!! FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE KNIGHTS OF IKY IKY... Well you know the rest.

I just felt like that needed to be said.

As For my Model... Its a Toaster ;)

Modeled in MaYa 6
Modeling Time: 59minutes and 59seconds
Texturing Time: 15minutes
Lighting: 15seconds
Scratching My Head: 35seconds X 5 separate head scratchings :smug:

3DMAYHAM... wait thats not it... 3DMASSAG..ER..RIFIC... no thats not it either... hmmm I guess I'll have to work on that. :wall:

[juha]

really superb models from everyone.. and few amazing good models....
keep it up..
just one fast from me... bit busy these days .
so i havent got time to start tweaking with textures and light...

[LESTAT]

kev : Thats A Beauty

[inspired]

lewiswale, lewiswale.. not a very good start... and no, i dont mean the modeling or the texturing, but the ENTERING.

it would be wise, to delete your entries, before one of the moderators sees them, so you wont get DQ'd, and Read the rules, before entering them again!

secret hint - read ALL the rules, but pay extra attention to rule 3 and 5...you can find the rules at the first page of EVERY challenge...

[hammering3D]

Hello ppl,
I am glad that i have the time to ener this competition at the last moment.
Even though i am disapointend with my model, i stil send it in. To let u see my progres in modeling in the future :cry:

Till now like allways I see superb models nice materials and renederer.

Good luck ppl. :wave:

Modeling software: 3dsMax6
Modeling Time: full 60 min
Set up scene+material+render:about 10 min

[ShadoWarrior85]

Hello pips!

This is my first post here :smug:

I hope u enjoy it! :lame:

Software: 3d Studio Max 7
Modelling: 60 min.
Rendering: 7 min.

Peace!! :halo:

[Special-K]

ShadoWarrior85:

You image is ENORMOUS!! I'm nipping down to PC World now to get a bigger monitor to view it!

While I'm gone read Rule 5 on the first page of this thread before you get disqualified.

[ShadoWarrior85]

Thanks for helping me out Special-K:D

Good Luck for all!!

ShadoWarrior85

[Sniper]

Hey guys remember me?? I used to post speed models every week.

Ok I finnaly got Max up and running on my new comp and had some spare time tonight to get a toaster entry in. Its pretty boring just a plain old toaster.

Modeled in 45 min with 3DS Max 7
Rendered with Brazil on my new AMD 64bit 3500+ with 2Gig of RAM and dual SLi linked Nvidia 6600GT video cards. Soooo fast compared to my old comp.
Composed in photoshop.

Hope you guys like it.

Luke...

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

FireFly... it's 3DMadness!!! Now that I think of it... aren't you already workingf for me? Hmm... I'll have to go over my records... but I don't recall you ever doing the chant. That's it... I'll have to send my elf over to teach you a lesson!

Sniper... heh... you think that system is something? I have an Intel Pentium 100 mhz processor with 8mb of Ram, Win95 OS, 2gb HDD, Sound Blaster 16 compliant on board sound, 4X CD-Rom Drive, and a 15.1" monitor! Until you can beat that... I'm afriad your system will only be second best. :D

[hammering3D]

I have at home(but not work on it)

An:
CP Type: Z80
Operating system: BASIC
Monitor: Work on an old 12" monocrom TV
Cd-rom:Floppy: ?! --- Cassette Tape
No mouse Aviable
Built in Keyboard

Sorry for spam, but i wish onlly to bring a smile on faces off the elders members. If someone remeber the good old Z80 :) and the BASIC

PS Edit: This was my childhood PC :dance: and I didn't have the heart to throw it away, I just kept it to collect dust in a corner
Edit2: And to make the spam constructive, for the young members, a link to see the z80 (I did't find a pics how the z80 look in my contry and I"m to lazzy to make a pic to my own z80)
Here is the page: http://www.interface1.net/zx/clones/ne.html

[Xtreme™]

off topic, hmm...is there any render engine use some nos? hehe...*brumm...brumm....brummm....

--- good luck with the challenges everyone, yall rock! :dance: ---

[inspired]

Hey guys remember me?? I used to post speed models every week.

sniper, sniper... hmm that name DOES ring a bell... wait a minute... arent you the guy that was entering ALL THOSE KICK-A$$ MODELS!!! LIKE THE THREE-WHEELED WHEELBARROW?

hehe, and AGAIN, nice one sniper! glad to still have you around here :)

marty... will you stop beeping up your elf? i was just playing some cards with him/her, and then you beeped him/her.. so she/he said, hmm, have to go, some business to be taken care of for the boss... :grr: Thnx, i was winning :grr:

anyhow, lets get this party started :dance:

oh and hammering, you made me laugh, and im not even old :p

oh and extreme.. what can i say.. COME ON MAN! i havent seen stuff from you in DAYS! where are you man!? ;)

:dance: im a psycho this evening... watch out for my posts this day, they will propably be even less informative and normal then usual...:dance:

[reVersiblecHaos]

an other late entry for me this week: the dualit

modeled in max7 60min (full)
Texturing about 2h
Rendering v-ray 1h45min

I hope its within the time limit so I'll post it without further delay

[fastrak]

hammering3D
Now that brought back some memories....(sigh) Although a commadore was my first computer...here is a link of the first computer that I actually took a class on. And it was brand new. I class was an experimental music class, we hooked it up to some "moogs" synthizers and created some weird sounding stuff and recorded it on a 2" 24 track.
Here be the computer (http://www.retro-trader.com/radioshackcomputers.htm)

[the_bully]

Some really great models on here.I had one more but dont think ill finish in time.

Well good luck to all

[URs3D.net]

I found this toaster in our garage, and i thought i can model it, and so i did.
Modelingtime:full 60 minutes
Texturingtime:23minutes
Renderingtime: 9.49minutes.
Software: 3dsmax6
I hope you can recognise the picture, bescause of the textures(checker)

Comments and critics always welcome....

[andrewday]

Hi everybody,

Some great models this week! I was trying to figure out how to make mine a little different, so I went for an older, beat up, rusty toaster, instead of a bright shiny new one. Texturing took a while, I'm still pretty slow at it (I could probably tweak the layered shaders forever), but here you go:

Here's the reference (http://www.robin.com/gal/images/toaster-microwave.jpg)

And here's the model:

[Brodix]

you forgot your model :haha:

[hammering3D]

:ugh:
Like I promise I start a new Toaster, but I did't finis it in time, I'm not post it because is not reconizable.

But not like first one with that I'm happy because I think I done a prrety nice job so far, so I go to eat and after that I finish the toaster,and to make something good with it I will post it in WIP forum with some questions for U, regarding materials, and other stuff. But onnly if i manage to archive a nice looking one.(for me ;P)

Good luck every one, and i can't wait to see the new chalenge subject. :roll:

PS: I don't post a link here, beacuse i think that break the rules :shy:

[Orkron]

Thanks for the plug fastrak :D I should sell ad space so I can make some money from people coming to my site hehe just kidding guys...I offer those maps free (free from payment and free from advertisement) cuz I'm all about raising people up.
I guess I will say it for all the new people who don't know me....
check the link below my entry to get some free hdri maps
Later all.
Orkron.

[fastrak]

Orkon
Hey bud! Good to see (hear) from you again. Your Alive! Hope your other pressing projects are doing ok. Miss you competing in the SMC.

[Orkron]

Orkon
Hey bud! Good to see (hear) from you again. Your Alive! Hope your other pressing projects are doing ok. Miss you competing in the SMC.
Hey thanks fastrak, the biggest thing holding me back is no internet at home right now (too expensive) and between school, work, and my girl (my daughter) I just don't have the time anymore...But I check out the submissions every couple days...I like what I'm seeing! (except how the he!! did Inspired get so many rep points!!!! J/K Inspired, you deserve 'em!)
Orkron.

[JAPO]

Well, this is my entry for this week. I wanted to make toaster of my own design, so here it is :) It is Evil Toaster of Captain Nemo :) It took me 60 minutes to model, texturing took approx. 15 minutes, lighting... well if this was speed lighting competition, I would not qualify :). And render was like 15 minutes.
Oh and it was Max 7.0. (Until Max 7.5, it will be always Max 7.0 :smug:, but I will write it anyway)

[fastrak]

JAPO
Love it. Excellant style and design. Very good work!

Sniper
Glad your back and more powerful than ever. Nice entry BTW.

ShadoWarrior85
Welcome to the forums and good job on your entry.

reVersiblecHaos
Nicely done. Good detail and nice render.

andrewday
Ha!, I like the label that refers to the cleaning of the machine. Supplying the ref image is good idea.

Good Job everyone...some excellant work here (at least I think so).
So is everyone having a good time....or are you realizing that you spend waaay too much time in front of the computer (like me).

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Well... here's another "normal" toaster... I reversed the controls to the other side for lefties and added another slot for toast. Simple and space saving... it's the next step up for the person that just has to have TWO pieces of toast in the morning! :D

3D Studio Max 6 and Silo, 45 mins modelling, 10 minute render:

[fastrak]

Marty
I see you have listed Silo. Did you model your toaster(s) in it? Do you like the program?

[inspired]

(except how the he!! did Inspired get so many rep points!!!! J/K Inspired, you deserve 'em!)
Orkron.

hehe thnx man :p i dont know how i got them, but i stole them nice and fair from the threedy database ;)

hehe, well good to see you are still alive man! as you can see, we all miss you ;) but have a great time with all you are doing! well see you around! :roll:

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

I modelled that last one and the flying toaster in Silo... then imported into Max via a Max script... (Mainly because of funky artifacts if I import .3ds files! :eek:) For the flying toaster... I only modelled one wing and then mirrored an instance in Max and applied a 3*3 FFD to get the wings to bend the way I wanted. I'm sure I could've done something smiliar in Silo with Soft Selection... but since I'm new to Silo... and for the sake of speed... I did it that way. As for your second question... Yes. I definately like it... it's still a growing tool... and definately needs a few more features, but it's very strong right now and I'll continue to use it in future models. :D (Besides... for $109.00 you can't beat the price! Well maybe you can... but I liked the interface immediately and many free programs were just too cluttered for my taste!) Silo is very cool! :dance:

[JAPO]

Fastrak: Thank you. Although I like your models more. Especially that metal with glass panel. And I have message for you from a friend at work - she is crazy about that blue groovy toaster. Where can she get it? :)
Everybody: This round is full of great models. Of some toasters I had no idea they actually existed... until I found them on the net :)

[Henry_B]

really nice entry JAPO, i like the design

[fastrak]

Fastrak: Thank you. Although I like your models more. Especially that metal with glass panel. And I have message for you from a friend at work - she is crazy about that blue groovy toaster. Where can she get it? :)
Everybody: This round is full of great models. Of some toasters I had no idea they actually existed... until I found them on the net :)

Thanks for the comment. The "Groovy" toaster came from an image I found on Ebay....it was for sale!

Hey, Marty, Thanks! I may have to swing by their site and check it out for myself....and the price is great if the product is decent. How does it handle things like booleans, you know, that stuff that max has no clue on how to do. LOL

[JAPO]

henry_b: Thank you very much. I am happy if you like it :)
Fastrak: She will be happy to know. She will be sooo happy :)

...did I use happy too much? Well, consider this a happy post :)

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Well... booleans are best left to Solid Geometry modellers. Since Silo is mainly a SDS modeller.... booleans won't be "great". I've yet to try them... but I have heard complaints. www.nevercenter.com is where you can download a 17 day trial version of Silo 1.3 You can also download a non-trial version... but I think it's limited in some ways. Check out the videos of Silo in action... that's what convinced me to download it. After using it for like a week... I decided to buy it. (You can even completely customize the mouse and keybaord to make it just like Max! :D Keeps the workflow easy when moving between the two programs!)

[Andy_k-3DT]

and that's the deadline reached.....

New challenge launched, head over and check it out

We really will try and catch up with all the judging this week - sorry for the delay but we are working on it

Andy

[Lewiswale]

oooops ! didn`t read em all cheers

[tokai]

hello sniper,


Ok I finnaly got Max up and running on my new comp and had some spare time tonight to get a toaster entry in. Its pretty boring just a plain old toaster.

Modeled in 45 min with 3DS Max 7

Hope you guys like it.


yes, a lot. simple, but perfect.

I tried to rebuild it, but can't figure out how to get such clean 'bump' of the bottom part. modeled (in parts) very same box as shown in your wireframe, but it does not want to look like it in the final rendering after adding the thing to a hyperNURBS, also tried with different hypernurbs weights on the edges, but no luck.

[electroglyph]

Japo
I want one!

[Perchik]

Hmm I thought it said 2200 based on the GMT clock online i thought i had an hour left when you said deadline lol....well i guess its an hour late, but heres my toaster:dont have time to texture'

3ds max 47 min modelling

Haha its a TOASTING machine....

[ShadoWarrior85]

Thanks for the welcome fastrack! I apreceated what u said! :D

P.s.: Sorry about the bad english :P

[Barks]

Blast! I missed the deadline...Well...Here it is anyways...

Modelling: 50 mins
Maya 6.0

[Andy_k-3DT]

my fault on the deadline mistake - I forgot we were now on GMT+1 in the UK.


So, any entries before this post will be allowed - looks like you got away with that one Barks :)

Andy

[Renz]

Hope I have not crossed the deadline, anyway I want to post it after a long time! Good luck every one.

[Barks]

my fault on the deadline mistake - I forgot we were now on GMT+1 in the UK.


So, any entries before this post will be allowed - looks like you got away with that one Barks :)

Andy

WooHoo!

[Kev]

Perchick Hahaha, that's a great idea. I'm slow, it took me a while to get.

[Xtreme™]

oh and extreme.. what can i say.. COME ON MAN! i havent seen stuff from you in DAYS! where are you man!? ;)

hey matey :D... yeah kinda busy with some damn papers hier :crazy:,ahhh... don't have time to work with 3d's :roll:... see ya round man :D.... and good luck with the next challenges

--- good luck with next speedy challenges everyone :Dance:, cheers ---

[Rooky]

And again I'm late. I really must something change in my life cause I don't have no more time to make my models till the deadline is reached! :( The model I made before the deadline was reached but I am one of thos who don't like post models without scene and without lightening and texturing.
Hope you'll like it! :)

BTW so many good and perfect models with magnificent lightening and texturing. Keep it up! :)

Modelling: 55 min (wanted to make more details but I knew that won't manage it in the last 5 mins)
Texturing: ~30 min
Rendering: all together ~5 min
Software: 3ds Max 7
Used Mental Ray for rendering.

[Rooky]

shokora eem.. I think you missed something! What could it be..? :roll: SHADOWS :D

[fastrak]

shokora
Hello and welcome. You have done very well with only 5 days under your belt. I don't I could model a box within my first week! LOL

A couple of pointers on submissions, however. First and foremost, become very familiar with the rules....may need to go over them again. Second (and the rest of these stem from the rules) always include somewhere on your post, what software you are using (looks to me like max). Second, please include a wireframe/screengrab of the wire to include in your pictures (make sure you only post one image). Third you can edit a post, even delete a double post if you need to.

Hope to see more, and have fun while your at it. :)

[shokora]

@rooky: how do i add them?

@fastrak: ty, i will post a wireframe right on, o and btw, i didnt knew about the delete post option, because all the other forums where i come there isnt such an option.

[Rooky]

Didn't notice which software you use but how I saw in your scene you used at least one spot light and in 3ds Max you can add shadows in the spotlights properties dialog at the right side of your screen - in the shadows section just chek the box at the "On". Of caurse these will be the simpliest shadows but if you want something better just search some tutorials in internet or even here in the Forum you can find many good advices. For example Fastrak is goot at shadows and he has helped me too. So maby he can help you learn more faster and qualitative. :)

[saiko]

Nice modeling Rooky, i like the detailing very much...
nice rendering too!
keep up the good work.

[Black]

Sorry everybody for the way off topic intrussion here...
But I was away and have just been able to get in touch with the internet. There has been some posts that I would be very rude to leave unanswered:

Thank you VERY much FastRak, Henry_B, Lestat, Mimi, Inspired, Juha and Xagoth for not forgetting a special day for me and sending your best wishes through your valuable posts or/and private contacts.

It meant alot; Thank you

Black


Black

[fastrak]

:) :) :)

(and many more!)

[Xtreme™]

Black-3dt, hey black...ahh i know it's late for say these *i always late :crazy:, oh..well "happy birthday man!"...wish u luck and success in future :D....

--- cheers ---

[Black]

Yeap; too late :D


Naaa it always counts. Thank you very much for your kind wishes!

Black

[Rooky]

Saiko thanks for good words! I have a similar toaster myself so I draw some references and it was easier to model because I could see it from all the sides. Of caurse I had to skip some things to fit in time for example the inside and some wholes for steam! :) And I have noticed that mental ray can make your model look at least 2 times better than it really is! :D

[McFly]

Hey! I'm freaking late but thought I would post mine too. :D

And happy birthday to you Black!! Keep rocking! :)

[mak_designs]

hi does anyone know when would they be announcing the winner of the toaster speed modeling challenge?

[Trimyr]

short version is when they have time to catch up on everything. Hence one of the reasons we've got a 2 week challenge this time.

[mak_designs]

oh alright =)

[Dopetrick]

Have the results been posted? It's been quite a while?

[Xtreme™]

hmm... so who is the winner?....

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Andy_k-3DT is the Winner... although I think he cheated since he's a judge. ;)

By the way... that's just a joke fellas... Black-3DT is the winner... or was it Niki-3DT? Either way... it's not good to keep asking "Who won?" Behavior like this will result in you losing all your fingers and toes! :eek:

[R@nSiD]

hmm... so who is the winner?....

Folks,

Be patient. The Mods for the site have lives outside of the web. Judging will be done wen its done. Have a look a the current lists of weeks, I dont think any have been decided upon yet.

Time will tell who wins. I hope its me ;P

[eagle4]

just a quick thought, i normally dont like when people try to rush the mods by saying the usual "Hey when's this going to me marked" about 5 minutes after the comp closes for the week, but this one and a few others havent been finalised by the mods yet and the hand tool one which is a few weeks after this one has been voted for and a winner found... so just a quick and polite question to the mods... Hey when's this going to be marked?



eagle4

[achromatic]

O Nice subject but I haven't seen the toster before. but i will try to make my Imaginary toster

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Eagle4: Didn't you get the memo? It's already been decided!


Just a reminder... As we all know, Marty_McFly is going to blow us all away with his awesome Toasters this week so please keep this in mind when entering. Marty_McFly has already won this week's challenge before it's even been started, so no one should really even bother entering. Thank You.

Andy

(Yes this is just a joke... but I should win. ;P)

[juha]

hey, wheres that cd labeler thing.

[Brodix]

Marty: Thats funny

[eagle4]

hmmm... i dont know about that..... hmmm you will probably win, but there is at least going to be 2 winners and a few others mentioned for good work....(i'm hoping to get at least a mention)


eagle4

[SeamZ2B]

I think being polite has just gone out the window! Get a move on you moderators! JUDGE JUDGE! JUDGE! WOOOOO!
at least tell us if your not going to judge this week so we can sleep at night.... yes it has got that bad that I can't sleep at night becasue I just lie there wandering... "when will these moderators judge the toasters... oh when..." well I dont really wander that but hey I have to post something... I actually have a letter to post here it is -> G <- (its a letter "G" get it?) now that you get it, the moderators should GET this week judged!

I mean all of this in the most 'non annoying to the judges' way as possible so as you don't take into account the annoyingness of this post when judging my model....

gee...

after all that....
now that I think of it... Im not even sure if I submitted any models this week...

Your idiotic 'non-annoying' post shall be kept in mind while judging

Black

[Andy_k-3DT]

Another set of results and another apology for them being so late - time really is at a premium for me at the moment. So, SeamZ2B posts like yours don't help. May i recommend you take a look outside your window at the real world? So much happens out there it's quite frightening really :)

I think that this week Fastrak has scored a first with an image in every section :)

Again, with so many high quality models it was hard to pick winners but here we go......

honorable mentions

fastrak (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68356&stc=1)
andoy (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68406&stc=1)
henry_b (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68400&stc=1)
mr lemon (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68443&stc=1)
Xtreme™ (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68451&stc=1)
Vassili_Zaytsev (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68459&stc=1)
eil-98 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68495&stc=1)
cubanboy (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68684&stc=1)
marty mcfly (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68550&stc=1)
inspired (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68564&stc=1)
lestat (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68688&stc=1)
saiko (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68785&stc=1)
sniper (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68915&stc=1)

runners up

fastrak (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68473&stc=1)
braggart (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68780&stc=1)
kev (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68864&stc=1)

winners

fastrak (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68554&stc=1)
vladoportos (http://forums.3dtotal.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=68357&stc=1)


Once again, congratulations to all those who took part and who continue to make these speed modelling challenges so much

fun.

winners, please contact ben@3dtotal.com with your contact details, which texture Cd you would like and which challenge you

are the winners of.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Wow! Congrats Fastrak! Scored in every section huh? I think it's time ti take him out guys... who's with me!?! :D Congrats to Vladoportos aswell... very nice entries this week... I'm actually surprised I managed a mention! (But I'm glad I did too... :D)

Thanks for your patience Andy... I've been trying to keep these people in line for you... but you know how unruly these kids get these days! ;)

[adamos]

Congrat to winners.

[Henry_B]

congtratulations fastrak and Vladoportos

another one for you fastrak!! congrats

congratulations also to the mentions and runner ups
cheers

[SeamZ2B]

WHAT! YOUR TELLING ME TO LOOK OUTSIDE THE WINDOW!!!?? and whats with that smiley face after your comment! PFAH! as if thats gonna make it all good or something.. I hardly have time to do these challenges but I make time so I can have a bit of fun.. what about the people who do 5 or 6 models a week (at least they don't have a winge like me I suppose but Im gonna stick up for myself).. just this week I have been on a houseboat went to a bday party, funeral, and helped make a short film, so you can stick that smiley face back in the smeileys box...

[fastrak]

Ok. Totally unexpected. Totally! 3dtotal-ly :) Thanks,gracias, merci, Vielen Dank, ringraziarla, Dank u, takk De, thankyou. Congrats to all honorables, runners-up and vladoportos.

[Rashika-3DT]

Congrats to you all for the mentions and everything. also, fastrak, i realize what your name means, but slow down there! you need'nt win them all you know... leave one for the rest of us... :P

[Brodix]

SeamZ2B: You need to calm down bud.
A: Mod's do not get paid
B: They do this stuff for us in their SPARE time.
C: Mod's have lives as well and can't come to your every beck and call.
D: Being a sore loser and changing your signature to that sure won't solve the problem.

Everyone Else: Nice job on the SMC. Congrats to fastrak and vladoportos.

Marty: I'm surprised your up there as well. Na just kiddin good job bud.

[Kev]

Yay, finally the results are results are released.

Congratulations vladoportos, fastrak, braggart and all people who got honorable mentions.

This was my first speed modelling competition and I would have been very happy with an honerable mention so getting runner-up was a big surprise!

[eagle4]

top stuff fastrak!! keep it up, next time i want to see you being the sole winner, as in winning with 2 models!!! now thats a challenge!!!


not even a mention for my model? oh well...

good work to everyone


eagle4

[vladoportos]

Wohuu i won :) Thanx andy you made my day... i have so much work now that i cant do anything this this is the best news for this week for me...
Also congrats to Fastrack and others in honorable mention, runners up

[JAPO]

I would like to propose a TOAST :)
To all winners, runner ups and honorable mentions. And to Fastrak, who made it to all three categories :D Excellent work, everybody

:dance: :dance: :dance: