speed modelling challenge 70 - Halloween

[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 2nd of November 2005
Subject - Halloween


it's that time of year again, the witching hour approaches - let your imagination run wild

Andy

[hammering3D]

Hehehe, verry spooky ideed.

I love it ;P

[Nehumanuscrede]

KNEW this subject was coming :)

I even started looking for textures this morning :) My attempts at a jack were less than spectacular, thus no entry from me.

However, I fully expect to see no fewer than one BILLION pumpkins this time around.

This will prove to be an interesting week since the competition isn't limited to an
item, but rather a theme. :)

Good luck all !

[Orkron]

I remember about a year ago I tried to model Jack Skellington and failed miserably...I'm not trying that again this year...Maybe a pumpkin lol.

[TheWinterLord]

hehe i like this subject! good luck everyone!

[OmegaN]

Nice nice... really fun to see models this challenge when the models can vary much. gj mods

[adamos]

So i gues this will be most time shown object :) lol
This week i hope to get more time to compete whit you guys.
I have i my mind very much idea for this week but i like to start whit some thing
easy to model and here it is a PUMPKIN
Modeling time: 54min
Software: Max 6.0

[Orkron]

nice one adamos!

[noyb]

1 down, 999,999,999 to go :)
Nice job adamos.

[macghost]

cool model adamos i feel much safer to know that it's nailed to the floor,this week is going to be fun and creepy with some difficulty. :wall:

[adamos]

THX guys. BUT I MUST WARN YOU. ITS JUST A BEGINING. :)

[the_bully]

Oh yeah im in this week even if i have to quit my job to find time.
Halloween is my Favorite holiday.So many ideas right now have to go bye :crazy:

[frost000]

I really havent been too active lately, beacuse my attmpts at the last few weeks have been nothing short of... well crap. but I really hope to get an entry together for this week.

btw, Great pumpkin Adamos!

[Dr-BoF]

wanna see some of the good Works this Week :max: keep working cool guyz

[mim]

Funny topic Andy_k :smug: :evil:, and nice start adamos, I think what can be your next model :( if this is just beginning:crazy:.
CU :lurve: , mim.Armand. :max:

[RockstarKate]

Yeah, Halloween! Great topic, I'm so excited about this one.
Which idea to do first... hmmm! :evil:

[Dr-BoF]

:evil: 59min of modelling :evil:

[TheWinterLord]

adamos nice entry, great athmosphere!
Dr-BoF if that was real I qwould be scared of those creatures! hehe

[Stanloshka]

Hallo so first of all pumpkin of course :)
But what next????

[Dr-BoF]

:):):):):):)

[Mousek]

funny topic ;P

[PKT]

Really cool topic Andy_k-3DT, and allready 2 nice entries by adamos and Dr-BoF.

[Sidaho]

I remember about a year ago I tried to model Jack Skellington and failed miserably...I'm not trying that again this year...Maybe a pumpkin lol.

That was the first thing that popped into my head!

[Lord_seth]

i think iam gonna go for nightmare before christmas...that scared me so much when i was kid and i think the poster of the movie isd one of the greatest i have seen ,not to mention that i love tim burton :)

Nice topic!! have fun all

adamos you beat me to it! i thought i would post first a pumkin but oh well :(

great models so far!

c ya in a while

[Stylus]

Here's mine, nothing special, im terrible at organic modeling but then pumpkins are meant to be ugly... :-D
Made with max7 and vray in about 30mins.

[Orkron]

Stylus, thats really nice, I'd hate to see it get DQ'd ...

[Stylus]

Stylus, thats really nice, I'd hate to see it get DQ'd ...
:hurt: you think its too dark, or the wire is not clear enough?

[Stanloshka]

Stylus: nice atmosphere

[novoAlias]

Yes, just finished modelling at 55 minutes, now for texturing etc. Watch this space :)

Idea taken: Halloween scare crow :D

[Old_Nick]

Nice topic this week.
stylus: good entry, I like the light effect.

[novoAlias]

Software: Max 7
Modelling: 55 Minutes
Texturing: About 20 minutes
Rendering: Another 20 minutes
Other: Glow Post is done in PS7

Head Wire was already MeshSmoothed before boolean. Thats why its dense.
Resubmitted with some more work on compositing
Oh I just realised you can't see his 'hand', its a scythe :D

Enjoy, And nice entries Stylus and Adamos!

[OmegaN]

nice posts guy, im in a real hurry now to a course so heres my entry

[qais]

Hello,nice challenge this week,here is my first entry,
Modelling:1 hour
Texturing&Lighting:20 min

[fastrak]

Greetings Stanloshka
Please edit your post and resubmit. Only one image, and it should contain both the render and the wireframe together. Please see other posts here.
Thanks

[Radulan]

Since Nightmare before christmas was mentioned... I thought I'd do something from it. Took longer than I thought it would... well on with the rest of my day. Enjoy

The software was the lovely and free blender 2.37a... Very soon I'l be switching to 2.4.
The rest of the infro is in the picture.

[James]

Radulan: You need to write what software you used on your picture.
Even though it says so in your sig. [I think]

Great pictures anyway

[Nehumanuscrede]

Playing around again last night in XSI. I've always hated how the booleans work within XSI, so I'm trying to get to where I at least tolerate them.

XSI has a feature like Lightwave ( I'm sure the other apps have it as well ) where you can increase the apparent subdivision of an object on the fly. ( Tab key in LW ) This gives you an idea of how the object is going to look once you actually DO subdivide it. However, when working in the low poly mode and using Booleans, things just go nuts.

In order to get a smooth cut from the boolean operators, the mesh actually needs to be subdivided to it's high poly state before the boolean is applied.

This poses two issues.

1) There are now one bazillion polys that have to be edited making it that much more difficult to manipulate.

2) The forum rules state we would prefer to see the low poly wireframe.
Boolean operators just aren't gonna happen in low poly mode though. At least, not with any accuracy. Thus, a problem.

How stringent ARE the rules when it comes to issues like this ?

I'll continue to play with it to see if the boolean operators can be applied to low poly meshes, but I have my doubts. Anyone has any ideas, I'll be all ears. . . . . :)

[Stanloshka]

Hallo there is my entry
software : 3DS MAX 7
modelling : 30min
no texturing
rendering 25min

[mjglennon]

a Fast ghost

Modeling 15 Min
Texturing 15 Min
Maya 7

[OmegaN]

adamos: really cool pumpkin, it looks little like a witch to :) nice pumpkin texture aswell

Dr-BoF: hehe nice moster =)

Stylus: the pumkin army watching cinema :D nice

BlackWolf: cool one, I dont want that on my backyard =)

OmegaN: nice try bud, but it look awfull shame on you.

qais: nice try =) But I think some rock and tree texture would make the picture little more alive (even if its a dead place) =)

Radulan: hehe does it raur if you crank hes tail?

Stanloshka: nice pumpkin model =)

mjglennon: reminds me of those ghosts in pacman.

[H2O-3DT]

qais
Wellcome to the speedys. :evil:
I like your model.
A small note about your submission. Your image can not be bigger than 800x600 pixels. You have to resubmit it before it is dq´ed by the moderators. Would be a shame.

[Garner]

okay here is mine for this week. although its a good open subject after seeing the first few entries all i could think of was pumkins. so eventually i got off the idea and came up with this..

[mjglennon]

mjglennon: reminds me of those ghosts in pacman.


Well I was thinking of the game a the time I made it. :D

[Yedan]

heres my first and maybe only entry this week,

[qais]

Thank u OmegaN and H2O for the comments,i fixed my image it is 800*600 now :)

[3Dvirus]

Great entryis all of you i'll post some coments later...Yedan you misspelled Dracula :D...you know that the story started in my country :D

[Yedan]

lol if had been spelling dracula i would agree with you, dracule (pronounce Drac-ooole) is a distant relative

[3Dvirus]

ops...sry then...looks great and very good ideea btw

[Orkron]

:hurt: you think its too dark, or the wire is not clear enough?

Rule 3:
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

I bolded the part that applies to you. I really do like your submission, otherwise I'd just ignore your mistake and let you be DQ'd - I know that's mean but not to you its not :)

[Orkron]

lol if had been spelling dracula i would agree with you, dracule (pronounce Drac-ooole) is a distant relative

Actually, they called Dracula Dracule in the Bram Stoker movie about him...So you're both right rofl!

[wdl]

Here's my first. I know, not very original. Will try something more original if i find some free time over the weekend.
Software: 3D max 7
Modelling time: 35 minutes (including that leaf)

[adamos]

Diabolic Black Cat.
Modeling time: 60 min
Software: Max 6.0.
I got to share whit you my secret for this week challenge.
Its a Van Helsing. If you look for some mood for this week then this is it.
BTW you can find lots of inspiration in this movie.

[Stanloshka]

garner: nic work maan i like the model, try to improve material.....not texture :)
yedan: spooky :)
wdl: nice model, nice texturing, maybe sometimes meshsmooth is not the best way :)
JUST KEEP SWIMIN! :)

[Stanloshka]

adamos: realy goooooood :)

[SubCroC]

design
very scarin' and nice.
adamos
wow,the 2nd one is great,i am very impressed.this model should be used for an animation with more details added like nails etc.
and thank u for advicin van helsing.

[Leto]

Hi there,
so halloween for this week. I definitly wanted to model a pumpkin and so here it is. Had some problems merging the pumpkin and the carving.
Tell me if you like it anyway.

So some comments while rendering:

Andy_k-3DT Isn't there a starter anymore?
adamos Your pumpkin is soooo cool and the cat is even better. Man i love your style.
Dr-BoF very scary (but front perspective is maybe not the best view for it)
stylus nice composing
BlackWolf I love the model. Looks like it just woke up from the dead. Take my pumpkin as a tribute to the black wolf.
OmegaN I have seen much better models from you. Come on you always inspired me!!
qais nice scene, i would try a bit more details on your model next time but i like the mood of the whole.
Radulan: just very nice.
Stanloshka: simple and scary
mjglennon: good old C64 times rise again...
Garner: nice model. I like the stars and in the holder. Whole scene looks like the evil witch is close.
Yedan: Yeahh, i had the same idea but then i first stayed with a pumpkin. Very nice.
wdl: also simple and nice. Well done

Software used: Cinema 4D
Modeling time: 50 min

Maybe i have time for another one this week. I love the topic because its not so strict to one kind of a thing.

[qais]

hey my second entry!,i feel active 2day :drool:

[adamos]

well, well, well... thx for all you coments.
now its time for entry nr 3:
Modelig time: 60min (not enougth-> no hands)
Software: Max 6.0

[H2O-3DT]

Adamos..
You are really raising the bar this week. :) keep it up :evil:

[Mehmet_Li]

Really Nice models you guys, I'm going to start one of my own which would be my first ever entry for speed modelling. Just need to find the time and will be with the rest of ya, the challenge and the quality of work thats being produced here is just too much for me to put into words.
I will enjoy competing with everyone if I stand a chance.

P.S Adamos I love that cat, its got soo much character.

[peous]

Radulan nice atmosphere, how do you put "grain" in the picture ?
mjglennon err.... scary !
Garner nice, i like the green "fog" around
adamos so cooool style !
wdl leafs are not so visible but still nice... maybe
a bit too "round"

here's my entry,
[edit]Made with Maya and Mental Ray

[fastrak]

Peous:
Please state in your post what software you are using.
Thanks

[novoAlias]

Adamos, i'm liking your style. Looks like i'm gonna have to try harder with you around :)

[Big Grizzly]

I've been watching this forum for a couple of weeks now and I deicided to represent for the users of the free stuff. Here's my grim reaper, but I didnt have time to make his skeleton hands.

By the way, everything I have seen so far has be great, you guys are all awesome.

[lakcaj]

Hi. First submission here. Everything except the wireframe and the text was rendered with blender's internal renderer. Hope you like it:

[Justo]

wow guys great entires, great topic :p Adamos your a machine, 3 entries already!!
Keep it up guys

[macghost]

great job guyz, adamos slow down you're making it hard for guyz like me.
drBof:nice monster pirate.
stylus:can i have one,plz?
blackwolf:cool job i like the axe thing, if you could add a house in the background? it would look better.
omegaN:nice crib,any humans for dinner?
stanloshka:so creepy i have goose bumps.

[krave]

Wow these are really good, this is my first attempt at something like this, and was fairly happy considering im not very good at 3d yet. ps i had to drop th quality of the jpeg quite a bit to get under 100kb, but i hope you like it anyway!

ADOMOS: i love your work, very inspiring indeed!

[Stanloshka]

peous: I love spiders:)
macghost: bright eyes :D

[Stanloshka]

GAIS: REALY GOOD IDEA, but :)

[lodlaiden]

Used 3ds Max, did the bag in Reactor, just a chamfer box, couldnt get it looking right, on 2 tries. Had to modify my original theme. Both the candy types are capsules. the "body" is a sof selected cylinder. Multi-sub objected the candies, and used basic colors.

Hope you like it.

[OmegaN]

Garner: cool =) Ill drink it if you do first ! :D
Yedan: nice and spoooky =)
wdl: nice but I think the eyes and mouth should have sharper edges =)
adamos: really cool cat, he have some character =) i like the guy too
Leto: sorry for dissapointing you, I just was in a big hurry so I did like many small ugly models instead of one better (to get a scene since i didnt have time for doing one otherwise). Wont happen again i hope! =) btw stylish pumkin
qais: just keep going :)
peous: nice with the fur!
Big Grizzly: welcome to the forum and nice first entry =)
lakcaj: welcome to the forum. spooky tree =)
macghost: hehe you cant hide from that guy right? =)
krave: hehe it looks funny =)
lodlaiden: try to get some shadows in there and play around with some smoothing aswell =) (or learn to use the the meshsmooth modifier)

This time I took more time to think about and do the model. Its an halloween mask =) The time runned out so I couldnt finish the mouth so it looks wierd. Its modelled in zbrush so i didnt really know how do make a good wireframe, hope this will do. hope you like it better than my last entry =)

[qais]

thank u OmegaN :) and very nice entry

[OmegaN]

thanks qais

hehe when I got out of the "slef blindness" and looked at my model again I know exactly why it looks wierd,not only the mouth but he have very weak chin, or none existent chin :D

[macghost]

nice one OmegaN, looks like a head of avoodoo doll , put an ambient light inside it would look scarier :hmm:

[-R3D-]

Hey guys, good work so far. I must say I havn't got much enthusiasm for this subject :D but I've given it a go. :)

I was stuck on ideas, but my mum had an idea. She put it down on paper and directed me on the modelling and texture of how it should look. (And damn! she can be bossy) :D

Anyway this is what it come out like, hope you like it:

[peous]

lodlaiden why don't you model yourself your bag it will look nicer !
macghost there semms to be problems with texture, if you want an approximate texturing result, you could use "spherical mapping" on all you object or "auto maping" (but this one creates discontinuities in the UV)
krave nice one, i see here a problem i often have : on the untextured view on the right, there is a nice shadow under, and in the final render, it is not anymore... probably because of the others lights, but i don't know how to make it visible...
OmegaN looks nice (zbrush is so hard to use for me... i can only make box modeling!)

anyway here is my post (made during lunch time @ work)
the composing is done under Paint Shop Pro 5 so it is ugly, but i can't make photoshop work today at work...
i wanted to do some ghots at beginning, but i realized that the cloth couldn't look good if there was no human shape under, so i modelled one quickly... at the end there is some kind of horror-movie-hero...

[Yedan]

ok, ok, i know its another pumpkin but i couldnt let this challange slip past without adding my manditory pumpkin model. so here's my next entry, a front porch scene with pumpkin to welcome visitors, the whole scene is included in the time not just the pumpkin,

[macghost]

r3d:nice job you should let your mom join with her own model it looks like she have a taste for 3d.
peous:looks like a director's shot,thanks for the advice i'm just getting into texturing.

[SubCroC]

in the last days i'm trying to experience to model a character ;especially head with using editable poly,most tutorials r about nurbs head modelling.i don't prefer nurbs.

and for this week's challenge:
i know less about halloween, just in movies.i made a halloween guy that is a bit scary(or funny lookin').
in this work i used hair effect of 3dsmax7,5.it costed lot time.20k count hair on head.

[TotalScore]

SubCroc if you could get some lighting in there just so we can see what the model looks like :(

[sculptorwanted]

Modeled in 1 Hour.
Textured in 2 Hours.
Render in 3 minutes.
I am from the Town were witches are at home.
The new hair program is so easy to use
This took 10 minutes to create a Projection Map.

[macghost]

TotalScore:lol you have one hell of an imagination.
SubCroC:looks scary but you should use another skin color.
sculptorwantd:awsome :drool:

[Justo]

Very cool entries guys :p sub and sculpt those are to scary!!! :p

[TotalScore]

macghost : thanks man. I like the use of the eye paintfx in your model, i never could find anything to use it on..... :crazy:

[SubCroC]

SubCroC:looks scary but you should use another skin color.
:

thank u for comment.but this color is well for this model i think..cuz' i tried other colors.

i should use more light either as totalscore thought.

sculptorwanted
very well done.

[Jatoba]

Hey guys, good work so far!!

This is my post, i hope u all enjoy it.

modeling - 9 min
texturing - 20 min
rendering - 15 min

[fastrak]

Jabota:
And the software used????????????
(please edit your post)

Just a reminder to everyone....you can post images up to 600 x 800 at 100kb
and make sure the wireframe is CLEAR for judges to see.

Thanks
Fastrak

[TheWinterLord]

damn SubCroC urs is frekin scary! nice job.

Nice entries everyone!

[Justo]

Thanks omegaN for helpign explain zbrush to me! :)

[Justo]

Heya guys, great entries thus far.
3dsmax 7 and zbrush
model = 60 min
render = 5 min
texture = 1 hour.

The "hoody" was made with simple reactors :)
Cheers! muahaha

[RodFlanders11]

Justo that looks amazing for a 1 hour model!

[TotalScore]

o man Justo that is pretty damn cool. Say you know where i can get some ZBrush tutorials, i've been lookin all over and i got a new version of ZBrush 2.........can't use it though its all too confusing :hurt: :ugh:

[Justo]

Thanks rod :) took 40 min to model in max, and after playing with zbrush for a few, took just a few min to add detail to it :) Found out that usign a tablet in zbrush is really fast and efficent, its even pressure sensitive!.

Total Thanks bud :) I was lookign for some to, http://www.3dlinks.com/links.cfm?categoryid=13&subcategoryid=122
is what i found. I still have no idea about texturing in zbrush, but hopefully this helps.

[Black]

Adamos;
Black Cat? ... hmmm seems like this week is going to be my week :)


MacGhost;
Juwt for you to know... paint effects presets are to be treated only as a texturing process to better your model rather than a modeled aspect. And shall be ignored in the judging.
You have not broken any rule. I would just like you to inform you of how they are treated shall you have a mind to use them again.


Peous;
I think the judges will apreciate that your wire frame is more discriptive(Post#77 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=398448&postcount=77). None the less it is all we have of the guy underneath the cloth you have covered him/her with.
And even though I apreciate your not crowding the view even more by displaying the sheet... unfortunately you are going to have to add a presentation wire of the cloth as well. Due to the rules.


TotalScore;
It is a CLEAR screen-shot of the wire that we ask for. Not a clay render. Please do retouch your post.


SculptorWanted;
We do accept cross-software entries and infact encourage people to try variaties to find a fitting pipeline.
But sometimes this disables us to correctly keep track of the time spent. Or the efforts submitted.

If you wouldn't mind could you please break up your process of getting to your submitted entry(It's moeling AND sculpting process)? With the aproximate time spent for each?
It would aid the most of us greatly.
I agree that your cage mesh is not too complex; but all the vertices are correctly positioned, which is a process that demands some time.

You may have skipped over one of the rules and spent the whole of the hour getting the modeling done with and used a displacement map to obtain the displayed features. If this is the case please change your post as to be a 'Non-Entry'. Because the time spent in the preperation of displacement maps has to be added into the total one hour.



Black

[Orkron]

What's going on? I haven't seen a clip on 3dtotal for either the JACK or the HALLOWEEN competition...

[TotalScore]

TotalScore;
It is a CLEAR screen-shot of the wire that we ask for. Not a clay render. Please do retouch your post.
Black

Black do you mean that you only want a wire render without any materials ? i just wanna be clear on that so my entry can be legit...

Justo thanx for the link buddy

[fastrak]

TotalScore:
What my dear colleague, Black-3DT, is asking for is a clear wire and not the clay. Plain and simple. Right now you have a color render (which is fine) and a clay view. But as the rules state, you MUST have a clear view of the wireframe in your post. By reading the rules on page 1, rule #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.
I'm sure you'll be correcting this promptly.
Thanks
Fastrak

[3Dvirus]

justo it looks great...it kinda looks like the MASK :)

[Gamma12]

It's been sometime since I last entered a model in these challenges, busy with school, the usual stuff.
I hope to be participating more often, though.

I just had to model this mask, hope you like it. :P

Btw. great entry Justo! :eek:

[SubCroC]

damn SubCroC urs is frekin scary! nice job.

Nice entries everyone!

:D,thank u for commentin' , i appreciate. it is a bit scary but mostly odd ;P

justo
so great one.i wanna say here u said for the hood "simple reactor".
is there a better simulation for clothin' except reactor in 3dsmax?,is there another plugin for clothin' like maya's syflex that can be added to 3DMAX?

[Lord_seth]

have a question guys ...can i rig a character ? i dont mind if it is inside the competition (just a raw model will do also) i would like though to be able to rig it for what i imagine to make :)

would be nice to get an anwser quick coz i need to see how will i do it :)

thanks

comments coming later!

[sculptorwanted]

Adamos;
SculptorWanted;
We do accept cross-software entries and infact encourage people to try variaties to find a fitting pipeline.
But sometimes this disables us to correctly keep track of the time spent. Or the efforts submitted.

If you wouldn't mind could you please break up your process of getting to your submitted entry(It's moeling AND sculpting process)? With the aproximate time spent for each?
It would aid the most of us greatly.
I agree that your cage mesh is not too complex; but all the vertices are correctly positioned, which is a process that demands some time.

You may have skipped over one of the rules and spent the whole of the hour getting the modeling done with and used a displacement map to obtain the displayed features. If this is the case please change your post as to be a 'Non-Entry'. Because the time spent in the preperation of displacement maps has to be added into the total one hour.



Black

I use 3d max 7 to create the overall mesh (LowPoly).
import as a Obj file into Z-Brush and create the details. I then import it back to 3d max as a Obj file over the lowpoly mesh and create a
(render to texture) normal map. Creating a normal from (render to texture) normal map takes only a few minutes. I say agian I have been creating sculptures for over 25 years.
Soon I will post a tutorial on this.

[Black]

SculptorWanted;
I am sorry... but with this only; I am far from convinced with such an answer.

Rendering a mesh to texture DOES take from a few seconds to a few minutes... but the creation of the complexer mesh does not.
I am going to have to insist that you better recollect the steps you took in the making of the low-poly mesh that you imported. And also for you to try and recollect how long you have worked on the digital sculpting.

I can (unmodestly) insist that I have sufficient experience especially in organic modeling and anatomically convincing character creation.
By comparing this entry to all the other works you have entered and abilities you have displayed: I am left obligated to ask you to help add some more to my gathered experience on how you were so speedy. It is never too late to learn some more.. hopefully from you in this case.

Else I shall have to sadly with draw your attempt for this weeks challange.
I hope you understand.



Lord_Seth;
Model out your character within the given hour's time...
Then texture and rig him/her/it to your hearts desire and present/pose the mesh as you wish.

But do make it easier on the judges and present an aditional render and wire in the default pose so we can make out what you have done with your time. It can be confusing in posed characters.


Black

[Design]

This week is defenatly too much competition and alot of great models.
will comment later

SubCroc, Very funny character man, it is very nice, i espicially like the teeth. Man the Hair what did you use for it?
OmegaN, Im starting to repeat my self. beautiful work man.

[Lord_seth]

thanks black :) i really wanted to make a rig practise together with speed modelling :)
will give a wire in default position :)

[SubCroC]

This week is defenatly too much competition and alot of great models.
will comment later

SubCroc, Very funny character man, it is very nice, i espicially like the teeth. Man the Hair what did you use for it?
.

i thaNK u for comment,i think u r gettin' funny with me,but i shall answer that,
after installing 3dsmax 7,u'll install 3dsmax service pack 1,then u'll install max 7,5 expansion pack,just add the hair.

do not add autodeskVIZ extension
if u do u'll get program crash.

[Black]

Lord_Seth;
That should do well...

Just try to always keep in mind that there is going to be many entries and you're mager goal is to ensure that your entry is presented best it can and not interpreted wrongly...

As long as you present a model such we can not really butt into bits and peaces such as how you rendered it or from which angle you have looked at it.
(There is an option of displacing/deforming the mesh via rigs to improve the post-modeling process. That is not permitted. But that would not be the issue in posing a character in how ever you pose it. The default pose will just ensure us to better understand)


Black

[Design]

SubCroc im not seriously, i like the model it shows skills, and the hair i usually use vray fur but it takes ages to render and i want something that gives the effect and fast.

[Aogor]

Good entries everyone.
I like to model things that remind the human body. Tomorrow I'll try to model another witch, but a more cartoonish version. I think if I keep her model simple I'll be able to model her whole body.

[TheWinterLord]

Aogor really nice! however u stole my idea witht the tung thing oh wait i havent posted my entry yet sry (:

I will post my thing that i made last night when i get home from school haha.

[Design]

It Aint a Halloween without the Mask of the Character Michale Myers from the Movie Halloween and its sequals.
After 15 attempts i managed to get it in the full 60 Minutes, yet i didnt finish the ears.
Anyway Enough of me

Hope you guys like it
Comments are welcomed

[URs3D.net]

That's really awesome, !!!

[URs3D.net]

This is my first contribution for this week, nothing big tough....
Later I'll post another one, hope it will be better

done with 3dsmax's reactor and cloth.

[SubCroC]

design
wow!!! very nice model.and ur hair skill is better than me:d

ursinmc
clean work, and ku-klux is not scary ,just it is very laughtering to see mental retarded ppl together.there was a charicature for them:

Leader of clan-:there is a black between us,everybody wear off ur clan clothes.:D

[wdl]

What program/plugin are you guys using to make hair look so good?

[Orkron]

UrsiNMC, you have every right to post what you want, I belive in freedom of speech wholeheartedly, but as for taste, you're seriously lacking in your choice of models. Now, as far as the cloth is concerned, looks good but could use a little more folds to really reveal its contours/textures... Good modelling, but IMO the subject matter isn't.

edit: just saw your slogan. To fear hate mongers is to allow them to spread hate. Standing up to them and standing up for human rights is the only way humans can be equal.

[v@la]

Hi Guys. Congrats on all the great work.

I think most of the pictures is missing some atmosphere, but this is a modeling contest. So who gives a #"¤¤&¤#

I did this on the train home from work. Some lighting adjusting afterwords.


Cool topic to, and this is my entry.
Hope u guys like it..


(i know there is something strange with the subdivision displacement, light is shining trough. And yes i checked off the SPLIT MESH option).



Software: Max7
Render: Vray
Poly M: 48min

[Kree]

Heres my little contribution to this scary theme, a classic skull. Hope you like it.

[TheWinterLord]

Here is my first entry.

Monster demons that will be unleashed from hell!
oh yeah the red thing is a tung... (each creature comes with one) hehe

[Kazha]

Here is mine halloween monster
I hope this time i did all by the rulles :)
Modelling : 57min
Textuting & Lighting : 1h 30min
Rendering : 2,48 min
Software :3dmax7 ,Ornatrix hair plugin

[Black]

Kazha;
Your entry is fine, don't worry :)

Good luck with the rest of it.



UrsinMC;
Hmm now there might be a situation in hand...
Especially since the forum has too often presented people that are sensative with the German swastika symbol on mugs or helmets....

But by me it is just a correctly presented entry that follows the rules.
You have posted a costume and it is all that matters.
Infact a costume that might symbolise fear in some unfortunate families.

The thing is that I just thought it fair for you to know prehand that shall there be too many reactions (publically or via private messages) it may once again have to be removed.
With all of you being able to look beyond the subjective/political view of this entry... I really hope that there shall not be any reactions this time.

I strongly believe that no one from Nambia would be trying to advertise such activities, wishing to promote them. And that this is a modeled entry and nothing more.



Black

[TotalScore]

hey everybody , i am renewing my entry so it can be accepted..... :halo:

[URs3D.net]

No problem Black, I just model an other costume nothing related with fear and other factors.
I did not intend to offend anyone, sorry for that.
Next one will be a silly pumpkin ;)

[juha]

heh scary models boys and girls... keep working...
one from me,, haven participated for a while been a bit busy and lazy 2.
theres so many new faces around here.. so wellcome and have fun....

[fastrak]

Finally had a little time to play with 3d some. Wish I could do more.
Not much here....sorry. Just wanted to add a small contribution to the wonderfully "scary" entries.

The entire scene modeled in time allotted. Enjoy

info on the pic (as usual)

[fastrak]

hey everybody , i am renewing my entry so it can be accepted..... :halo:

Thanks for updating your entry with the right stuff. Now, just go back to the first one, I beleive it was #80, and delete the post, and your all set!
Thanks again.

Fastrak

[TotalScore]

Thanks for updating your entry with the right stuff. Now, just go back to the first one, I beleive it was #80, and delete the post, and your all set!
Thanks again.

Fastrak

thank you for telling me...> awesome model by the way, looks really photorealistic.

[wdl]

Here's my second entry for this week. I'm not satisfied with the model, but for 50-60 minutes its alright in my opinion.
Modelling time: 55 minutes
Software: 3D Max 7

And I'll repeat my question about the hair. Could everyone who has cool lookin hair in their renders and are using max please tell me what plugins/tools/techniques they used? Please please please ;)

[andoy]

Finally had a little time to play with 3d some. Wish I could do more.
Not much here....sorry. Just wanted to add a small contribution to the wonderfully "scary" entries.

Highly Original fastrak-3DT... teehee, i would have thought you mods would have more inspiration .... Only kidding but Pumpkins are a bit repetetive this week, which is only to be expected i guess..
Nice work everyone and a good thread agin, hope i get chance to drop in an entry.

[SubCroC]

Fastrak
nice back to modelling here.

wdl
great model and render.

kazhavery good.
i liked the model and concept.i think there is a story here how and for wat that little scary pretty being is chained.
and the glasses;impressing thought u've here. like most of criminal ppl in 80's movies of hollywood.fur is very well too.i will try to find the demo version of that ornatrix hair/fur plugin.
at all i fount ur work succesfull.i applause u.

and bye everybody.i will leave my computer for a week.
i am goin' to holy vacation.:dance:

[TotalScore]

Fastrak
nice back to modelling here.

wdl
great model and render.

kazhavery good.
i liked the model and concept.i think there is a story here how and for wat that little scary pretty being is chained.
and the glasses;impressing thought u've here. like most of criminal ppl in 80's movies of hollywood.fur is very well too.i will try to find the demo version of that ornatrix hair/fur plugin.
at all i fount ur work succesfull.i applause u.

and bye everybody.i will leave my computer for a week.
i am goin' to holy vacation.:dance:

you mean ramadan?

[SubCroC]

aye:D Ramazan.(it is my brothers name either). okee i haf left 2 hours for my bus.
bye all.

[Lord_seth]

Hi all :smug:

Nice job so far and so many entries ,some good ,some bad but still many entries! mine will be in the category bad ,coz i dont like it i had some else in my mind but well i need to do other things right now so not much time!

its the main character from the movie nightmare before xmas which is very cool btw!tried to match the poster but got bored after some time sorry :)
i have to say that the full scene was made in 60mins coz i didnt do any serious character model (i will get cat 2.0 these days i hope)so black no rigging this time m8.
I tried to get a cartoon style with vray and i think iam close no?any comments are always welcome guys


software : 3d studio max 7 (yeah babe!!got it)
texture / light : about 20mins
modelling : 60min
render : 1min


And as always some comments for some nice trys :


adamos (1st): spooky feels like pokemon!

Dr-BoF : haha nice one m8!

Stylus : this one is so cool man,great pumkin skin and lights!

Radulan : nice cat :)

Garner : wow nice one looks so hot and magic :0

Yedan : fresh idea man :) i could say iam fan of vlad dracul

Adamos (2nd) : ok i almost gave up model when i saw this one ,rocks man :)

Adamos (3nd) : ok make tutorials!!!

Lakcaj : you got me into it man ,i wanted to make that scary tree! great :)

-R3D- : i really like the material for this one man!

Subcroc : you brought me memories with this one ,i mean some old graphic adventures i played with these graphics!

Sculptorwanted : whoa!! this is so good!

Jatoba : lol nice nice soup mmm :)

Justo : hey man :) great one looks scary (and a little fantastic four yes?)

Gamma12 : wow 3d studio max 4 ? niceeeee :)) nice model man so good made

Aogor : now this is scary :)

Design : nothing much to say just 10/10

UrsiNMC : nice man,although KKK is something to laugh at ,small crit : i think they also had a red cross above their eyes?dont know for sure

v@la : haha nice one man! but the light is so strong?

fastrak : nice one man!i am curious if you did the flame also ? :)

ok i have to go now take care and have fun!

p.s : i think my image is not ok ?i mean should i post another wire or something ?pls inform me! thank you

p.s2 : i have no clue what is halloween lol

ok c ya all :)

[Starbucks]

Great Models guys I wanna see more


UrsiNMC : Although your model is nice ... I was slighty offended... though Im sure you did not mean to offend anyone as well.... Though I find it not having any relevence to haloween.. It may have been cool if you sort of degraded their figure in your model.. like having ghost attack it or something... I dont know thats my opinion... But I just wanted to let you know my feelings towards your model.... Anyway keep up the good modeling :p


Oh and can someone please make a Scooby doo model? that would be Heavenly :p

[Ratpouch]

Heres my entry, a Halloween dog toy, because dogs like Halloween too!

Good luck everyone.

Software - 3ds Max 5, PhotoShop 7
Modelling time - 18 minutes
Texturing time - Roughly 20 minutes

[Design]

UrsinMC: I like the ghost shape, is that cloth reactor?

Lord_Seth: Very nice scare crow, it looks like the one from Hawuls Moving Castel. it is a good movie.UI thin your right on the wire frame, its abit small

SubCroc: thnks for the nice words Man.and i played abit with it.

wdl: i got it from SubCroc how he did his character, he told me there is a hair plugin on 3d max 7.5, so i download a demo. i used it and it is really cool, it gives you the chance to control the hair cut it, grow it. there is alot of options too bad i couldnt use all of them (DEMO).

Juha: Wicked man very Wicked.

Fastrak: Nice pumpkin and scene.

WinterLord: that creature is a creepy one too.need to work on the toung.

Aogor: Cool Entry, but nto sure what character it is.still i like the glow effect,Video Post?

Justo: Wow i love that entry and is really scary.

Gamma12: Cool MAsk dude.

[TheWinterLord]

Design thanx for comment yeh the tung hehe ran out of time what can i say? (:

the funny things there is no material on the tung its just red. thanx for comment about it being creepy its waht i was going for! (:

[Makonde]

Hi all, great topic this week, seeing some great entries and hoping for some really scary ones. but i was just wondering, why are there so many posts with hair? is there some new plugin everyone's trying out? if there is, please tell me :D. good luck to all

thx, keep it up :D

[Aioria]

great escene lord =D=D you rock!

[migelowsky]

Hi, this is my first try at the speedy challenges.
It's a kind of Devil, looks a little like the Chupacabras, was modell in Zbrush in an hour, and textures took about 2 , but I'm still not good at that, so I prefered to show the clay render bigger than the textures

[fastrak]

andoy - Highly Original fastrak-3DT... teehee, i would have thought you mods would have more inspiration ....

gee thanks

(btw, the image does not represent any of the mods here)

[Black]

p.s : i think my image is not ok ?i mean should i post another wire or something ?pls inform me! thank youIn the case you have posted it... there is really no use for the wire. We don't see anything of the individual elements of the scene.
You may want to break things apart and display the wires seperately


p.s2 : i have no clue what is halloween lolIt's the time of year when the jolly fat man in a Coca-Cola coloured suit does not give gifts to any one... and this scares the hell out of everyone! :eek:


Black

[Lord_seth]

if i understand correct black you want me to give wires of al the elements i made ? whoa i can do that but how much space will the get me :(
how about post a close wire of the character model ? since we can all understand what are the other elements ?


Design : thanks man ! :))

Aioria : lol so nice words from a good modelling yay! :dance:

migelowsky : dont laugh but i know of this demon from x-files ,really nice one there man !

Ratpouch : crazy nice material with what renderer if i may ask ? :))

[Aioria]

can someone post reference photos ... i just cant find anything to model wich i think will take me 60 mins ... lol

[Design]

Aioria lol me neither.

[Radulan]

Mummies.
I'm surprised that lord seth didn't do one.
I have to say, I like that way it looks. Though as most artisits I still see many things that I'll improve if I had enough time.

[RockstarKate]

Happy Halloween 3D people!
Here's mine for the week. I think it needs a little explanation for our non-american modellers...
On Halloween, it's a tradition to go Trick or Treating and get candy from your neighbors. But if they don't give you a Treat then they get a Trick. A common trick (especially among rowdy teenagers) is to throw eggs at your house or car.
I hope that explains it a little so you aren't wondering "why did she model an egg???" :crazy:
Also, I'd like to say that I modelled everything in the hour, but the scatter was done afterwards. The wireframe shows everything I modelled. Lot's of use of the shell modifier. Love that thing.
I hope you like it!

[URs3D.net]

Design: Yes I used reactor cloth. Under the cloth I place a rigid body spehere, and the the cloth moulded around the sphere, and so I got it into a nice shape.

[Délé]

What a fun theme. It really let's some of that creative talent breath. It's fun to see what you guys are coming up with. :D

adamos - Nice entries! They all look nice. I really like the pumpkin.

Stylus - Looks like Halloween to me. Nice job!

BlackWolf - Nice work! Your render has a nice style to it.

Garner - I like the witches cauldron. Your render has kind of a storybook feel to it. Nicely done!

lakcaj - Welcome to the forums. I like the classic Halloween "silhouette" style there. Good work!

OmegaN - Great entries! I really like the mask.

- R3D - - I like the ghost. Mom knows best I guess, lol. Good work!

Justo - Great job sir! Top notch as always.

Design - Nice Michael Myers mask! I agree, it wouldn't be Halloween without him.

Fastrak - I'm glad you had some time this week. Looks great. Now if only we could pester Marty, Black, and Andy into doing one too. :) I think this would be a fun topic to see something from all of the mods.

Lord_seth - I've never seen the movie but I like your entry. Looks great!

Radulan - Nice entries! That mummy looks very cool!

RockstarKate - Uh oh, the hoodlums are out I see, lol. :) Looks good!

Now I'm off to start on my entry. Hehehehe

[krave]

I decided to redo my entry #68 with more detail. Everything was moddelled in the allocated time, i wanted to make it look better, hope i did.
oh and the nightmare before xmas models look awesome!
PS hope this is accepted?

[novoAlias]

Thanks for comments, my entry is now resubmitted with some alterations:
http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=398033#post398033

I'll do some others if I have time. It's good to be back, very nice entries people!

[Destroythenseek]

Lord Seth- I started that model literatly 10 minutes ago... greeeeatttt. Time to think of another one ;-)

[shamohan]

My First Entry of this week

[Design]

Dele thanks man, hope to see an entry from you buddy. its been a while since i enjoyed your work.

[Aogor]

theWinterLord: Thanx for your comment. I think your entry is realy nice too. Also it's one of the most originals. And to me this counts some extra points.

This time I made a more cute witch. It was modeled and rendered faster than my first entry. Using maya cloth engine to model the hat and the dress becomes much more easy. To make the hair I've just modeled a nurbs surface and a dupicated some of its isoparms as curves and assigned a hair stroke to them. Finally, I assigned some ramp materials.

I hope you like this one.

[the_bully]

Hi all

Quick one from me
Software: cinema 4d 9.5
modeling time: 30mins
rendering time: 3mins

[Design]

Aogor buddy it looks very nice man, and funny too, but i think the render doest give it what it deserves. the eyes do lok weird, so maybe post one more image in normal material, i mean not cartoonish, because the eyes in the lower right render look very odd.
My opinion and up to you to take it, other wise the model looks great.

[Justo]

Heya guys, Great entrie!! moving fast, I was out this week looking for houses, were movin, and I think i moving out! YEA :D :D :D

3dvirus haha, i think i will try to make that mask next :p

gamma THanks bud. very nice, u beat me to the screma mask, well done :p

Subcroc Thanks amigo and my apologies for the late response, yes there is a plug in for max called clothFX, works very well, you cna choose different fabric types ect. :D

Orkron Amigo :D:D

lord_seth Thanks man1! appreciate it, your entry to is truly beautiful :D Gj.

Design Thanks man!, your entry was great to ! Especially the hair!

Dele Hey , wheres your entry!!! Thanks man :D

Great entries guys :D lets see more :D

[Aogor]

thanks for the comment Design. I updated my entry with a version of the model using more common materials (Just blinn instead of ramp).

[Design]

Aogori think you know what i mean it looks fantastic. great job man

[Orkron]

hey Bully, whats up man? Did u do that in Maxwell?

[fastrak]

info on the pic

[the_bully]

hey Bully, whats up man? Did u do that in Maxwell?

Hey whats up.Nope i used cinemas render but the new one im working on will be rendered out in Maxwell. :evil:

[Julle]

Nice ones! I enjoyd the ones most, that were made with humor in mind....I think, well atleast they were funny. I'll list them out, ones I'll post my own. And that will be later this in coming week, when I'm done with my Vray studies.

[Jenova]

Heres mine, Im a lousy texturer, I dont know how to texture on all sides of a shape properly as the texture stretches over the sides, I also can't seem to get shadows to show.

[sculptorwanted]

Add a UVW map from the modifier panel, then choose your parameters in this case (box) would probably work best.
But if you really want to adjust the maps.
Use Unwrap UVW in the Modifier panel and click the edit botton.
a window will open showing a flat UV of your model. In the top right corner click on the arrow tab and choose your texture.

[Ghetto]

These are REALLY good... Man, I hate being a newbie!

[Jenova]

Add a UVW map from the modifier panel, then choose your parameters in this case (box) would probably work best.
But if you really want to adjust the maps.
Use Unwrap UVW in the Modifier panel and click the edit botton.
a window will open showing a flat UV of your model. In the top right corner click on the arrow tab and choose your texture.
Kool, thanks, I wondered how people showed the unwrapped map.

[Leto]

OmegaN Your mask is beautiful ugly. That recovers for all. Very strong entry.

[migelowsky]

Hi, made another one,I didn't have the time to detail it as I wanted, but anyway I decided to post it. After I started I decided to make it a female.
Zbrush 2, 1 hour of modelling, and about 15 min to play with the materials.

[Aioria]

Hello, here is my entry done whit 3ds max 7 and maxwell, modelled in 60 mins

[Ghetto]

Aioria, I love the pumpkin ITS WIKID!

[rnu]

These are REALLY good... Man, I hate being a newbie!
long live us !!! :)

[artecnl]

hi guys nice to see you again, very nice images and great models too, well this is my entry i hope you like it :D

[novoAlias]

Heres my second entry...

Software: Max 7, Scan-line render
Modelling: 30 Minutes
Scene: 20 Minutes
Texturing: Roughly an hour with PS, the internet and UVW maps...
Rendering: 10 minutes
Other: Composite in PS7, no other alterations

After centuries of sleep, the vampyre is risen once again...
This was fun to make =) Second architectural EVAR! :crazy:.

Nice work everyone!

[Délé]

I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. -Mary Shelly-

Muuuuuhahahahahahahahaha......IT'S ALIVE!!!

Happy Halloween everybody!

[Kev]

Hi everyone. Lots of cool pumpkins this week. I especially liked Aioria's

Anyway, here are my pumpkins:
Modelling time: 60 minutes
Software: 3D Studio Max 7

[OmegaN]

Justo: nice entry =) I think he looks cute instead of scary :D

Gamma12: nice mask, looks a little like the scream mask =)

Design: thanks!!! i appriciate it =) About your work, there is really something that makes your character look pure evil, just dont know why =) 15 attempts wow, even I would stop before that , nice work!

Aogor: that looks quite evil, nice work. 2nd: cool witch =)

UrsiNMC: hehe KKK , dont know if they are that scary tho.

v@la: you got some cool colors there, nice

Kree: nice skull, he looks happy =)

TheWinterLord: ihh the ugly creature army is attacking :)

Kazha: even with the simply model that looks quite cool =)

TotalScore: just keep going =)

juha: cool pumpkin idea

fastrak-3DT: fun to se some entrys from you a little now and then, nice pumpkins and frankenstein, also fun that you made little scenes also =)

wdl: nice atmospehere, you got that glow right

Lord_seth: nice concept! the classic round thingys =) Looks like a stop-motion character.

Ratpouch: nice material on the yellow part, looks quite realistic.

migelowsky: really nice detail

Radulan: really nice modelling, but I think more of egypt mummie than halloween, but it surley is halloween concept anyway =)

RockstarKate: nice egg!

Délé: thanks! your work looks nice and scary, gj!

krave: nice, but I think its too dark, wholdnt notice the mouth if it didnt show in the wire =)

shamohan: is there a halloween party going on there? =)

the_bully: haha I must say your pumpkin looks really funny. A comic pumpkin =)

Jenova: about the textures, I think you would need some uvw coordinates for the stretching. In your case I just would use standard UVW Map modifier with box and plane projections ... test it out or search in the help of max to get info what it does =)

Leto: thanks, im glad that you liked thisone better =)

migelowsky: hehe looks like a rubber figure =)

Aioria: nice composition, it does fit with those "TV" lines.

artecnl: hehe is it a gay monster? :D (just judging on the pose, nothing against gays) =)

BlackWolf: lloks cool, just a little dark, and I think you should define the composition image a little better, its hard to notice when you just look at the image that the bottom left part is another view =)

Kev: not too scary but the pumpkin looks good =)

[Kev]

My second submission. It was difficult to make all the deatails in time, I had to plan it carefully before hand.

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

[Kree]

Omegan: Thanx for the comment, yeah hes laughing in the face of death. :) So where in Sweden are you?

[Ferron G.P.]

moduling 20 min
texure 5min
setup and lights 10 min
Lightwave 8

[Ferron G.P.]

moduling 30 min
textering 10 min
setup and lighting 20 min
rendering 10 min
lightwave 8

[Aioria]

OmegaN: whitout the TV lines its noisi, jeez i ****ing need a new PC >_<

[Aioria]

and thanks for your comments about my entry ... :D u guys rock!

[Design]

Artecnnl Nice entry man , funny skeleton.
Kev Nice pumpkinmg pretty good, and the house rocks dude.
Ferronim not shure what your aiming at in your entry, or what it means
DELENice modeling man, the eys look creepy. it wouldnt be the same without you buddy.

[RussDude87]

Kev I really like the house, I know what you mean by planning ahead like that. Turned out great.

Went to start modeling this week and about 20 minutes into it I realized I hadn't pluged the darn notebook in as the screen shut itself off. Maybe next week.

Keep up the great work, and happy halloween all!

[TheWinterLord]

Good work u guys! so many cool entries, thanx for all comments!

[juha]

thanks desing and omegan for your comments.. good job guys..
Aogor thats an damn beatifull model and you really captured some feeling in it.. good work.
Kev i really like your lightning, soft and warm. really pretty. and your house reminds me from those Adams family movies...their were bigger but still...
and Ratpouch
your dog toy is totally cool. my dogs want to have one .



keep them coming boys and girls...

[bobi]

Again, becouse of lack of my skils this is not nearly the picture I have in my imagination.

3dmax:7
photoshop (only to add rednes to picture (wich I'am not actualy shoore did I get wrong))
modeling time:about 20 min.

B.T.W. Comments are always wellcome.

[Leto]

Yeeah i did it in time.
Heres my second pumpkin. Hadn't much time this week, so i stayed with my first theme. Yea pretty boring, i know. So, whatever, here it is.
Hope some of you like it anyway.

Software used: Cinema4D
modeling time: 60 min (I just cant stop doing some smooth here and some cut there till the time is up)

[Kev]

Thanks a lot for the comments guys.

OmegaN Wasn't really trying to make it scary, just trying to make a warm atmosphere. I really liked your evil mask by the way.
Adamos Cool pumpkin and your cat is awesome. Love the style. Your third entry is great too.
Stylus Nice model, love the lighting.
qias Nice work, I really like the environment.
Radulan What can I say, beautiful models.
Stanloshka Good model but I think your scene needs a little bit of fill light.
Garner ORiginal idea and well implemented.
macghost That's a scary model!
Jatoba Cool idea, I like the texturing.
Design Wow, that's impressive.
Fastrak Nice modelling, I love the style. The render looks beautiful.
Lord_seth Great render, great atmosphere.
RockstarKate Original idea. I've been wandering though, what are those orange, yellow and white things. I've seen them in a few other scenes and I don't know what they are.
the_bully Awesome. Beautiful render.
Ferron G.P. I'm confused as to what the toilet paper scene is about.

[Lighter]

Ferron G.P. I'm confused as to what the toilet paper scene is about.

That's an old Halloween tradition 'round these parts. Toilet Paper and Eggs. Really, it's just a prank kids play to be evil little brats.

They take rolls of toilet paper and throw them over trees in the front yard and over the house. As the toilet paper unravels in the air, it creates streams of the paper to lay over everything. Here is an example of an extremely toilet paper'd house. http://www.scottgood.com/jsg/blog.nsf/2/SGOD-6AGKS3/$FILE/ToiletPaperLg.jpg

The eggs are just that. Kids get some eggs and throw them at houses and cars. The act is called egging. Here's an image of a car's bumper that had an egg thrown at it - http://www.danielkukwa.com/egging.jpg

Egging and TP'ing of houses is mean and kids get in trouble for it - but that's what its for. Mischief.

Hope that clears up stuff for anyone else who might not know what it all meant in his image.

[RockstarKate]

Kev
RockstarKate Original idea. I've been wandering though, what are those orange, yellow and white things. I've seen them in a few other scenes and I don't know what they are.

They're called "candy corn" and they are a candy that people eat around halloween. I think they are gross, personally. But they are a symbol of Halloween. They are very sugary, and in my opinion sort of waxy. Yuck! I think they are cute looking (and easy to model ;)

[3dmonkey]

Eyeball Soup anyone :haha:

3dsmax5
modeling:30min
texturing/rendering: 1 hr

[Garner]

@ Leto = she is close.....ooooh so close...now i think about it i should have placed a witches silohette / shadow luming over the wall and cauldron and maybe a witxhed broom stick up against the wall. something to add in maybe just to finish off the scene

@ lord seth = thanks for the somment tried to give it some atmosphere, glad you think it worked

@ Dele = pure luck !!!! i think its cos i used textures rather than materials like i normal would have, i used materials simply from a time constraint in real life.

@ Kev = i was lucky to get the first cauldron i think. but thanks for the praise

just want to say some great entries and idea's coming through this week. totally amazed at the originality of it all.

to Adamos, we need some tutorials of you. i love the pumkin and lback cat,, superbly done.
big thumbs up from me..

also i want to apolagise if it takes me a while to answer any comment and crits for some reason my home pc has gone funny and will no longer let me log onto these forums so i can only check in on the forums when i am at work. if anyone has some experience in internet troubles PM me with your ideas, i think i have tried everything but who knows??? cheers.

[Lord_seth]

Hey all

being so busy i found time for some comments! so lets go shall we? :)

Makonde : ur right so many hair this time ,i must say i wanted to make one with hair dont know why lol ,spooky huh?

Black : u still havent answer me man ?

Radulan : wow nice textures man! and render :)

RockstarKate : nice one man :) , i like dof u used

Aogor : its about time someone made a witch nice one m8!

the_bully : wow! crazy avatar and what a scene simple but so nice rendered!

fastrak : nice nice :) reminds me the monster family lol

Aioria : lol crazy pumkin man its so cool ,the hat is so good!

artecnl : urs reminds me of day of the dead or something a celebration of spanish ppl ?dont know so well :) (or if u prefer reminds me of adventure Grim Fandago)

BlackWolf : very nice atmosphere!

Dele : wow spooky eyes watching us!!

Kev : wow super render! textures are wicked!

Kev (2nd) : no stopping machine huh?this one is very nice man ,is it from psycho movie?

bobi : nice one man ,it lacks something though?maybe some fog ?
3dmonkey : hahaha nice soupe! :))


i would like also to thank some ppl for their good words which i like alot! :

- design : thank you man for ur words!

- Aioria : :) always good words about me thx thx :)

- Radulan : if i made something with egypt everyone would expect it right? :)

- DeLe : u should see the movie if ur fan of marionettes :)) thx for ur words man :)

- Destoythenseek : why didnt u made it then ? would love to see it from another point of view man!

- Justo : trying to keep up with ya guys :)) thx thx

- OmegaN : thank you so much man always wanted to do something scary cartoon:)

- Kev : trying dude :))thx

i hope i dont forget someone! u guys are so creative i like it :)

[Kev]

Ferron G.P. Oh, their eggs. May I suggest, then, that the scale is a little bit off. Our chickens lay fairly small eggs (compared to what you get in the shop) and they are over half the height of a toilet paper roll.

3Dmonkey Good scene, I like the texturing.

[peous]

good work to all !
here's my last entry. still hard to texture... this time i tried to integrate my work with a photo...

[Lord_seth]

peous if you dont mind i would like to give some advices :)

- although is cool to have a light inside pumkin ur photo is day shot ,so it i think u need at least 2 more lights,one to be used as sunlight and one for better light of the pumkin

- ur pumkin texture is very small i think :(

- the glasses could have tranparency maybe ?

anyway its just my honest opinion man :)

[adamos]

So here it come nr 3 for this week. I what to model head of this monster made by Dr. Frankenstein, but i run out of time so i manage to make only a mask for helloween party.
Modeling time:60 min
Software: Max 6.0
And now about making tutorial. Well its realy hard couse my metod of modeling things. Ther is no bluprints, ref pics or any thing that coulc show whot will be done. Simple i alweys put a plan on scene and from this figure i create whole model. whit no idea how it will look at the end. Only Frankenstein monster wer don whit ref picture. But in my opinion its a low cuality model not worth making for him a tutorial.
BTW: BIG THX FOR YOU GUYS NOW I KNOW WHY I STILL POSTING HERE. THX

[sculptorwanted]

OK I finally had an hour to spare.
Undersanding the judges have a very hard time trying to break down
the process when using multi programs, I created this completly in Z-brush with Zspheres. I hope you like this one. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
(Design) I would love to see you do a Haunted House.
Modeled 1 Hour
Textured 1 Hour
Rendered 4 minutes

[peous]

thanks for your comments, Lord_seth, the texture is 521x512, but the mapping tiling is awful (i didn't changed it i let the default initial sphere one). you're right the glasses are ugly but I ran out out of time !
anyway comments are always welcome !

[Vhector]

Hellhound

modeled in ZBrush: 60min
rendered in max with scanline render

[Julle]

O.K

I was kinda hasty and in a hurry with this one, so I messed up with the materials, so now my thingo looks more like an orange, than a pumpkin lantern.

Modeling - 20 min (Max7, hasty and really easy one with bad, literally, holes)
rendering - 5 mins (Vray)
Texturing - 15 mins
Lighting and set up - 3 mins (bad filters, so took a bit too much to render)

[Renz]

This is my entry this week. Have some cookies! Good models and renders this week also. Good Luck Every One..

[peous]

really nice work Renz, looks really realistic ! how do you made the borders of the cookies ? using Maya Paint Effects ?

Another thing, does anyone knows how to setup (in Maya) light fog that goes out from the holes of the pumpkin ? light fog from 3dsMax does it, mut in maya, it doesn't the fog seem to stop where there is no hole...

And check-out this site:
http://www.giveneyestosee.com/m/photos/pumpkin-carving02-2.html
it's a really good pumpkin carving artist !

[the_bully]

Renz

Thats awsome man ,Love the lighting and textures.And the idea was great:)

[Design]

SculptorWanted WOW man very nice and very creepy, but whit not extend the textile to cover more of the head i think it wil look more scarey that way.
Renz i got to admit those cookies make me hungry, they look good and tasty. good modelling man.

[Orkron]

sculptorwanted and Vhector, where are your wireframes? Those don't look like typical wires, more like textured no sub-D...Does Zbrush let you post actually wires?

[Design]

Orkon im very curious, the person shown in your avatar is it you?

[Orkron]

Orkon im very curious, the person shown in your avatar is it you?
It sure is, the_bully drew that from a photograph I emailed him, I think he used Illustrator, though I'm not positive, he's good isn't he?

[Vhector]

You're right Orkron. But with ZBrush it isn't really modeling, it's more sculpting. So it shoudn't count as a speed model. But it's a fun programme, only the third try with this programme.

[migelowsky]

Orkon :
sculptorwanted and Vhector, where are your wireframes? Those don't look like typical wires, more like textured no sub-D...Does Zbrush let you post actually wires?

Yes, zbrush can, they just must lower the level of geometry, it's like taking meshsmooth iteractions down:

[caboose]

I ran this up real quick in honor of coach z. for those of you who know what i'm talking about great. For those who don't go check out the halloween specials at www.homestarrunner.com

The W Is Not For Witch's Brew

Modeling Time 15 min.
Texturing time 10 min.

[sculptorwanted]

You're right Orkron. But with ZBrush it isn't really modeling, it's more sculpting. So it shoudn't count as a speed model. But it's a fun programme, only the third try with this programme.
Z-Brush is without a doubt a modeling program that scares the pants off anyone
who does not use it. It can create any mesh Low or High, export/ import from all
major 3D softwares and used by all the major special visual effects companies.
Speed modeling is what I think it was build for.

"Do, or do not. There is no try." Yoda

[Design]

Orkon i think he is good although i havent used illustrator before so i wouldnt imagen what is the work put into it. still i think it is good yes.

[bentura]

Some wicked models this week.

This is my not so great effort. Think i could probably do better with a few more tries but im short of time.

Details on the pic

[alidanesh]

Happy hallow in:D.....its really nice week ...very nice entries...seems so many turned there's zbrush,,,,really nice...;)
this is my work for this week...just for fun...the simple mask ...its nothing in all these g8 entries but hope u like it....:smug:

[sculptorwanted]

SculptorWanted WOW man very nice and very creepy, but whit not extend the textile to cover more of the head i think it wil look more scarey that way.
Renz i got to admit those cookies make me hungry, they look good and tasty. good modelling man.

Thank you Design its always good to here from you. I was working on it from
a different computer at work and the graphic card is a little hot. its only a
(Nvidia 5600 128mb) I did the best I could without smokin the memory.
I was trying to give the impression of cartoon, I guess Im not good at cartoony stuff.

[Design]

SculptorWanted man it looks great, i think if it was a cartoon it wouldnt be as good as it is now. anyway still it looks great and please informe me when you get it textured. i bet it will be wicked.

[adamos]

Oki this one i made just for pratice whit new skin shader. But i thing its fitt this week.
Modeling time: 45min
Software: Max 6.0
BTW: alidanesh & Bentura very nice job

[artecnl]

Design and Omega thanks fot the comments, and same too, is good to see very good models the modelling level here is very great, is nice to be here, and Lord_Seth yes, it remembers to the "día de muertos" (the day of the dead people) and we celebrate this day in México on the second day of november, an all the people in some towns go to the graveyard and spent all night with their dead family members, and they bring the things the person like when he was alive, like food, drinks music. is a very nice experience :D

[thekamps]

However, I fully expect to see no fewer than one BILLION pumpkins this time around.

1st entry - gotta fill that quota!
Lightwave
A relative newbie.
1 hour modeling (I used a tutorial as reference - hope that's ok)

[Délé]

Lot's of good stuff. :D

the_bully - Nice entry! The dark hallway gives a nice creepy effect.

Aioria - Good job! Looks scary.

artecnl - I like the character. Nice work on the scene too. Good work!

Kev - You've got a couple of nice entries there! Nice render on the pumpkins, and the haunted house looks nice and gloomy. Good job!

OmegaN - Thank you for the comment. :)

Design - Thanks for the comment buddy, and likewise. :)

3dmonkey - mmmmm...eyeball soup. Uh, er, I mean yuck. Good job.

Lord_seth - Thanks for the comment. :)

sculptorwanted - Really nice entries. The mummy looks very cool. Good work!

Renz - Nice render! I haven't had frosted sugar cookies in a long time. I might have to go get some now.

alidanesh - Nice mask! Even the wire is creepy. Good job!

[bentura]

adamos - Thank you. really like that last one from you. very cute but scary im sure.

[alidanesh]

Adamos : tnx friend....urs entries this week really nice and creative...u showed that ur good in character modeling...:)
dele : tnx for comment and ur nice words ....:)

[Retro]

Stylus - Very nice
Adamos - You're on fire this week. good work. :dance:
Leto- Interesting
Krave- I laughed my head off with yours, so cool :smug: :smug:
Omega N - Scary mate !!
Justo - Crazy improvement !! Great face, so freeky !! :haha:
Design - That is scary !!! Great one !! :ufo:
UrsiNMC - Nice one !!
Fastrak - Very jolly entry !! Nice mood and as always neat scene ! :kiss:
Lord Seth - Good choice !! Old time favourite ! :smug:
Aioria - Great entry, such a bad-a@# pumpkin !!

[Renz]

really nice work Renz, looks really realistic ! how do you made the borders of the cookies ? using Maya Paint Effects ?

Another thing, does anyone knows how to setup (in Maya) light fog that goes out from the holes of the pumpkin ? light fog from 3dsMax does it, mut in maya, it doesn't the fog seem to stop where there is no hole...

And check-out this site:
http://www.giveneyestosee.com/m/photos/pumpkin-carving02-2.html
it's a really good pumpkin carving artist !

I have put up the way i modeled it in the pictures below.

the_bully, Design, Délé Thank you for the comment. real good works from many. good luck every one.
(Hope am not spamming the forums with this post!)

[Renz]

Another thing, does anyone knows how to setup (in Maya) light fog that goes out from the holes of the pumpkin ? light fog from 3dsMax does it, mut in maya, it doesn't the fog seem to stop where there is no hole...


Here is a short tutorial.. Hope it helps.

[sculptorwanted]

Thank you Renz for taking the time to post that awsome Tutorial.
:wave:

[Batons0]

Soft: XSI
Modeling: 50 min
Rendering: about 1,5h

[Nehumanuscrede]

Hey Batons0 !

Noted you're an XSI user as well. Gonna shoot a question your way if you don't mind. Used a boolean to make the cuts for the pumpkin head, but curious how you did it with the low poly mesh without it distorting.

I personally *hate* booleans within XSI since they seem to fubar the mesh something terrible when I use low poly objects. Works great when I convert to high poly mesh ( nice clean cut ) but low poly stuff just goes nuts on me.

Anything in particular you're doing that I am ( obviously ) missing ?

[altus]

My first post :)

[betasoft]

my first entery:

[betasoft]

to Ferron G.P.:
sorry but i dont know what have halloween common with toalete paper,
this could be in that event competive too:

(this is not include to this thread)

[betasoft]

yes, but in the picutres arent same as in Ferron G.P. picture.

That's an old Halloween tradition 'round these parts. Toilet Paper and Eggs. Really, it's just a prank kids play to be evil little brats.

They take rolls of toilet paper and throw them over trees in the front yard and over the house. As the toilet paper unravels in the air, it creates streams of the paper to lay over everything. Here is an example of an extremely toilet paper'd house. http://www.scottgood.com/jsg/blog.nsf/2/SGOD-6AGKS3/$FILE/ToiletPaperLg.jpg

The eggs are just that. Kids get some eggs and throw them at houses and cars. The act is called egging. Here's an image of a car's bumper that had an egg thrown at it - http://www.danielkukwa.com/egging.jpg

Egging and TP'ing of houses is mean and kids get in trouble for it - but that's what its for. Mischief.

Hope that clears up stuff for anyone else who might not know what it all meant in his image.

[adamos]

Betasoft check up you entry. Maximum size of picture is 800*600.

[betasoft]

to adamos: i think that important is width, that means 800 px, not heigh. fot example look to renz's tutorial, this isnt 600px to height.

[adamos]

But this is a tutorial not an entry, come on read the rules they are simple

[betasoft]

ok, so look to some entry which have 800pixels to height.

[adamos]

:wall: Then read this:
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.

[betasoft]

yes i know it, but i'm telling you that there is more entrys which have another extend, that means another than 800*600

[adamos]

sorry but i have found none :(. But hey this is you problem not mine. So good luck.

[betasoft]

ok, you have that what you want size of mine entry is by the rules.
and this entry with 800to height is for example in page 10 and it is first entry in page by Ratpouch!

[adamos]

but Ratpouch entry its still 600*800 insted 800*600, but THX for fix you image size. PACE

[betasoft]

you have truth that 600*800 is some like 800*600, but as you told before, in rules is 800*600 not 600*800. 600 is OK but 800 not.

[Nehumanuscrede]

The rules are simple *assuming* they are in your native language :)


Not to make excuses here, but from the posts there are some outstanding modelers with us whose primary language is something other than English :)

Anyhoo:

Give us a render and a wireframe we can see, model it in an hour or less and tell us what you modelled it with. Stay equal or under 800 x 600 resolution and the 100k filesize limit and you're good to go :)

[mason73]

This was fun and interesting, learned a few things also. Comments are very welcome!! Modeling time 40min, texturing and lighting 2hrs. Max 6

[betasoft]

tp Nehumanuscrede:yes, maybe is assuming, but if width of picture is by rules equal or less then 600, it can't be 800 (so, i could persume width to 900 or more)