Speed Modelling Challenge 115 - Air Freshner

[Marty_McFly-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, The creation of displacement maps, normal maps and any splines drawn out in an external program other than your modeling software are to be included in your modeling time.

7, 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


Time limit - 60 minutes
Deadline - 22.00 G.M.T. Wednesday 13th of September 2006
Subject - Air Freshner

Air Freshner: They come in all types of shapes and sizes... but are made for making a room smell pretty.


Have Fun and Good Luck!

[Joiko]

Great work with your model, it's really beautiful...
Well i don't have any ideias but i'm going to search inspiration on the net.

Regards

[Erdraug]

Funny subject... But does car air freshners going to be count in this challenge too?

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Funny subject... But does car air freshners going to be count in this challenge too?Sure... why not?

Marty

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice topic and model Marty I have already a couple of ideas in mind! :D

[cg_addict]

Ok I have a great concept, but I lack the skill to pull it off. I involves a skunk in a suit with many holes spreading his/her unique scent throughout their community, while the other skunks praise him/her. But anyway Mcfly where are the results of the heatsink, because there were some oustanding entries.

[Pablo Ferro]

YEAH!! I know I won´t win anything but I can´t wait for the results to come out :D

[--BUG--]

hey, strange but creative idea

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

There are 4 weeks worth of results being worked on guys... just be patient and we'll try our best to get things caught up. :)

Marty

[Pablo Ferro]

Noo!!! I WAS DOING MY FIRST ENTRY WITHOUT SAVING AND MY COMPUTER CRASHED! :grr: :grr: :grr: ....gess I have to start over again :D

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Save and save often... that mantra works twice as much in doing 3d as it does for playing video games! Sorry to hear about your crash though... check and see if you have an auto backup copy. Max does auto saves by default, although I'm not sure about other software.

Marty

[Pablo Ferro]

Yup... i have a backup copy..... uff :) Tanks!!! From now on I´ll save very often :D

[DarkBoost]

Ok here is my first entry for this weeks challenge. It is a simple one and something I wanted to do just for fun. Looks like it is also the first submission ;)

Topic: Air-Freshner and/or Car-Freshner
Program: 3D Studio Max
Modelling Time: ~10mins

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice, simple and very freshening! Good one Darkboost!! :)

[yuriyxxx]

aroma therapy air freshener

[Pablo Ferro]

Very classic yuriyxxx :) Exelent modeling and terapeutic render :haha:... I´m going to light mine now....

Time to post my first entery..... don´t like it very much because the computer crashed and I got bored after that :ugh: ... first mental ray final render. I spent 62 MIN but 10 of them where spent in reopening every thing after the crash :grr:
:D LOL in know that my image title has no "h" but who cares :evil:

[rawk777]

yuriyxxx : nice material on the candle :)
pablo ferro : nice design! How did you got those numbers on the top? is it displacement map ?
marty: cool!

[d3m0ni0]

my entry:

[karmak83]

lol demonio

[DarkBoost]

Pablo Ferro Nice one, is this an actual Air-Freshner or one you made up?

d3m0ni0 hahaha. Man that is funnny

[d3m0ni0]

:smug: thanks

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Wow great idea Marty, i love your starter, especially how you've personalised it too. Looks very convincing. Excellent standard of modelling and render as always. And you're doing a great job matey. :)

d3m0ni0 - pmsl! that's crackin' geddit crack of the arse lol that's really funny though :) great entry :)

Pablo Ferro - Great entry, nicely modelled, i like the blue capsules too :)

yuriyxxx - Looking good, very nice clean mesh building indeed :)

DarkBoost - excellent standard of work again matey, looking great, such a simple model, and yet so very very good render!!! :)

I'm definately in for this week!, I'll be trying my hand at some of these for sure :)

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[cango]

my very first entry :wave:

[Diabolos]

Maya
Maya Software Render
Maya Time: 55min

D,

[hammering3D]

Hello :crazy: ,

Here is my entry, the uper object don't have smot on it is so smot cause is an lathe spline,

[alex-7]

thanks for the topic Marty

DarkBoost : very nice and simple .. I like it.

yuriyxxx : good modeling I have somthing similar to it in my house .. and another background would be more better :)

Pablo Ferro : great!! and well modeled. ;)

d3m0ni0 : hehehehehe :D .. I think the smell will be different with this one.

cango : simple and nice..

Diabolos : Maya's Evil :evil: .. very nice I like that cartoonish style

[alex-7]

hammering3D : 22 min.. thats very cool

[alex-7]

this is my entry .. didn't like it :(

I've used LW HyperVoxels for the smoke effect

56 min ..I've used subdivision modeling

[Joiko]

Alex-7: I do'nt know why you don't like you're model! I think it's very good. One thing though you forgot to put the wireframe of you're model in your entry!

Pablo Ferro: nice work with your model, Its' very good! Could you please give infrmations about the material that you used on the blue liquid? Thanks....

Regards

[alex-7]

oops I forgot that.. I've just added the wireframe now.

thanks Jaiko I appreciate that. :)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Excellent entries coming through, i'm loving the different styles and creativity displayed!

Here's my first entry for the week guys! Everything apart from the Glade background was made and modelled by me, the glade background was lifted from the website, i hope that's ok, i just wanted it to look a little bit better than my usual stuff :)

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[DarkBoost]

ClassicGamer Thanks man and I really like your entry too ;)

Diabolos Nice one, very original!

alex-7 Thanks man and nice entry I was going to model this as well.

[Diabolos]

hey thanks for the comments - there are some really cool entries coming in for the beginning - good going..........

DarkBoost - ever think about turning your avatar into a gif and have the needle rev every now and again???

d3m0ni0 - thanks for the smile.

D,

[-R3D-]

Here's my 1st one, not exactly a strong contender but I liked making it :D

App:: Cinema 4D 9.5
Modelling:: 12 Mins
Light&Tex:: 10-20 Mins
Render:: 30 Secs

[Pablo Ferro]

Tank you all guys!!!!! Very pleased with your comments! :)

rawk777 the numbers is an extruded text I put on each surface....lot of work!

Darkboost: Tanks man!.... no, its an invented freshner :)

Tanks classic gamer !!! I really apreciate it :)

Tanks alex-7... i love your model!!!

Tanks Joiko!! I didn´t make a blue liquid, I just put a glass texture on the bottle that comes by default in max... i just had to add a bump map.... noise.

Ufff so many answers!!!! :D

[Joiko]

can someone please help with my matirials... I want to do a material for the liquid of my Air fresnher, but I don't know how, I'm using 3ds max8...
-R3d-: Very original and funny entry, good work....

Thanks Pablo Ferro...
Regards

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Wow... when I was asked about modeling out car air freshners... I really didn't think you guys were going to actually make them! Yous guys are the craziest peoples! :crazy:

Marty

[DarkBoost]

Diabolos Yeah I have actually modelled a Boost Gauge for my website and will try and make an animated gif now. Be sure to watch this ;)

Marty_McFly-3DT Was this wrong to model a car-freshner? So many more exiting options if this is included in the challenge topic.

[Rorschach]

DarkBoost: you were faster than me :D

d3m0ni0: :D very cool, i love your idea ^^

[Joiko]

This is my first entry... When I was modelling it i tought I wasn't gona make it because the uper part of my model took 35 min without the extras, but the rest was faster than i was expecting so here it is....
Thanks Pablo for telling me how you made your material...

Modelling: 55 min
software used: 3d studio max8
Texturing and lightning: 15 min
Rendering: 5 min

[-R3D-]

Here's a 2nd... My own design (I hope).. I was winging it while modelling lol :) didn't know what was gonna come of it :) It's all good tho I guess ;P

App:: Cinema 4d 9.5
Modeling:: ~40 mins (on the fly tho)
Tex&Light:: 30 Mins
Render:: 3-4 Mins

[H2O-3DT]

yuriyxxx
Nicely done.

Diablolos
Cool model and as always well made :drool:

joiko
Good job.

-RD3-
nice winging there.

A fast one from me this time.
3dMax
Time - 30 min.

Air freshner for your car mirror.

[gan3d]

Diabolos nice flower model looks, like the one i have it in my room though its not a air freshner ;P
everybody to see so many nice entries, keep it coming!!

[Rorschach]

Hello...
A old work...
Not for this challenge... ;)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

-R3D- Woah i loving your 2nd entry, looks very original, and very nice too. I hate that bloomin' frog though, but your entry's nice :)

H20 - Simple & Effective, good work :)

Rorschach - Love it, Love It, Love It!!! A Classic Re-working! Great entry! :)

Kind Regards

CG

[Phantom.cz]

Nice entries everybody, guess this will be hard week (this is the first day!).

So, here is my own simple design: It's quite simple model, but I spend 5 minutes by correcting boole errors. I'm satisfied with that scratched steel, but it could be better. Comments and CRITICS are more than welcomed :) .

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice entrys to all of you!!! Might post another model......:)

Jaiko Glad i helped!

Hey that´s a good avatar Darkboost!!!! :D

[ajcgi]

Brushed metal can be a pain so hats off to you for that.
Righty, here's my first entry for this. I missed out the last challenge due to the excitement of work :zzz:
Softimage | XSI Foundation 4.2
Modelling: smack on 60 minutes. (used a stopwatch and everything :>)
The rest: 90-odd minutes.

[svenjoypro]

Hello All! This is my first ever entry for a speed challenge. And Its really the only object I've created that is worth the energy to look at, But I'm rambling...
Software: MAYA 8.0
Modeling Time: 60
All Else: 90

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice on ajcgi.... simple but effective modelling! :) Oh !!! That sweet rendering!

[cg_addict]

bad deal dude

pablo what a great concept, I love it.

Joiko I love the way you pay attention to detail, the raised lettering is on point, good job.

[Pablo Ferro]

Tanks cg_addict!! :)

[DigitalPutty]

ACK! SEXAH renders!!!
*I need to join in on the fun. :O :wall:

[Joiko]

Theres another one... In this one was not as fun as the other but i kinda liked so...
Thanks cg_addict, as you see I liked the detail of the letters, that i used the letters again (not the same offcourse), just to be diferrent of the other I changed the text and the style.

modelling: 35min
texturing and lightning: 10min
rendering: 15min
software used: 3ds max8
(just in case you don't understand what is on the image)

[Pablo Ferro]

Good one Joiko love the rendering.. :) About your first entry u should choose the mental ray render to get a blue shadow casted by the bottle.

[Joiko]

Thanks Pablo I will keep it up in mind for the next render....

[mr_lemon]

HI guys,nice subject and also nice ideas until now! that's my starte,i hope to have some more time so I can model another one with nurbs instead of polys (agh it was a real pain!! :crazy: )

done in maya and rendered in mental ray within the time limit,as you can see i haven't modeled fully the internal part.Hope you like it.C&C always welcome...Cheers! :wave:

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

HI guys,nice subject and also nice ideas until now! that's my starte,i hope to have some more time so I can model another one with nurbs instead of polys (agh it was a real pain!! :crazy: )

done in maya and rendered in mental ray within the time limit,as you can see i haven't modeled fully the internal part.Hope you like it.C&C always welcome...Cheers! :wave:


Great entry Mr Lemon, also just took a look at your signature, if i'm correct that's from Grand Theft Auto - Vice City. One of my favourite games. I've just learnt that Vice City Stories Is Coming soon, can't wait till that's out for the PS2, i've got Liberty City Stories in my playstation at the moment. Loving it!

Nice rendering also you've got there, looks great, nice clean modelling :)

CG

[-R3D-]

ClassicGamer:: :D I'm kinda proud of the 2nd one, the model I mean..
Proud of the 1st one too, but for the render and material (bump map) appearence..

I'm about to submit my 3rd one ;P Just putting final image together in PSP..

I will leave some comments soon for everyone cos theres some wicked entries here already :) :wave:

[mr_lemon]

Great entry Mr Lemon, also just took a look at your signature, if i'm correct that's from Grand Theft Auto - Vice City. One of my favourite games. I've just learnt that Vice City Stories Is Coming soon, can't wait till that's out for the PS2, i've got Liberty City Stories in my playstation at the moment. Loving it!

Nice rendering also you've got there, looks great, nice clean modelling :)

CG

thanks for the kinda words man
Yes you are correct :) I love the series and rockstar games in general :) they all have that "nasty-street" flavor :)

[Pablo Ferro]

Wow nice entry mr_lemon CLEAN MODELLING!!! :)

This model is made for those who want to choose different fragrances..... this one offers 6 options: Clean, Citric,Fruity,Vanilla,Blackberry and Apple

[-R3D-]

I just had to do this one, it's probably one of the most well known "Air Fresheners" in the UK. Not sure about overseas though.

The "Airwick Crystal' Air"

Hope you like it :) C&C most welcome :wave:

App:: Cinema 4D 9.5
Modelling:: 27 Mins
Mats&Light:: ~30 Mins
Render:: 39 Mins

[DeviantX]

Great model -R3D- , and i have seen those here in the states.

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice one -R3D-!! I have never seen one of those....

[Yaurah7]

Wowsers chief, some really nice posts. Some funny ones too, especially the joystick/freshener, I haven't been on in a while, but i am going to post one soon here, I hope you like it. :):):)

[Diabolos]

Diablolos
Cool model and as always well made :drool:

Thanks Man, my little nephew almost ate one of those (your cherry freshner) - it was hanging in my moms car - that was close - and on my watch :hmm:


Diabolos nice flower model looks, like the one i have it in my room though its not a air freshner ;P
everybody to see so many nice entries, keep it coming!!

Really - post a pic :crazy: I found it under some art/industrial design website - I figured if it was good enough for the artsy fartsy dudes and dudettes - then it was good enough for our SMC's........

DarkBoost - nice gauge, still waiting for the needle :smug:

D,

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

-R3D- That's spot on the Airwick, looks totally real, and yet such a simple mesh, well done, it's great! :)

CG

[-R3D-]

Thanks DeviantX, your comment is much appriciated.
I guess they are a global product then :)
Thanks again.

Pablo Ferro:: Glad you like it :) Oh right, so thats one who's seen one and one who's not :dunno: Is it global then?:hmm: Or was the one that DeviantX see, a replica product? I dunno, what's it matter lol :D Your entries are well thought out, your good at coming up with your own ideas :) Nice work matey.

ClassicGamer:: I really appritiate your comment, I'm glad you like it, you may equally enjoy this one too ;P Thanks again mate :)

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Well I've done another that's similar to the last one; Another "Crystal' Air"
I promise I wont do anymore of these :D
But I did like modelling them :)

I started making this one yestaday while the last one was rendering. This one took longer to model, because of the center shapes, but I got there just in time. I left it to render over night, which wasn't necessery cos it only took 43 mins lol :D:wall:

Hope you enjoy :wave:

App:: Cinema 4D 9.5
Modelling:: 52 Mins
Mats&Light:: ~30 Mins
Render:: 43 Mins

[DarkBoost]

Pablo Ferro Thanks man

Diabolos Thanks man. My new avatar is the Boost Gauge which I have actually modelled and I created a short Animated GIF but just couldn't get it under the 15kb limit and have it look half decent so I left it as a static image. Sorry man :(

Will try and submit another entry shortly, have a few things in mind but have some other things I need to do first.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

(Quick Post)

-R3D- -Damn that's good! :)

CG

[gkid]

Hello everybody
,please do not laugh at me im a newbie, this is my first 3d mode thingy i made in my life, its a smelly candel the kind that when it burns smells nice.

Used: 3DS Max 8 Sp3
Modeling Time: 50-52 Minutes
Material And Light:24 Minutes
Render: 34 Seconds

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

gkid - Not laughing here at all. my only crits are as follows, there's nothing wrong with your modelling, it's nice and clean and well made. the only problems for me are that firstly you've not got it anti aliasing, which is why you're getting jagged edges, and you could do with another light from the right hand, that's just my opinion. Other than that, looking good. And a very nice starter! Also a warm welcome to the forums :)

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[Truman]

that's mine, hope you like it

[alidanesh]

waw :0...u surprised me my friends...so many nice entries..really nice..mine is nothing here...:)
details:3ds max 8 for modeling...45 min modeling..rendered with MR
hope u like this..:smug:

[Joiko]

This one I saw it on the internet, It's a little bit strange, but that's why I liked it... Hope you like it too
(I made some modifications from the one I saw, but in general, it's pretty much the same...)

Modelling:43min
Software used:3d studio max8
Texturing lightning: 12 min
Rendering:4min

[H2O-3DT]

mr_lemon
Good to see you are still around, great entry. Clean modelling and great texturing.

truman
Really nice work, how did you do the smoke?

gkid
Hello
Nothing to crit on the modelling, nice work.


3Dmax.
Time - 60 min.

[Joiko]

Very good models everyone, I guess it's gonna be hard for the judges...

[Phantom.cz]

Nice to se, H2O: that I am not only one poor guy modeling with boole! Nice entry, not only you, but everyone else, especially R3D, mr_lemon and Truman, but Including gkid too (if you've seen my first work, you wouldn't stop laughing rest of the day :D ) keep it up!

EDIT: OOh sorry, guess I forgot you're not working in C4d :D , I thought about A-B function ( I have no idea how is it called in max )

[H2O-3DT]

Phantom.cz
Thank you.
Not really sure what you mean by boole?

[--BUG--]

My first entry this time is VERY simple...
Here in Brazil, we have one kind of stone that make some good smells
those little stones are in a sachet...
The sachet is look like this:

3DS Max 8
Modelling: 18 min
Texturing: few secs
Ilumination: 1 min
Rendering: 3 min 20 secs

[pijp_CCCI]

D3m0ni0: nice butt…but I can’t imagine what type of “Fresh” air it produces.
Diabolos: like the playful design.
Phantom.cz: like the design and surfacing
Truman: nice pig, scent o’ the farm….delicious…

Here is my Air-Freshener.
Missed the past few challenges due to extended summer holiday.
Kind of slapped this together.

[qais]

here's mine:)
Time Taken:17 min
Software:Maya

[Rorschach]

Truman: ^^ good work ;)
---
Not many time for challenge his week, i'm sick :cry:

[Phantom.cz]

pijp_CCCI: thank you very much!

qais: simple desing, heh? I thing too simple but nice

Rorschach: Quite good, but I get used to your perfect Vray style... I think it's just too trivial. Nevertheless, very well done textures.

[Old_Nick]

-R3D- those last entries are great. The transparent plastic look so real.

[Joiko]

One question... Is there any limit of entries?

gkid: If you wanna see my very first entry go to the last week's challange that's something to laugh...

For the rest of you guy's and gal's i'm here to learn with you, and to improve my skills so comments and advices are more than welcome...

Thanks

[Pablo Ferro]

Good entries to all of you.... no time because of school so i gess i wont post to many entries.... :grr:

Good one Joiko!!!! Isuggest a material change, not so white ( i know modelling is the only thing that matters) for your next entry because I´m sure you gonna post something else :)

[Keylitho]

I saw a pic of this and just had to draw it. Hope you like.....

Model = 25 minutes

Program = 3ds Max 8

Render = Vray

[ajcgi]

Once you start looking there are some really odd air fresheners out there aren't there? These are all great! I'll try to push a second one out, possibly sunday as a comedown from the excitement of family :hmm:

[Joiko]

Pablo ferro: Thanks man... I'm thinking to post more entries, but in the next week my classes are going to start, so i donno if i'm going to post many entries, but I hope to post some, after all I'm liking of this challenges, and i'm learning many things... (I've just found something viewing you're profile we have the same age, just a few months diference... good to know...)

Keylitho: Very good model over there, I love you're rendering, could you give me some informations about you're model's material... Thanks

[LionFox]

Heey,

Nice entries so far! :cool:

Made this one in 3Dmax, in 45 mins. Hope you like it, some C&C would be nice. especialy how to make things look like plastic and how to use turbosmooth!

Thx, LionFox!

[pijp_CCCI]

I made another, because I like Fresh Air.

[--Strattus--]

Hey people! Nice subject Marty!
Here is some C&C:
@H2O - Nice entry! Design is great and well modelled!
@--BUG-- - :D Nicely done m8!
@pijp_CCCI - Nice idea. Model is nice, and clean
@Keylitho - That looks great! I would buy one of theese :D
@-R3D- - Nice entries! All of them are great! The last two ones are the best in my opinion :D
@alidanesh - Great design! Well executed too!
@Phantom.cz - Nicely done man!
@mr_lemon - Awesome! Model is great and render does it's job!
@ClassicGamer - Nice design + Clean modelling = Great work ;)
@Rorschach - Creative idea :D Not sure if it would work though :D
@d3m0ni0 - LOL that made me laught for at least 20 mins :D
@Diabolos - Nice LG Prime Flower Freshener man :D
And Last, but not least, to Marty_McFly-3DT - Great Starter ! Made me inspired :D

Now to my entry:

[Trimyr]

We're seeing a good mix of original and unique designs this time around. Here's my starter entry (saying that to maybe motivate myself to do a couple more). For a change of pace, info on the pic:

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice entry Trimyr wicked modelling and realistic render!!! :)

JoikoYeah... I have shcool too :grr: but hope to share some crits and comments with young modellers. Keep workin´

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

...especialy how to make things look like plastic and how to use turbosmooth!

Thx, LionFox!I decided to throw together a small tutorial on how to get better squared off edges in your models. It's not the only way to do things, but it helps get nice crisp results. I'm not sure what version of 3D Studio Max you're using, but I did it using Max 8... I don't remember if Max 7 has the "Connect" option for editable polys... but if it doesn't, the cuts can be made with either the slice tool or slice plane... and just make the cuts very close to the edges. I hope that wasn't too confusing... :wall:

Anyway, you can download the tutorial here (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4FB5EC412562FE63) . The file will be available for 7 days or 100 downloads. (But I can always upload it again.) Enjoy. :)

Marty

[h2k1]

omg, only some days and 7 full pages already...got busy in the university but here i am...

Pablo Ferro : 1o...bien bacana le quedo!!!
d3m0ni0 : hehe!! nice entry...its that ur butt? :dance:
Diabolos : those flowers look awesome, so cartoony!!!
ClassicGamer : that glade model looks awesome!
-R3D- : the most annoying thing in the world! hehe! really nice! 3r and 4th, look awesome, so real!!! that reminds me one of the trophies u made...looks awesome!!!
H2O : really nice entry, like the cherries
Rorschach : trop cool ta manette d atari mek!
mr_lemon : that lemon taste looks so real!
Truman : hehe, that lil pig looks so funny, really nice entry
alidanesh : looks so reall!!!! did u apply a mesh smooth, turbo smooth, smooth? wich one? want to learn :D and...how can u apply 2 textures on the same model?
--BUG-- : that texture looks awesome
qais : looks like u can actually touch ur models, so real!!!
Trimyr : pretty real ur scene!
Marty : tnx for the tut!

so heres my 1st entry, done in 3dsMax8, first time working with that, hope
u all like it...

[-R3D-]

Thankyou Old_Nick, glad you like them.. They are actually made of solid glass :) The coloured bits are the fragranced "gel" that evaporates. They also look nice as ornaments too :D

--Strattus--:: Yea they are my favourites too, more so the 3rd one :) And thankyou for your kind comment :) And nice entry by the way, Love the transparant look, nice one mate. :)

h2k1:: Yea it got annoying after, oww, 2 days :) damn frog lol :D.. Yea I remember, the ice trophy :) Its cool you like them, Thanks for your kind words :D

:wave:

[Mesciurius]

Hi everyone! :wave:
This competition is becoming really HOT! :cool:
This entry i've made it in the lunch brake at work.It was more to test if i can use the computer at work for 3D graphics. :o

[LionFox]

I decided to throw together a small tutorial on how to get better squared off edges in your models. It's not the only way to do things, but it helps get nice crisp results. I'm not sure what version of 3D Studio Max you're using, but I did it using Max 8... I don't remember if Max 7 has the "Connect" option for editable polys... but if it doesn't, the cuts can be made with either the slice tool or slice plane... and just make the cuts very close to the edges. I hope that wasn't too confusing... :wall:

Anyway, you can download the tutorial here (http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=4FB5EC412562FE63) . The file will be available for 7 days or 100 downloads. (But I can always upload it again.) Enjoy. :)

Marty

Thank you so much, you took time for me! :wave:
but there is a problem the file is unknown format or damaged :ugh:
Would you please be so kind to send it to my email? (pieteroorsprong22@hotmail.com) :o

thx anyway!

LionFox

[Truman]

H2O: the smoke is simply made with photoshop and my loved wacom tablet :)

pijp_CCCI, Rorschach, h2k1: thank you ^^ I always loved those kind of incense pigs (you can see them in a lot of mangas)

there are not so much enties this time, but someone is really good :)

D3M0NI0: isn't it the ass I have broken you last time we played soldat? :evil: :evil: :evil:

[Joiko]

Can someone tell me if there's any limit of entries?
Thanks...

[ajcgi]

Says in the rules Joiko: "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."

[Joiko]

Thanks ajcgi, I read the rules, but I forgot...

One more thing, can we post images bigger than 800x600?
Thanks...

[Pablo Ferro]

h2k1Gracias parce... no me gusto mucho el modelo mio espero hacer una tercera entrada :) Y lo felicito por su modelo esta muy bacano!!!
Pregunta.... donde consiguio el V-ray?

Joiko Nop ..... just in the Creative ones section and other threads but you can´t in the speed modelling challenge thread....... good to say that you can alternate 600x800 and 800x600.....hope it helped :D

[Joiko]

Thanks Pablo....

[alidanesh]

Strattus :
tnx mate..im happy u like it..and nice green blury material on ur render:)

h2k1 :
tnx friend for ur comment...about ur quastion..i prefer meshsmooth because U can set 2 kind of option ,one in viewport and one in render time,i usually set the view port to 1 and render to 2 or 3..turbosmooth is same in action but doesnt have such like option....and about the 2nd quastion...if U mean the part that has the apple and cherry picture...they are 2 seperat objects,and i textured them seperatly...if u mean the button that is red,they are the red material that i set in multi/sub-object...by the way if ur quastion is how to texture the object whit different texture...i should say that its easy ..just need to set ur material to composite...composite let u use many map on one object...but the point is if ur map doesnt have any alpha map ,they cover each oder...and this shows only 1 map (if u need help on how to have Alpha map and so on ..feel free to ask me...I'll ansewr as soon as possible).....hope this help U;)

[h2k1]

alidanesh : tnx :D but i wanted to know more how did u texture that glass and the plastic? its the same object? and i donw know how to make alpha maps :dance: tnx!

pablo : lo compre...

[Rorschach]

@Rorschach - Creative idea :D Not sure if it would work though

Look here (http://www.beautyhabit.com/ladoux_papier.html) ;)

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Trimyr: Great render ;)

[--Strattus--]

Look here (http://www.beautyhabit.com/ladoux_papier.html) ;)

Ohh got it now :wall: Nice work :D

[LSd]

This is my one:

Simple Shape & simple textures. It didn´t take that long. But anyway, I hope you guys like it.

By the here is the original (http://www.sauna-selbstbau.de/images/medium/8006-sh.jpg)

[Joiko]

Lsd:Good work, I love you're rendering what settings did you used?
Thanks...

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Brilliant work by all, up till now!!

Excellent Stuff!

CG

[Joiko]

Heres number 4...
Hope you like it...
As I said before crtics and advices are more than welcome...

[twiddlefinger]

Hi everyone, this is the refresher that I use at home (Much easier to model if you have the object in your hands).

@all: Very good work, keep it up!
@r3d: solid work, as usual!
@trymyr: very nice render!

As usual you may grab the scene file at my homepage (http://www.matthiasvonrohr.ch). have fun!

[alidanesh]

nice works every one..keep them up...

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice entries to all.... I must model something :D

[alidanesh]

h2k1:
ye they are diffrent object...but it was simple...after that i modeled the object and cut the shape of glass part,i selected the faces that would be galass.and the deattach them to new object and so i arrange the glass material for that...
Alpha map:
about the alpha map i should say...when U want to have some sticker .shape..or other thing on ur model U should use Alpha map...when U draw the texture in photoshop and bring it to max U dont want the background of that..U want only the shape..so to do it U should have Alpha channel...that means the area U want will be shown only...to do it,when u draw ur texture in photoshop the beside the Layer pallette..click on Channel...make new channel...this work black and white...where ever U draw white will be shown later and where ever that is black in this channel will be hidden...so edit it as u want....after all of this to use in Max..only some file format can handel the project....TGA,TIFF...(JPEG cant save ur edited channel)...so save it with channel...then in Max assign the texture to ur object....last thing is after U assign this bitmap to ur object u should un check the premultiplied Alpha(its under Alpha source option)....hhhh...hope that work..;)

[Joiko]

alidanesh: very very good model, and great render, how did you made you're matirials?

[h2k1]

twiddlefinger : i hope i can model as u do, awesome work! so dammm real!!! ur scenes actually helped me a lot....love ur materials!!

alidanesh : tnx a lot, thats why a love threedy, pple help a lot!! im gonna try that, i was actually wondering how can i make a sticker into a glass...u know, in XSI is totally different...tnx a lot again, an btw, really nice entry! is that vray u got there? i was looking at ur winner, honorable and runner entries, and i saw that u worked with ZB, i wanna learn about it, u got any basic tutorial u can share?

[DarkBoost]

Currently having some problems with my account on the forum so unable to post my latest entry so I have added a link to where it can be seen online. I will correct this when my account has been repaired. Not sure if anyone else if having problems uploading attachments?

I purchased this Ambi-Pur especially for the Speed Modelling Comp and did not end up completing all the specific details within the 60mins so in comparison to the original it is only about 70% complete. I have tried to make it look as finished as I can.

Entry: Ambi-Pur
Modelling Time: 60mins
Program: 3D Studio Max

[-R3D-]

Some comments, in order of appearance :D

DarkBoost:: (#13) I love the simplicity of it, Realistic render. Nice!
yuriyxxx:: (#15) Real clean, simple yet effective model, Render really sets off the model well, Top job.
Pablo Ferro:: (#16) Cool concept, I see you got to make a fan... again :crazy: Nice one.
d3m0ni0:: (#18) Now thats fresh :D Real clean model. Nice simple render to show it off very well. Great entry.
Diabolos:: (#24) A rather appropriate design, Well modelled, Nice :-)
hammering3D:: (#25) Simple but looks good, Clean model, nicely presented :)
alex-7:: (#28) Looks pretty good, nice simple design, clean modelling. Just a reminder; you can submit an image size of upto 800x600 or 600x800 :-)
ClassicGamer:: (#31) Thats a clean model my friend, you've come a long way since you joined mate, keep up the excellent work, Sweet render too by the way :D
Joiko:: (#40) Nice, I like the small details. Model looks tidy too, good one.
H2O:: (#42) I love it, perfect model and smashing render! Perfect entry mate!
Rorschach::(#44) Very interesting concept you got there, could be a market lol :) nicely made, real materials too.
Phantom.cz:: (#46) Excellent modelling! Super textures, and real nice modelling, Good use of boolean too. Top entry.
ajcgi:: (#48) wayhey! a UK plug lol. Nice entry, clean mesh, nice one;P
Joiko:: (#54) Like before, looks good, I noticed a few strange bumpy bits though:hmm:
mr_lemon:: (#57) Real good poly modelling! Love the render too, especially the flower :) wicked entry mate :-)
Pablo Ferro:: (#61) :-) thats cool, they look like little fragrance granades :D
gkid:: (#71) Welcome to threedy matey. You got a nice starter there, good simple model and nice design. Just the lighting now, like someone else said about :-) good work.
Truman:: (#73) Damn thats perfect, I can't fault it one bit, I love the way the ears and that cute tail:)extend cleanly from the main body. Overall design and mesh is excellent quality. Brilliant work mate! :crazy:
alidanesh:: (#74) What can I say, Your entry rocks man! Lovely design and great mesh, Stunning render and materials. Sweet work.
Joiko:: (#75) hehe, looks like a "smell" vault. :-) Nice clean model, great smoothing result too. :-)
H2O:: (#76) Yet again, another mentally perfect model! Brilliant smoothed results. I really like the design. Keep it up mate:eek:
--BUG--:: (#80) It's different :) But well made, lovely texture too. :-)
pijp_CCCI:: (#81) Strange design, but it looks cool, model look really complex, how did you do it?
qais:: (#82) Simple model, well made though. Excellent use of materials/textures, Nice work!
Rorschach:: (#83) Nice texture work, Nice render. good entry! I hope you get well soon.
Keylitho:: (#88) Interesting model, it's well done. I find the design very good. And sweet render/material.
LionFox:: (#91) Nice! I like it, It may be simple but I like it :-)
pijp_CCCI:: (#92) hmm, Very interresting design indeed. Dont get me wrong, it looks wicked :) Great entry mate.
Trimyr:: (#94) Thats a neat entry! Lovely materials, gives a perfect plastic feeling. And nice render too. Well done matey.
h2k1:: (#97) cool design mate. Nice presentation too :)
Mesciurius:: (#99) Sweet man, clean and smooth, Nice work.
LSd:: (#111) Look really nice, but how do you use it? Do you put oils in it or smelly dried flowers? Nice clean mesh either way.
Joiko:: (#114) Your really getting the hang of this smoothing lark :D thats a nice model. Nice and clean. Well done man.
twiddlefinger:: (#115) Thankyou bud. Your entry is really good mate, Lovely scene, and I love the glass and perfume materials. Excellent render, Really nice entry!!
alidanesh:: (#116) Another clean entry! Sweet render and model.. But where's the 2 electricty pins?
DarkBoost:: (#121) Really clean model man! Looks pretty finished to me, but that may be because I havn't see the real version :-) Nice work.

:wave:

[DarkBoost]

Wow what a response there -R3D- this is the type of response I have always wanted to do but am too lazy :)
Thanks for the kind words and your entries are excellent as well, as per normal ;)

[alidanesh]

Joiko:
tnx friend...ist nothing espesial to my the materials..really nothing ...the plastic part is raytrace material with very low reflection and the glassy part made by redusing the opacity and adding reflection..thsi was the materials but 2 points more than that is :1:lighting that make ur render more real:2:enviroment that ur objects reflect that..U now hdri help u have more realastic enviromnet...adjust these 2 and u see with really simple material U have something...
h2k1:
no I used MR for the renders this week...
about ZB ..i used some comercial DVD to learn it(im little lazy these times cant read pdf and something else prefer to relax i watch) ..i dont know that it help U or not: ''GET INTO ZBRUSH 2...KURV Studios''....Gnomon DVDs are really good too(thegnomonworkshop.com)....but if ur ok with reading text and PDF...the very good PDF written by the producer of ZB..its free about 20 MB...U can download it from the official site of ZB...and take a look at ZB forums(official one)..tones of good information there...

[alidanesh]

R3d:
geat tnx dear my friend:)...U come with really nice and realastic Renders..they my favorate..espesially the last one...
about my 2nd entry that has no pin.:D...i got the idea on net images...its not my original idea....i wanted to attach the images of that,but seems the theedy has problem in database ,and i cant attach the...sorry...by the way this airfreshner may need extra accesories that connect it to plug;)

[LSd]

Joiko: Thanks for comment.It was quiet simple. The stone texture has got a bump map. The metallic look was made with a vraymap and a falloff in it`s reflection channel. Then I played a little bit with the refl. glosiness.For render settings I used a Cutmull-Rom antialiasing filter and I set up my irradiance map to High and thats it. Nothing special :D At least a few words to lightning. There I used the typical "Three Point lightning". There I played with the key light, fill llight and backlight settings, too.

-R3D-: Thanks too. It is used for sauna. This kind of air freshner you hang over hot stones. Next step you put some oil in it and at the bottom of it you have got a metal plug to set up how much oil will drop on the stones.

[hammering3D]

-R3D- tnx alot, not only for my comment but to coment everybody work, U remeber me the good old days when many ppl make comments liek this in long list's that help everybody and make beginers to keep pushing theyr limits...

[Joiko]

-R3d-: wow huge comment... Thanks for the comments, I apreciate that...

Alidanesh and Lsd:Thank you for helpeing me with materials and lightning, as you can see, i'm not very good at it...

Regards

[-R3D-]

Everyone:: Your most welcome. I thought it's only fair that I say something about everyones entries as many have commented on my entries so nicely:)

I'm off to model another:wave:

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

-R3D- Thanks alot for your comments, i'm getting inspired to make another very soon. I hope the problems people are experiencing on here with attatchment are fixed soon.

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[Pablo Ferro]

-R3D- Thx man!! :) Yeah i was inspired with grenades to make my second entry.... first one to notice it :D

[yuriyxxx]

i am having problem with attaching too.

so here is a link:

ionic car air freshener

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2106/finaltl1.jpg

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice one yuriyxxx Love that modelling!!!:D hope that attachmt. problems will be fixed soon.

[alex-7]

-R3D- thanks .. and I'll prevent doing these mistakes again =)

[--Strattus--]

Some more C&C:
Trimyr - Great work! Awesome and realistic render!
h2k1(#1) - Simple but effective huh? :D
Joiko(#4) Nice design! Modelling is great.
twiddlefinger - Just one word: Perfect!
alidanesh(#2) - Nice one m8! Looking great!
DarkBoost - Wow! that is increditable! Such an awesome model!

Keep it coming :D Really nice entries!

I have another one too.. this time a car air freshener:

The Entry(Hosted at imageshack.us)
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/8103/entryuz6.jpg

[Joiko]

--Strattus--: Thanks for the comment! You have a good model, and the render is very good, keep up...

[Pablo Ferro]

--Strattus--Sweet render! Exact 3d copy of the real deal! :D

[h2k1]

--Strattus-- : yep, simple is better :D really nice model u got there, nice textures, nice modelling and nice freshner :dance:

[yuriyxxx]

here is another one. (attachment still doesnt work)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/707/finaldb2.jpg

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice one yuriyxxx Clean and effective modelling...nice render!!! :)

[DarkBoost]

yuriyxxx Both entries on page 9/10 look great. well done!

--Strattus-- Thanks man, your entry looks very cool. well done!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Well Inspired by -R3D- Commenting, i have to agree this is long overdue, i've browsed through the pages from start to finish and i think i owe you all a proper comment and crits. It's only fair, i'm usually so lazy to comment, but here goes.

Marty Post Entry #01 - Awesome as usual really there Marty the render looks so sweet, i love the modelling, it's clean and well thought out. I love how you've added the little details such as the settings cylinder and the output height of how much, i especially like the liquid dispenser too, the material works well for me with that also. so great entry.

DarkBoost Post #13 - Really great, and yet so very simple, the spline work is spot on, you captured the sizeing and the shape of the tree's to a t. i love the simplicity, and yet it's effectiveness is so so good. I like the spline for the holders too, it looks nice and loose just like a real peice of string etc would. Cool Entry.

yuriyxxx Post #15 - Very nice indeed, the candle looks nice, and the tripodic saucer works well for me. your modelling is very nice and clean, and ordered, and a nice use of materials too. my only crit would be that you have a little too much noise, but other than that, it's a crackin' entry.

Pablo Ferro Post #16 - Excellent modelling, i love this design, a nice and different take on the freshener, a good first try with Mental Ray too i see, i love the blue fragrance cylinders, that blue looks fantastic, i really like this entry alot, very good work.

d3m0ni0 Post #18 - Brilliant entry here! you had me laughing so hard diet coke came through my nose when this loaded on my screen! Really simple modelling looking at it, but with the mesh smoothing it's worked out great. i do hope it's fresh smelling though.

cango Post#23 - A Warm welcome to the forums, and a very nice first entry coming in from you, it's a good model, a nice different take on the subject matter which is always good news, i'm looking forward to seeing more from you in the coming SMC's.

Diabolos Post #24 - Awesome modelling yet again from you, you manage to deliver great looking aswell as modelled entry week in week out, this looks stunning, the modelling is well structured and thought out, and the render looks great. It's got a clean crisp look to it, and looks as though it would work well. I especially love the little LG logo, but love it even more that you've chosen to model the logo instead of using a selection tag. Looks great, really good work!

hammering 3D Post #25 - Really convincing entry you've got there, always a quality render, and nice modelling too, i love the pureness of the white you've got there, and i love the accompanying box too, the inside cardboard looks so real!

alex-7 Post #28 - Nice entry indeed, the good old spray freshener, nice modelling, i really like the nozzle and a great render too, nice to see someone make the fragrance spray aswell

-R3D- Post #34 - Well what can i say about this one lol, simple and easy modelling, very effective render, especially with the windscreen etc, but god i still to this day hate that frog with a passion! i like it for it's modelling purposes, but if i hear that frog song ever again on someone's phone i'll stamp on there phone! :) Nice simple modelling, and just noticed the very nice intricate modelling on the holding thread, good work!

Joiko Post #40 - Love it! the modelling looks great, i really like your style, the way you've put the freshener together really appeals to me, i like your little name on it, and the electric plug works well for me Nice render and i love that blue for the fragrance pod.

-R3D- Post #41 - Very Good modelling indeed! i'd buy that, it looks real, the render is great, and i like the style again, and the clean modelling, love the little details too, such as the back in which to hang it, i wouldn't have thought about that at first.

H20 Post #42 - Another entry i'd class in the simple but very effective category, a great entry, lovely clean simple modelling, i like the look and style of the cherries, and i like the little hook detailed with it also. great render too, nice.

Rorschach Post #44 - Beautiful model, takes an old classic and gives it a new purpose! seriously clever entry, and the modelling looks superb, i love that you've even got the versaility of the joystick squidgy base modelled too, i love the idea of pulling the trigger in that style which was once for the games. Inspired work, and a lovely render.

Phantom.cz Post #46 - Wow Such a brilliant model there, i love it, mostly spline based, it's worked a treat. and your render is so good too, i love that brshed metal you've got there, it's faboulous! i really like the style of this entry, and the fragrance dial looks great, and i really really love that swirl. awesome entry.

ajcgi Post #48 - That is great!!! i love it, the plug looks really god in my opinion, a very nice entry, good cool clean modelling, i love the vents at the top and the little spherical fragrance in the bottom section sets it off a treat! great work!

svenjoypro Post#49 - another warm welcome to the forums, a very good entry indeed too! a nice design, great style, i love the vents on it, and the on and off button :) Very nice render to it, i like the reflection on the base.

Joiko Post #54 - Another great entry, i really really like how you've modelled the vents on this, very clean and great modelling, the overal shape is good, i like the lettering again, i like the slider also, and a nice render too!

mr_lemon Post #57 - Now that's good!!!! i love this model so much, your modelling looks great! i really like the little touches that you've put into this one, the little fragrance cannistor, the tiny spray module at the top, and that great digital readout in the top corner :) You're render looks totally beleivable and realistic, i really think the fragrance cannistor looks amazing, i like the little flower, and the shape and style of the looks awesome, really great work here.

Pablo Ferro Post #61 - Now this looks cool, i really like the style of this!! the fragrance baubles look real, and i love the idea that you can have all of those different styles of fragrances to choose from with just one touch of a button in one dispenser :) it's really great work, and excellent use of the boolean there too!

-R3D- #62 - Outstanding work, every single time you participate in the SMC's your work is constantly consistant, and quality work every time. this looks like a photo to me! :) and yet to look at the modelling, it's so simple and easy and clean, the mind boggles at how simplisitc this model is, but my word it's such a good render. i love this entry.

-R3D- Post #68 - And again you've delivered a stunning model here! once again so simple in the building of the model, but the texturing and the modelling looks astonishingly good!!!! i really like this alot, and the little touch of glass caustics on the bottom is the icing on the cake, it's fantastic work really.

gkid Post #71 - As i may of mentioned earlier, another warm welcome to the threedy forums, and may your stay be long. this is a nice model, a good foundation of style and a nice render. No one will laugh at your modelling style or technique, we all need to start somewhere in 3D, i myself feel that since i've been on this fantastic website, i've progressed with my 3d work, and learn't so so much, this forums members, it's mods and these very SMC's are the best thing to familarise yourself with modelling all kinds of subject matter. You'll get better and better with every week that you participate, i know i am. every week i'm surprising myself.

Truman Post #73 - Great smikey bacon Batman! it's a Japanese Insence Burner, and what a great entry it is too! realy nice modelling, a great different angle and approach to take with the subject matter, and a really nice render, with great texturing.

alidanesh Post #74 - beautiful modelling, you're really getting better and better with every post i see from you! i really like the looks of these two freshener, and the rendering is great, great job with the wall textures, and i love the red and green frangrance colours, great work.

Joiko Post #75 - You're 3rd entry, and a very cool entry too!! i like the looks of this, it looks like a safe to me :) great modelling again, you're skills are really coming along nicely! i really like the buttons at the back, and a nice simple white render. Nice.

H20 Post #76 - Another entry from you also, and lovely it is too, i really like how you've modelled this, i wouldn't have figured out how to put those diagonal straks in, they really work well, really give a great look and style to the freshener! i like the frangrance modelling inside, and a brilliant render, you've nailed that bump on the plastic casing, it looks spot on.

--BUG-- Post #80 - Nice entry there, good clean modelling as always, it looks more like a medieval whoopie cushion :) you've done an oustanding job with the texturing though, the bad bump map etc, looks so real, i like the rope tie also.

pijp_CCCI Post #81 - i love this, this is great, the modelling looks fantastic, you managed to get a fair amount done too which makes this great, i really like the freshener, allthose little holes are amazing, a brilliant boolean job there!!! and i love the scene you've placed it into the tap faucet looks great, and such a good render, i love the frangrance yellow colour and the faucet chrome works really really well.

qais Post #82 - Lovely simple modelling, and i really like the little fragrance bottles you've got there, the modelling is very very good, and you render looks studio style, very good indeed looks just like they would being advertising, i love that browny/grey studio colouring, well done! great work.

Rorschach Post #83 - Great modelling, and another great entry from you again. I like the diferent stlye of fresher you've gone for here aalso looks pretty real, i like the fabric you've got the modell sitting on too.

Keylitho Post #88 - this is awesome, i've no idea how you've managed to make those little hexagons on the golf ball, i'm using C4D but i've no idea, it looks so good, and you're render really really really does your modelling justice.

LionFox Post #91 - Very nice simple modelling, looks great, i really like the lettering that look cool, and a nice render also.

pijp_CCCI Post #92 - You're 2nd post, really cool entry here! i love the modelling, i really like how you've broken the model up to show all the peices, that render is great also, i thing the glass is superb, cool entry really.

--Strattus-- Post #93 - Beautifully modelling, really nice and clean, and very well made, the render really looks cool, and love this little fragrance cannistor, and that electric green texture looks so so cool!.

Trimyr Post #94 - Wow!!! Stunning really good, so very cool entry this one!!! :) :) you're modelling is so perfect for this one, it really works so so well, and your render, it looks so so real and so so good!!! i love this alot! i'm insanely jealous of that render, the plug looks brilliant! i love the brand writing, i love the electric face plate, and the lighting is awesome! excellent modelling and render!

h2k1 Post #97 - Realy nice entry, good modelling, i like the saucer and i ove the twist on the supporting peices, a very nice render too.

Mesciurius Post #99 - I love it! that'sa great entry, really cool modelling i like that pyramid style to it, and a brilliant render too, i love the blue and that table cloth looks real.

LSd Post #111 - that's some sweet modelling there, i really like the look of this, and what a great handle and chain too, i love the render also, i really think that vray makes renders look amazing, this is proof :) brillaing modelling, and excellent chrome and marble texturing.

Joiko Post #114 - You're 4th entry!!!, dude you're a machine, it's great to see!! :) another great entry from you, nice modelling, i love the dispensing nozzle thingy lol, and a nice render. it does look like a speaker to me though.

twiddlefinger Post #115 - that is supereb modelling, it's really very very good indeed! and you're render looks like a photograph, you have achieved absolutely perfect glass, i love it, the plug and the fragrance liquid look stunning, and i really think the tiles looks cool too. Great entry.

alidanesh Post #116 - This is the best work i've seen from you for far, the modelling is beautifully clean and well worked out , that clay render looks gorgeous, but it's the full render that wins me over, it looks really cool! really beautiful work.

DarkBoost Post #121 - Tht's really sweet modelling, realy very very nice clean model making, and i really like the dial you've got for the fragrance settings! the plug is great, and the small vents at the top are excellent, i really like the smal details you've managed to put on the plug also with the text, looks so good. and you're render really does look very real, i really think the fragrance and the glass works very very well! Amazing entry.

yuriyxxx Post #132 - Sweet modelling, very nice primities been used and very effective render, love the dof effects going on, great work again.

--Strattus-- Post #135 - Excellent modelling there, really really brilliant modelling, amazing use of the boolen also, i really think this has got a very cool style to it too. you're render looks very nice also love the texturing.

yuriyxxx Post #139 - really cool modelling i love the vent work, and a very very nice couple of renders also, very cool work.

OK, that's me done for now, writing this took me an hour and 23 mins! phew! Ah well. Time to sleep!

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[Pablo Ferro]

OMGWow That´s HUGE!!! THX FOR THE COMMENT!!!!!!!!

[h2k1]

ClassicGamer : thats a good post u made there, men when ur new in this site all u need is critics and comment and i appreciate that, i always love ur designs, and im glad u liked mine! :dance:

[alex-7]

wow ClassicGamer.. thanks for giving your time to comment ..
thanks again bro for the kind words :D

[hammering3D]

tnx alot ClassicGamer, nice to see ppl are back in long list comment, really help people to carry on ...

[Mesciurius]

-R3D- and ClassicGamer thx for the comments. :o
ClassicGamer that is one awesome post.:cool:

[DarkBoost]

ClassicGamer Thanks for the kind words :)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

No worries guys, it was -R3D- that spured me on to do it, i would normally like to comment like that all the time, but lazyness always took over. Glad you appreciate my comments guys.

I'm thinking about having another go, i've only made one entry so far, and that's not like me :) :wall:

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

P.S - Any news on the attatchment problems? is that fixed yet? :cry:

[qais]

thank youuuu ClassicGamer :)

[Rorschach]

Thanks ClassicGamer ;)

[twiddlefinger]

@classicgamer: Thank you for taking the time to comment on the entries (I wonder how long it took you to write it.. :D)

[alidanesh]

Classicgarmer:....waw ...what a long comment list...im really surprised of that post...tnx dear friend

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

@classicgamer: Thank you for taking the time to comment on the entries (I wonder how long it took you to write it.. :D)


he he 1 hour and 23 mins :)

CG

[Joiko]

Classic gamer: that's a huge comment rihgt there, and it's helping me a lot those type of comments, thanks a lot!

[PerfectStranger]

Hello, folks!

Some really nice entries! Respect.
I`m all new here and i`d like to start off with my first entry.
Hope you`ll like it.

Attachment system still doesn`t work, so here`s the link (http://img77.imageshack.us/my.php?image=airfentryky5.jpg).

Greetings PerfectStranger

[Trimyr]

Thanks for the comments on my last entry. And thanks to -R3D- and ClassicGamer for those all-encompasing posts. Speaking of which, some thoughts on a few of the last posts:

darkboost really good. It's amazing how much having the object to look at from all sides can help.

yuriyxxx nice ionic duo (interestingly, the second one was the inspiration for my first entry - kind of neat to see the original modeled here too)

Strattus I really love that matte black plastic material you've achieved

twiddlefinger wow...the model and materials are outstanding. Having said that, I think I would've liked the composition a little more (if that's possible) if you'd used a different material for the back plane instead of the same tiles.

alidanesh not much to say except great job as always, though you should be used to hearing that by now.

PerfectStranger Welcome to the forums! and that's a nice entry to come in with. (I think it may be the color, but for some reason that diffuser makes me think of coffee... ;) )

[Trimyr]

ok, so I go through all that, and then forget to post entry #2...

I found this air freshener in my bathroom at work. Scanning a cylinder seemed like way too much, so all textures are hand (mouse/tablet) drawn. Spent about 20 minutes fiddling with the spline trying to get the shape right, leaving me plenty of time to go through two nozzle attempts (wasted 10 minutes trying to do it with splines. That wasn't going well, so I froze it and used the basic shape as a guide for quickly box modeling the nozzle). Feel free to ask/comment about anything else


Software: 3DS Max
Modeling: 60 minutes (had to get that little dot in the middle of the cap)
Texturing: probably close to 2 hours
Rendering: Just a skylight with indirect illumination - cut it down to 45 minutes total.

With any luck, we won't all be disqualified :lame: , but until the uploads are fixed, you'll have to deal with a link:

Entry #2 - Kleen Tech Air Freshener Can (http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6186/canforwebny1.jpg)

[-R3D-]

yuriyxxx:: (#132) Thats nice man! I was gonna model that one but changed my mind for some reason. It's a good mesh, nice and clean. The render is quite nice too, but showing maybe 2 angles that utilize more of the image would probaly show your model off better. I like your entry though, good work.

--Strattus--:: (#135) :) I was also going to model this one, but something stopped me. I like the simplicity of the model, yet it's detail makes it more of an interesting choice to model. You've done it pretty well, good render, accurately modelled text, and nice mats. Though a few points could be moved to smooth parts slightly more, like the upper front edge, but thats only minor. nice model & entry mate. :)

yuriyxxx:: (#139) Now this one is pretty cool, looks a bit like a mask :) Modelled well, clean. good presentation, image is a bit noisey, but Im guessing thats a quick GI render result :) Effective render whatever the reason :) Good job.

ClassicGamer:: (#142) Well Im glad Ive inspired you to comment so thoroughly. I must say thankyou for your views and comments on my entries, They are truely encouraging to say the least. You have helped re-enforce my confidence in my own work once again. And thankyou for commenting on so many entries. Im sure Marty will be pleased that constructive critisism is being dished out :) It does help people so much. Once again, thanks for commenting on my entries, Im glad you like them.. As you can see, Im gonna try staying consistant when it comes to C&C, so I can help others as much as possible. I find it rather satisfying. :) Happy modelling matey :)

Trimyr:: (#158) I love the spline work man! Accurately made. Cap and nozzle are very good too. I also like your texturing work, I have an appritiation for those who create their own textures in an art program, I have done it many time with good results, just like you have this time:) And although it took a while to render, it was worth it, the GI result looks good, shows your model off well. My only suggestion would be to work on the metal material a little bit, and maybe add an HDR environment to add reflections :) but it's a nice entry in all :) great work.

[Trimyr]

Actually, it is an HDR. With the exception on the bottom of the can, it's all painted metal, so you have slightly blurred reflections with a falloff distance. That's why there's only lights + slight detail in the reflections. Thanks for the comments!

[Joiko]

Trimyr: great model, and expectacular render, keep up with the good work...

I've just finished moddeling my 5th entry (after some failed attempts), I just hope that the atatchments problem is fixed soon...

[twiddlefinger]

he he 1 hour and 23 mins :)

Hehe, I guess there are no speed writing rules, but for the sake of your health I'd say you stick to the 1 hour limit :P

@Trimyr: thanks and yes, you're completely right

[h2k1]

Trimyr : thats a nice entry u got there, i was thinking about making one like that, but didnt found any trxture, where u got urs?

[Trimyr]

hk21 well, I made it. It's basically just one cylindrically mapped object with 3 different material ID's and blend maps for opacity with each (Label/white paint - White Paint/Rust - Metal/Rust). I started with just dummy maps for color after I was done modeling, so I could see where the lines for the label would end up. After that I added an Unwrap UVW modifier and opened the map in photoshop. Since I had 3 temporary materials set up in a multi/sub-object already, all I had to do was replace those one by one with the material/opacity-for-blend maps I made in photoshop. I know you don't use 3d max, but I assume mapping an object is still pretty similar.

It's not nearly as difficult as it seems. With 2D/graphic design work, your colors have to be perfect. When creating textures for 3d, it's ok if the colors in your texture look flat and gaudy (well, sometimes ok). If you know your colors are right, but they look strange in photoshop, go ahead and render in 3d. Chances are that if you have a good lighting solution, it will come out much closer to what you'd envisioned.

edit: ok, I know that seems horribly confusing and convoluted, but there is some sense in there - despite the fact that it's 2am and I posting instead of sleeping

[hammering3D]

I'm sorry to spam the forum, but I have a questions, cood U pls help me with this:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/s...8009#post498009

And if I allready spam this post, maybe U shood take a look at the new Speed Animation Competition, is verry cool and we need more fighter's, and afterwall we model the trophyes that aword SAC competitors:

here it's the SAC chalenge: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=45718

(yeah Ok, kill the spammer), sorry Marty I hope this si not so bad, like I think it is ...

[Kage]

Well, my model will be coming shortly. Its just rendering, which may take a while.
I first started modelling an air freshner based around the house but couldn't do it. Too detailed, etc.

I then came up with my own design, so, in a while, you'll see :p

I'm loving the work thats come from this speed competition. Its very realistic so far!

Itrs funny though, only a week back was I thinking it'd be kewl to model an airfreshner I have laying around.

Anyhow, here it is:

Hmm...database error whenever I try to attach it :(

[Joiko]

:-( I can't post my 5th entry....

[Kage]

Same here...

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Yeah guys... there have been problems that Threedy is working on solving. For now, just use http://www.imageshack.us/ and post a link in your post.

Marty

[qais]

my second entry
Time:15 min
Software:Maya
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/9470/mab5aravv0.jpg

[Joiko]

Heres nº5!
Hope you like it!
Rendered with vray...
Modeling:31 min
Software used: 3ds max 8

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/6956/airfreshner5thentrypresentedxq4.jpg

[Kage]

Very nice work you two :)

Heres mine :)

I'd use Imageshack but it doesn't agree with me here down in the UK.

Hope you like. Its my own design, with the idea being like a pipe organ type thing that'd open up with different fragerances, and possibly all at once depending on what you pick it to do, etc.
This is my first time posting for this compo.

(EDIT: ADDED IMAGE TO SITE AS REQUESTED)

[Joiko]

I forgot! Thanks Marty!

Great job qais and Kage!

Kage: Good job, but you should put some buttons to open the tubes don't you think? ;-)

[qais]

thanx Joiko :)

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice one Joiko!!! Sweet rendering and wicked modelling :)

[Joiko]

Pablo Ferro: Thanks! what does it mean "wicked"?

[Frankiller]

Hi all! here goes my attempt, it is not strictly an air-freshner, but it smells good...
Software: 3ds max 8 + v-ray,Photoshop
modelling: about 10 minutes
texturing and lightning: 15 minutes
render:1,5 minutes
retouching: 5 minutes

P.D.: i dont know if my wire image is valid or not, if not i`ll change it


http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2319/ambientadoryg3.jpg

[Joiko]

Frankiller: your image can't be bigger than 800x600 or 600x800

[Pablo Ferro]

wicked

US ---> really,very, extremely
UK ---> cool, good, great, funky ( this is the one i choose) :)
France ---> (as 'terrible') great

1. That tune is wicked hot
2. That tune is wicked!

[Joiko]

Pablo: you even went to a dicionary? Thanks... ;-)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Ok guys, i've got my 2nd entry finished, but a few comments before i post it up first :)

it's a real shame about the attatchments problem too, i hope it'll be fixed very soon, we'll just have to be patient i suppose. the site was actually down about 15 mins ago, so i'm rather happy i'm able to post this as it's up again.

PerfectStranger Post #156 - A very warm welcome to the forums and the SMC's and what a great entry to start off with too! i like the modelling very much, i see you're a fellow C4D modeller aswell! welcome aboard :) i love the little candle and the flame it looks great, nice use of the lathe nurbs tool aswell with the above saucer. and a nice render also, a great start! well done, nice work!

Trimyr Post #158 - Excellent entry there! Superb modelling, i really like the look of this, the multiple angles are a great addition also, and i really respect you for making those textures yourself, like -R3D- said and many others may do too, i try to make my own textures if i can. I'm a traditionally trained artist, and then i advanced my skills by merging art with computer i have a grade 3 level in desktop publishing, by the end of the course at college i knew more than my tutor lol . So well done for making the textures yourself, they've really worked well. and i love the render, it looks very real and stylish too!

qais Post #170 - Fantastic entry there, and amazingly good for just 15 mins too, nice clean mesh building, and a gorgeous render! lovely little candle and great texturing. great work!

Joiko Post #171 - Another brilliant entry there! i especially like the bump on the plastic in the render, quality modelling as usual, you're getting better and better with every post!

Kage Post #172 - Wow! That's cool! lovely modelling, so good! it's looks almost scientific to me! love the material, and an excellent render also, the modelling is spot on, excellent work!

Frankiller Post #177 - not a bad entry at all, your wireframe puzzles me a bit, is that a software wireframe render? it looks artisticly rendered if you know what i mean. other than that i like your entry, looks nice :)

i'll try to upload my 2nd entry very soon, if not i'll have to use imageshack liek everyone else :(

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[Pablo Ferro]

Don´t kow but....I LOVE THIS EMOTICONSo here is my 3rd post....inspired by this :D


http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8256/123ze6.jpg[/URL]

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=classicgamer3dairfreshenersmc115entry 02fu4.jpg

Hope this works

CG

[h2k1]

qais : very nice, did u made that fire? modelled? or how?

Joiko : ur last entry was cool, v-ray renders awesome...

[Joiko]

Classic gamer: Thanks for the kind words, I really apreciate it!

Pablo: Great model right there! You always put you're imagination on you're models, i like you're entrys...

h2k1: Thanks... you're renders ain't behind...

Classic gamer: great entry, quality modeling as usual, i speacilly like the blue bottel it's very cool...

[h2k1]

pablo : france? wicked?

[Pablo Ferro]

h2k1 Yep In france they use wicked too: " Bof! Ton travail est wicked!"
"Bah! Your work is terrible!"

Joiko Thx for the comment! imagination is very important! And I love this : :D

Classic Gamer: Wow that´s nice!!!! I love the modelling and the textures.... both make a perfect entry.

[H2O-3DT]

There is alot of great work being done this smc week. :evil:
Im not only thinking of all the great models, but when people like -R3D- and Classic Gamer and others contribute like they do it just show what a great thing the speedys are.. :)

Big thanks guys.
Best regards
H2O.


3dMax
time:60 min.
Air freshener entry 3 (http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l84/H2O_07/AirFreshnerSheetSmall03.jpg)

[Pablo Ferro]

Nice one H2O!!! Love the blue detail! :)

[h2k1]

H2O : really nice

pablo : mmm nose, frances es mi segundo idioma y nunca he escuchado eso, pero bueno...no estamos para joder con palabras...mas bien haga otra imagen :dance: jeje

[--Strattus--]

Kage - Nicely done, really sweet design! Smart modelling too :D
Joiko - Lovely entry! Realistic materials and clean modelling.
ClassicGamer - Lovely entry! cool modelling and nice render.
Pablo Ferro - Now that's sweet :D Nice idea you had!
H20 - Awesome! That looks just perfect!

Many thanks for your words people, it really helps a lot :D

[Truman]

and that's my 2nd entry :D

http://static.flickr.com/96/240587685_c73d6c6cc3_o.jpg

tnx for the comments :o :o

[h2k1]

haha, anthrax...pretty funnny, nice one Truman

[Mesciurius]

qais-i love it :lurve:
Truman- Nice in a :crazy: :crazy: way
H2O-good modeling and nice materials,although an extra light to light up a bit the darker parks a bit would make it more realistic .

[ravenlp]

Here's my entry - a glad plug in, my first model from max in like..4 versions, so go easy lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/ravenlp/Airfreshener.jpg

[Kage]

Classic Gamer and Strattus, thanks for the comments :) Encouragement is what I need right now :p
I love the way your taking your time to review them all.

I'm loving all these. Some are very original. Hehe Truman for example :p

I have another design which I came up with last night, so maybe I'll model that today.

[krave]

Hey guys, been a while since my last entry, but here we go.
It's designed to be a car air freshener that slots into the cigarette lighter area. It heats up the oil's inside releasing the air freshener.

Sorry about the quality of the image guys

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/kseg/air-freshener.jpg

[qais]

thankss ClassicGamer and Mesciurius
h2k1:i added the flame in photoshop :)

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

no worries guys :) glad you liked my 2nd entry, i'm working on a 3rd too :)

quai - i love that woman in your avatar, she's sexy! yum! :P :)

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[Diabolos]

Hey thanks again for the comments [-r3d- | ClassicGamer for the detailed ones - that takes time] ( I am really busy over Speed animation and LowPoly)

But I have to crack the whip here - there are like five consecutive pages without a single entry - come on everyone - MODEL! :shout:

D,

[qais]

ClassicGamer:she's the faaaamous Nawal Al Zoghbi (http://www.nawalalzoghbi.net) :dance: :dance:

[Kage]

Krave, I can see that working. Some nice modelling work :)

My next one will be up in about 15 minutes. Just got to test/render and then composite into Photoshop.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Diabolos - I'll be updating very soon with more than a few models! I've just got back from shopping at Tesco's (not that i wanted to namedrop lol) and i took my digital camera too! my god there were at least 30 different types in the air freshener and fragrances section, i'm modelling at least another 5!!!

It was really funny though because i was looking around at them, and suddenly it was like "oh there's R3D's, there's marty's, there's R3D's again and so on lol i was seeing most of the entries in the shop! it's amazing actually at how accurate you all are with the models too, i recognised them immediatly.

So out of about 15 that i hadn't even seen on here, i've been modelling and will model about another 5! so you can expect some more models from me. i've modelled 3 so far, but i'm ongoing with the rendering/test rendering.

I'll hopefully fill this page up with some more models very soon.

Until then, keep it fresh :) lol

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

ClassicGamer:she's the faaaamous Nawal Al Zoghbi (http://www.nawalalzoghbi.net) :dance: :dance:

a little off topic i know, but mmmmm she's yummy!! :evil:

Now back to modelling, before i get slapped with a large haddock in a monty python style way for deviating :haha: :wall:

CG

[Kage]

Hehe Classic Gamer, I hope you didn't see mine there, otherwise they must have built it straight out of my head :p

Will be looking forward to your next 5 :D

Mines still rendering. I've gone in Vray, and turned on Depth of field, and motion blur, so I assume it'll take a while.

[Pablo Ferro]

Good entries to all of you !!!! workin on my 4th entry :D

[Rorschach]

Hello ^^
your comments give me envy to try again... :wall:

Render! :smug:
http://img87.imageshack.us/my.php?image=speed115v3mq9.jpg

[Kage]

Haha, a Microsoft air freshner. I like that :p Very clean modelling, though I would have suggested another set of cuts to create a 6 way cut possibly in the middle rather than a 4 sided cut.

How have you got those holes? Bump maps? Since it doesn't seem like their on the mesh.

[URs3D.net]

Hi there, so finally i found some time to model my air freshner...I tried to model it like the real one in my room...
You can see i have to renders, which one do you like most, the Dafault render or Mental Ray ? Please respond

The model information is one the picture ( I'm sorry that the picture is soo crowded...i tried to show everything in 800x600

So here it is: Air Freshner (http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6254/airfreshnerap7.jpg)

here's the reference: Ambi Pur (http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/2447/airue6.jpg)

[Kage]

Kewl UrsiNMC :D

I actually like the Default one best. The lighting seems to look a bit better, and the liquid glows a bit more which looks more realistic to me. In the default scanline though, the reflections/refractions could have done with a bit of antialising, but I like that.
Well done.

[Rorschach]

How have you got those holes? Bump maps? Since it doesn't seem like their on the mesh.

It's the Displace from VRay ;)

[Kage]

Ah :p

Heres my second entry as promised. Again, its my own design. Its basically in the description but a lighted fan inside blows the cooled gases through the pipes (different fragerances) and out through the grilled holes on each pipe. It stands on the 2 bottom pipes as they are slightly tilted.

Hope you like :) I'm seriously happy with this one.
I think doing these competitions are going to help me with my modelling, since before now, I've always textured and renderered before finishing the model.

...Realised right after finishing though that motion blur wasn't really needed, haha. The fan must have lost its animation I put on it :dunno: :wall: hehe oh well, still refracted okay across the still blades.

(EDIT: ADDED IMAGE ONTO SITE AS REQUESTED)

[DarkBoost]

Kage nice one man, very creative

UrsiNMC Looks great, just like the reference

Rorschach Very interesting, great model, render and entry!

Well I had some time to spare so I thought I would submit another entry. It is another simple one which is modelled off an actual Incense Burner I have. Still unable to upload the attachment :(

Entry No. 3
Topic: Incense Burner
Program: 3D Studio Max
Modelling Time: ~20mins

[Kage]

Thanks :D

A lovely render made from a rather simple but well modelled effective clean model (I used model more than once didn't I...) :)

[Phantom.cz]

Another one , but I am not satisfied with desing (my own), never mind I will post it. Just push the cover on that grey place and delicious odour will full the bathroom.

Everybody great work! I haven't time to do such a monstrous C&C as R3D and ClassicGamer. By the way, thanx very much both of you, I'm so glad you like it!

JustPush (R) air refresher
Modeling: 55min.
Texturing: 50min.
Lights & render settings: 40min
Rendering: 10min.
Used soft.: Cinema 4d, Photoshop
. . . . II
. . . ..II
. . ..\ . /
. . . . \/
JustPush here! (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalvk4.jpg)

[Kage]

I like that alot. Whats wrong with it? lovely render, Lovely clean modelling.

[Rorschach]

Topic: Incense Burner
why I didn't think of his !? :wall: :smug:
Good Idea.


Nice render Phantom.cz ;)

[Phantom.cz]

thank you very much, both of you. I was thinking about that plastic cover. By the way.. cool links in signature Kage :D !

[Kage]

Hehe, its Kage, but thanks :p

[alex-7]

Hi ..
Many entries there and many nice models, I'm too lazy to comment all of them :D ..

and this is my 2nd ugly model :grr:

http://xs206.xs.to/xs206/06372/3243463242.jpg

[Kage]

What you mean? Thats not ugly :p The only thing that looks slightly out of place is the text (possibly a bump map, or a bad boolean would have sufficed)

[Rashika-3DT]

Alex-7, posting links to files can get you DQ'D. Fix it quick before marty gets another fish.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

rashika-3DT where have you been buddy the forum has attachment issues since Sunday!

Seconded, the entire forum webspace was down last night and around midday too, we've all been having to attach entry via imageshack unfortunatly.

Patiently waiting for it too be fixed, Marty informed up that it's being looked into and worked on

Kind Regards

Classic Gamer

[hammering3D]

Guys, if U put the link for the image between ... like this http://img86.imageshack.us/example.jpg the image it will be show in the post like it have been uploaded here...so it will be eassy for ppl to see it without entering the link, I not shure if work for all image hosting site, but imageshak work...

[DarkBoost]

I don't think it will, when you click 'reply' at the bottom of the page it says: [IMG] code is Off :(
Issue will probably be fixed shortly anyways.

[Trimyr]

Pablo Ferro :D I love it! That's hilarious

Phantom.cz I see what you mean about the material on the back plate and bottom front, but who cares? It looks great, the model's perfect.

Kage You know, I like it, but I can't help thinking of a teething ring/rattle ;P

Darkboost Nice idea. Did you purposefully make a smiley from the moon and stars? Makes the whole think kinda cute. I think you could've done a better job had you used geometry for the smoke instead of particles though. Typically smoke from something small like incense will rise in a straight line until it's far enough from the heat source to be dispersed by cooler moving air. LOOK HERE (http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4272/smokesg6.jpg) for what I mean.

[Trimyr]

The modeling on this one is pretty simple. It was more of an excuse to use this sort of gooey shader I've been working on.

Software: 3DS Max
Modeling: 20 minutes
Rendering: 7h 22m - yes I know it's too bright. No I won't be rendering again ;)

again, imageshack until the attachments are fixed:
Entry #3 - little stick-on air freshener thing (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4379/strawberrygelph9.jpg)

[DarkBoost]

Trimyr Nice entry looks great!
I modelled this on an actual Incense Tray which has the moon/stars in this formation. In regards to the smoke, I agree 100% and believe it or not this was the first time I have ever modelled smoke which I copied from the 3DSMAX cigarette smoke tutorial. I learnt afterwards that this option was also available but I had already posted my submission. Maybe next time ;)

alex-7 Nice model and entry, well done!

Rorschach Thanks man

Phantom.cz I agree with 'Kage' looks great, nice entry!

[Pablo Ferro]

Tanks Trimyr! :D I´m crazy you know!

[Rashika-3DT]

hey Darkboost, Be careful who you slap with a wet fish. Us Mods have a bigger fish hidden up our sleeve. take a look at what happened the LAST time someone slapped me with a wet fish.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2002541459944162494

theres a lesson there. so watch it a few times. sorry about not keeping up with the forums, i havent tried to post an image for a while yet, and i've been working on the next challenge. I don't have a clue how to fix the forums, though the info has been passed to those who do. im just here for the comic relief.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

*walks in completely unaware of the last few posts*

Hey guys... what's up?

*Foresees the potential carnage*

Woah there guys.... let's put the fish away for now. Rashika is still getting fitted for his new shoes... so let's give him some time to get settled. And you Darkboost... be glad I'm stopping things now... that fish looks really heavy!

*Another fish disaster averted... man I need a raise...*

Marty

[DarkBoost]

Sorry rashika-3DT I have removed all offending posts.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

really funny that monty python clip, makes me laugh everytime :)

CG

[Kage]

Trimyr, thanks :p least it looks sweet and innocent, which seeems very house friendly to me :D I sort of improved it after the compo finished, to have a sort of snout instead of just a hole where the fan is. Looks alot better, but too late now.

Wow...7 hours for an 800x600 render? Looks good though.

[Trimyr]

*Another fish disaster averted... man I need a raise...*

Marty

You know, I'm sure they'd be happy to double what you're getting now :crazy:

Anyhoo, one more entry for this challenge. I remembered that we always used to have these when I was a kid. I know you're probably not supposed to take the top off completely, but I didn't think that applied to 3D, so there you go.

I did the texture for the packaging last, and then changed the material for the cover to match the theme. It wasn't until about 2/3 of the way through the render that I realized I forgot to change the gel color too. :wall: Don't have time for a fix before I leave work either. Oh well. You'll have to take my word that the radioactive looking gel actually smells like flowers.

Software: 3DS Max
Modeling: 20 minutes


Entry #4 - Renuzit Adjustable Cone (http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4030/coneforwebqf1.jpg)

[Trimyr]

Kage Yeah, that gel shader's not exactly processor friendly. Start adding in indirect illumination along with all the SSS, and I just had to let it run until I came in this morning.

[Kage]

You start to think don't you. Would it have looked the same if you didn't use some of those effects on it, but it would have renderered faster.
I think anything longer than 2 hours is too long. Maxwell's just terrible.

[Codexdelux]

Sucks the air inn, and recycles it using an old exhaust pipe and filtering liquid.

[DarkBoost]

*ATTACHMENTS FIXED - YAY*

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

[AGMJ]

Wazup everyone long time (for those who may rememebr my name :P )
this is my entry, i'll try 2 post a lighter render if my skills permit :) GREAT stuff ya'll doing!

[Joiko]

Very good work everyone, keep them comin!

Regards

[alidanesh]

good work everyone...
here's my 3rd(at last the attachment probleme fixed :dance: )..hope U like it..detail on top of image...

[Kage]

I wish I posted a bit later now so that the attachments would be working...

Nice work alidanesh, though a bit more reflection on those metal prongs would have made all the difference.

[alidanesh]

tnx kage..ur right..i should add more reflection ....:)

[Joiko]

Alidanesh: great model, very detailed, good job, about the render... it's a very good render, but I agree with Kage a little more reflection and it would be perfect...

[Trimyr]

codexdelux Welcome to the forums! Nice entry - It makes me think of what a Dr. Seuss air freshener would look like.

alidanesh stop posting those great models and give us a chance too :D . I almost agree with the reflection comments, but if you look at a plug from 18 inches, there's usually not too much reflection going on, or so blurred that it's more like swatches of color.

Hmm... tried to edit my posts and attach the pics but still no luck for me. Doesn't work posting a new reply either. Looks like I missed the window. I'll try again in about 8 hours.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Ok everyone... it seems like the attachments are working again. So if you posted a link to your image... please go back to your original posts and edit them to upload your images and remove the links.

Thanks,

Marty

[Trimyr]

You know, I'd love to, but I'm still getting the same problem. It's the same when editing a prior message or trying a new reply - no attachments. But thanks anyway for the update.

[Codexdelux]

Thanks Trimyr, first speedmodel i've done i think. except on assignment that is:P

The design is acctually from an exhaustpipe, sort of a "use something that makes air UN-fresh" and then transform the object into the opposite.
Was a fun challenge:d

BTW: (if you wonder how it works: UN-fresh air is sucked in and filtered through the exhaustpipe and then keeping the Unfreshness inside while pumping out fresh air. Thus making the air fresh in stead of just treating the symptome by Covering upp the foul air:D)

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Sorry guys... it seems like the problem attacks at random! So I'm off to the Labs to see if I can re-sync the Flux Capacitor to the resonant frequency of the forum software.

Marty