The New SMC's - 032 - Flower vase.

[H2O-3DT]

1, Each challenge 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 modeling 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 can 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 containing the required information can be removed and the poster disqualified.

5, Post only one image submission per entry which must be no larger than 1024x768 pixels in either landscape or portrait format with a file size of no more than 195k. These images must be uploaded to our servers using the "browse" button on the forum reply page. Do not link to external images files. Images 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 allocated 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 recognizable.

8, Posting the same entry twice in a challenge is considered to be double posting and will result in a disqualification. When asked to fix a previous post due to DQ or any other reason, you must fix the first post, or delete it altogether and create a new one.

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

Time limit - 60 minutes.
Deadline - 22.00 G.M.T. Wednesday 16th of july 2008
Subject - Vase.

Make something beautiful to put beautiful flowers into so that they stay beautiful.


Good Luck!

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/classicgamer-3dt/AltoSheetSmall01.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/classicgamer-3dt/Classic-Gamer-Flower-Vase-Starter-E.jpg

[Joiko]

good theme, and good starter model!
i already have some ideas, but i will sleep over the subject and see if i can model something tomorow...
good luck everyone!

[h2k1]

nice starter H20!

one question, do we have to model flowers, plants?

[H2O-3DT]

Nope. Only the vase. Water, flowers are optional. But they are both beautiful :)
Smell the roses :)

[Real 3D]

why cant i see results for the previous 5-6 competitions since it has been a long time???? :(

[pables]

Hey real3d! There is a pretty amount of smcs that are still waiting to be judged. Mods are a bit busy I suppose.

[blarg]

my first valid entry - yay :dance:

[L3XICON]

hey everyone, sure has been a long time since I did a SMC entry! but I had an hour or so spare so I thought, what the heck. was great fun doing something other than low poly too. really looking forward to seeing everyone's entries.. good luck!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Good to see you back L3XICON! very cool entry too, and great glass!

CG.

[Relderson]

my fase :)
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/relderson/vaas.jpg
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o189/relderson/vaas-1.jpg

first entry to an speed modelling

[DaddyDoom]

CG, I've done a model, and now I'm rendering it inside one of those V-Ray living room scenes you sent me some months ago. Is there a problem in using that scene, since the focus point is the vase?

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Shouldn't be, just keep the same camera that's set up in there and zoom into where you've placed the vase and it should render fine. If you're concerned about quality turn the quality down to very low in the vray effect tab "indirect illumination" a screenshot is here (http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/classicgamer-3dt/Screenshot-1.jpg), then you can switch is back to high quality if the render looks good, saves alot of time if the render looks bad trust me.

Kind Regards

CG

[DaddyDoom]

Cool, tnx dude! I'll check it asap. This thing really takes a lot of time rendering, specially using glass textures and refraction... buuuh

[justus_jonas]

It´s good to see you back Lexicon!
Great models and some really good materials. Keep it up guys!
Cheers

[Honki]

Cool. Vases.

It's nice to do something really simple once in a while!

[EricBrooks]

I got some time to start on this one early and here's what i came up with. I think this will be a nice one to see what kind of crazy designs people can come up with.

[DaddyDoom]

Still rendering the V-Ray scene :dunno::dunno::dunno:

[Old_Nick]

EricBrooks: Nice entry and cool glass shader.
You forgot to state the software used.

[EricBrooks]

EricBrooks: Nice entry and cool glass shader.
You forgot to state the software used.

Thanks for the comment and also for noticing that. I'll fix it and replace it right away.

[Milan]

L3xicon - wonderful entry

[Edwiersma]

this is not gonna be my best entry but its enough for now

[pables]

DD I think your vray render is taking too much time. Maybe there are some parameters you can change to make a faster render.

[EricBrooks]

I agree. There should be some options to speed it up somehow. We've been waiting for quite a few hours and the anticipation is killing me!

[DaddyDoom]

Well, abandoned the model I was rendering. There were some really crap edges on the mesh that looked real bad when rendered. I made it from a primitive icosaedro, so it was all about tri faces and no quads, so they'd look really bad when smoothed... blah
I have a couple of ideas to other, and I'll try to work them out tomorrow.
Anyway, tnx for the support guys.

[ints]

Glass flower vase.

[h2k1]

love that design ints!!! awesome render btw

[deadfish]

first entry for this one... planning to do another one tomorrow if i have time hopefully.

[h2k1]

my 1st entry, made in XSI, rendered in 3ds with v-ray, everything made from primitives, hope u like...something pretty simple...took me sometime placing the stones :dance:

[DaddyDoom]

Great entries people! Way coolio!

[pables]

Here is mine, a simple one, hope you like it. Made it yesterday but I couln't attach it to the forum, so, now here it is.

[Aleg8r]

:evil::evil::evil:

[ints]

Flower vase

[URs3D.net]

we dont have to model the flower right?

[Honki]

Nope

[DaddyDoom]

I'm now rendering the ugliest vase of all!

[blarg]

another one:

[pables]

I'm now rendering the ugliest vase of all!

Don't be so modest:wave: we are waiting for your entry.

BTW, I'm seeing great entries here, this smc allows to do simple things that look great!

[DaddyDoom]

Pom Pom Pom... AyAH! Pom Pom Pom... AyAH!

[pables]

haaaaaaa haha so cute DD. Like it very much! And I like this smc, what a shame I won't be able to do my second entry till monday or tuesday, monday I have my second exam.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Well funny and imaginative render there DD love it

CG.

[DaddyDoom]

:D tnx guys!

heard it all already CG?

[URs3D.net]

Still getting inspired...the problem is..i cant model it right now, because i´m at work, and we dont have a 3d software installed...just AE and Apple stuff...so when i come home i will start modeling..some good entries already!

[ints]

Well funny and imaginative render there DD love it

CG.
Jap!

[DaddyDoom]

\m/ Apple \m/

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Jap?:hmm: sorry don't know what you mean there lol

DD - Wounds Or Rejection is still my fave followed closely by You....My Ruin. Crackin' album though, very good. Excellent guitar work also both bass and lead.

CG.

[ints]

Jap?:hmm: sorry don't know what you mean there lol

DD - Wounds Or Rejection is still my fave followed closely by You....My Ruin. Crackin' album though, very good. Excellent guitar work also both bass and lead.

CG.

I mean there are DD`s lovely simple modelling, good floor texturing, renderind and lightness.:)

[DaddyDoom]

Tnx dude :D

[DaddyDoom]

The Whirlpool Vase!

[ints]

I like around h2k1 stuff!

[Yedan]

love your glass material DD do spose you care to share your setting???

[DaddyDoom]

It's actually a C4D material, from the library, with some twists.
Let me finish a render and I'll show ya the window settings grab ok?

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Loving the entries guys, I'm inspired to try something myself pretty soon. ints - thanks for the explanation lol :)

Cheers

CG.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Very nice entry Milan, although you're going to have to reduce the amount of subdivisions you've got going on there, it looks are though you've used a lathe modifyer and I think you can set how many rotational segments you want you can in C4D with the lathe nurbs modifier, it looks like you've got about 40 odd sud div, try getting it down to about 12 or something otherwise you're entry will be disqualified due to a much to dense wireframes screengrab.

Sort that out and you'll be fine.

CG.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Here's the first of two very quick entries, i'm determined to make a much more intricate design but not right now.

Cheers

CG.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

And here's the 2nd post, but it's actually entry #03 if you include the starter.

Another pretty quick entry, but I liked the way the marble came out on this one :)

CG.

[DaddyDoom]

Great stuff buddy!

[Edwiersma]

yeah nice stuff...

im working on my second entry; modelling is done but im not plesaed with the render, jet. So im placing a Wip for C&C for rendering. Using Max 8.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

That's pretty cool, great glass.

CG.

[deadfish]

a quick entry here, think the rendering took too long for this but ah well.

[Edwiersma]

That's pretty cool, great glass.

CG.

True, but the Water looks verry bad and the whole thing is still a bit grainy...
Im trying different lightings now for remove the grain ill work on the water later...

[DaddyDoom]

PANKE!
This is NOT a real IKEA product. During the making, I thought that if IKEA actually sold this, I'd buy for sure, so, decided to make it look like something they'd sell there. Wouldn't it be cool if they saw this and buy me the design? :D
Last one for today... I'm dead tired... bed... zzzzz

[h2k1]

DD : awesome entries, so funny, so nice :D :dance:
JajeBlade : awesome entry, awesome idea, nice render...only one thing, that vase will fall quickly :D

so heres another entry, just for fun, not so happy with the result, but hey, thats why we come to this forum, right? :

made in XSI, rendered in 3ds

[h2k1]

i just cant have some real nice caustics with V-Ray, anyone can help?

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

h2k1 - Sorry that I can't help with vray but man that's a sweet render and great twist design! I love it.

DaddyDoom - Another funny and brilliant entry, I reckon Ikea will be knocking on your door soon with that one, it's a funky design :)

CG.

[Edwiersma]

i just cant have some real nice caustics with V-Ray, anyone can help?

Maybe this is usefull to you http://www.cg-files.com/VrayBasicCaustics.html

[deadfish]

DaddyDoom: Your ikea vase looks more like an Alessi vase! cute design.

another entry from me:

[h2k1]

tnx for the site, i tried it, takes a lot of time, and at the end, the image was crappy...so i leave caustics for now, ill learn that after...

another entry, made in XSI as always, rendered in 3ds with v-ray...we actually have this vase at home, so it was easy getting the inspiration :D

[DaddyDoom]

Wow! Great entries overnight :D h2k1, that last entry glass is amazing!!!
Tnx for the comments guys :) This is a coolio challenge

[Edwiersma]

tnx for the site, i tried it, takes a lot of time, and at the end, the image was crappy...so i leave caustics for now, ill learn that after...

another entry, made in XSI as always, rendered in 3ds with v-ray...we actually have this vase at home, so it was easy getting the inspiration :D

you're realy twisting this challange:D and yeah caustics are diffucult... but im verry close to a nice render now...

I tweaked the grain away but the chrome did got any better:dunno:
Click here to see progres (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251/JajeBlade/contest2-3.jpg)

[h2k1]

tnx DD and JajeBlade :D

u should put some water material, and not red, that looks like blood...and the chrome material, i love it, looks nice, u rendering with HDRi?

[DarkBoost]

Nice challenge and lots of interesting entries.
Here is my entry:

Name: Tricycle Vase
Program: 3D Studio Max | VRay
Modelling Time: ~55mins

[Gofthick]

Afraid I'm no good with floral modelling, so I left them out.

Based on this image;

http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/tank-u-vase-2.jpg

[PrimalOrB]

modeled after a vase which I have that is pretty cool

[Joiko]

i guys been away for some days, i made a model the other day just to warm up, and did not like the render so i quited... but im thinking in making an entry tomorrow...

Great models everyone! there is a huge variety of styles in this SMC...

DaddyDoom: great models! you look like a machine when it comes to post entries...

h2k1: beautiful renders, if im not mistaken you are using dof in you renders, im trying to do that with my entries for ages but i never achieve good results... could you do me the favor of showing me your settings to achieve that results? Thanks...

[DaddyDoom]

Hey guys, really cool and unusual new entries! Love the bike and the tank vase, pretty original and neat :D
Tnx Joiko! Thursday and Friday were relatively calm days, concerning serious work, so I could have fun doing those entries. Next week wont be so soft because there's a new website to be done real fast...
Hope to see more from you!

[Edwiersma]

tnx DD and JajeBlade :D

u should put some water material, and not red, that looks like blood...and the chrome material, i love it, looks nice, u rendering with HDRi?

Why should i collor the water anyway? :D

And yes, i use HDRI it just looks a bit better. And its not diffucult to use for the people who dont i do a fast explain it for the 3D Studio Max users:

-Press F10, Go to Render Tab, Go to the environment Tab.
-Check reflection overide, Press "None" to choose a map.
-Choose VrayHDRI
-Press "m" and drag the VrayHDRI map to your Material Editor.
-Press Browse to search for a HDRI map
(In (C://.../3dsMax/maps/HDRs you will find some standart maps
-And check choose type of environment (Standart maps use "spherical")
-And you're done.
(This will not work with scanline and mental-ray render)

[DaddyDoom]

If you guys want some cool and free hdri maps, go here:
http://www.hdrimaps.com/downloads.html
I've been using these in my renders and they look fab! Great colours and feel to it.

Also some here:
http://www.evermotion.org/index.php?unfold_exclusive=84&unfold=exclusive

Others here:
http://www.hdrmill.com/Freebies.htm

[deadfish]

Another one :)

[h2k1]

DarkBoost : awesome entry, love the tricycle :D
Joiko : yes indeed, thats DOF, but not with 3ds or XSI, its just a plugin for photoshop, DOF pro, awesome plugin...u should get it, easier to use than the DOF effect during the rendering process

[Rooky]

Thats great DarkBoost. Perfect wire as always.
And so many more awesome entries already.
Hopefully will find some time myself for this one.
And keep up the good work.
Cheers.

[DarkBoost]

h2k1 Thanks man, all your entries are well modelled and very creative. Good luck!
Rooky Thanks, looking forward to your entry, always inspiring!

[Bubbaloo]

Hello fellow Threedy'ers!
I am excited, this is my first entry into the modelling challenges.
Here is my entry, I hope I have followed the rules (I read and re-read them).

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/1861/vasefinalhq7.jpg

P.S. Awesome entries so far! I have admired from afar all of these challenges so far.

-Bubbaloo

[h2k1]

awesome material Bubbaloo! love that entry

[h2k1]

so another entry from me, made in XSI and rendered in 3ds with FinalRender, im giving a try, took a bit longer, but im really satisfied with the result, what u think? :dance:

[Milan]

O sorry for that. Thanks classic gamer I have reduced the lathe segment.

[h2k1]

Milan : u need to erase the firts post or ur entry will get DQ

[Milan]

thanks h2k I will delet it

[DaddyDoom]

Yet another very productive night! Don't you guys ever sleep? :D

[gnome]

Yet another very productive night! Don't you guys ever sleep? :D

different time zones, dude. :D

there are quite some cool and original entries, good work everyone! I've got something in the works myself, will be posting it later. :)

[BaZe]

Ghehe... talk about quickies...;P

[URs3D.net]

This is my first modeling contribution for a long time....
information is on the render itself.

[Edwiersma]

so another entry from me, made in XSI and rendered in 3ds with FinalRender, im giving a try, took a bit longer, but im really satisfied with the result, what u think? :dance:

did you use a bump map for it? Maybe when rendered in vray and u use the vraydisplace it will look al lot realistic

[DaddyDoom]

URsProductions, very very good entry! One of the best I've seen so far :D

[Milan]

Second try .

[ints]

so another entry from me, made in XSI and rendered in 3ds with FinalRender, im giving a try, took a bit longer, but im really satisfied with the result, what u think? :dance:

Mightily!!!

[h2k1]

JajeBlade : yes...but i wanted to give it a try...
ints : tnx :D
URS : wow! just awesome!
Milan : love the material, can u share? nice entry!

[Joiko]

3 more pages since i last visited... this people never rest...

h2k1: thanks for the tip... i'll try to get the plugin... :D

[ints]

Bamboo vase

[h2k1]

entirely done in XSI, rendered in XSI as well...hope u like

[URs3D.net]

My second contribution. Very quick modeling because of curve-modeling.
Rendertime was very very loong because i used vray, caustics, indirect illum. and all the stuff that takes ages to render.

Information is on the picture.

[gnome]

There. Inspired by the Klein bottle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle). Nasty little thing, makes my brain melt.... :D

[pables]

God, this smc is having a massive amount of entries...what do you have for breakfast guys?

[H2O-3DT]

Excellent work everyone!

H2O.

[noyb]

A klein vase :) nice one. Not too many one-sided objects in the world.

I like seeing lots of entries... and so many are well done too - keep it up.

[h2k1]

another one, modelled in XSI, rendered in 3ds....

URs : awesome render!!!!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Awesomw entries everyone, loving the variations and styles, this is just what we want for the SMC's this is how they should be always, this good and popular.

CG.

[drained spirit]

here's my entry. Hope you like it :)

[DaddyDoom]

Another productive night. Fantastic entries everyone!
When will this SMC end? I have a couple of meetings out today, but I'll try to get one last entry done :)

[URs3D.net]

this challenge is loooong ;) it goes until the 16th.. so still alot of time!
and thanks for all the comments ;)
I think i will model my last one for this challenge,because i will be tommorow on holdidays...i will be one week in barcelona, so when i come back, the challenge has ended...So everyone keeep up the pace!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Another productive night. Fantastic entries everyone!
When will this SMC end? I have a couple of meetings out today, but I'll try to get one last entry done :)

You've got until Wednesday 16th July 2008

so that's another week and a couple of days yet, plenty time for lots and lots more entries :dance:

[URs3D.net]

h2k1: Now this one is niiice!! also perfect render...and nice modeling..! best modeling sofar!reeealy great ;)

[Yedan]

nice entries this week, some intersting designs, not being very good at design i have used an exsiting vase as insperation, again rendered using just a 3 point lighting rig here is my entry this week,.

[jakedman790]

I miss these smc's... I need to make time to do these, they keep my 3d skills sharp.

Anyway, impress your friends with this mario novelty vase!

[pables]

Long time don't see Marty over here. It's he OK?

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Last time I hear he'd been hit pretty bad with a virus, he'd kinda let someone use his PC and then got attatcked pretty bad, had to rescue as much as possible from harddrives and format.

I hope he's ok, not heard from him since Tuesday last week.

CG.

[pables]

Last time I hear he'd been hit pretty bad with a virus, he'd kinda let someone use his PC and then got attatcked pretty bad, had to rescue as much as possible from harddrives and format.

I hope he's ok, not heard from him since Tuesday last week.

CG.

Damn. Hope he's ok, and see him back again.

[h2k1]

tnx URs for those words :D

i saw Marty the other day playing MGS4 :dance:

[justus_jonas]

so many nearly intimitating entries. nevertheless here´s mine. hope you like it.
cheers

[EricBrooks]

Wow! I come back from the holiday weekend and there are some amazing entries added. Good work everyone.

[yuriyxxx]

here is a vase i googled - it was called "fast vase".

[h2k1]

that entry is just awesome!

[DaddyDoom]

Ahah yurix! Fantastic :D Want one of those!!!

[yuriyxxx]

this is not an entry, this is "Just because I can" type of an image.

[EricBrooks]

That is one crazy vase! I got a chance to work on another one day so here is my entry #2.

[Aleg8r]

Entry : 2

[Edwiersma]

Aleg8r nice one :wave:
EricBrooks unfortunately you can clearly see that those are different objects, but good idea :wave:
yuriyxxx Nice shot, what techniqe did you use for the explosion?

[URs3D.net]

As I said...my last entry for this challenge because i´m flyin to barca..
so guys enjoy the rest of the challenge!! Thanks for all comments!
And here is my last one..
Information is on the picture!

[Allegro]

Nice one Yuri! I was considering doing that one myself :cool:

Back to the drawing board I guess :wall:

[maevey]

Hi, I was inspired by a classmate of mine (hi deadfish!) who said he was taking part in this so I thought I'd join in. It's amazing how much I managed to forget in the few weeks I haven't been using maya. Based on the vase I had sitting in front of me when I was doing this.

[Joiko]

Finally, after 3 tries, i was able to do something decent to post here...

Here's my first entry... C&C are welcome...

thanks for the DOF tip h2k1 ;)

[h2k1]

np Joiko....25 min with a tree and leafs, ur on fire man

URs : i know u left, but awesome entry, love the materials

[Joiko]

h2k1: the tree took me like 1sec to do, i just used the standard trees that com with 3ds max and disabled the leaves...

[justus_jonas]

this is a rather weak one. it´s just a manipulated torus knot. i kinda liked the idea though.
cheers

[Forever3D]

Here is my entry, model is original, no references used.

[DaddyDoom]

Welcome to the forums and to the challenges Forever3D!
That's a really great looking model and render there dude. Are those wires unsmoothed? Make sure you post the unsmooth version of it ok?

[Forever3D]

Welcome to the forums and to the challenges Forever3D!
That's a really great looking model and render there dude. Are those wires unsmoothed? Make sure you post the unsmooth version of it ok?

Thanks for the welcome! The wires to the right where screencaped before I added the mesh smooth modifier. The bottom piece may not look it but it's because all the polygons that are a part of it, if you notice the sharp edge on the bottom piece and main vase, where as my render in more smooth like. Thanks for looking out. I appreciate it.

Also, I made the bottom piece using the cloth modifier and it makes the wrinkles look smooth on its own, there is no way i can control that unless I don't know of any way.

[DaddyDoom]

Ah ok!
They seemed a bit too high-poly, that's why I asked :)
Good work!

[Joiko]

Just a quick one from me... The model is a vase that i have in my house, i like it so i had to model... :D

hope you like it...

[Joiko]

Welcome to the forum Forever3D, awsome model and render!
I used to use maxwell myself, but on my pc it takes too much time to render... :(

[justus_jonas]

loads of entries plus some new "faces". this weeks challenge turns out really great!!!
hey DD: why did you restrict "frameless" on myspace? we´re talking about frameless dude!! you can´t just take it away from me...
cheers

[DaddyDoom]

I just saw it and it's there... What do you mean strict?

[Milan]

JajeBlade : yes...but i wanted to give it a try...
ints : tnx :D
URS : wow! just awesome!
Milan : love the material, can u share? nice entry!
O Of course H2k It is my pleasure
Material I used is
Shader basic parameter -Multi layer level 155 ,glossiness 82
Diffuse colour - Gradent black to white
Bump - 50% noise size 0.05 regular
reflection- 20% with image
Refraction- 90 % Raytrace
Renderer - Mental ray
colour correction and adjustment in Photoshop
this is the material I used.

[justus_jonas]

hi DD: nevermind. it was probably just my computer at home. it works fine here in the office. the thing was: when the cursor hooverd over framless a window saying "the band restricted the download of this file" popped up. thanks for checking.
cheers

[skogis]

Nice work everyone, here is my first entry and post. :D

[DaddyDoom]

Welcome skogis!
Nice model and render! Go make some more :D

[skogis]

:) Thx DaddyDoom, ill try to make one entry in every speed modelling challange from now on.

[Joiko]

Heres another one from me...

i saw this vase on the internet, it's pretty crazy isn't it?

[pables]

OOOh Joiko, so pretty pretty vase, really like it

[Joiko]

thanks pables, i really appreciate your comment... :D

[Joiko]

KayneG you must put the wire frame on your post or else you will be disqualified, what would be a shame, because your entry is very cool...
To make the wire simply use a screen shot, personally i use sliber for that...
You cant put a wire frame render on your post or else you will be DQ...
When you post the new entry be sure to delete the last one, or you will also be DQ...

hope i helped...

[Joiko]

KayneG the model in your wire frame cant be mesh smoothed...
if it isn't try to change it, because its not very visible...

[Bubbaloo]

Here is my second entry. The render time is no mistake... Maxwell and slow computers don't mix...

[KayneG]

Got those new wireframes.. enjoy

kayne

[Stunna2k]

This was a simple one now on to something more complex..........hopefully.

http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/556/smcvasecopywq2.png

[Caluso]

Hello guys its a Hi! from El Salvador I registered here a few days ago and I love your community and I thought it was about time to join the Challenges :) I've been following these for a long time but never tried before

Nice Entries by the way! and here is mine I read the rules and I hope my entry does meet the required information

Hope to make some great friends and participate on this great community :D

Good Luck Everyone

[Trimyr]

It's been a quite a while since I had the time to enter a challenge.

This one didn't come from any particular reference. I just kind of made it as I went along. The vase, however, looked a bit lonely just sitting by itself. I spent a while putting together a scene for it, but the actual vase is the only entry.

Info on the pic

[KayneG]

this is my second entry... thought this was a fun idea enjoy

[h2k1]

Trimyr : oh men u just killed us with that entry, awesome...so real! justo got one question, how did u make those lines going up? and it wouldve been nice if u took that glass flower on ur avatar for that entry :dance: heh

Caluso : welcome to the forums

[Bubbaloo]

Trimyr, that's geat! What renderer?

[h2k1]

Bubbaloo : hey ur portfolio is impressive!

[Allegro]

Here's a design I really liked when looking around on google images for ideas. I didn't realize that Aleg8r had already done it until just now! I must have missed page 3 :hmm:

The flower I downloaded from Turbosquid then used fbx to get it into Houdini. The vase itself done in Houdini in the described time.

[Trimyr]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

The lines going up are plain extrusions. I just selected one segment from every other vertical line around the edge, then pressed the 'loop' button under Edit Poly. The difficult part was deselecting all of the interior segments, since I had already added shell and twist modifiers (like I said, it really wasn't planned). I had to get the perspective view actually inside the vase to get rid of all of those interior edges, which is what turned a 5-6 minute model into 20. Once I was done with that, I chamfered segments and beveled the result.

As for the glass flower, that took long enough to render (some parts are about 4 layers of glass material). I really didn't want to put more glass inside the glass vase. It's only a two week competition.

Oh, and the scene was rendered with Brazil.

[DaddyDoom]

Woha! New faces, old faces :D The SMC have never been this crowded :D
Fantastic stuff guys, really great ideas going!

[DaddyDoom]

Yeah... you're right...
Gonna try one longer submission :D

[Yedan]

think its prob becuase in general terms most vases are relatively simple items with little to no details basically a tube of glass or clay with some bulges and twists, when you start looking at the more complex shaped vases the details and shapes appear to be so much more complex that to model one in and hour is a very difficult thing to achieve and have it look right. so i guess most people will opt for the easier quicker route

[DaddyDoom]

This is my last simple vase.
Gonna try a really weird and complex one next :D

[DaddyDoom]

Indeed :) But it doesn't have to be complex to be cool I think. The vases I'd buy for my house would be rather simple and clean.

[drained spirit]

here's my final voteable entry for this challenge. Hope you like it.

c&c's welcome :)

[Bubbaloo]

Bubbaloo : hey ur portfolio is impressive!


Thanks!!

[3Dvirus]

Hello guys,long time no see :D ...i've been busy with my final high school exams...they went great and i hope i will get in a good collage. I'm a bit rusty with my max skills so for my fist model I chose an easy one.Good luck to all

[DaddyDoom]

:halo:

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

DaddyDoom - Now that's the vase of the week! lmao

CG.

[Caluso]

hehe thanks for the welcome :) hhmm Ill try to submit a few more entries :D I've been a little busy this week with my exams but Ill be free tomorrow haha! and DaddyDoom's last entry is quite interesting

[DaddyDoom]

I'd buy that for a dollar :D

[KayneG]

daddydoom, Those are some nice (insert word here)!!

[DaddyDoom]

pair of vases?

[L3XICON]

rofl Daddydoom :P

really awesome entries from everyone! great turn out for this one, hope to add another myself in the next couple of days :D

[justus_jonas]

Wow DD (bought your CD today - thanks for the link)! I want a pair of those in every room! It´s great to see so much excellent entries. It looks like the end of the stylised comp, sad as it is, has at least one postive side to it.
Cheers

[DaddyDoom]

:D tnx for the comments guys! All I wanted to do with that last entry was manifesting pure class and palatable good taste. Nothing cheap or cheeky.
justus_jonas, hope you enjoy it dude! Tnx for helping the cause :)

Today, meeting out with a client for the whole morning.

[justus_jonas]

After DD´s entry i´m kinda waiting for Ragupasta to step up and push his "is it safe - chastity belt" entry to a new (flower vase) level :dunno:.
Cheers

[blarg]

actually i think it would work better with a carrot. great entries here, i had to look up the klein bottle on the net - what a weird thing

[drained spirit]

nice idea blarg :) i like your creative entry

[DaddyDoom]

Great stuff blarg! I'd call that the scientific approach :D Nice clean model and render.

It might serve as inspiration, and to most will actually fit the purpose of shedding some light in one of Portugal's most secret cultural pearls: The Caldas Pottery Style. Caldas da Rainha is a small Portuguese town, which has become longtime famous due to it's very own and twisted approach to pottery. Check the following link but beware, some might find its content mature suited: http://loicadascaldas.no.sapo.pt/
Ain't Portugal fun? Come over and buy some Caldas Pottery :)

[PAQUITO]

My entry. I know, Im lazy :P

[Joiko]

Here's one more from me...:dance:

[h2k1]

wow impressive entries....nice work everyone, 13 pages :D
i have some designs on mind, hope to make some more entries!!!

[BikerNut]

Well, my first speed modelling entry! Really wanted to add water and a flower but sadly ran out of time. Must get quicker! :roll:

[DigitalPutty]

hahha. Nice chest flower vase. :P

I am going to do this TONIGHT! ARGH :wall::edge:

[pixelpedro]

Hey ya'll, new to the forums and to Lightwave, i've been watching these forums for a long time, but haven't gotten my skills up enough to be efficient. Getting better so now i feel like i can quick model what i have in mind in under 60 min.

This model took me: 47 min modeling, about another 30 min or so for surfacing and rendering (playing with settings).
Lightwave3D 9.3

Anny comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated, Thanks.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3203/flowervasenewgu0.jpg

[DaddyDoom]

Welcome to the forums pixelpedro! Hope you enjoy the challenges and stick around having fun with the rest of the gang.
Great entries everybody! Can't remember the last time we had such a participative challenge :D

[Shinix]

So many great entries here :drool:. Anyway took a whack at a vase myself hope you guys like it, the modellings basic but i quite enjoyed playing around with the textures.

Tools Used: Max + Vray + Photoshop

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v235/ShinigamiX/Vase_Finalcopy-1.jpg

[BikerNut]

One more entry from me, pretty simple design.

[Honki]

Here's one more from me...:dance:
Joiko.

Best. Vase. Ever.

Awesome.

[pixelpedro]

OMG some really sick entries, i'm almost intimidated LOL, so much talent in this world, we should have better CG movies ;)

[DaddyDoom]

It's Honki's fault that there aren't better CG movies.

[Honki]

It's Honki's fault that there aren't better CG movies.Honki + Censorship = Boring

[DaddyDoom]

Actually you and inveni0 are destroying the whole movie industry :(
You said nothing about my fantastic set of Jugg Vases :( :(
lol

[Joiko]

Joiko.

Best. Vase. Ever.

Awesome.

Thanks... i really like it too... :D i saw it in here: http://cubeme.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/portali-collection-andrea-branzi-superego1.jpg

[Bubbaloo]

Thanks... i really like it too... :D i saw it in here: http://cubeme.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/portali-collection-andrea-branzi-superego1.jpg


I like the modeling you did of this vase! But I sure don't like the design. It reminds me of a box fan I have in my room that I bought at Wal-mart.:dunno: Maybe if it ever quits working, I can gut it and glue a vase on it...

No offense to your nice entry, of course! :!!!:

[BikerNut]

Okay, last entry. It's a sort of spinning vase with the base being made of marble. So it's heavy!! ;P

[Joiko]

I like the modeling you did of this vase! But I sure don't like the design. It reminds me of a box fan I have in my room that I bought at Wal-mart.:dunno: Maybe if it ever quits working, I can gut it and glue a vase on it...

No offense to your nice entry, of course! :!!!:

no problem, everyone has the right to give their opinion...
thanks for the comment...:smug:

[Perversonality]

Just a quick 23 minute play, of which 3m 16s was the render time. Very simple, but it was fun for a quick blast. hopefully I got all the rules right for the post

3DS Max 2008, rendered using Mental Ray

[Shinix]

Nice, kinda reminds me of a trucks exhust pipes.

[DaddyDoom]

Nice stuff dude!
Don't forget to include the software, modeling time and all that.

[Perversonality]

Thanks :) The rules said include it in the post; does that actually mean on the image as I've put the details in the text of the post?

Edit: Added the details to the image

[H2O-3DT]

Perversonality
It does not have to be in the image, as long as the info is in the same post as the image.

H2O

[Joiko]

I think its the last entry for this one, since wednsday i have an exam and i really have to study, but we never really now :D

hope you guys like it...

[Perversonality]

Perversonality
It does not have to be in the image, as long as the info is in the same post as the image.

H2O

Thanks for the clarification :)

[Perversonality]

Ok, as you're allowed to create multiple entries... :D

[Joiko]

can someone help me here? My last submission is 680x800, is it considered bigger than 1024x768? since 800 is bigger than 768... :P

[gnome]

can someone help me here? My last submission is 680x800, is it considered bigger than 1024x768? since 800 is bigger than 768... :P

no, it's fine. you can also post images in portrait format, i.e. up to 768x1024, so yours is not too large :)

[Joiko]

no, it's fine. you can also post images in portrait format, i.e. up to 768x1024, so yours is not too large :)

thanks! :D

[DaddyDoom]

Joiko, those are some cool entries so far.
If I had your skills when I was your age, now I'd be working for some film studio or fx-house.
Go for it dude :D

[BikerNut]

Joiko, those are some cool entries so far.
If I had your skills when I was your age, now I'd be working for some film studio or fx-house.
Go for it dude :D

Yeah, I feel old and inadequate now. :haha: Some really great designs here. So looking forward to more SMC's.

[Ferry P]

my entry

[DaddyDoom]

Fancy!

[Joiko]

Joiko, those are some cool entries so far.
If I had your skills when I was your age, now I'd be working for some film studio or fx-house.
Go for it dude :D

thanks, your comment means a lot to me... :D
thats kinda of a dream to me, but we never now what the future holds to us...

[Yedan]

i think thats prob a kind of dream for all of us, it is for me atleast, but alas i think i am just to far up the hill (note i said up the hill and not over) to full fill that particular dream.

[Honki]

You said nothing about my fantastic set of Jugg Vases :( :(Oh I'm sorry. You have a fantastic set of Jugs, DaddyDoom.

[DaddyDoom]

Ah.... Thank you!

[DaddyDoom]

Whatta hell happened to this thread?
I smell that the mods are putting up the new challenge...

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

You smelled right, i've just finished my starter, more will be revealed later tonight :)

Kind Regards

CG.

[DaddyDoom]

Muaaaaaaah!

[Forever3D]

Hope it isn't too late to post a 2nd entry.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Nope not too late, very nice entry too, great shape and style to it. There's still 30 mins left :)

CG.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

OK this challenge is now over, the next one is up and running :)

CG.

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Honorable Mentions

3Dvirus (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=647024&postcount=170)

Joiko (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=647790&postcount=185)

Trimyr (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=646861&postcount=156)

h2k1 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=645335&postcount=67)



Runner Ups

DarkBoost (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=645487&postcount=71)

Yedan (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=645930&postcount=112)

Forever3D (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=646375&postcount=134)



Winners

URsProductions (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=645674&postcount=91)

skogis (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=646662&postcount=144)



The winners can get in contact with jo@3dtotal.com and supply their contact details which CD they would like and which weeks challenge they were winners of we'll get your prizes out as quickly as possible. Be sure to post a link to this page to Jo to show what challenge you've won!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Some great entries in this one, well done to all. :)

CG.

[Joiko]

Thanks for the honorable mention! :D

Congratulations to URsProductions and skogis!

[BikerNut]

Congrats winners and mentions!

[DarkBoost]

Congratulations... well deserved!

[DaddyDoom]

Whaa? Not even a runner-up? Was I dq or something :(

Congratz to the winners!!

[Perversonality]

Congratulations everyone :D

[URs3D.net]

heeey, thanks! nice to see!

[skogis]

Thanks every one. To win on my first entry thats cool. Speed modelling is great fun! And gratz to u URsProductions :)