The New SMC's - 039 - Stairway To Heaven

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

The New SMC's - 039 - Stairway To Heaven
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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 1st of October 2008
Subject - Staircase

Brief: Make a beautiful staircase, stairs, stairway or flight of stairs. This could range from your own flight of stairs to an office exterior spiral or to an old garden staircase with weeds and moss.

Enjoy it, and get modelling.

Classicgamer-3DT.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk208/classicgamer-3dt/Starter-Entry-Composite.jpg

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Just a little bit of information about my starter, there's some extra window geometry lines that you can see at the rear of the upper floor but I decided against it in the end, but the lines still remain on the wireframe screengrab. The render is fairly plain, but I liked the clean look. I hope to see some really good entries this week, so good luck guys!

CG.

[Edwiersma]

strange one... but maybe ill give it a try...

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Well there's plenty of potential here, you could model a castle tower staircase or the RMS Titanic's stairwell, or a escalator to nowhere. There's lots of ways you can interpret this topic, and not by just going for the boring way like I have either :) I look forward to seeing some entries from you matey.

CG.

[pables]

Great song...I mean, great challenge :D hehe

Tomorrow will try something, I think this smc has multiple posibilities, I bet we'll see some great and original entrys.

Good luck to all.

Now it's bed time. Good night!

[noyb]

One of the coolest spiral staircases I've ever seen: http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/03/gallery_lovegrow/5_B_DNA_in_office.jpg

I really want a spiral staircase... one day :roll:

[h2k1]

now thats a challenge I like!!!!!

it seems im the first...pretty simple, made all from primitives in XSI and exported in 3ds for render...hope u like

[Real 3D]

Strange Topic but i think we can strees ur minds a little bit n squeel something original out of it.....its a challenge! I'm in...

[Oltskul]

could i make literaly stairway to heaven? i´ve got an idea :)

[h2k1]

another one, THE IMPOSSIBLE STAIR (one of them...). It was actually harder, trying to get the good perspective and all, making the illusion...modelled in XSI and rendered in XSI, hope u like
And, in this case, ur not going to heaven, but trying to find it.... :dance:

[Psycho Mantis]

nice h2k1 - i tried to do the whole impossible stair scene - but failed miserably (twice) :) i think i took the wrong approach of buliding the scene and setting up the scales of the stairs. it never worked - not in perspective, not in orthoographic.... maybe i´ll try them later if i find out how to build and align an illisional scene. but cool you managed it - i´m proud of you! ;)

[Neil_F01]

This looks like a cool challenge.. hopefully something cool will pop into my head...

[Psycho Mantis]

Here is my first entry. So called Samba-Stairways. They are roomsaving, and can be accessed only in one way - that menas you always have to start with the same foot, or it wont work. This was one of the fancy things i learned when i studied architecture.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Lovely entries already great stuff :)

CG.

[Ferry P]

my entry :) :)

[Psycho Mantis]

dude - thats great. i love snow, cant await winter.
or does it have to be the clouds to heaven? - anyway - great image.

[Old_Nick]

h2k1: you did the impossible. Very nice.

[Ferry P]

dude - thats great. i love snow, cant await winter.
or does it have to be the clouds to heaven? - anyway - great image.

It should look like clouds...but my particle skills failed on me haha...so it kinda looks like snow indeed :p

[h2k1]

nice h2k1 - i tried to do the whole impossible stair scene - but failed miserably (twice) :) i think i took the wrong approach of buliding the scene and setting up the scales of the stairs. it never worked - not in perspective, not in orthoographic.... maybe i´ll try them later if i find out how to build and align an illisional scene. but cool you managed it - i´m proud of you! ;)

h2k1: you did the impossible. Very nice.

thank you all a lot, those words mean a lot to me!!!! :D

EF_ : that chairwheel looks amazing, I actually thought it was a picture you used the first time I saw it...
Psycho Mantis : ur scene looks photographic tooo!!!! waooo! id live to have those stairs at my home

[Nocturn8]

great entries guys. keep 'em coming!

[Oltskul]

It should look like clouds...but my particle skills failed on me haha...so it kinda looks like snow indeed :p

:D i also thought that is snow :D:D

[Scatterface]

Sweet, I'll have to try something a bit abstract I think. Maybe something that just makes no sense at all. Nice looking entries so far.

[rk821]

hi every one
am back i hope that you missed me my friends
here's my first entry
its called crooked stairs
i hope that i made it well
but i wanna refine my lighting
any comments are welcome
your friend
Rk

[Psycho Mantis]

hey rk821 _ very nice - i googled the same image in the morning, when i was lookign for my crooked stair. well done.

[Medusa]

hey there, nice entries everyone.

It's funny that when I started looking for reference I also wanted to model the stairs that rk821 did, but I changed my mind. :)

Here's my entry: I think it's some sort of broken portal to another world.

[E2max007]

Nice entries people, i will also give it a try

cheers! :P

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Cool entries good to see new and old members enjoying this one :)

CG.

[merendas]

lol , when i saw the name of the challenge i tought it was about guitars.

[ajcgi]

Yes! Me too. Model Jimmy Page rocking out in under 60 minutes!
I have decided to show my head in here for the first time in about a year. I'll go warm up my fingers. I have a plan. I don't know if it's an entirely cunning one but let's see...

[h2k1]

another impossible stair that I managed to make...it pretty hard to get the proper illusion, u have to try and try, and render and render if all looks good

made in XSI, only cubes, hope u like

[Neil_F01]

Well i wanted to try something a little different.. i ran a little over.. mostly because of the rendering time.. but generally speaking i quite like how it turned out... trees and textures on the stairs are a bit ****.. if i do say so myself.. but anyway...

[rk821]

hi every one
before saying anything thanks for your comments
my next stair
it based on something i read
so i try to visualize it i hope you like
any comments are more than welcome
your friend
rk

[h2k1]

nice entry rk821

[Perversonality]

Well i wanted to try something a little different.. i ran a little over.. mostly because of the rendering time.. but generally speaking i quite like how it turned out... trees and textures on the stairs are a bit ****.. if i do say so myself.. but anyway...

Check rule 7 as you may be ok:

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.

[h2k1]

and Time Limit - 60 minutes, u only have to post one picture with ur render and screengrab wires...

[Neil_F01]

Cheers for the insight.. am a bit dumb ass when it come to reading.. the mind of a goldfish would acutally be an upgrade.. lol.. Great news on rule 7.. means i might actually have a little time to go back in and fix the way the textures are running up the stairs.. wasn't all to happy with them...

although i have another idea now for a stairs.. kinda alice in wonderland style.. hopefully i'll have time to make it over the weekend...

h2k1 - yeah cheers.. i was gonna just throw them all into one psd file so that you had two views but then i was only displaying one image.. but my lunch time past and then i basically just had to rush to get it up before anyone really complained..

at least there aren't that many negative comments... lol

[Nocturn8]

Amazing Starters CG and H20
h2k1: Lovely entries and really great work on those optical illusions.
Psycho Mantis: great model and render dude
EF_: absolutely amazing job. really great entry and love the way you render and present it.
rk821: welcome back dude. it's been a while and that entry of yours is a great come back piece.
Medusa: lovely concept and presentation.
Neil_F01: nice model and texture, great mood too!

Hope i did not miss anyone. Great job guys. here's my entry. I do hope you'll like it.

This one's inspired by the Advent Children movie...hope i can have one o' these in real life...brings out the child in me.

[Nocturn8]

I do hope this is not considered double posting.... Here's my second entry!

[Psycho Mantis]

someone is going fancy today. I really like both. the blue hexagon thingies look cool, and the other one is just lovely and a comfortable mood. great entries!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I had to model Escher's Relativity stair maze, but it took me well over the time limit, so this isn't anywhere near an entry, but I thought i'd show you guys anyway.

I'm really liking the entries submitted already :)

[Psycho Mantis]

damn you!!!! you finished it. after 40 minutes i realized i would do it, and surrendered. :) but hey - awesome! looks so cool- i hava a question - are the stairs different, or all the same size. i measeured it out with a scale and modeld them all differently- and went crazy!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

I built all the stairs individually and then knew after an hour that it wasn't going to work, so I finished it anyway, it's a tricky one to do and it's doubtful that I could do it within an hour.

I love optical illusions though, they are very very clever.

[Psycho Mantis]

anyway - i kneel down in front of you!

[DaddyDoom]

Everybody on fire here :D

[Neil_F01]

Cheers for the nice comments Nocturn think i prefer your second entry more looks very tidy...

[b3ta]

Superb entries so far. Classic you're dedication astounds me! - great job to complete that :D

I hope to make an entry this weekend and post some comments, great stuff so far.

[h2k1]

Amazing Starters CG and H20
h2k1: Lovely entries and really great work on those optical illusions.


tnx for ur comment, ur entries are awesome too....but loved the final fantasy one, me too id like to have it!!! :dance:

[Neil_F01]

Just a few comments about the entries..

Hk - nice models, bit simple.. but i do like the outline effect..
psyco mantis - bit grainy entry, and for some reason you've used lots of polygons.. not like you.
Ef - nice wheelchair.. God knows how you managed to build that in an hour.. But looks very nice though
Rk821 - like the stair case. Although I bet it would be a complete nightmare trying to get up and down after a night out on the ****..
Medusa - Like the planets, very nice concept
Nocturn - Nice entries, gotta love the renders very tidy..

[h2k1]

tnx Neil_01 !!!

[Real 3D]

Here is my concept - Another optical Illusion
The Objects are Flat (almost) but they give a sense of depth.
Illusion of - Relative Height, Relative Size and Interposition
always works, My target was to make it in under 15 minutes but some
size n position tweaking made it 25 minutes,
Hope u guys like it...best of Luck to all

[h2k1]

wow awesome, love that design Real3D!

[Real 3D]

wow awesome, love that design Real3D!

cool thanks :smug: i was fearing something might go wrong....

[noyb]

Real 3d, you might want to put the software you used in the post. Cool though :cool:

This seems to be more of an optical illusion challenge :)

[merendas]

there are great entries here

[Old_Nick]

Real 3D: very cool.

[Real 3D]

Real 3d, you might want to put the software you used in the post. Cool though :cool:

This seems to be more of an optical illusion challenge :)


oops, thanks for the reminder, i really was thinking i missed something on
the render, cya

thanks old_nick

[Real 3D]

Seems like me and google share the same birthdate: 27th September :D

[Edwiersma]

did you guys checked youtube? its full of this stuff...

(edit) after some minutes i've made my own still a test so i'll post the link: Here (http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w251/JajeBlade/illusion.jpg)

[Real 3D]

more or less the same as h2k1's

[h2k1]

Happy birthdate then Real3D :dance:

[rk821]

hi my friends
great designs from every one
thankx for your comments
thank you very mush
and happy birthday Real3D and great model sir.
here's my third entry
i hope you like it
and your comments are very welcome
your friend
rk

[Real 3D]

Happy birthdate then Real3D :dance:

Thanks h2k1 and rk821 :D

[h2k1]

thats really the best entry ever rk821 !!!! id like to have that at home!!!!

[Murda]

Heres my entry :wave:

[billyreiter]

Hello, all. Here's my submission for this week's speed modeling challenge. I'm thinking of making another one, hopefully I'll have enough time. I love the entries so far, keep them coming!

[h2k1]

that's one kickass entry Murda !!! love it! how did u make the wrinkles in the carpet?

billyreiter : nice entry, interesting

[rk821]

h2k1
thank u very mush sir
i'm learning from all of you
your friend
rk

[Murda]

that's one kickass entry Murda !!! love it! how did u make the wrinkles in the carpet?

billyreiter : nice entry, interesting


Thanks.. I created the wrinkles by drawing lines on the mesh then extruding them.:smug:

[h2k1]

awesome...U know how to do that in XSI? :wall:

[Psycho Mantis]

aint there a cut modifier - to cut lines into polies? just make some cuts, select the new edges and extrude them.. shouldn take more than 15 seconds... mabe its named different in xsi. i hope you can figure it out with those hints.

[spm3d]

Hello all,
It has been quite some time since I have participated in one of these modeling challenges; so long, in fact, that I needed to make a new profile. Hopefully I'll be able to participate more often and get to know some of the other modelers out there. Well, here it is...this is my entry for the Stairway To Heaven SMC. Comments/critiques are welcome as always. Nice work everybody!

[Edwiersma]

WOW some nice entry's...

but i don't like this challenge

[b3ta]

There's some really nice work coming through here - but at least 3 i've seen would be disqualified - check the rules guys! - just a heads up, would be a shame not to get judged. All the best.

[Edwiersma]

There's some really nice work coming through here - but at least 3 i've seen would be disqualified - check the rules guys! - just a heads up, would be a shame not to get judged. All the best.

spm3d had a wire frame render (must be screengrabs)
Murda Murda has 2 images (must be 1 at max resolution of 1024x768)

Than why would billyreiter be disqualified???

[IdiotOnComputer]

not sure if anyone knows this but i am going to try to put the tom and jerry version up, the one where tom goes to heaven....

[Nocturn8]

wow...really great entries coming in...great job everyone... oh and b3ta is right, guys, please check on the rules as it's really kinda sad for the works to be disqualified. See ya all later!

[b3ta]

JajeBlade Billyreiter's looks valid to me :D - I was referring to Neil_F01 multiple image post, but I realise now that was a non-entry due to time overrun - so, sorry for the confusion :D

IdiotOnComputer Look forward to seeing that - Tom and Jerry rock! :D

[Real 3D]

i wanna do more as i m a bit free but really coulndt find anything interesting enough to model as a challenge. :(

[galreg2002]

Wow guys, congratulations to spm3d and nocturn8, your scenes are very nice, I won't participate 'cause i didn't like the challenge, but the scenes are cool...vlw

[spm3d]

Thanks for that galreg2002, and thanks for pointing that out JajeBlade. I edited my previous entry so now it displays just a screen grab for the wireframe.

[Murda]

i guess this one will work.

[Neil_F01]

Beta -- yeah if you check previous entries into this message board.. you'll see me saying that i did run over the time but i ran over because of rendering time... as then later went on to say that i didn't realise.. So on mondays lunch time (which is a given hour).. i'll be sorting out the multiple posts and re - typing the time so that there is no confusion... I can even take a screen grab of the render time if anyone is thinking that i'm trying to cheat here or something...

[Neil_F01]

Although it i do have to say its a real shame that i don't own vray.. as lets face it.. anything in vray stands out hand over foot over the rest of the images..

[ThomsonX]

50 mins model time
C4d

[proArtS]

Hi Everyone, quick entry :), great entries, my favorite spm3d entry.

[H2O-3DT]

Some very nice work here, great work.
But please people go back to page 1 and read the posting rules. There are still a few dq's as they are posted now.

cheers
H2O.

[b3ta]

Classic Really nice starter - great render too - the lighting is spot on!

H20 Also a really nice starter, love the detailing in the railings, a very gothic feel - nice :D

h2k1 First Entry - nice simple entry, no fuss in the geometry, and a solid render too.
Second Entry - Very clever indeed! - you've pulled the illusion off perfectly, great job.
Third Entry - Another impossible build!! - you have a great eye for getting these right - a pleasure to view.

Psycho Mantis Outstanding samba stairway! - the model is simple, but the render is real!! - astonishing work

EF_ Lol! - Great idea, and very good use of particles - looks great, would make a good book cover :D

rk821 Crooked stairs - another simple model, given life with a good solid render - dramatic lighting from the front view - looking good.
Mountain stairs - Nice idea, and good inspiration, texture quality could be better, but this is a modeling competition, so i guess its irrelevant ! :D
Retractable stairs - really neat idea, and another good model and render - you're really bashing them out !!

Medusa A very nice finished piece, and great lighting too, matches the backdrop perfectly, and the moon is modeled !! - really like this entry.

Neil_F01 Very Tomb Raider esq! - Really nice model, and great attention to detail, could almost be from a tr cut scene! - apologies for causing problems about the multiple posts, I need to read things through :D

Nocturn8 I look forward to seeing what you will come up with - great first entry with the final fantasy stairs, nice clean model, flawless render.
Second Entry - one of my favorites, really really nice model and render, such a good feel to the image, great work.

Real 3D Superb illusion, really well executed, it fooled me, i looked for the 3d wire, and thought, eh!? - great stuff as usual.

Murda Really nice attention to detail with the carpet folds, and a very clean model - for me the brass on the pole bases could be improved, but otherwise, a very solid piece, and nice lighting too :D

billyreiter A nice reproduction, good clean wires, and nice lighting mimicking the reference photo (neat inspiration too!) good stuff.

spm3d one of the more gritty feeling entries, a look that i particularly like :D - very good model, faultless, and excellent use of textures and lighting - superb.

ThomsonX Neat concept, and well executed, perhaps a little yellow for gold, but otherwise a really neat finished image, great work - although check the rules re image size and wires :D

proArtS Very moody image! - what's going to come through the door?! - great image, some strange antialiasing issues on the edge of the door, but apart from that, i really like it :D

Well, thats my lot! - I wanted to take part this weekend, but too much happened, and back to work tomorrow, so maybe next time :D - great work everyone :D

[BikerNut]

Here is my entry. No time for textures as I want to work on my next entry. Can we make this a 2 week comp, I have sooo many ideas....pleeeeease?:shy:

[Real 3D]

Here is my 2nd Entry, more inspired by Matte paintings i have been looking all evening and 3dtotal gallery itself :)...dont know how many more to come. Anyways,
thank u b3ta and nice entry BikerNut, although i personally think
that the steps in ur model are too small to 'step over', know wat i mean,
otherwise gr8, nice entries this SMC but i would recommend to shorten it for
1 week only. cyallater

[Joiko]

Great to see this competition alive again!
BikerNut: great entry! you already rock with modo! :p hows your tutorial?
Real 3D: great detail on modeling and texturing, and sweet render!

I think i'm gonna make an entry aswell!

[billyreiter]

Hello, everybody. Here's my second entry for this contest. I decided to make a rememberance piece, since the subject is stairway to heaven. My good friend Danielle loved butterflies, and I pictured her stairway to heaven being decorated with butterflies. Hope you all like it.

[Dosri]

I am Coming ..

Soon ..

Dosri ..

[Neil_F01]

Neil_F01 Very Tomb Raider esq! - Really nice model, and great attention to detail, could almost be from a tr cut scene! - apologies for causing problems about the multiple posts, I need to read things through :D

Cheers for the comments.. nice to know that you think its that good, especially considering how little time went into it.. So anyway.. i just thought i'd try and resolve the confusion by redoing the entry and putting the page back up there..

Hopefully i'll be putting my second one up there after lunch...but you never know..

[ajcgi]

Took me a while to post this up. Did this on Friday. Loosely based on the stairway to heaven at the vatican, albeit with less details. Gonna have to do another one as this render is dull as heck.
Here's a link to the vatican one: LINK (http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/15/27/c7/vatican-stairway-to-heaven.jpg)

And my attempt at it.

[Nocturn8]

galreg2002: thanks for the comment and welcome to the forums!
Murda:cool and great concept
spm3d: great entry and scene
ThomsonX: Oooohh gateway to heaven. nice concept!
proArtS: welcome dude... clean model though i think the door's getting more attention than the stairs.
b3ta: wow... i'm seeing a mod in you. going through all those troubles for comment and suggestions... thanks for the nice comments dude.
BikerNut: i like it. really nice model and render
Real 3D: killer textures dude. love it
billyreiter: great concept and dedication
Neil_F01:maybe you could post just one wire of the stairs you've made as the wires are really hard to recognize at the moment. great entry
ajcgi: love the model, love the colors and render.

great stuff guys and thanks for the comments! a little busy today let's see if i can find time for another one.

[h2k1]

Neil_F01 : in ur first entry it says u took 1hr20min to model the entry, in the last one, it says 60min...why? to fit the rules?

ajcgi : awesome entry....nice detail, i just dont see the pope taking up those stairs...hes only taking the elevator!!!! :dance:

[h2k1]

h2k1 First Entry - nice simple entry, no fuss in the geometry, and a solid render too.
Second Entry - Very clever indeed! - you've pulled the illusion off perfectly, great job.
Third Entry - Another impossible build!! - you have a great eye for getting these right - a pleasure to view.




thank you a lot!!!! :crazy:

[Nocturn8]

h2k1: man, great optical illusions... these are some of the things that my mind just cant handle doing. excellent job dude

[h2k1]

it took me some time to get the right perspective, that was really tough!!! i was like rendering each minute, looking if the colors will match, the shadows and everything...but i like doing em!!! thank you! :D

[Neil_F01]

Neil_F01 : in ur first entry it says u took 1hr20min to model the entry, in the last one, it says 60min...why? to fit the rules?

ajcgi : awesome entry....nice detail, i just dont see the pope taking up those stairs...hes only taking the elevator!!!! :dance:

As i said in one of my earlier post's.. i spent a good 20 - 30 mins on rendering... and so included the render time in my submission.. but then someone pointed out rule number seven and that render time isn't included.. So basically considering there was all the confusion about the image, and the fact that i posted multiple images.. i thought it would be best to basically redo the page.. this time taking out the amount of render time... If you look i still put in the amount of time i spent on the render..

Anyway... Apologies for the confusion and cheers for the comments.. Very much appreciated..

[Neil_F01]

Hopefully this submission there will be no confusion regarding this submission.. i've put in the right amount of images for the wireframes (Nocturn - :-) and the times are correct.. etc... Damn learn difficulties.. lol... Granted the roof materials could have been a little different.. but was running out of lunch time..

Anyway.. some great entries from everyone.. am looking forward to the next SMC..

Ah when do we find out the results of both this one and the last one... Would be nice to see who acutally one last time around...

[Neil_F01]

Nocturn Said "maybe you could post just one wire of the stairs you've made" - cnat get the quote to work right.. sorry - god damn i'm useles.s. lol..


Right i have re-loaded up the image.... and.. hopefully this will help... cheers

[h2k1]

it actually says that in ur first entry u modelled it in 1hr20min and rendered for 35min...then why ull change ur modelling time in the 2nd post?

and btw, nice 2nd entry...

[Neil_F01]

Check rule 7 as you may be ok:

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.


Cheers for the insight.. am a bit dumb ass when it come to reading.. the mind of a goldfish would acutally be an upgrade.. lol.. Great news on rule 7.. means i might actually have a little time to go back in and fix the way the textures are running up the stairs.. wasn't all to happy with them...

although i have another idea now for a stairs.. kinda alice in wonderland style.. hopefully i'll have time to make it over the weekend...

h2k1 - yeah cheers.. i was gonna just throw them all into one psd file so that you had two views but then i was only displaying one image.. but my lunch time past and then i basically just had to rush to get it up before anyone really complained..

at least there aren't that many negative comments... lol


:wall::evil:

Anyway.. cheers about entry 2..

[Joiko]

Here's my entry:

modeling time: 40 min
lightning and rendering: ages (because i was playing around with the scene) and it sucks i know... :(
Software: 3D Studio Max 8 and vray

[Oltskul]

Hopefully this submission there will be no confusion regarding this submission.. i've put in the right amount of images for the wireframes (Nocturn - :-) and the times are correct.. etc... Damn learn difficulties.. lol... Granted the roof materials could have been a little different.. but was running out of lunch time..

Anyway.. some great entries from everyone.. am looking forward to the next SMC..

Ah when do we find out the results of both this one and the last one... Would be nice to see who acutally one last time around...

you´ve got to be kidding ? :D:D i was creating escalator too :D:D:D its paradox :D:D125398
i made all, and checked 3Dtotal! I saw thys :D:D

[Neil_F01]

Nice entry joiko.. its not as bad as you make it out...

[Neil_F01]

you´ve got to be kidding ? :D:D i was creating escalator too :D:D:D its paradox :D:D125398
i made all, and checked 3Dtotal! I saw thys :D:D

Shoot sorry dude... you know i was thinking about a sewer.. you know with the whole.. light at the end of the tunnel thing... but then i was searching for an image on google and the escalator just struck me..

your scenes looking nice though.. so i don't think it will matter that there are two the same.

[Joiko]

Nice entry joiko.. its not as bad as you make it out...

thanks!
i don't like it very much, the materials are a bit weird... and the lightning didn't come out as i wanted...

[Neil_F01]

nah.. i think the only thing that i thought was a bit off with it. was that it was a bit blurry and your background of trees didn't really sit right.. other than that was cool... although you could try making the paint on the metal flaky.. (but not sure how you'd go about that one..).. maybe a mix or something.. who know's..

[BikerNut]

Some really great entries here. Joiko, no tut yet, decided to do a tut of something a little more exciting. Will keep you posted. :dance:

[Aleg8r]

Entry No. 1

[Murda]

Here's my second...:)

[h2k1]

Aleg8r : I was thinking in making that one!!! awesome entry!
Murda : damm nice, looks awesome, realistic, but a nice cloud background wouldve give a nice touch...:D

another entry from me...fire stairs, an old building, made in XSI and rendered in 3ds with v-ray, everything done from primitives. Ohhh and I used some 3dTotal textures (graffitis...)

[Dosri]

Modeling finished in 45 minutes ..

Soon .. :evil: ..

http://dosrie.googlepages.com/SpeedChalenge-3.jpg

Dosri ..

[Neil_F01]

Think this is your best entry HK.. Very nice..

[ajcgi]

Aleg8r, you could get stuck on that staircase for days just going round and round and up and down.:crazy:
Then again I guess the same could be said for walking up one of those escalators, if it's going down.

Anyhow enough of that philosophical musing. I gave this a second go with a different staircase. Originally I was going to put a window in the back wall but didn't get time. Just turned the light on instead ;)

[Psycho Mantis]

Not much time today, so here´s just a quick and dirty version of the idea i had.

Stairway to heaven - or Road to Hell? We´ll it depends, i guess :evil:

[DarthSjaak]

I didn't have much time, so I created something simple.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

The entries this week are outstanding guys!

And because they are such a success this will run for 2 weeks now guys! :)


CG.

[h2k1]

1 week is ok...and enough...I want to see the new challenge

[h2k1]

Think this is your best entry HK.. Very nice..

thank you a lot!!!

[ajcgi]

Hell has cookies? Brill. :evil:

Yeah I reckon 1 week's enough for this too. Though it is quite a challenge coming up with a compelling image of a staircase, being a modelling challenge it's not too tricky.

[Arsmo]

Hi guys! My first post to the forums.
Decided to go with mr. Organic a.k.a Ross Lovegrove design.

[Neil_F01]

nice think that is one of the better entries so far.. there arsmo... although i wouldn't tell the others that.. they might get jelous or something... lol...

[Old_Nick]

1 week is ok...and enough...I want to see the new challenge

I need to hurry up !

btw. great fire stairs. Very nice textures.

[Neil_F01]

The entries this week are outstanding guys!

And because they are such a success this will run for 2 weeks now guys! :)


CG.

I don't know about the two weeks, i mean i seriously dont think i can be bothered to make another staircase... i was kinda looking forward to doing the next event.. whatever that is...

still i am unsure how or when the verdicts of previous weeks happens... I mean you don't do what they do in the sculpting challenges where everyone picks the winner and you total up the votes and ta da... (such a cool system)..


but anyway...
:dance:

[Psycho Mantis]

I agree, that we had cool entries here, but for me i can say, another topic would be great. a stair is a stair.. not much room for interpretation. i´d like something "fantastic" - where you can go extreme.

[H2O-3DT]

The subject will run for 2 weeks.
I have to disagree that the subject is limited, stairs are wonderfully varied and different. Keep in mind that stairs are there to solve a specific problem, and they have to solve it not only technically, but also esthetically.
But at the same time, beautiful design does not mean that the stairs are comfortable to walk up or down, and that is important :)



Cheers
H2O.

[h2k1]

come on, why 2 weeks?

[BikerNut]

Woooo! I can relax a little now and take more time preparing a couple more entries. :smug:

[Real 3D]

wat? another week? i seriously dont think so....i think we should move on now man!!!!
why throw such a thing at us most of us dont want to model? :(

[Old_Nick]

Here's my entry. A spiral staircase.

[Aleg8r]

Entry 2

[BikerNut]

why throw such a thing at us most of us dont want to model? :(

Seems your outvoted by the amount of models still coming in. :smug: Besides, it may give the mods more time to judge some more past comps?

[Ferry P]

a new entry from me :) :)

Heaven means fresh air :p

[h2k1]

awesome entry EF_...beautiful!!!!

[Psycho Mantis]

Another one from me. If you are not familiar with Baron Muenchhausen:Click Me, I´m a Wikipedialink (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Muenchhausen)

Enjoy.

[Neil_F01]

yeah well two weeks seems weird... i think in all honesty we've just had the winning entry.. nice going EF.. love it..

[BikerNut]

It's not over until the fat lady sings. :smug: I think they are judged purely on the modelling, not the beauty render. Some damn fine entries so far.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

OK sorry to mess you all about guys, but we've had another chat and this will end tonight :) As much as we've loved the entries this week, it might have been pushing it for 2, so tonight we will end this one ok.

I jumped the gun extending it yesterday, so my apologies for that, it's my fault I should have waited a little bit.

Sorry but I can assure you the next SMC will get you really excited.........shhhh......can't tell you anymore now............will find out tonight he he he :)

Kind Regards

CG.

[Psycho Mantis]

bikernut - the fat lady is only waiting for you. get going... want to see something from you.

@classicgamer. yehaaaaw! - and damn - now i have to wait until tomorrow morning....i´m so excited.

[BikerNut]

bikernut - the fat lady is only waiting for you. get going... want to see something from you.

@classicgamer. yehaaaaw! - and damn - now i have to wait until tomorrow morning....i´m so excited.


Ah shucks. No chance of another one from me now. Never mind, next challenge! Wooot. I won't have time to finish me entry so if anyone has time today I was making one of those trucks you get at airports with the stairs on top for the planes. Only my stairs went pretty high into the clouds. Weird idea I know.........:dunno:

[Neil_F01]

:!!!:Well i know we are not judging, and the fact that the competition is not over but nearly.. i thought i'd write out my thoughts on the running order...

1# - EF
2# - Spm3d
3# - Asrmo

Runners

4# - Murda
5# - Real3d

mentions - H2k - (most entries. :cool:)

But in truth there are a sod load of great entries.. so i pity the judges job... :D

[Sunrise]

Just for fun :) What's a stairway to heaven without one to hell?

Great entries all, very inspiring.

[BaZe]

Here's one from me! Not a exactly a stairway, but it has a Cookie-heaven! *mjom mjom* :dance:

[Ferry P]

:!!!:Well i know we are not judging, and the fact that the competition is not over but nearly.. i thought i'd write out my thoughts on the running order...

1# - EF
2# - Spm3d
3# - Asrmo

Runners

4# - Murda
5# - Real3d

mentions - H2k - (most entries. :cool:)

But in truth there are a sod load of great entries.. so i pity the judges job... :D

Thanks man! Really appreciated!
To all mods: let Neil do the judgements haha ;)

[Psycho Mantis]

@baze - nice idea, and cute scene, but trust me - there are no cookies in heaven. serious!

ef - yeah - congrats from me too - i think you did it this time. :)

[Ferry P]

@baze - nice idea, and cute scene, but trust me - there are no cookies in heaven. serious!

ef - yeah - congrats from me too - i think you did it this time. :)

Im still hoping I will win SMC33 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60245&page=3) and SMC35 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60733&page=8) aswell haha


How'bout a voting system? So that the mods don't have to judge them all, just let the participators do the judgement.

[Neil_F01]

Im still hoping I will win SMC33 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60245&page=3) and SMC35 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60733&page=8) aswell haha


How'bout a voting system? So that the mods don't have to judge them all, just let the participators do the judgement.



i agree here - as they do that in the speed scultping challenge and competitors always seem to have the results back by the end of the week that they challenge was in.. it certainly would make the mods lives easier.. unless they get a real kick out of being the ones who make the final decision.. in that case this is probably a right offensive statement.. huh.. lol..
:evil:

[Real 3D]

Seems your outvoted by the amount of models still coming in. :smug: Besides, it may give the mods more time to judge some more past comps?

Ya....but still........:dunno:

[BikerNut]

Ya....but still........:dunno:

Well I got outvoted in the end so you get your wish and I have to go home and cry over my half finished 2nd entry that will never see the light of day.

Oh the horror.

:evil:

I've had my funny pills today, or maybe just too much coffee! :dunno:

[Psycho Mantis]

there are some hours left.. at least post your wip. i cant go to bed and sleep tight, when i know that bikernut is unhappy.

[BikerNut]

there are some hours left.. at least post your wip. i cant go to bed and sleep tight, when i know that bikernut is unhappy.


Still at work. Won't get home till past the deadline. LIke I said.....oh the horror! :hurt:

Hehe. I'm not fussed at all, I'm excited about the next challenge though.

[Psycho Mantis]

*pheeew*

[BikerNut]

*pheeew*

Hey, you poking fun at me??? Hmmmmmm?? :smug:

[E2max007]

Hi, so much nice stairs arround! all u guys good job

wel i finish mine, but my skills arent that good

any way here its, comments are welcome :D

[Psycho Mantis]

nothing to be ashamed of. this looks pretty like ingame graphics, so - thumbs up. well done, and lighting in the lower right is very cool.

[Oltskul]

oh c**p...render time is **c*ing long :(

[Psycho Mantis]

post a wire and the clay, edit in the colored render later.

[Oltskul]

post a wire and the clay, edit in the colored render later.
is clayrender nesesary?
i don´t thk so:)
so, thinks are prepaired :D

[Psycho Mantis]

nope its not. the only thing that is necessary is the lowpoly mesh. i just waned to mention,that a clay render - or just a smoothed untextured render is done in seconds. just to show something to the impatient audience :D

[Oltskul]

sooo here it is :D i hope, iam still in time :)125522

[BikerNut]

Woah dude, awesome render. Good work!!

[H2O-3DT]

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

[Oltskul]

iam looking forward!

[Allegro]

I wish I had more time to participate in these things :-(

But WOW. There's some really nice ones in here! Good job!

[Real 3D]

Im still hoping I will win SMC33 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60245&page=3) and SMC35 [LINK] (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=60733&page=8) aswell haha


How'bout a voting system? So that the mods don't have to judge them all, just let the participators do the judgement.

well that would somewhat makes a MOD's job rendered useless....i think.

[Ferry P]

well that would somewhat makes a MOD's job rendered useless....i think.

...which will result in faster judgements.

And I think it's more fair...one mod's opinion or all the SMC participating member opinions combined...what would you prefer?

[Psycho Mantis]

i think this is a good method. for me, these challenges are fun and education - the price itself is less important to me. but getting good critics from all you others means a lot, so i would like to have users-rank-users system. or a dual system - so the mods can also post their judging. i´d be fine with that.

[Ferry P]

i think this is a good method. for me, these challenges are fun and education - the price itself is less important to me. but getting good critics from all you others means a lot, so i would like to have users-rank-users system. or a dual system - so the mods can also post their judging. i´d be fine with that.

are there prices involved?
I just thought it's just for a cute little symbol under your username :p

[Psycho Mantis]

oh yeah you´re right.. i don´t read the rules anymore, but remember an smc, where there ´ve been prices. thougth it was still this way :D

jusst checked that - you´re right - no "physical" price. anyway - honor is all that counts :)

[noyb]

i think this is a good method. for me, these challenges are fun and education - the price itself is less important to me. but getting good critics from all you others means a lot, so i would like to have users-rank-users system. or a dual system - so the mods can also post their judging. i´d be fine with that.


One issue that has come up repeatedly with a user voting system is:
Would people vote for the best modeling or just vote for what they think looks coolest - they are not always the same.
It is not like other challenges that are more art and composition based, where technique becomes just a tool. The smcs are primarily about how well something is modeled - it may be difficult to get voting to go this direction.
Having set judges should eliminate this bias

...However, maybe it is time for a change - perhaps have a mod post all that aren't dq and have members + mods vote

Either way, these smcs are just fun for me - it's never been about the prize (although I would like a gold stopwatch for week 53 and 100 :roll:)

[E2max007]

nothing to be ashamed of. this looks pretty like ingame graphics, so - thumbs up. well done, and lighting in the lower right is very cool.

Thanks Psycho, you made my day :P

[H2O-3DT]

Results!

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1st place
spm3d (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=665869&postcount=71)

2nd place
Nocturn8 (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=665624&postcount=38)

3rd place
Old_Nick (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=666420&postcount=133)



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!

Don't forget to claim your Stop watch SMC award. http://forums.3dtotal.com/awards.php
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[Psycho Mantis]

My congratulations to the winners.:wave:

[hammering3D]

Congrats to all the winners, very nice entry's

[Neil_F01]

nice one, congrats people

[NeXt 0ne]

Congrats from me. :dance: