Creature of Legend ( Nudity )

[Freespace-3DT]

Myths and Legends: Creature of Legend

Welcome to the Twentieth Speed Sculpting Challenge, and the first edition of a new, empowered breed of Sculpting Challenges. Whether you're new to sculpting, to the Threedy forums, or you're a seasoned veteran, come and join in on the Sculpting madness – there's plenty of fun and learning to be had by all!

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1. The competition will run until the 30th of November 2009, 12:00 PM GMT+0 (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/)); the time between now and then will be allocated to creating and submitting the entries, followed by several days of judging and voting for the entries – at which point the next competition should start.

2. You will be supplying your own base mesh for the competition, from which you will start sculpting. You can create your base mesh in any application ( 3dsmax, Maya, XSI, Cinema4D, Zspheres in Zbrush, etc ) using any technique, with no limits. Do not use an already made base mesh, you must build it specifically for this challenge.

3. There is a fixed time limit for your sculpting. Do not exceed the time limit, it is part of the challenge.

4. Do not add any meshes other than those sanctioned in this competition brief.

5. You will have to supply a wireframe screenshot of your base mesh/meshes along with your final entry image ( see rule 7 ).

6. No rendering, texturing, lighting or rigging – let's keep it all about the high-res sculpt! What we are looking for is the quality of the sculpt you can produce. If your entry is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognizable and on topic.

7. For your final entry, post a screen-grab from your software with your finished work in it, along with your screenshot of the base meshes used ( see rule 5 ). It's fine to present this stuff nicely, with nice labeling etc., but do not add any post-production to the images themselves. These images must be uploaded to our servers by using the "Manage Attachments" button on the forum reply page. Do not link to external image 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.

8. You can create multiple sculpts, but you can have only one final entry for each competition.

9. Do not create your own WIP thread. Simply post all WIP screen-grabs in here and your FINAL entry in the Final Submissions thread.

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

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Time limit: 10 hours

Start Date: 2nd November 2009

Deadline: 30th November 2009, 12:00 PM GMT+0 (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/))

Subject: Creature of Legend


It is indeed a glorious time for the Sculpting Challenge, as we transcend into a new era for 3DTotal and for the challenges themselves. Starting this month, there will be a global overall theme that each challenge type will conform to for content or philosophy.

For us sculpters, The Creature of Legend series continues. However, this time it is your choice which legendary creature you wish to create. For a comprehensive list of such fantastic creatures, click here. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures)

There is no limit on the number of basemeshes, just on the time you spend on them and the sculpt itself ( which is plentiful at 10 hours ). To give justice to your creature of myth and legend you can now take more time to perfect it to the finest detail.

You can choose a realistic style for your sculpt, but you can also try your hand at a stylized version as well. You can do a head or a bust, but a full body sculpt is extremely recommended.

Very important note:
Let's try this out:
Download the free application CamStudio here (http://camstudio.org/), and record your progress on the sculpt ( set it to save about one frame per second ). You will not have to display it to the public, only to the judges in case you qualify in the top three. Of course, you don't need to complete the whole sculpt in one sitting, so just resume recording whenever you return to the sculpt ( multiple video recording files are acceptable ). Feedback on this idea is welcome!

Please read all the rules and brief carefully. If there are any further questions, ask and they shall be answered.

[hardtack]

wow those are some generous and amazing parameters for a sculpting challenge. the final entries on this challenge will probably be mind blowing. i might actually be able to properly finish a sculpt this time. lol

[AG3D]

These entries will be amazing!
It will be my first entry since DW4.

Do you have any great idea of which creature you will do?!?

[rocneasta]

i think these challenges will bring all kinds of human creatures that are going to participate :) hahaha

[jomuller11]

Awsome.... I'm very ansious to see what you are going to do with this challenge
best of luck to all!!!!

PS: Loving the new Forum design!

[3dhorus]

First of all ... Congratulations on the new forum .

Very Good and Fair the New Rules .... though I prefer the Base Mesh coming from you .

on the video record , would use the same process one frame per second within Zbrush ??? Run another soft for me would be Heavy ... my machine is weak .

Hugs !!!

[Freespace-3DT]

3dhorus: Or 1 frame per 10 seconds, however is best fro you. The idea is that the judges will see you actually spent the amount of time within rules, if you get in the top 3. These are some big prizes, after all :D

If I had supplied the base mesh, you wouldn't have the freedom to choose any creature of legend you want.

[goast666]

I'm game.

Freespace - if we have another screencap software is that okay to use. I'm going to say yes as being able to see the video, not how it was created is the important part.

So basically disregard this I suppose

[Freespace-3DT]

Certainly, use any capture program you want. I simply recommended CamStudio because it's free.

[Tom-3DT]

The issue with recording your work is an experimental idea for this comp, we need to work out between us what works best and if it is even feasible and doesn't affect the enjoyment of the comps in any way, so we are really after your feedback.

I did some quick tests with camstudio, and was trying to find a way of recording a small file, that uses little memory and doesn't distract in any way. Remember your not making a video tutorial here, just some rough guide that you worked to the brief.

I have only played with camstudio for about 20 mins but so far I found these settings worked best.

options>video options
cinepak codec (but then i didnt really test the others)
Set key frame every '50'(not sure about this one)
capture frames every '1000' milliseconds
playback rate '1' frame/second

Region
fixed region
untick 'fixed top left corner'
width 200 pixels
height 200 pixels

options>program options
tick 'hide flashing rectangle when recording'

options>autopan speed
set to max (200)

If people get chance to play with this more then please post your recommendations on settings. Remember the goal is just to see very roughly/simply how you worked for the set time period, it's ok if your techniques/details are not that clear, hence you can just record a 200x200 window that follows the cursor, at just 1 frame per second.

I haven't even had chance to record doing any work with this yet either, I just hot reocrd and moved windows around my desktop for 30 secs, so if someone could post a few minutes of sculpting recording in this way, that would be great for us to check out also.

Many thanks in advance for helping us out with this one.

Tom

[Vancross]

This is some awesome stuff! I don't know about recording the stuff though. Making things too much of a pain or complicated like that usually keeps me away. And the video can always be faked just as easily as images since thats exactly what video is. Also I am on a Mac and camstudio is not :(

I also like it when the base meshes are supplied. You could always have options; like a humanoid base mesh as well as a quadruped. I see how it is better to be able to make your own though.

[Freespace-3DT]

Vancross, I really didn't want to make entering the challenge a pain, but we figured we'd try this out and see how it works out. Besides, if you're on Mac, I'm certain there's some other software for this. ( maybe this: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/ ? )

If it still doesn't work for you, go ahead and sculpt anyway. We're trying this out and seeing how people react to it. Would be a shame not to enter the contest. :)

[AG3D]

By Mythical creature, can we do Seraphim or something like that, or a creature must be a beast or an animal from fiction?

can it be a humanoid shape?

[maxtx]

Hello everyone! I love the new format, like the rules of recording videos I beem more just so, so hope to get up in my work I will participate more in this competition, congratulations to the organizers to encourage above all the practice of modeling! Thank you all!!

My model will be the Griffin (griffon or gryphon (see below) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are normally known for guarding treasure.[1] In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41028000/jpg/_41028506_gryphon.jpg

http://www.bardwood.com/graphics/gryphon.GIF

[Freespace-3DT]

By Mythical creature, can we do Seraphim or something like that, or a creature must be a beast or an animal from fiction?

can it be a humanoid shape?

Sounds good.

[berendey]

Hi everyone. It's my quick concept of cartoon mermaid (RUSALKA). base mesh done with Zspheres. 3.5 hours.
hope you like it :)

[hulahuga]

The thing about supplying your won base mesh is a good idea when thinking of possibilities. But some people might have a hard time making a good enough base...
So this gives the people who are good modelers an extremely good head start...

Couldn't you guys supply a mesh (or a couple of different ones) with which everyone could enjoy total freedom of using it or not... You should also be able to "fix" the base to your liking before going ahead...

This is what I think would be most fair.. (even though people making more out of the box stuff wouldn't have it quite as easy as the other contestants...)

Edit: great contest idea though!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[netinel]

Hello everyone
My model will be the Сentaur

[Freespace-3DT]

The thing about supplying your won base mesh is a good idea when thinking of possibilities. But some people might have a hard time making a good enough base...
So this gives the people who are good modelers an extremely good head start...

Couldn't you guys supply a mesh (or a couple of different ones) with which everyone could enjoy total freedom of using it or not... You should also be able to "fix" the base to your liking before going ahead...

That's a pretty good idea. But it would give a time advantage to people who choose the supplied mesh, over the people who want to make their own.

[sammuelsama]

Wow really nice challenge, I think we will see a lot of good stuff here soon... I will participate too with my low knowledge :smug:

[hulahuga]

That's a pretty good idea. But it would give a time advantage to people who choose the supplied mesh, over the people who want to make their own.

Yeah exactly. But it's still so that those people are usually pretty good at their particular app... And they could still make modifications of a preexisting mesh...

[goast666]

I love the idea of recording our work sessions by the way. It really helps to ground the pieces. It should also make for some sweet vids to watch the sculpting of the winning pieces! On the other hand it should help to remove the "honesty" part from these comps. I know sometimes I have to stop and think...there is no way that is 4hrs of work. Maybe it's just me though.

Alright, a couple of questions.

Most of my sculpts get a timelapse right in Z already. Would this be a "usable" way to show time on task? I'm asking mainly because that is one less app needed to be open and more RAM getting to go straight to Z.

Also, Can we sculpt on any piece (a box) and retopo post to give us a "base mesh". I mean, I find breaking the two pieces apart (form and function) to be an invaluable asset. By that I mean I work on my sculpt with as little as possible. Basically box modeling stick people or dogs etc. And then sculpting until I have the idea of form and silhouette, then doing a retopo to give me the technical side of the polys so I can get even more out of the mesh.

Since we have 10hrs on this I don't see a problem with taking an hour at the end to retopo. It's basically the same as taking an hour at the start to get a base mesh.

Does that make sense?

[Freespace-3DT]

I love the idea of recording our work sessions by the way. It really helps to ground the pieces. It should also make for some sweet vids to watch the sculpting of the winning pieces! On the other hand it should help to remove the "honesty" part from these comps. I know sometimes I have to stop and think...there is no way that is 4hrs of work. Maybe it's just me though.

Alright, a couple of questions.

Most of my sculpts get a timelapse right in Z already. Would this be a "usable" way to show time on task? I'm asking mainly because that is one less app needed to be open and more RAM getting to go straight to Z.

Also, Can we sculpt on any piece (a box) and retopo post to give us a "base mesh". I mean, I find breaking the two pieces apart (form and function) to be an invaluable asset. By that I mean I work on my sculpt with as little as possible. Basically box modeling stick people or dogs etc. And then sculpting until I have the idea of form and silhouette, then doing a retopo to give me the technical side of the polys so I can get even more out of the mesh.

Since we have 10hrs on this I don't see a problem with taking an hour at the end to retopo. It's basically the same as taking an hour at the start to get a base mesh.

Does that make sense?

Sure, you can use the Zbrush timelapse. It's important for the judges to see the time you spent, in case you reach the top 3. The video itselft will not be released publicly unless you want to - this of course applies to everybody.

Sure, retopo at will. No restrictions on the base mesh here!

[goast666]

woot!

Thanks Freespace!

[DELTATHUND3R]

insanity...by the end of this the amount of bizarre myths and legends characters is gunna be insane.
Love the list you gave us....So hard to choose....Im heading down the giant turtle with world on his back,pheonix or pegasus...shortening the list lol.
Maxtx=awsome choice you have agreat amount refrence material too really make yours come alive..and the skills:).
berendey=cute mermaid nice start...
very nice challenge good luck to all.

[adio38]

Well, I have been waiting for a competition that interests me to jump in on for my first competition. I think this one will be it. So Im in. Good luck to everybody.

[capitan_popo]

OH MAN THIS IS GOING TO ME AMAZING!!!
Was looking at the camstudio website and only found an .exe are there none that I could find that could work on a mac?:xx:

[Freespace-3DT]

OH MAN THIS IS GOING TO ME AMAZING!!!
Was looking at the camstudio website and only found an .exe are there none that I could find that could work on a mac?:xx:

You could try this here: http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/ , or use Zbrush's timelapse function.

[adio38]

I settled on doing a Satyr.

[oriol_bagan]

i,m sculpt a daemonette for slaanesh :dance:

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/laarmadainservible/Ejercitos/culto_slaanesh_images/diablilla1.jpg

http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/laarmadainservible/Ejercitos/culto_slaanesh_images/diablilla4.jpg

[capitan_popo]

Awesome, thanx FREESPACE, Worked like a charm, now have to see what I am going to sculpt:drool:

[CHAO5]

wow verry cool challenge and prices, awesome. I'm game!

Here is my idea. "Visara, the Dreadful" an "magic the gathering", black legendary creature. One of my favorite creature

[mastein]

Is there any mesh/subtool limit?

[goast666]

Is there any mesh/subtool limit?

Nope. Free range. As far as i can tell the only real guidelines are it has to be a "creature of legend" and you have 10hrs.

[mastein]

hmmm and do you know if we have to create a legend and a creature? or we can get a existing legend?

[goast666]

hmmm and do you know if we have to create a legend and a creature? or we can get a existing legend?

I believe we can't make up the legend. If I am reading the brief correctly that is, but I could be wrong on this point. I would wait for FreeSpace to let you know about that.

[goast666]

Freespace - we can change the creature to fit out tastes correct? Say, a cybernetic cyclops? I don't want to do that, but I do want to change the creature to be a bit different than it is actually written to be.

I would like to do the chimera but I want to change it from a snake, lioness, and goat. I want to throw a bit of dragon in there as well.

You're not a style or design Nazi so I figure this is okay but we should always ask the art director before going to far forward I suppose.

[mastein]

thx goast!
lets wait freespace answer

[Freespace-3DT]

mastein: No limit on meshes this time. You can use over 9000 of 'em. :D :D

goast: Hahah, style Nazi. ;P Sure you can have design freedom with your chimera, but I wouldn't encourage sci-fi twists in there ( since you mentioned that hypothetical cyberclops; I know what you want to do, but I'm just throwing this idea for everyone - this is a fantasty theme ). It's about legends and myth.

[Shuggie]

Cool subject, I've decided to sculpt a Yeti, here is my concept sketch, should be fun :)

http://www.3daspect.com/Yetisketchb.jpg

[Victor22]

Ow man its really a goooooooooooood theme

I wait have time to join in it

[redonix76]

Hey Guys, I really want to do this contest and the low poly contest. Since the low poly needs more time, I will concentrate on that one first then jump back on this one since it's only 10 hours long.

My creature will be Grendel. I will post concepts once I have it. Thanks!

[julienN]

i love this challenge, i'll try it, i appreciate the vide.o it's a good thing if there's a time limit with a so big prise.
i hesitate on the creature i'm going to sculpt...
i'll make my choice tonight...

[Victor22]

Well people the list is really very very good and is really hard to chose

I`m Thinking make an Ent (A Humanoid walking Tree) From Norse,Germanic and Celtic mythology or a Triton(Son of Poseidon Half Human, Half Sea creature) from Greek mytology, well so hard to choose :wall:

This Challenge Rocks :dance:

Cheers to All

[mastein]

I think im on it!!
and my choice is..........................
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images-3/loch-ness-monster.jpg

[paulius-st]

i'm in if ill have time angain. :wall: .
my choinse is monotaur. inspired by picture witch brought me from autocad to 3d's max and zbrush. allways wanted to do this creature.
if i'm not mistaking its from this forums contest. and there was a making of of it.

[paulius-st]

so heres 3,5 hours of making base mesh and sculpting(a little slow start :dunno:). and one pic not for the competition. jus curious how it should look after a basic render plus few ajustments in cs.

[Freespace-3DT]

The horns could do with a more rigid look, I think. Good reference choice, Paulius.

[Teyon]

For my first swing at this, I'm going to go for an Aigamuxa. Here's a quickie reference/concept sketch I did - sorry for the poor quality. I'll start my base mesh/sculpting this weekend.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/aigamuxa.png

[oktow]

i choose kappa from jappanese creature.. 15 minute for zsphere tonight start for sculpt.. still busy now :D CnC are most welcome..
http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo240/oktow/copyof560pxhokusaikappakp3.jpg
http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo240/oktow/Clip-5.jpg

[Teyon]

Started my base mesh.

[goast666]

oktow - nice base.

teyon - nice base as well.

[oktow]

teyon>>nice basemesh bro..
1 hour rough sculpt and ohh i have a problem on some area i will retopology for nice and comfortable base mesh.. ohh i hope can finish on time
C and C are most welcome :D
http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo240/oktow/ZBrushDocument.jpg
http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo240/oktow/mistake.jpg

[Teyon]

Thanks. I just picked up Dragon Age: Origins and have slowed down a bit. I also realized I missed some modeling bits while recording the base mesh creation. Oh well. It's been about an hour and a half into it so far (lots of back tracking).

Oktow, it looks like you're in a good spot to retopo and I like where you're headed. I would have had the posture leaning forward instead of pushing the pelvis out but that's a personal taste thing.

[berendey]

final sculpt. almost 10 hours. there is time only to make a pose :)

[lampshadehead]

Teyon: I've really impressed with your basemesh so far.

berendey: Nice boobs! Seriously, the whole thing is great. I think you did a really good job on that one. Only crits is that the tail fins and the tail just intersect, they don't seem to flow together. Just a minor thing really.

[adio38]

Teyon nice base mesh, how long did that take you to do?

[decosouza]

Another great competition... I'm in!

I chose Glauco.

Glauco was a sea deity whose origins differ in different sources. His best known story is that told by Ovid.

According to this version, Glaucus was a mortal fisherman. Accidentally discovering a magical herb which could bring the fish they caught back to life, decided to try it yourself. After eating the grass, Glaucus became immortal, but also has fins and tail of fish, which force them to live the rest of their lives in water. Although dissatisfied with this side effect, Glauco was received by Oceanus and Tethys with the honors of the deities, of whom learned the art of prophecy.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5453/12246430.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/699/66719031.jpg

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7696/53408130.jpg

[Teyon]

Thanks all for the kindness. Total base build time is just inside two hours. Working from a quick turn around I did helped a ton. Leaves me with 8 hours of sculpting time. Yippee. Decosouza that looks like it's going very well. Looking forward to the final sculpt. So, I didn't do much of anything this weekend but I figure I'll work on it some tonight.

[Teyon]

Realized about 20 minutes in that I hadn't hit the record button. This is about 20 minutes into the sculpt. I am recording the rest of the way using ZBrush's timelapse feature.

[Teyon]

More work. It's moving along pretty fast. Hasn't even been an hour of sculpting yet.

[Sethos21]

The last sculpt challenge I participated in was way back with the real life cartoon challenge. But this one is going to make me brush off the wacom and dive right in. I'm thinking about tackling Ganesha, the four armed elephant....

Ganesha is Vighneshvara or Vighnaraja, the Lord of Obstacles, both of a material and spiritual order. He is popularly worshipped as a remover of obstacles, though traditionally he also places obstacles in the path of those who need to be checked. Paul Courtright says that "his task in the divine scheme of things, his dharma, is to place and remove obstacles. It is his particular territory, the reason for his creation."

[polysmooth]

Been A while since I was on the forums...I think it's time to dive back in. I'm doing a dark imp. Got my basemesh pretty much work out in a z-sketch. Took about ten minutes so far. I tried recording but it was a pain so I'm not bothering with it, hope my entry will still count.

[Teyon]

I like the ZSphere layout Polysmooth. I really need to practice more with those.

Sorry for the crap quality. I didn't realize I had to set a slider to up the res. Recorded at 1 frame per second in Zbrush exported out at the same speed. Next one will be better. Still lots to do on the model.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/th_Sculpting_Aigamuxa_001a.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/?action=view&current=Sculpting_Aigamuxa_001a.flv)

[Teyon]

Nearly done.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/Aigamuxa_sculpt_near_final.jpg

Decided to try the Camstudio thing and while that was better quality than my previous attempt, the window didn't adjust to my cursor position, so much of what I was doing wasn't visible.
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/th_Sculpting_Aigamuxa_002b.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/?action=view&current=Sculpting_Aigamuxa_002b.flv)

[berendey]

lampshadehead thx! i try to fix it.

Teyon well done! but legs seem shorter.

[ilya.kachura]

Hi.
I'm making a vampire-girl. Here's the result after 2 hours of hard work. )

[Teyon]

Teyon well done! but legs seem shorter.


Thanks. The legs are short on purpose. I wanted to make it easier for him to see while at the same time giving him a misshapen feeling. human-like but not human. That said, I did feel like his buttocks was too low, so I raised that up as you can see in this shot:
http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/aigamuxa_sculpt_turn1.jpg

That's what i was doing for the first part of the new video I posted, where the camera didn't move much.


In order to see, he must either grab a foot and lift it up or get down on his hands and knees so he can stick his foot out. His eyes are on his instep.

ilya.kachura, that's some nice sculpting. The outfit is starting to look a bit futuristic to me but hey, who says Vamps don't exist in the future? :) Keep going!

[ilya.kachura]

I can't imagine the future without vampires! )))

[Teyon]

Crap. put the eye in the wrong place, didn't I?

Edit: Oh hey! That's coming along great. Didn't realize you'd posted again. Me likey.

[3Gkamal]

Hi i am new here can anybody help me in choosing the legend. I dont know where to look in. if any body can provide a link or reference website where i can select my character.

thanks, please help me guys i really wanted to participate in this competition.

[Rsantiago]

Hi i am new here can anybody help me in choosing the legend. I dont know where to look in. if any body can provide a link or reference website where i can select my character.

thanks, please help me guys i really wanted to participate in this competition.

Hi 3Gkamal, there's a creature wiki link on the very first post in this thread by the moderator. It is under "The Brief". They are mostly descriptions and should be enough to allow your imagination take over. GL to you.

[ilya.kachura]

For 3Gkamal
http://images.google.ru/images?hl=ru&newwindow=1&q=capcom&lr=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[3Gkamal]

Thank you Rsantiago and ilya.kachura.. i will look in this and hopefully get back as soon as possible.

[Teyon]

Okay, I'm going to call the actual sculpting done but I have to put him in a pose, so there may be some minor clean up to do after that. Can't put him in the pose I wanted (holding his foot out by one hand and leaning on a weapon with the other). The eye position wouldn't make sense for that unless the person he was chasing was behind him. So I think I'll do something else. All told, it's been about 6 hours (maybe a little less but that's a nice round number) from start to finish so I've still got 4 hours to go. Think I may be able to make a base in that time to aid in the posing.



http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/th_Aigamuxa_Finshed.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z238/the_3dartist/?action=view&current=Aigamuxa_Finshed.flv)

[bannino]

hi i am new to the forum and it is my first time to join a competion online wish you all good luck. i have shosen centaur and here is my base mesh

[Teyon]

Very nice base mesh!

[3dlight]

Hi i Like this character I love draw such this character
http://www12.0zz0.com/2009/11/09/18/777220502.jpg

[berendey]

this is final pose. time is over :)

[Freespace-3DT]

How very fast some of you are, already finishing your sculpts.

Everyone should submit their final work here in the final submission thread (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=748510).

[Manuel Poehlau]

Hi there,

Great challenge, I think I will have to join! Some nice entries have already been posted : )

[Teyon]

I think I may try my hand at one more character and then decide which to enter.

[Freespace-3DT]

I think I may try my hand at one more character and then decide which to enter.

No hurry, take your time and produce the best art you can.

[Lynette-3dt]

it's great to see new forum members competing, welcome to you all :)

[aby arty]

we can make are own legends or we have to follow arleady existing non existing ones?

[Teyon]

I can't speak for the staff but I personally think it best to use established mythological creatures (there's hundreds if not thousands) to pick from. I'm sure there's one you can work with/get an idea for. I could be wrong though...

[aby arty]

u r right.
i cant find the link to the myth pedia, whr is it?

[berendey]

maybe this ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures

[Freespace-3DT]

It would be a good idea to choose from the list of legends in the brief.

[gfxengine]

Great work till now guyz keep it up :D

[mastein]

i´m going for a Dragon now
hope i can do a good sculpt.
This is the basemesh, made in 20 minutes

[paulius-st]

good works guys.
freespace - if i'll have enough time ill fix the horns .
heres some progres. 2 hours more

[BARON3D]

Hello guys :wave:Im making the Tsuchigumo.Good luck to all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchigumo

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/Kuniyoshi_Tsuchigumo.jpg

[scottimation]

Hey everyone, I am going to try and model the Chimera for this challenge. In the sketching stage right now, hope to dive into 3d soon.

[lampshadehead]

bannino: Very nice basse mesh.

[Hetfield]

Here are my first 40min. Rock golem:)

[Belal Saeed]

Almost 30 minutes from the basemesh.
Hope i can finish it on time!
Updates soon!

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy322/BelalSaeed/Adaro_01.jpg

[ilya.kachura]

Hi)
I've started with a brand new character "wolverine", cause I hadn't made a video for my first model "vampire".
This work was done in 4 and a half hours, I still have over 6 hours to go, which I'm going to split into the following stages:
1) torso - 2 hours
2) arms - 2 hours
3) legs - 2 hours
If I could finish earlier, I'll pose a character in some interesting way )))

[bannino]

I am pleased that you like my base mesh. hope you will like my final.
I have a problem with recording video is it a problem
Belal what are you designing? is it mermaid?

[aby arty]

It would be a good idea to choose from the list of legends in the brief.

in the brief where?

[bannino]

ilya.kachura: i realy like the head waiting to see your final

[FricoRico]

This is my very first post on the forum, been around here for a while browsing through peoples stuff, but never had the gut to show my own skills in a challenge.

Well here it goes:

I'm going to make a Pukwudgie, this is a tiny troll that is infamous in Native Armerica. People claim to have seen them a couple of times, they can use magic (like casting fireballs) and use spears to poke people with :crazy:. He's not a big fellow either about 2 to 3 foot tall. More on the story about Pukwudgie's can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pukwudgie

I'm making him a bit more Lord of the Rings stylish trolls. Almost like Orcs if you ask me. I hope you guys like what I've done so far, gone pretty wild with it giving him some clothing and weapons too:

http://www.cockroach-designs.com/pukwudgie/Orc_Total_Wireframe.jpg

http://www.cockroach-designs.com/pukwudgie/Orc_Face+Shoulder_Wireframe.jpg

http://www.cockroach-designs.com/pukwudgie/Orc_Torso+Feet_Wireframe.jpg

Time spend so far:
Basemesh: About 3.5 hours

[ilya.kachura]

Thank you bannino))

[Freespace-3DT]

in the brief where?

The brief that the challenge starts with and that everyone should read before joining up, as always: here (http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=746693&postcount=1)

[Belal Saeed]

ilya.kachura : thanks a lot man :)
1 hour working on it. Still need a lot of work.....

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy322/BelalSaeed/Adaro_03.jpg

Thanks.

-Belal

[Fredddy]

I must say there are some great sculpts going on.
I'm always impressed with the sculpting challenges and thought I would give it a try.
I've always planned on trying to do a werewolf so now is as good a time as any.
As you can see, I'm not much of an organic modeller.
Built a simple base mesh in Max and 40 minutes in zbrush.

[paulius-st]

heres some progres. not much but half work done. left to do a pose, some hair and a pjedestal. aded some versacci belt and armani logo on the shoulder armor. should give some style to my little bull :)

[mastein]

Hey guys!
Cool stuffs around here!

This is my update
4 hours of sculpt till now. My zbrush just closed after i saved the image, so unfortunettely i lost the 4th Hour timelapse video :(.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2eyg9wg.jpg

[Victor22]

Hi all, really cool stuffs here

So How I've said I'm Going to do a Triton Son of Poseidon from greek mithology, so here the first sketch of the creature
I Wait u enjoy it

Thanx

[maxtx]

Hello to all! Fantastic work here!
My base mesh took 45 minutes to be done, I post all the videos, I'll break it into four parts to put on youtube because only allow videos of 10 minutes! following updates:

http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8881/base2f.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4797/base.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF2sJ6bzJFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKxoQPCio84

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WmQt-cQmhg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm753bH-534

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHhJMIm2REM

[maxtx]

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/2434/gryphon2.jpg

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2569/gryphon.jpg

[delavega]

- mastein; good start on your dragon man

I'll be doing a Faun. Here's the base for now, nothing fancy. I just modified the basemesh I usually use for full body sculpts, so it took me only 30 mins of work. Will start sculpting this weekend. Cheers all!

http://i.imagehost.org/0128/Faun_base.jpg

[Teyon]

Cool stuff gang! Keep 'em coming.

Is altering a pre-existing mesh for the challenge acceptable?

[chris_solo]

oO!
mastein, coOl dragon
maxtx! love your work :) !!!

[Belal Saeed]

Hey guys, great works all!!

update

http://www.ahmedmax.com/belal/image/Adaro_04.jpg

[Fredddy]

I have a quick question.
I am starting my werewolf again because I didn't read the brief properly. doh!
I didn't record any progress.
Anyway, I just tried camstudio and am getting some huge .avi files.
What would be the best settings to use in camstudio?

[Freespace-3DT]

Cool stuff gang! Keep 'em coming.

Is altering a pre-existing mesh for the challenge acceptable?

You need to build it specifically for this challenge. But you could have your preexisting mesh next to it for reference while you do it.

I have a quick question.
I am starting my werewolf again because I didn't read the brief properly. doh!
I didn't record any progress.
Anyway, I just tried camstudio and am getting some huge .avi files.
What would be the best settings to use in camstudio?

Hold on, there. Recording would be recommended, but we're still trying this out ( some people are annoyed by it; others neglect to read the whole brief; etc ), so it's not compulsory.

Also, Tom gave out some suggestions on using Camstudio, here:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showpost.php?p=746831&postcount=10

[Fredddy]

Thanks Freespace.
It's not big deal for me starting again, I wasn't happy with the base mesh anyhow.
I can see why i'm getting huge files, I didn't change the codec, it was set to microsoft video 1.
I think it's a good idea to record your own progress.
If, like me your new to sculpting, you can use it to look back and see how your own sculpting has improved.

[ilya.kachura]

I have 2 hours left, can anyone advise me what parts of the model should be tweaked or altered, please?

[Maxter1]

Hey guys! some cool sculpts going on so far. Here is something I did yesterday and it took about of 40 min. Just testing the camstudio software;)

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/Maxter_album/th_yeti1.jpg (http://s298.photobucket.com/albums/mm262/Maxter_album/?action=view&current=yeti1.flv)

[ilya.kachura]

I'm ready with video. But it has a huge size (1.5 Gb). Can I reconvert it in lower quality and speed it up to shrink the size of video file? And where should I uploade it?

[Freespace-3DT]

ilya.kachura: Great job! In the remaining hours, you could fine tune the hair on the hands and arms ( give it more volume ). Another thing would be to break the symmetry with small details like scars and damage, or a slightly differently shaped muscle ( in the abdomenal area for example )

As for the video, you can certainly convert to something smaller, and you can upload it to sites like Vimeo or Youtube.

[ilya.kachura]

All my work was screencaptured, and according to its timing I still have 5 hours out of 10! Great!

[ilya.kachura]

Thanks Freespace.

[Dack]

Ive been watching the fourms trying to decide what I am going to make ive never done a sculpting challenge before so Im hoping I dont suck too badly.
Ive pick a Cimera since I figured it would be fun and challenging. This picture was the best one I could find. Im a noob at zbrush so please feel free to give me tips on my anatomy or anything you guys think will help improve the monster.Ill start putting together a style sheet and modeling over the weekend. I look forward to starting and wish everyone the best of luck.

[ilya.kachura]

)))

[Dack]

Thats a much cooler pic I forgot to check my DnD books lol
thanks alot!

[Dack]

I have a bunch a questions about how to go about modeling my monster.
I feel confortable sculting in zbrush but I find zshperes a pain to use. I would like to be able to make the whole thing in zbrush but im not sure about how it would work if I model wings a tail and three heads my computer has problems displying stuff when im on level 6.

Do I need to model these parts then cut them off?
Is there a way to hide bodyparts or selcetions while working in zbrush like in mudbox?
Should I just make te base mesh in 3dsmax and import them in pieces?
And last question is I want to have all three faces roaring or snarling so as far as making a touge and teeth what would be best make in zbrush or before? And what would be faster?:???:
Thanks ahead for anyones help.

[bannino]

Finaly i have finished the centaur hope you like it. any how i shall begin a new model i think it will be Al Borak (winged horse) hope i will find time to do it

[berendey]

ilya.kachura looks cool!!!

bannino well done)
but i think that with such large triceps and shoulder forearm and wrist are too thin :)

[Freespace-3DT]

ilya.kachura: In the voting for the sculpting challenge 19, please specify 3 choices, not just two. Thanks :)

[ilya.kachura]

thanks - berendey
ok - Freespace

[lampshadehead]

bannino: Looks great! Only crit is that the end of the tail looks too round

[ilya.kachura]

http://www.vimeo.com/7604669

[dPunisher]

ilya.kachura wow.. great model.. how about giving it a attacking pose?

[Teyon]

You need to build it specifically for this challenge. But you could have your preexisting mesh next to it for reference while you do it.


Thanks. I''m already aware, I just wanted to make sure everyone else was. ;)

[bannino]

berendey thanks for your comments. some very mussle guys have a very small wrist, may be you are right i have inflated the size little bit. thanks for your help as some times i need another eyes to see what i can't see

lampshadehead thanks. but what is the meaning of "crit" sorry for my bad english

[Fredddy]

Progress so far.
Altered my original base mesh and started again in zbrush.
1 1/2 hours on the base mesh and 1 hour sculpting so far.

[bibouik]

hello everyone

Hello I began the legendary Kraken, destroyer of ship
http://fousolitaire.com/images/stories/mythologie/kraken.jpg

good luck to all

[Maxter1]

+1 hour

[Belal Saeed]

Hey ilya.kachura, nice model man!

new Update
now i'm working on the hand cause it need more work

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy322/BelalSaeed/Adaro_05.jpg

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy322/BelalSaeed/Adaro_06.jpg

[bannino]

i start modeling al buraq arabian creature in few words its a horse with wings and some vergions of it with a head of woman

[Maxter1]

three more hours of work... still have time for the pose and some tweaking ;)

[bryzol]

Hi everyone! Some nice sculpting going on here. I like berendey, ilya.kachura, mastein baninio, teyon and many more! Great base mesh by bibouik!

I've decidet to go with Medusa.
Here are my base meshes and some sculpting. Nothing fancy yet but naked women but I have about 3h left for making snakes on the head and arms pose.
Maybe feet need some work yet but only if I will have enough of time.
Hope you like it.

I don't know if I will be able to show the movie, becouse it is a lot of gigs now, but if I find time I will make it all together and smaller to show on youtube. Unfortunately my recording software crashed during first hour of sculpting so I will not be able to show the whole process :(

[Puckducker]

Fantastic. I haven't done a sculpting challenge in a while and this looks like a great one to jump back in for.

And given it's not often one hears the term Canadian/Algonquian mythical legend, I'm going to try out a Wendigo:

"The Wendigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Wendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and ******. Unclean and suffering from suppuration's of the flesh, the Wendigo gave off a strange and eerie odor of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption."

[Renan Leser]

I will try to model and finish Tiamat! I know it's a very hard model to do in the time given, but I want to increase my skills! I will be doing my basemesh this week, after work.

[Freespace-3DT]

Puckducker! Hahah, long time no see man.

[ilya.kachura]

)

[Freespace-3DT]

Good progress, ilya.kachura

[Steban]

hi, this is my base mesh, i'll try to create a centaur

[3dlight]

hi, this is my base mesh .I love this challenge


http://www5.0zz0.com/2009/11/16/13/905256724.jpg

[BARON3D]

Hello guys I update work 30 minutes for base mash. 6 hours for body.

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/Tsuchigumo01.jpg

Sorry about my English.

[bryzol]

This looks awesome Baron3d! What is it? :)

[scottimation]

Nice organic flow to your modeling Baron3d.

[bannino]

Here is my final bouraq hope you like it

[mastein]

5th hour of sculpt!
Still got 5 hours to work on a pose and more tex details
http://i36.tinypic.com/18zlol.jpg

[Teyon]

Cool dragon! Not sure about the connection between the mid-section and the rib area though. that looks weird.

[BARON3D]

Hi bryzol. Hi scottimation :wave:Thanks for reply guys.Really glad you like it.Here's spider creature.
mastein - Awesome dragon mastein :eek:

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/Kuniyoshi_Tsuchigumo.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchigumo

[Puckducker]

Hey Freespace, yeah it's been a bit!

Here's a quick WIP of the Wendigo. Just an hour or so into it, all the antlers are going to be added as separate sub-tools.

[Dack]

Due to the difficulties I am having with a three headed chimera and this is my first speed sculpt I am modeling a one headed chimera with no wings. This should help me speed up my work flow.Beside there are single head wingless versions of the creature anyways so should be fine. This is my base mesh so far I am 2 hours in took me longer then planned to make the base mesh but oh well I am a noob(lol).

[SR_6274]

Nice base mesh Dack. You might want to round out the legs and tail a bit more and reduce some of the geometry as well. What will happen when you bring it into z-brush with all those extra edges is create a hard surface that will be harder to round out.

Just put a turbosmooth on it if you created it in max and you will see how it will start to look when you increase the sub-d level while sculpting. Right now it will probably look like he has blocks instead of a more natural looking roundness to him.

[bryzol]

Duck, I agree with SR_6274.
Mastein! Very nice dragon, and you still have a lot of time to refine many details! Keep it up!
Here is my final update but I think to try something else. I realy whould like to make King Leonidas, Hope to find more time for this.
Thanks for crits. Hope you like it...

[bryzol]

I just have realized that the challenge theme is "Creatures of legendes" so I have to find something else to sculpt. I don't know why I was thinking that "Myths and legends" is the theme of this chalenge. What a dumbhead I am? :D

[Freespace-3DT]

I just have realized that the challenge theme is "Creatures of legendes" so I have to find something else to sculpt. I don't know why I was thinking that "Myths and legends" is the theme of this chalenge. What a dumbhead I am? :D

I'd say Medusa fits in just fine with that. :)

[Dack]

Here is 2 more hours of work I didn't see the post on the advice about the geometry until now but oh well I'm smoothing things out in z brush anyways.Please let me know on any kind of suggestions. Its not done so I haven't had a chance to really work on the tail,horns,claws and teeth but I will.
Hope you guys like what I did so far had two hours to spare at work I mange to get some of it done but I forgot my tablet at home to had to use my mouse it really sucked and hurt after a while but I did it.:smug:
Thanks again for the advice and help.

[pables]

Wow! Really awesome sculpting in here! Loving that Medusa. I would get petrified but not for looking to here eyes :D

[Lynette-3dt]

Bryzol,

Wiki says: "In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα (Médousa), "guardian, protectress"[1]) was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto..."

I think she serves as a creature of legend :)

[Jabberwock]

amazing sculpt Bryzol.

[bryzol]

Freespace, Lynette! -I know that Medusa is a creature, but I thought to make something more spectacular for this challenge and I mentioned about King Leonidas, who is legendary but definately is not a creature :haha: Probably becouse of my "fantastic" English you've understood me wrong, but thanks for support anyway! :) You both do here fantastc job! By the way, I was lucky that Medusa is a creature becouse as I said before I thought that the theme is a bit different, and before that I was so shure that I can read :)

Pables - thanks, she whouldn't get you petrified for such a compliment :)
Jabberwock -thanks man, I'm happy you like it!

Becouse of being seek, I'm at home for whole week :) so I have a lot of time for sculpting. I've just started another creature: Cyclops, hope you like it, it's near to 2h of work at the moment. Still need some details on the head but I wanted to share my progress. I'm thinking of makeing a torso with hands, I will add legs if I can make it within time limit.
Crits more than welcome!

[Freespace-3DT]

Sorry to hear you're sick, bryzol, but I'm glad you've got time for sculpting. :)

That cyclops is really suffering there. Curious to see the rest of it.

[Steban]

there is another idea

[Freespace-3DT]

there is another idea

Griffin?

[Steban]

it is an Hippogriff

[delavega]

- bryzol; your medusa really looks good man. The pose looks very natural. You should finish it...maybe give the snakes some more detail

- mastein; good work on the dragon

Anyway here's a first update on my faun. Finally found some time to start sculpting...had to start over with the basemesh, so lost some time with that.
Nothing fancy yet, just been blocking out the main forms of the torso and head.

http://i.imagehost.org/0239/Faun_wip_01.jpg

[mastein]

Hey Guys! Thx for the comments!
Some pretty cool works round here ;D

Here is what i´ve got in 8 hours of work.
Hope to have a good idea about what to do with these 2 hours left ;x
http://i48.tinypic.com/15d5ngn.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

it is an Hippogriff

Oh, yes! From Harry Potter.

Anyway here's a first update on my faun. Finally found some time to start sculpting...had to start over with the basemesh, so lost some time with that.
Nothing fancy yet, just been blocking out the main forms of the torso and head.

Good anatomy so far. Are you going to do his legs, too?

Hey Guys! Thx for the comments!
Some pretty cool works round here ;D

Here is what i´ve got in 8 hours of work.
Hope to have a good idea about what to do with these 2 hours left ;x


Wicked! I don't know what to suggest for your remaining two hours. :) Just, rotate around it and enjoy it.

[delavega]

-Freespace-3DT; thanks, and yes I'm doing the full character. More updates soon.

-mastein; Cool update! he looks awesome

[aby arty]

Kyūbi-no-kitsune - a fox with nine tails

i am thnking of doing this , is it ok if refer to images from naruto?

and suggest me how to go about it.

[hardtack]

Ok so i know that someone has already done a medusa but ive been working on this sketch without that knowledge. Although i think my medusa is very different so im going to go ahead and do it anyway. heres the concept image

[Dack]

Your right the other one is way hotter!! But go for it there are a bunch of people doing dragons so it should be fine.

[hardtack]

i agree dack, i definitely went the ugly route. its hard for me to imagine medusa as a pretty woman. all i ever think of is from that old movie clash of the titans

[Dack]

I love that movie I really hope the remake is good the trailer looks pretty action packed so I hope they don't try to hard to make it a 300 knock off and just have a good story.

[mastein]

Hmmm final image maybe?
I stiil got 1 hour left, but i don´t have more ideas to this model.
I got that beautifull Zbrush error several times, so i lost a few videos ;x
Think i got 7 hours recorded, the other 2 are missing...
hope that dont came to be a problem.

I did some color/contrast adjusts in Photoshop.
http://i49.tinypic.com/59wwb6.jpg
Hope you like it!
Good luck everyone!

[mastein]

And here is some other views
;D
http://i49.tinypic.com/v650up.jpg

[bryzol]

Freespace - thanks, I will try to finish my cyclops soon.
delavega -Can't wait to see whole figure of it. The anathomy looks great allready. I'm hapy you like my medusa, I had to delete higher subdivision levels of snakes becouse of memory problems, so I've lost some detail on it, I have fev minutes left for this sculpt, so maybe I can add some quick body deformations to them, the effect of bending and twisting.
hardtack - If it's about me, I do not have nothing agains another medusa here. In fact I will see it with pleasure, especialy when the concept is so different!
mastein - your dragon came out very nice!

[Belal Saeed]

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5087/adaro07.jpg

[scottimation]

Wow, there is some really great stuff going on here. I need to get my butt in gear and start sculpting. Hopefully can start tomorrow.

[chris_solo]

great artists here!!! hmm... I'd like to do this challenge I would see if I have time :(

[delavega]

delavega -Can't wait to see whole figure of it. The anathomy looks great allready. I'm hapy you like my medusa, I had to delete higher subdivision levels of snakes becouse of memory problems, so I've lost some detail on it, I have fev minutes left for this sculpt, so maybe I can add some quick body deformations to them, the effect of bending and twisting.


thanks mate.

Here's an update on the full body. Been sculpting on this character for 4 hours now...so I'm still save with time.Which is good, because everything is still all quite low res until now and still need to sculpt the backside, hands and look for a cool pose.

Some cool work here so far.
cheers
http://i.imagehost.org/0435/Faun_wip_03.jpg

[biano3d]

Hello,
i found in the list the Baba Yaga the witch, make some skecth , 40 m for base mesh, and almost 2 hours in the sculpt.
i start to put the wip videos on you tube for you guys see.
Great works so far, Delavega and Meinstein, congrats guys...
Hasta...

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/biano3d_2007/babayaga-sketch-2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w302/biano3d_2007/babayaga-wip-1.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWQrCa1ScdI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjzd8h-l_rg

[Puckducker]

Awsome looking sculpts so far. Biano3d, love the concept sketch you drew up, looking forward to seeing the final product, you've got a pretty solid start.

Does anyone know, once you've recorded all your commands in zBrush and saved them, how to recall and replay those commands? I was having trouble using camtasia while sculpting, so I'm trying to just save all my commands and then record using camtasia while the commands are replayed by zBrush. Never really tried that before, so I don't know quite how it's supposed to work.

Will hopefully have an update for later tonight.

[adr]

Hi guys!!!
I decide to enter the challenge. I just got some reference to have an a clear idea on what to do. Some interesting entries allready , Good Luck to all.

[Puckducker]

Update. Going to try to do more with the horns/bone, but I'm happy with it at the moment. Still got about 4 more hours of time to go.

[Dack]

Hi here is what I got for my creature of legend so far if anyone can give me some advice or anything that you guys think needs fixing let me know please.
Thanks a lot

[adr]

Some updates working on Zpheres for initial proportions. C&C are very welcome.

[hardtack]

ok here it is finished. busted my hump to finish this in one day. been really crazy but i think it turned out pretty well.

[paulius-st]

cool sculpts every one.
heres mine minotaur. allmost 9 hours of work.

[Dack]

Hey I have a question dose making the stand and posing the character count in the 10 hour time limit. I think the stand dose but I have no idea about posing the character?
If anyone can anwser me that would be great.

[paulius-st]

yes. making pjedestal and posing counts in the 10 hour limit. you just have 10 hours to do what ever you want. for more details http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=70971

[BARON3D]

Hello guys. Here's my update I spend time for legs 1 hour.Total hours 7 hours 30 minutes. Great work everyone.:shy:

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/Tsuchigumo02.jpg

[RMBT]

A New Challenge, woohooo! (bit late to the party).

After having gone through a ton of different creatures I've set my mind on making an ape type creature and would love to make none other than the amazing Sun Wukong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Wukong

After I started I found out I accidently clicked on "japanese" and was forwarded to the legendary creatures from japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan#S

So my question is: does Sun Wukong qualify as a creature of legend?

[Freespace-3DT]

A New Challenge, woohooo! (bit late to the party).

After having gone through a ton of different creatures I've set my mind on making an ape type creature and would love to make none other than the amazing Sun Wukong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Wukong

After I started I found out I accidently clicked on "japanese" and was forwarded to the legendary creatures from japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan#S

So my question is: does Sun Wukong qualify as a creature of legend?

Welcome to the challenge, RMBT!

Sure, the Monkey King sounds fine.

[Darchand]

Here is my entry. I have about 4 hours into it so far including time for the base mesh created with zspheres. I still have a ways to go but I thought I would should some progress and get some input.

On a side note I wasn't able to get cam studio working before I started sculpting but I am not incredibly worried about getting into the top 3.

[goast666]

Well. Here goes my start. I probably wont have time to finish with Thanksgiving and all...but we'll see.

I have no idea what it is. I was going to do a chimera, but I nixed that idea. He will probably end up as a vampire or something of the sort.

30min or messing around so far.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH1QuYnu0WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EpQpca3-1Q

[Dack]

Hey just to be clear about the posing being timed also with the 10 hours dose that include the rigging process becuase rule 6 says no rigging.

6. No rendering, texturing, lighting or rigging – let's keep it all about the high-res sculpt! What we are looking for is the quality of the sculpt you can produce. If your entry is not complete, you can still post as long as it's recognizable and on topic.

I haven't been able to find where it talks about posing the character in the rule yet either I'm not sure if maybe its on a different article or if I'm miss reading something.

Thanks for the help,

[bryzol]

You can pose your character in zbrush without rigging it. It's a part of sculpting process.

[Freespace-3DT]

You can pose your character in zbrush without rigging it. It's a part of sculpting process.

That is correct.

[Dack]

ohhhhh right okay I understand, didn't know there was there a posing tool in zbrush,cool ill mess with it.
Thanks a lot!

[Steban]

i haven´t enough time for sculpting yet, but there is another update, of the hippogriff.
hey, i`m sorry for this question, but where did you all learn how to model and sculpt?, i have just leave the school and i want to know that
thanks

[paulius-st]

steban - as for my self, to sculpt i learned in school and by messing with zbrush, to model i learned in univercitie. but to work with 3d's-max i learned by my self because we were working with cad aplications. and ofcourse lots and lots of hard work . others are learning in coleges, schools where they teach various artists. try the allmighty google. you'll find lots of information about this

[Freespace-3DT]

I learned everything the good old fashioned way: stare at other people's work long enough, then try doing something myself. Repeat. Repeat. By the time I started checking out tutorials, I had learned the basics. But tutorials do help out, if they're the "here's a trick how to" kind of tutorials - the ones that teach a specific thing, that could otherwise take you a long time to figure out.

[bryzol]

I've lernt sculpting in art school and in Fine Art Academy but zbrushing and 3d aplications by my self, watching tons of tutorials almost everyday, if I have a problem I'm looking for a tutorial about it, it's fastest way to learn and you always find somthing more than you were looking for in evrey tutorial. If you are looking for a good zbrush lessons go and see what they've got in zclassRoom. Lots of goods in Gnomon but you have to pay for it and I guess guys from 3dt have a lot of good stuff to buy too.
I agree with Freespace that watching other's works is very important too. This sculpting challenges are great becouse you can see progress of many great sculptors here and learn from them!

[Puckducker]

Latest update on the Wendigo. Got an hour or so left to add some final details, maybe pose him.

Again, asking if anyone knows how to recall the saved zBrush commands so I can replay the sculpt to record with camtasia. When I "load" the command file, nothing happens.

And for Steban, like most other people, I just learned from lots of tutorials and lots of practice. There is such a wealth of zBrush training material out there, usually for free, that you'll trip over it. The important thing is just to take things slow, concentrate on form at the start and slow start to work towards finer and finer details. The biggest mistake you'll see in people who are just learning zBrush is that because they can add the fine details like wrinkles/skin texture/hair, at any time they want, they rush into it and start adding them to their sculpt before they even have the basic shapes down. So it's just about slowly building up your sculpt and developing your own sculpting styles.

[Dack]

I learned how to use 3ds max in school but Ive been using mudbox for a few years and now I just recently got into zbrush. Believe me I know how frustrating it is when u start sculpting something. Your like how the hell do I get started! You probably have a million questions and don't know where to begin that's why u take advantage of forums like this one and invest in dvd's on the topics u want to learn also there are alot of free resources out there u just have to keep googling plus tons of videos on youtube. So that's how I been learning my sculpting skills next to that is practice and more practice.And be sure to find anatomy pictures of anything your going to sculpt in order to make sure your sculpt comes out realistic.

[Christian86]

Hey Puck! That head is rly awesome!

[polysmooth]

Okay, got some sculpting done... I got about 2:30 on the head and 45 min
on the collar....Tried recording but I think some other capture software I have
is messing everything up...oh well. Seen some pretty nice sculpts so far... time to work on the body.

[Steban]

hey guys, thank u, i really appreciate your help, and i will search for tutorials.
there is another update-2 hours of work

[dPunisher]

polysmooth... Nice one.. great details!

[adr]

Hi all.
After 4 Hours of work , here is my Fenrir . Tell me what you think about the shape and proportions . I'll go back tomorrow on this one.

[maxtx]

Hello everybody, beautiful works here!

I had to take a break because of work, but I'm almost at the end, I made a new base mesh for the feathers of the wings, and I hope you like simple hug to everyone!

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4713/18711974.jpg

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4599/96612202.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/272/60909961.jpg

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5034/40693966.jpg

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5931/26259319.jpg

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/7523/82727952.jpg

[Dack]

holy crap u got to tell how to make wings like that there really nice!!

[delavega]

- polysmooth; great start on the head man. I like the style! Looking forward to see more for sure.

- Puckducker; Interesting looking character. Im not familiar with the creature, but as far as some reference that I found, maybe he needs to be a bit more fleshy?

- mastein; nice finish on ur dragon. good job.

- biano3d; great start man! Cant wait to see more. Glad u like my work so far.

- bryzol; thanks man, appreciate it.

Anyway, here's an update of 2 more hours of work.
Not happy with the legs yet and will make new pants cos these just don't look right. Also horns, head and hands need more work. And still need to find a good pose...all this in 3 hours :) Hope I make it.

http://i.imagehost.org/0003/Faun_wip_05.jpg

[BARON3D]

Today I spent 2 hours creating spider web.I made from spline in 3dsmax.Last picture I will soon be completed.Good luck guys.:shy:

http://i588.photobucket.com/albums/ss327/BARON3D/Tsuchigumo03.jpg

[mastein]

Delavega: Cool Piece till now man, keep it up! And thx for the complements ;)

Nice start Maxtx!!

[biano3d]

...more 3 vids ...
Maxtx:that´s great man...

1- http://www.youtube.com/user/biano3d#p/u/4/VWQrCa1ScdI
2- http://www.youtube.com/user/biano3d#p/u/3/Hjzd8h-l_rg
3- http://www.youtube.com/user/biano3d#p/u/2/m54pSxP5D1M
4- http://www.youtube.com/user/biano3d#p/u/1/sRLcvb-zpOA
5- http://www.youtube.com/user/biano3d#p/u/0/r-UZ_HDrQRw

hasta

[polysmooth]

Workin in the torso now...

[bryzol]

delavega - nice progress!
maxt -I like the body, it looks very strong and the head is very good.
polysmouth - Looks very nice and clean, waiting to see more of it.

[maxtx]

mastein: thanks man your work is excellent! Adorei seu modelos, parabéns!!!
Biano Fantastic their model, thanks man! Adorei seus trabalhos mano!!!
bryzol: Thanks a lot man, very nice work!
polysmouth - nice progress!

[maxtx]

Follow my final model, excellent work of all !!!!!

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1662/83437559.jpg

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/6571/77511345.jpg

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9387/60078770.jpg

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6606/64997112.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7439/26996975.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/4412/57887667.jpg

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1290/79837316.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8089/97707649.jpg

[hulahuga]

And here is some other views
;D
http://i49.tinypic.com/v650up.jpg

Terrific model mastein! The sheer size of that thing baffles you, it really seems large!:drool:

[polysmooth]

hulahuga- Nice dragon sculpt..pretty dynamic pose...

Bryzol- Thanks!

Maxtx-Thanks!

Some nice sculpts in the contest so far.

About to wrap the body up....Wish i had time to
go in and work a few areas but I gotta keep movin
with a time constraint...Anyway here's where I'm at
now.

[polysmooth]

Broke away some free time [can hardly call it that] to work on
the Imp....I'll have to give him a name sooner or later..anyway..
I was looking at the silhouette and didn't like the proportions.
Decided to go with the standard bending leg instead of what I
had...I think the feet might be able to balance the character
[ no pun...] Got about 5 hrs in and 5 to go...just might make it.
That would mean working a couple hours on Thanksgiving.. @nd
I think I'm down with that.

[paulius-st]

maxtx and polysmooth - great sculpts. especialy i like polysmooth. looks a little bit like t-rex :)
. heres my final image. 9.5 hours of work. not compleatly happy with it but o have no time left.

[Freespace-3DT]

Paulius, with the remaining 0.5 hour, try to put some definition in his palm.

[Freespace-3DT]

Important!

As you all no doubt know, among a ton of other stuff, the first place winner will also receive a 300$ 3d print of their sculpt, from Shapeways. However, you will need to upload your model to Shapeways (http://www.shapeways.com/), before the judging begins, to qualify.

In other words, along with your final sculpt, get this sorted as well in due time. Otherwise you might miss out on a beautiful print in case you win first place.

[Neil_F01]

i have a question.. if i have built a monster in zbrush using zpsheres.. do i have to take the model out into max or maya to uv it up before i start doing the high res stuff.. or is there a lazy way that will allow me to do the modelling completely before i have to UV it..

you can see what i'm talking about if your check out my link on the bottom

[Freespace-3DT]

Neil, you don't need to UV it because you won't be needing to extract normal maps/displacement for it. The purpose of the Sculpting Challenge only concerns the sculpting part.

[mastein]

Hey Freespace!
Do you know what is the size of the print in inches?

[Tom-3DT]

Hey Freespace!
Do you know what is the size of the print in inches?

This is one of the reasons for submitting your model beforehand, you can get a quote of the size you would receive your model for $300.

Basically you just act as a regular user but without making the order and then if you win its ready to go.

Also the size depends on the material, you can even have it made in metal!

cheers

Tom

[mastein]

wow
that would be cool

[Neil_F01]

yeah i know.. but i'm not really entering into this comp.. i dont really have the time to get something worthwhile.. i do love the griffin and polysmooths entry so far.. ghosts videos using 3.5 were cool.. wouldn't mind getting my hands on that.. lol

but seriously.. UV's.. Is it best to export the mesh out as a low poly then UV and bring back into zbrush.. or just detail it and take it out..

[Renan Leser]

I finished my base mesh, at last.

It took some time to find a good proportion for 5 heads in the same "dragon".

The wings gave me a beating as well.

Three hours by know, made this from scrath. Soon will be posting my videos in youtube, first I gotta compact them, they have 800MB!

Seven hours to sculpt and pose in ZBRUSH!

Quoting Anakin Skywalker: "This is when the fun begins!"

Gook luck to everyone!

[mastein]

is someone got the Zbrush 3.1 print exporter plugin?!
at pixologic.com i only found the 3.5 plugin ;x

[Puckducker]

Well, didn't take this much further than my last update, but I'm happy with the end result. Ended up loosing a bit of time trying to get in a good pose, but I decided to just leave it as neutral, just seems creepier to me.

I'm going to try to upload my video's if I can later, but first I need help figuring out how to playback my sculpt in zbrush after I've saved all the commands (any help with that would be appreciated)

The 3d print idea is awesome, but I don't think I'm going to have the chance to submit my model before hand as I'm leaving tonight and won't be back before the 30th. Is it critical to submit it before the judging goes through? I'm somewhat confused why this cannot be done afterwords.

Polysmooth: great work as usual, I really enjoy the results of your sculpts.
maxtx: awesome final work, I like the anatomy work, seems to work well even though it's a fantasy creature.
hulahuga: Great dragon man, I was thinking there were going to be a number of dragons, but it seems you've got pretty much everything covered.
paulius-st: I agree with Freespace, use that extra half hour and just carve in some form into the hand. Especially given the pose he's in. Cool stuff otherwise.
delavega: Thanks, yeah the character is a little more obscure, I've only ever heard of it in ghost stories. But one particular story "The Wendigo" from the Alvin Schwartz story collection "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" (http://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-Tell-Dark-Anniversary/dp/0064401707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259282981&sr=8-1), this what I always imagined the wendigo looked like. From what the "official" legend says, the look of the creature always varies, a lot of the ref I collected was very different, from human creatures to dead horse creatures to werewolf like ones. So I kinda was just exploring different idea's for most of it.

[delavega]

Crap!Totally ran out of time..Really wanted to take this one further though...oh well. Still managed to pose him though. It was good fun working on it and I may take it further outside the contest. Cheers all!

http://h.imagehost.org/0061/Faun_wip_06.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

Alright everyone, there are a lot of very good sculpts here. Don't forget there are three days left for you to submit them in the Final Submissions thread.

Also, if you haven't read about the 300$ print of your sculpt in case you win first place, know this:

As you all no doubt know, among a ton of other stuff, the first place winner will also receive a 300$ 3d print of their sculpt, from Shapeways. However, you will need to upload your model to Shapeways (http://www.shapeways.com/), before the judging begins, to qualify.

In other words, along with your final sculpt, get this sorted as well in due time. Otherwise you might miss out on a beautiful print in case you win first place.

Basically you just act as a regular user there, but without making the order and then if you win it's ready to go.

Also the size depends on the material, you can even have it made in metal!

[polysmooth]

Awesome sculpts all around...

I got 2 hours left and I still gotta pose him. Wish I
had time to work some areas up...Maybe I'll keep it
going once the comp is over, refine some things...

[maxtx]

Hello to all, very beautiful work here, congratulations to all!

Freespace-3DT: Sorry I have doubts as to send my model for print, how to proceed? We must send the model in zbrush, or prepares it in some way? My model is not in a position that has support to remain standing, I wonder if I have to prepare a piece for it stand up if it is printed. And lastly we have to subscribe and send directly to the company, as we identify it pra know that it is in relation to the 3dtotal prize? Tanks!!!

[Freespace-3DT]

maxtx: First of all you need to sign up: http://www.shapeways.com/register ; Then you Upload. Though, I have no idea about the rest of the process or the requirements. I'll ask Tom about it and we'll get back to you, and all members who would like this if they win 1st place. :D

[maxtx]

Freespace-3DT Tanks! I'm waiting! I registered, but the rules say that if you send the model has a lot of rules to be followed, my fear is the model up and commit to printing, and did not win anything you know? It would be better better send to you? Hug! Excuse my English!