NeoHuman Race

[Freespace-3DT]

After the Smoke Clears: NeoHuman Race

Welcome to the Twenty-second Speed Sculpting Challenge. 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 31st of January 2010, 11:59 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: 4th January 2010

Deadline: 31st January, 11:59 PM GMT+0 (For information about GMT click here (http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/))

Subject: NeoHuman Race


A new year dawns over the Earth. The demonic invasion brought by Armageddon has taken the planet by force and has forever changed the order of things. Civilization has been utterly annihilated and what remains of humanity's great cities is now more like an alien landscape of dust, ruins and destruction.

The Demonic Overseer has moved its gaze unto other planes of existence, leaving our burnt world behind. But with the new year, after the smoke clears, comes the time of a new breed of life. A neohuman race. Our followers. Those that will become the new masters of what we left behind ( what's left of it ).

Your task is to imagine and design this new species that will become the dominant life on Earth. It can be one of the current species of our ecosystem, that has somehow adapted to the new conditions following the invasion. It can be a mutation between several species. It can be your vision of how humanity would possibly come out of Armageddon ( changes to our physiology, proportions ).

Bonus points for making an imaginative pedestal for it!

As before, there is no limit on the number of basemeshes, just on the time you spend on them and the sculpt itself.

As always, 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.

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.

[aby arty]

40 mins into the base mesh.

c&c are really welcome.

should i model more or head to zbrush?

[Neil_F01]

this sounds quite cool.. i would wonder what kinda life would be left.. am thinking starship troopers maybe.. lol

[GMGraham]

WOW! I will have to try and enter this one, we'll see how work goes this month.

[delavega]

Sweet! Love the theme.
Will most probably join this one.
cheers

[wasco]

40 mins into the base mesh.

c&c are really welcome.

should i model more or head to zbrush?

arty, you forgot about fingers and toes

[Mr.fE]

...didn't have luck with the armageddon game art challenge...I might try this one!

[throne]

NVM, reread the rules...

[aby arty]

@wasco those ill def add, but anything other than that u would advise me too do in the modelling stage rather than sculpting?

[Neil_F01]

@wasco those ill def add, but anything other than that u would advise me too do in the modelling stage rather than sculpting?

well if i were you.. i'd probably try and add some basic topology for the eyes and mouth area.. hold on i'll down the image and add some doodles for what i think.

ok i have added some text to where i think you should perhaps take the base mesh.. i've tried to keep it simple.. and others might have further tips that might aid you.. but hope it helps..

[mastein]

huhu nicee
i´m in!

[wasco]

@wasco those ill def add, but anything other than that u would advise me too do in the modelling stage rather than sculpting?

my advise is - make a quick 2d sketch of your character before you will start with basemesh or sculpting; it will save a LOT of your time :cool:

[Dront]

Sounds like great fun I´m in! :haha:

[Steban]

hi guys, here there are 3 hours of sculpting

[DE3MOHD]

My concept ... I hope it will be something like rock golem

[Freespace-3DT]

My concept ... I hope it will be something like rock golem

That guy looks like he could survive 2012 :)

[Toxic_Boy]

Hi I'm new here...
My concept is about something that look like alien, living under ground, and its smiling anytime :D

about 1,5 hours sculpting

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/prog1.jpg

any cnc are welcome :D :D :D

[TKSDeadly]

Hello Freespace-3DT

Can you tell me how much time can we spend on the Base meshes because now there are mulitiple base meshes and the time limite also exceeded so now how much time should we spend on Base meshes?

Is 2 hours okay or it should be less then 2 hours, please answer


Regards

[Neil_F01]

Hello Freespace-3DT

Can you tell me how much time can we spend on the Base meshes because now there are mulitiple base meshes and the time limite also exceeded so now how much time should we spend on Base meshes?

Is 2 hours okay or it should be less then 2 hours, please answer


Regards

from what i gathered the time allowed in the limit.. is the time to spend on building the basemesh and the sculpt.. so you should include your basemesh with the rest of your work.. so if you have spent 2 hrs on a base mesh.. you only have 8 hrs left to sculpt

[Dront]

Here´s a WIP image of my charackter about 4h and 30 min in.

Question about Cam Studio: I´m having trouble with cam studio, I have lost two recordings due to file corruption and the program crashing when I try to save my recording. Also I cannot convert my saved files into SWF for later upload. Any thoughts, and will the lost recordings count against me in the comp?

[Freespace-3DT]

Hello Freespace-3DT

Can you tell me how much time can we spend on the Base meshes because now there are mulitiple base meshes and the time limite also exceeded so now how much time should we spend on Base meshes?

Is 2 hours okay or it should be less then 2 hours, please answer


Regards

As Neil also said, the 10 hour time limit includes everything you do ( basemeshes + sculpting ).

[Neil_F01]

Right finally got free minute.. to sit down and have a think about what i should try and do.. there are so many things to go from.. when you reallly think about it..

but anyway.. not much of a drawer.. only a novice with the old pen and paper.. but tried drawing something using zbrushs 2d tools.. that was quite fun..

The Evil Ent :evil:

[wasco]

hi all!
my idea is semihuman or semidemon:evil: race as result of humans and demons mutations :eek:
here is the picture

[Neil_F01]

Right.. i have started the base mesh.. probably about 40 mins into its creation.. have all sorts of wonderfull ideas about how the ent could be giving birth to small evil versions of its self.. hopefully my skills will be up to this challenge.. doubt it.. but who knows... miracles can happen right.. lol.. :halo: :ugh: :D

[mastein]

Hi all
This will be my model.
A primitive herbivorous creature,almost totally blind. It uses all the other senses to find food and protect itself from predators. It lives on the dark woods of what use to be South America.
This is the first model i´ve made entirely in Zbrush.
15min zsphere base mesh, 45 minutes of sculpt till now.
http://i50.tinypic.com/xfrnu0.jpg

[mastein]

and 2° hour...
http://i49.tinypic.com/2qdzw5l.jpg

[Neil_F01]

yeah that is looking pretty cool.. after your comments to one of the others i thought you might have been all talk or something.. but yeah thats cool >)

[Freespace-3DT]

Mastein's over 9000 again!

wasco: Cool and extremely probable idea. I'd imagine those demons had some "fun" while invading Earth. So a cross-species is a good way to go.

Neil: Don't forget to try to give it a sense of anatomy ( muscles / branches that work correctly ). It will give your sculpt a better impact.

Toxic_Boy: such an optimist sculpt for such an apocalyptic scenario :)

Dront: Sorry to hear you're having trouble recording. If the errors persist, just focus on sculpting and making the best character you can in the given time. I like how you've made it interact with the pedestal.

[Joseph Pomeisl]

yeah that is looking pretty cool.. after your comments to one of the others i thought you might have been all talk or something.. but yeah thats cool >)

the four golden-eyes do all mastein's talking:D

[mastein]

hehe Thanks guys_ hope you like the final result!
here is the 3rd hour
http://i49.tinypic.com/lgr4h.jpg

[Longhi]

Hello folks.
First of all, have a great 2010 all of you!
I wish you all the best this year.

So, I liked the theme of the contest, and I'm here, after a long time without posting.

my base mesh - 15 min 3dmax
sculpting till now - 1h and 15 min.

Happy sculpting fellas, hope you enjoy my creature.

the bg story is something like....stand strong, where the weak have no chance to survive ;)

[Dront]

Thx for the response Freespace-3DT.

Nice to see the all the different approaches to the theme of the contest.

mastein: I really like the design of the character. He´s got a "Pan's Labyrinth" feel to him very nice.

Longhi: Nice start, looking forward to see the final result.

________________

Here is my character 9h in.

He is a human/dog and I wanted to him look like a sad dog rather than a angry demon spawn.

The story behind this creature:

He is the result of the treatment the humans enslaved by the Demons during Armageddon had to endure.
Treated like dogs and cross breed with demon spawns the human eventually turned into a form of human/canine that survives by scavenging from the dead.
Some escaped and are now walking around in the destroyed remains of our world.

[Neil_F01]

that is well cool.. love the hands on the skull touch..

[mastein]

Nice Longhi! Hope you finish this one!

4th hour of work
http://i47.tinypic.com/2h8a1bk.jpg

[mastein]

5th hour!
getting crazy alreaady hhaha
http://i45.tinypic.com/21mdnr5.jpg

[DE3MOHD]

base mesh and 1 hour of work

[Toxic_Boy]

Hi ....
here is mine..
3 hours sclupting :D

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/prog2.jpg

thx for any cnc :D :D :D

[DE3MOHD]

2 hours

[GE_GRAZE]

well decided to join the contest, jw do we have to do a full bust or can i do from the weist up? ive never doen a time limit b4 so not sure i can do it within 10hours tbh thanks :)

[mastein]

6th hour
http://i45.tinypic.com/wknytv.jpg

[GE_GRAZE]

ok so heres my concept and ref (not got the clothing ref yet also concept is still early wip) i wanted to go for something where the human race still looked reconginsable. what has happened is a virus infected the core of the earth which has transfromed the human brain to using 100% of its capasity which inturn has overloaded the body, making the genes work at a much larger rate making there physic deform and brains enlarge enough to crack the skull. imbedded is an insignia of the disease which is actually a control mechanism which at any point the demonic spirits can control like slaves. basically my design is based of a much more intelligent version of zombies. i no my concept looks zombie like and lifeless but im no concept artist. well hope you like it and sculpt will be up shortly :)

[NeoGeo]

dood your refrerence is creepy as hell

@mastein

little bit of a buu influence i see there with the holes :p

[Stoneking]

Hi everybody!
I'm here invited by my Brazilian college Glauco Longhi,
I'm going to join this contest to try my skills on 3D,
I'm new to this, i came originaly from traditional sculture,
Cheers and good luck to all,
Fernando

[mastein]

Neo Geo: hehe Actually i didn´t even think in Boo when i did those "holes". The idea was to do some kind of breathing system.^^

StoneKing: Hey Fernando, cant wait to see what you gonna do. Love your tradicional sculptures ;)
ps: hahaha vc mora na minha rua!! ee mundinho pequeno.
7th hour_ Posing
http://i50.tinypic.com/or2xs2.jpg

[Stoneking]

Hey Mariano!
Really awesome sculpt my friend!
Caraca, não acredito que vc mora na minha rua,
Que numero é sua casa, a minha é 501, vamos nos encontrar
qualquer hora,
(Translating - Cannot believe you live in the same street as i do,
the number of my house is 501, lets meet anytime,)
Cheers
Fernando

[GE_GRAZE]

ok i gota say im royally pissed of now, ive just done 2 hours of work n camstudio crashed, wt do i do?

[Longhi]

nice sculpts folks! and thanks for the kind words

Mastein nice man, keep us updated.

Hey StoneKing, whats up Fernando, GREAT to see you around here man!
I hope you enjoy the contest!
You're a monster in traditional sculpture, will be kicking some ass in zbrush as well soon, for sure.
keep rocking my friend!

I'll be posting updates soon, and I'll finish this one Mariano...hahaha

cya fellas

[Stoneking]

Hey Master Longhi!
Cheers,
Thanks for the words,
I'm gonna try this one to see what can i do in 10 hours,
Many thanks for inviting me and introduce this great forum to us here in Brasil!
Awesome WIP from your sculpture Glauco, cannot whait to see the updates
Cheers again
Fernando Kuhlmann

[mastein]

Gogogo Longhi!!

StoneKing: hahae na verdade eu moro na Carlos! Vamo marca de almoçar um dia pra nois trocar uma ideia, ai chama o Glaucao tbm. ;)
me add no msn ai bro mariano.steiner@hotmail.com



and that is the 8th hour
http://i45.tinypic.com/24ez7yc.jpg

[Longhi]

Hey folks, another 30 minutes.... (2nd hour)
I had a busy week here at work.
Next week I'll be working more on the char.
cheers

[Apollo Gr]

amazing work already!

Im almost afraid to find time to join this :)

[Stoneking]

Great idea Mariano!
Let's meet, me you and Glauco for lunch!
Wow Mariano, really awesome sculpture,
And longhi, it looks really great, can't whait for the updates,
I finished the base mesh, and i'm preparing the image to post here,
Cheers
Fernado

[D R E A M N T]

I have a question.
Can you only have a single mesh with NO accessories added,and if no.Can we make these accessories and things out of zbrush and bring them into Zbrush to sculpt on?

[Freespace-3DT]

I have a question.
Can you only have a single mesh with NO accessories added,and if no.Can we make these accessories and things out of zbrush and bring them into Zbrush to sculpt on?

You can have as many meshes you want, and you can make accessories out of Zbrush and then import them to sculpt on. Most people do it this way. :)

[Toxic_Boy]

Hi again....
5 hours..... :D

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/prog4.jpg

I hope can finish it on time :D

[Stoneking]

Hi Everybody,
Here's my Base Mesh for the contest,
As i said before i'm new to this so please be nice (just kiding)
I screwed a litlle the mesh using the move tool to give the basic shape i wanted,
My creation guide line process is mostly done in this stage,
It was originasly made with ZBrush ZSpheres,
1 hour and 20 min of recorded video as asked on the item number 7,

The BG of this is:

1- Human race evolved
2- from the few survivers on the coldest areas of Earth
3- The weather was so hot, that the remaining humans had to stay
the hole day inside whater for many generations to resist to the high temperatures,
4- Humans evolved to a new Race, which can live under whater and out of it
5- Very adaptive and resistent Human, which can bread and take oxigen from the most dificult enviroments
6- among other things it developed two sensors comming fron its head,
which detects both electric signals and i is sonar

Hope you enjoy
Cheers

[mastein]

Great Base mesh Fernando!

9th hour
http://i50.tinypic.com/357ezdc.jpg

[Stoneking]

Hey Mariano!
Thanks for the encouraging comment
Really fantastic sculpt man, congratulations!
I also love the base you've made,!
Ah, and i didn't add you to the msn yet cause i'm
totaly analfabetic about msn,
I already have a hotmail e-mail but it's been so much time that
i dont even remember it :o
So i'm going to subscrybe again and add you and glauco,
Congratulations again my friend
Cheers
Fernando

[InTheClue]

Are we allowed to polypaint our finished model?

[Freespace-3DT]

Are we allowed to polypaint our finished model?

For distinguishing a couple of colors from each other ( like skin/armor/blood etc... ) it's fine, but not for actual texturing. You can always continue working on your model outside of the contest, without any restrictions, once you've submitted your final entry.

[Stoneking]

Hi Freespace-3DT,
I also have two questions if you dont mind,
The first is if the pedestal for the sculpt must be included in the 10 hours?
And if can i add some acessory in the midlle of sculptibg, like if i decide to
do my creature with open mouth, can i add subtolls for the gum and teeth, which is not included in the base mesh?
Thanks and cheers
Fernando Kuhlmann

[Freespace-3DT]

Hey Stoneking,

The pedestal is included in the 10 hours, and you should do it only when you're pleased with your sculpt. The sculpt is more important than the pedestal, but if you've got time, people will definitely love a well made pedestal ( especially when the character you sculpted interacts with it in some way ).

You can do anything you want with meshes and subtools at any time in those 10 hours.

[Stoneking]

Thanks for the answer Freespace,
Appreciated
And congratulations for this amazing Forum that my fellow Glauco Longhi
introduced to me :smug:
Fernando Kuhlmann

[Freespace-3DT]

We're always glad to have new creative people join our community.

[Toxic_Boy]

7 hours......
posing and give it a pedestal... :D

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/prog5.jpg

[mastein]

Hey guys! That´s it!
My time is up! i´ll do a presentation shoot till 31st....

10th hour
http://i50.tinypic.com/s28j1w.jpg

[Stoneking]

Hey Freespace, thanks a lot
And great sculpts guys, congratulations ToxicBoy for the update,

Here's my wip shot at 4 hours and 40 min total,
I tried to stick to my BG that i wrote in the base mesh post,
It is a human evolution who lives in both whater and outside it,

Hope you like it
Cheers

[Stoneking]

Hey Mariano!
Awesome work my friend
Congratulations!
Cheers
Fernando

[GMGraham]

Hey guys I have a question about using cam studio, I've used it many times in the past but not with windows 7, I got into about 3 hours of modeling last night and stopped cam studio, as it was saving it crashed and I can't play the avi it left behind, any suggestions?

[Stoneking]

Hey guys I have a question about using cam studio, I've used it many times in the past but not with windows 7, I got into about 3 hours of modeling last night and stopped cam studio, as it was saving it crashed and I can't play the avi it left behind, any suggestions?

Hey Stale,
This happened with mine too,
BUT in my case i just need to wait and it will save properly,
It says it is not responding but in a wile it saves it, just whait,
AND in my case the only program that plays the movie is
Media Player Classsic-Homecinema
Hope it helps
PS And you also can play the movie you already saved,
But it will be incomplete, with less time then recorded,
Cheers
Fernando Kuhlmann

[D R E A M N T]

Toxic_Boy - Im really liking this man.Though I think you should explore more matcaps.I feel like this one is sort of taking away from what this sexy beast really can look like with a diff one applied to him ya know.Look GREAT so far man!
Can't wait to see the final.

mastein - Such a clean finish.Im drroooooling waiting for the presentation shots man.DROOOLING!Lol.But seriously...I did.
n____n

Stoneking - Looking good man.Keep it going.


2 hours and 40 minutes into my sculpt.So much to be done.Such little time.Its so fun though.I will definitely be joining more of these kinds of contest here on 3d total.

Oh and theres a 3d max render in there just for the hell of it.Basically it looked cool so I put it here with the rest.
Enjoy guys.
Crits and comments VERY welcomed.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/blind-side/BASE.png

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/blind-side/One-1.png

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/blind-side/Subs.png

[GMGraham]

StoneKing thanks for the advice, I will try Media Player Classsic-Homecinema.

One other question I have is about the base meshes. It sais in the rules we can have as many base mashes as we want, my idea is to portray how humans would evolve after the apocolypse and I thought I would use 3 base meshes showing a family of three. Is this allowed or should I stick to one character? I'll post my concept and my 3 hour sculpt so far. The plan is to clone the base sculpt to create a man, a woman, and a child.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_war2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/3_hours_staleflesh.jpg

[Longhi]

nice works fellas.
Stoneking, yeah my friend, nice!

another 1 hour spent on the model.
(3 hours total till now)

cheers

[dark-blast]

keep coming guys! this is awesome!

[GMGraham]

oh man some good stuff, I gotta start over lol. I took to long on the base mesh anyways, also figured out cam studio properlly. Very Inspiring stuff guys!

[Dront]

9h and 50 min in and I´m done! :haha:

I´ve poly painted the lava on the pedestal the nails,tongue and teeth to make the sculpt is easier to read i hope this is ok?

[Freespace-3DT]

I´ve poly painted the lava on the pedestal the nails,tongue and teeth to make the sculpt is easier to read i hope this is ok?

Certainly! Polypainting colors to show differences between two/three materials is all good.

[Stoneking]

Great Works Guys! congratultions Stale, Dreamnt, Longhi, Mariano, ToxicBoy and Dront !
Hey Longhi the anathomy is simply fantastic, cheers!
This is mi WIP at 7 hours and 30 minutes,
Wow it fells like, will i be able to finish it! but i think i will in the end,
I need to sculpt the pants texture the body and add details to the base,
The Base represents Earth, that's wy it is a Sphere, i'll draw some continents in it,
Hope you enjoy it
Cheers
Fernando Kuhlmann

[Stoneking]

As we say here in Brazil, UFA!
Finaly i finished the sculpt, at around 9 hours and 30 or 40 min with all
recorded in video,
It is been a blast to participate of this chalenge,
Thanks again Longhi for inviting me and also Mariano who is an amazing artist from Brazil, also thanks to 3DTotal,
Untill the end of the contest i'll do the final shot with the BG togeter,
Hope you enjoy it
Cheers
Fernando Kuhlmann

[Exyal]

Yop !

That's a cool challenge to do while waiting for Mass Effect 2 to come out ! ahah :haha:

Here is my basemesh done in 3dsmax. 33 min spent on it

153584

And here's the sculpt, 2h40 so far :

153585


Cya, happy sculpting !

[Neil_F01]

oh man some good stuff, I gotta start over lol. I took to long on the base mesh anyways, also figured out cam studio properlly. Very Inspiring stuff guys!

nah that model looks fine.. just copy it across and change it a little and finish your concept off.. you had three of them right..

:dance:

[Longhi]

nice jobs folks

Hey Fernando, it's my pleasure introduce such a great artist like you to digital world.
Man, really cool model. You're improving A LOT since your last models, some months ago...Thats awesome to see, you are getting confortable using zbrush, like you are pushing some clay..I'm excited to see what you'll be doing next.

I'll be updating my model tomorrow if I can find some free time =D
Keep rocking folks!

Cheers and let's sculpt!

[heiderlein]

hello everyone,
i'm from berlin germany, new to this forum and thought i should give my self a try and participate on this challenge.
Here are the thoughts behind this sculpt:
- after the invasion some minor daemos stayed on earth to enslave humanity as their hosts.
- these daemons infested the human race to live in kind of a symbioses. the human part provides mobility and ingestion of food. the symbiont is feeding from the human and provides him with extra oxygen filtered from the long antenna like gills.
- the daemon is linked with the brain of his host to keep him under direct control.
- whithout the daemon the human race won't be able to survive in this toxic enviroment earth has become.

Even thoug this is my first sculpt ever i hope to improve my work in further challenges.

I worked with Maya and Mudbox.

total time spend: 9hours 47min

Cheers!

[spindraft]

Eh wth, I'm in too. Great stuff guys.

I recorded it so far with the possibility of putting him here in mind, did loose about 45min. of it to a crash/mem. dump though. Anyway........4hrs.

[mastein]

Wow some nice entries hã?
My time is up for the challange, i´ll soon post the final shot of my model.
But i´m keep working on my creature...
just finished the retopology that was a pain >.<
Soon i´ll paint some textures and see what comes up.
Hope you guys don´t mind that i´m still posting here.

[spindraft]

just finished the retopology that was a pain >.<
Soon i´ll paint some textures and see what comes up.
Hope you guys don´t mind that i´m still posting here.

Hah, yeah I hear ya man, retop's not exactly high on my fun list either. My sympathies, I'll likely be doing the same soon enough.

Hope you guys don´t mind that i´m still posting here.

Of course not! Your models ownsause dude, I want to see where this goes. ;)

Edit:

Well, here's my 5th hour. I didn't do a whole lot tonight, staying up late all week is starting to catch up with me. The good news is camtasia recovered that bit of vid I thought I lost in a crash I had last night. Most of the evening I spent encoding the vids...aka watching tv ;). I've loaded a compressed version on my vimeo if anyone's interested, but be forewarned, it's the whole thing, so even at x8 speed it's still about 43 minutes.

http://www.vimeo.com/8904805

Here's tonights stopping point. I mainly worked on the upper leg & knees and the arms.

Cheers.

[Exyal]

Spindraft : I've watched your video, you should have paid more attention to the rules :/
It's said : "Do not use an already made base mesh, you must build it specifically for this challenge."
Well, no big deal since you have time to redo it with your own basemesh.


Here is progress, 6h28

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[mastein]

Hey guys! keep rocking!!
Exyal: I can see some Avatar influences on your model !

So, continuing off the challange...
This was the first texture test in 3dsMax with a low and a mid poly model.
Left one is 8,6k polys and right one is 38k polys.
Again, its just a test, nothing is final!
http://i50.tinypic.com/2unze5k.jpg

[DE3MOHD]

3 hours

[spindraft]

Spindraft : I've watched your video, you should have paid more attention to the rules :/
It's said : "Do not use an already made base mesh, you must build it specifically for this challenge."
Well, no big deal since you have time to redo it with your own basemesh.


:eek:

Well, that's what I get for skimming. I might do another one I guess if I have time. But for this guy, yeah he'll get retop'd anyway, but I'm not going to resculpt it on a technicality.

Anyway, is the building of the base mesh included in the 10 hours?

[Freespace-3DT]

Anyway, is the building of the base mesh included in the 10 hours?

Yes it is. That's why you can't start with pre-made ones. I hope you have time for another go. There's still a week left.

[spindraft]

Yes it is. That's why you can't start with pre-made ones. I hope you have time for another go. There's still a week left.

ok cool. Yeah I was gonna say, if not that'd be quite a gaping loophole.
Thanks!

I'm thinking I'll try, we'll see how much endurance I have (already been burning the oil for a week now o.0).

[MrFunk]

hey folks...great work so far :)

i do have one question. do we have to model teeth and gums from scratch or is it allowed to use premade ones...not sure if they count as basemesh

one more thing..is nudity allowed here or should i censor the genitals :D

[Fellipe Lopes]

Great Sculpts and a cool theme in this contest.
Long time i dont appear here!!

Stoneking cool model man!!!
Longhi long time no?
heiderlein Welcome!!!
mastein Your model look like a animal from Avatar too! (And great portfolio)
My model I will show when I finish. ;P
I Started my with ZSpheres in ZBrush. WIll post wireframe soon!

[GMGraham]

Well.....I started my model over hoping I could get cam studio to work and I tried to speed up my sculpting. I managed to record fine the first night but tonight camstudio crashed/froze? again before I could save. (it's stuck in the task bar and says "flashing"). I'll post what I've done so far but I'm not sure if I'll continue if I can't get the video for it. This is 5.4 hours so far.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_staleflesh_base.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_staleflesh_02.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_staleflesh_01.jpg

[Freespace-3DT]

hey folks...great work so far :)

i do have one question. do we have to model teeth and gums from scratch or is it allowed to use premade ones...not sure if they count as basemesh

one more thing..is nudity allowed here or should i censor the genitals :D

You should create everything specifically for this contest.

Artistic nudity is allowed, but nothing too explicit of course. :)

[MrFunk]

thanks for the answers freespace

well here is my basemesh so far. took me way too long... no wonder, since i didn't polymodel a thing for several years^^ still not sure if i'm going to give him some teeth...gonna decide that while working on his face a little more :)

here is my recording...if someone's interested :) http://www.vimeo.com/8944184

time: 3 and a half hours -.-

[kipiripi]

Probably wont finish in time but,
Here is my Quicky start for base...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/fernament/kipiripineohumanwip1.jpg

[Fellipe Lopes]

Hello Folks! 9 hours... but i think that i finished... dont know.....

Well, this Race called Urdu and lives in a Earth that has undergone some changes where all the technology disappeared and humans had to get used to the new relief of the planet. The Urdus live in areas where there are forests and savannah. With their gills in her face and chest, they can breathe in the water for a long period and are born hunters.

Hope you like.
Hugs to all!!! :wave:

[Freespace-3DT]

Hello Folks! 9 hours... but i think that i finished... dont know.....

Well, this Race called Urdu and lives in a Earth that has undergone some changes where all the technology disappeared and humans had to get used to the new relief of the planet. The Urdus live in areas where there are forests and savannah. With their gills in her face and chest, they can breathe in the water for a long period and are born hunters.

Hope you like.
Hugs to all!!! :wave:

I see you, Jake Sully ;P

[wasco]

my basemesh and wip (2 hours)

[Stoneking]

Hey guys GREAT works so far!
Fellipe, your model looks awesome, congratulations and thanks for the
words,

Freespace, i do have two questions,
I'm new in this forum so there simple things i don't know,
When and where should we post the final entries?
Will be a thread in the "final entries, voting & winners section for this?

Thanks and cheers
Fernando

[GMGraham]

Everybody's stuff looks great!

A couple more updates from me, I might as well finish what I started. Let me know if this is too many colours please. 7.57 hours so far. Also, is posing part of the time limit?

The story is that humans have evolved to live with the conditions left behind. The air is badly poisoned and the sun rarley makes it through the haze to the earth. Our mouths have formed a natural filter over them that opens sideways to reveal our mouths. The third eye acts like night vision and UV protection at the same time (our old eyes have grown very weak and sensative to light). There are also gills behind the ears (like in the movie water world). And the ears themselves have also formed natural filters to keep out the bad air. The atmosphere is so bad, we've taken to living in the sewers.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neohuman_color_02.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_color_01.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neo_human_pedestal_03.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/neohuman_pedestal_02.jpg

[DE3MOHD]

my sad golem... 4 hours

[hulahuga]

I see you, Jake Sully ;P

lol ;)

Avatar seems to inspire a lot of works nowadays :)

[Freespace-3DT]

Final Entries thread here:

http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?p=764622

[Fellipe Lopes]

the funny thing is that my character was to be a half human and half frog .... but did not want me inspire the Avatar.... :p

[D R E A M N T]

Everyones really been busting stuff out.n___n

Heres my contribution.
7 hours in,hands REALLY need some work and so do other tids and tats.

Happy sculpting.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y81/blind-side/One-2.png

[silvaticus]

Finally I have a little time to participate in the challenges again.
My guy`s name is A.D.A.M., spent 5 hours on him until now.
I`m not sure about the mech feet, I rarely model that kind of stuff and I thought it would be nice to try.

[Mclean]

some cool stuff going on here!, decided to drop out of the game art one due to time restraints and going to focus on this one instead, done the base mesh in under 30 mins should have a chunk of the sculpt done by tomorrow night only gone for a bust, call me a chicken lol.

[Toxic_Boy]

Another update.........
more details added.....
so far takes 8 hours
I need any sugestion for colour and material........thx

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/prog8.jpg

[silvaticus]

Some progress, 6 hours so far.

[anima3d]

there a lot a great work here :) couldn't resist

Heres my basic mesh made by Zspheres. I just got a question..

I lost most of the sculpting video due to a stupid mem crash :(
Do i have to go all over again or what ?

[spindraft]

there a lot a great work here :) couldn't resist

Heres my basic mesh made by Zspheres. I just got a question..

I lost most of the sculpting video due to a stupid mem crash :(
Do i have to go all over again or what ?

Have you started camtasia again since the crash? I had a couple crashes as well, & noticed it seems to be really good about recovering the data.

[anima3d]

nop :(

cause i thought it was good idea to record in zbrush 3.5

[TKSDeadly]

Hello All

Okay i have started working for this challange neo human race
Inshallah will finish it on time, right now 45 minute base face, working on the body will post soon


One question, I recorded the progress as required but the 45 min camtasia file is like 30 mb, where should i post that video file?

[anima3d]

heres mine after full 6 hours.. Messed up a little here and there.. but i wanna believe that im gonna make in time :)

[mitch-king]

hi guys, hope i'm not too late, going to have to speed speed speed sculpt
used 3hours so far:
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[Longhi]

nice job folks!

well, stucked in a lot of work, but here I'm.

Almost 6 hours spent on the model.

More updates soon!

[GMGraham]

Nice work guys!

[mitch-king]

only 2 hours left, got far too much to do.

[TKSDeadly]

Hello All

Okay complete the base mesh for the little fellow,
Quite sure that INSHALLAH will complete my entry on time




One question again, where should i post my Camtasia Video? or should i keep it with me until it is requried?


Regards

[TKSDeadly]

SO i began to do Zbrushing at last!! Rigth now only 38 mins,
Change the face alot

Regards

[DE3MOHD]

5 hours

[Exyal]

Alright, it's over. 9h30 total, that was cool. :)

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[DE3MOHD]

7 hours and 30 minutes ... I think that's it. I finished :evil:

[Freespace-3DT]

Attention!

Just one day left. Everyone please submit your final entries here: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=73287

[Mclean]

3.5 hours in, planning to do an all nighter to get in done for tomorrow, heres a shot of the head, i plan to do a high detail bust!

[kipiripi]

yes,last 23 hours but I am not happy with result at all.I need to sleep..
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/fernament/3dtotalkipiripi3.jpg

[Steban]

hi here there is another idea

[TKSDeadly]

Okay 7 hours Finally, really tired!!! have to get some sleep
Will finalize when i will wake up and then submit in the finals Inshallah


Regards

[Toxic_Boy]

this is my final
about 9 hours 20 mins

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/final1.jpg

http://i639.photobucket.com/albums/uu115/wandah_k/zaknell%20bot/final2.jpg

[GMGraham]

Thought I'd post this for fun, already submited the final though. Good Luck everyone, some really great work on here!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/StaleFlesh/styled.jpg

[anima3d]

posting my final here also :) good job everyone.

Heres (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbanrAIiLRk) a turntable version.

Good luck all.

[Freespace-3DT]

Everyone, post your finals here: http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=73287 otherwise, they won't be judged :)

[InTheClue]

Keep it going everyone

[Longhi]

I've already posted my final entry there, but just in case somebody wanna see it here.
Here we go!

Congrats folks, a lot of good stuff around this speed sculpt...was very fun to participate!
Cheers!!

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u135/grommievp/digital_maquette.jpg
http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u135/grommievp/turntable.jpghttp://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u135/grommievp/construction_sheet.jpg

[Mclean]

all done, just posting a turnaround for you guys to see,finals are all posted up, some of the most fun ive had on a comp so far, great entries everyone!

[Freespace-3DT]

Indeed it was really cool to see how everyone figured out new ways for our species to evolve and adapt.

[D R E A M N T]

Hey I was wondering if anyone new why when I attach my images they become pixelated and muddy?
Does anyone know how to fix that.

[Freespace-3DT]

Keep them below 190 kb size, and it should be fine. I really don't know why your images are getting recompressed.

[wasco]

good luck to everyone!

[TKSDeadly]

Hello All, Great entries everyone!
Love the challenge, It was my first time recording my own work, in the beginning its was a little weird but then I didn’t even remember XD 22 Camtasia video files

Anyway regarding my Character, after the smoke clears the human body evolve in to different forms. Many races were born. But the dominant of them all, was the Wing Race. Smaller body, big Wings, Sharp Claws that can cut anything and strong legs for speed take off from land make this Race invincible

Hehe, although when I began the model I was thinking of making a comedy version of it, but different references and different mood change the whole character of my model

Finally I have submitted my entry in the final Thread but I also want to update this thread …so here you go


Thank you

Regards

[Freespace-3DT]

Great stuff guys. If anyone's late, hurry and submit it in the Final Entry thread.

[Shuggie]

Yea still need to submit just gettin images ready :)

[kipiripi]

Here is my So soo soo late Entry...

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/fernament/2-1.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a161/fernament/b.jpg

[carbon-3]

i posted this in the final but figure i might as well throw it on here too :)

every1's sculpts look super awesome :)
My favorite ones were probably Longhi, Stoneking, and mastein. you guys are super rad :) After seeing those i almost didnt bother joining haha.

[Shuggie]

Yeah same here late to the party, might as well stick it up in here too. My idea is that junk DNA in the genome has been reactivated, creating strange mutations.

I produced the base model in 3ds max, spending about 25 mins on it, and sculpted in mudbox, in total I used 9 and a half hrs ( I ran outta time)

http://www.3daspect.com/neoturn.mov mudbox turntable

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

and here is a link to the modeling video

http://www.3daspect.com/neomodel.mov