SMC #33 "Time To Tune Up" - Musical Instruments

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

The Challenge Rules

1). Each challenge we'll post a subject for you to model along with a time limit on how long you should spend on it. Spend no longer than the allocated time then post a render of your model. No cheating, we are relying on your honesty here and the idea of speed modeling is to simulate a "real world" environment. If you are working on a project and asked to show a concept model you'll need to be able to get somewhere near the target in the allocated time. Your submission should be a model created especially for this challenge and not one you have stored on your hard drive. How you interpret the brief is up to you as long as the final model conforms to what we have asked for. Any images of models that do not match the brief can be removed and the poster disqualified.

2). You may enter as many times as you like as long as each model is completely new and uses no components from other entries. Entries using models which are not original will be removed and the poster disqualified.

3). Your entry may contain as many views of your model as you like and must include a clear and easy to see wireframe of the mesh before any smoothing/subdivision has been applied. Wire renders/ Cell Shaded or Screengrab wireframes are acceptable. Any wireframes we cannot see correctly will be disqualified. The key is for us to be able to see the wireframes clearly to ascertain how you modelled the subject matter.

4). You MUST include the following details with each submission:

A). Software used
B). Time spent creating the model.
C). A Clay Render of your models.

Any further information is voluntary but posts not containing the required information can be removed and the poster disqualified.

5). Post TWO images per entry which must be no larger than 1280x1024 pixels in either landscape or portrait format with a file size of no more than 195k.
1 image for your wireframes and 1 for your clay combined with a optional beauty render.
These images must be uploaded to our servers using the "browse" button on the forum reply page.
Do not link to external images files. Images larger than the maximum size or posts containing links to external images (other than for reference materials)
will be removed and the poster disqualified.

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

7). Time spent on rendering or texturing or building a scene in which to display your model is not included in the allocated period to allow those with slower machines to participate on an even playing field. What we are looking for is the quality of the models you can produce "under pressure". If your model is not complete, you can still post it as long as it's recognizable.

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

9). The Winner must email jo@3dtotal.com to claim their prize.

10). Only 1st place & 2nd place (i.e. the runner up) can claim a prize.

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

Subject: Musical Instruments.
Deadline - 10:00PM GMT 9th December 2011.
Description: Musical Instruments (From Wikipedia) A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the beginnings of human culture. The academic study of musical instruments is called organology.

The date and origin of the first device of disputed status as a musical instrument dates back as far as 67,000 years old; artifacts commonly accepted to be early flutes date back as far as about 37,000 years old. However, most historians believe determining a specific time of musical instrument invention to be impossible due to the subjectivity of the definition. Musical Instruments vary in size, shape and sounds and can be classified into woodwind, percussion, bowed, plucked, string, struck and electronic. The most popular instruments vary to a full drumkit, guitars, violins, keyboards, moog sythesizers, saxophones and bongos, here is your chance to model an instrument that you might own, or an instrument that you've always wanted to model, or even create your own instrument like a guitar that can be played by blowing it, or even a mixture of 1 or more instrument together...... as always the choice is yours, you can make it as easy or hard for yourself as you like.

Modelling Time: 90 Mins.

Prizes:

1st Place - £30 worth of 3DTotal downloadable products & a gold award badge.
2nd Place - £10 worth of 3DTotal downloadable products & a silver award badge.
Honourable Mentions - Bronze Award Badges

Above All Else Have Fun & Good Luck!

My Starter

Not finished yet

[rocneasta]

this calls for a complex musical instrument, or a simple one with high level of detailing

excellent stuff!!!

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Would love to see someone try a French Horn! even with splines it'd be a bugger to get right, i'm trying a synthesizer from the Wersi family which i've always liked the sound and look of.

[JAPO]

Originally Posted by ClassicGamer-3DT

Would love to see someone try a French Horn! even with splines it'd be a bugger to get right, i'm trying a synthesizer from the Wersi family which i've always liked the sound and look of.

My schedule is pretty tight at the moment, so I havent been sure if I would be able to participate. But this sounds like a dare, and I am sucker for that. So French horn it shall be.

[Neil_F01]

cool..

[tyrant monkey]

I haven't entered this in a long time, I think I will try for three instruments harmonica, harp and since I am child of the 80's a keyboard.

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Ooooohhhh dare ya, dare ya, dare ya lol. I've changed my mind and working on a Roland Synthesizer on and off at the moment. Been hard to find time to play really.

[astroAJ]

Might give a triangle or tapping sticks a shot :3

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Sorry not been online much, managed to drop a large TV onto my foot this morning whilst tidying up, what's worse is it's an old one that needs to be thrown away with a huge ass on the back of it a right nasty 32" behemoth landing straight onto my right foot ...... just the way my luck is lately lol

[rocneasta]

Sorry to hear thathave you checked your foot, sometimes you may break those delicate little bones in fist/feet without knowing...

[Daye]

"Would love to see someone try a French Horn! even with splines it'd be a bugger to get right"

Bet you would lol. . .

Even in a dedicated Nurbs / Splines system like Rhino, it would take FOREVER just to get the rail / path curves into place and lined up right.
Then you would have no fewer than a bazillion profile curves for the tube itself. THEN you still gotta detail the damn thing.

Heh. . . no thanks

[rocneasta]

people are so much talking about this french horn, i'm guessing even i will end up making one...

[Neil_F01]

i looked at saxaphone.. and then changed my mind.. there no way i can do that in 90mins.. its gonna take me a few hours just figuring out what the hell all those things are connected to.. lol..

but i'll do something..

[riqlopes]

Hi guys,

First of all, my name is Henrique and I'm from Portugal.
I've been following this forum for a few months and I felt that I should join in, so that's why I decided to post my entry for this challenge.
Here you go, hope you like it.
It's a pretty simple model of a Mini-Moog Analog Synth.
This is all i could come up with in 90min.

[Foxymophandlema]

Ok, my first entry in the challenges.

I modeled a Sitar. At least i tried. I thought it was going to be peanuts... but when i noticed it, time had flew away... Didnt had time to add more detail.

So here it goes. Hope every thing is alright.