speed modelling challenge week 26 - Christmas

[Marty_McFly-3DT]

Originally posted by Col.David
@lemon

sure textures are important... but we are talking about a modeling challenge and it is easy to impress using a detailled texture and stuff like V-Ray to make your model look good even though it may a be very easy model.

Sometimes this is true... and sometimes this is not... for instance, your image would look a lot better had you spent you 60 minutes on modelling a whole scene for your painting. Like an art gallery with a bench... a sculpture or two... some fancy lights, a "frame" for you picture. Just a pretty .jpeg isn't going to do it without some type of creativity behind it aswell... Just my two cents anyway...

[Col.David]

@Marty

Exactly that's what I wanted to show...

Get me right. I don't want to offend anybody and yes, textures are great. A good modeler has to know when and where to use textures instead of modeling all kinds of stuff.

When I model (in a prof. environment) I carefully plan on what to texture or not. And I do this before and while modeling. I just wanted to clarify why I chose not to use textures on the locomotive... that's all.

After all, I've seen models on this forum that where very detailled and difficult to model but the rendering wasn't any fancy v-ray full textured one of a kind. And I've seen veeery easy models using shaders presets and textures and v-ray and stuff like that that catch the eye in a first glance but wouldn't stand the contest in a real production environment.

But I'm sure this has been discussed a hundred times before and I don't want to spread bad vibes =) Because after all this contest is all about fun and making a fast and good impression to the eye - which textures do. It just depends on how you interpret the task "speed modeling" - just modeling or in a overall impression way of doing things... then again one HAS to texture it to compete LOL

Jingle bells and merry christmas. Hohoho.

ps. everyone - go and see Incredibles if you haven't yet! IT IS IN-CRE-DI-BLE!!!

[Andy_k-3DT]

agreed that normally texturing is pointless in a modelling contest which is why we ask for wireframes etc. However, I'm reasonably confident that I can spot a crap model underneath even the greatest textures and that's how I try and judge the challenge every week.

this time though we decided to open up the challenge to include texturing and rendering, there were several reasons for this most notable being that it's nearly Christmas so lets have a little fun

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible (maybe there will be once more week where we stary form the normal rules) so in the meantime take advantage of the changes and enjoy yourself

Andy

[WildDUcK]

HELLO
It is my first participation in fast modelling challenge . Hope you find it fun, if it is not totaly clear, this is a christmas lamp

soft:lightwave 8
modelling:60min
texturing:20min
setup, lightning, and render test: more than 3hours
final render:7 min

p.s: does anybody could tell me why(OH WHY!!) saslit doesn't work if there's a volumetric light?? thx

[deetS]

Here is a simple one ...

modelling time : 20 min

[Wooza]

wow. very nice worx here
I tried it too and thats the result

Modeling: 60min
texturing: ~30 min (the Jointtexture was not easy :P )
Rendering: 1 min 15 sec

[And0]

Originally posted by Wooza
wow. very nice worx here
I tried it too and thats the result

Modeling: 60min
texturing: ~30 min (the Jointtexture was not easy :P )
Rendering: 1 min 15 sec

Your is the best for now! i will try something too in a few days!

[Ekin]

Here is my first work for speed modeling challenge
It's for week 26
name : Last xmas present
35 mim : modeling
30 mim : texturing and rendering

[Ekin]

it was made in max

[Bobbyhiom]

Thats really cool Ekin, I wouldn't want it for christmas though!!


I thourght i could try something differen't and made Jack the pumpkin king from nightmare before christmas

Modeling took 45 minutes

Rendering took 18 minutes

[Dozer]

Okay Bobby, you beat me to it, your model is a little simple, but I didn't finish in time so yours is better ... I was trying for more realism (at least as real as he actually is hehe) and spent too much time (like 40 minutes just on his face) to get it done in an hour...Cheers, good job.

[DESPISTADO]

my first entry

3ds max 5.1

modeling time: 45 minutes

render time: 6 minutes and 39 seconds

lights and texture time: 2 hours

[noouch]

A try at almost cartoonish rendering...

Modelling: Full 60 minutes
Texturing: none
Render: 57 seconds
100% Cinema 4D

[Bobbyhiom]

Hey Dozer, I hope your still going to post your jack. I really want to see it. oh and i don't want to sound like a noobie but what is Vray?

[Dozer]

I got so mad at the mesh - I couldn't clean up the face after a boolean - that I deleted it! Sorry, but it was looking good, I'm just tempermental. I'm not a real Christmas person, so the "spirit" hasn't hit me...I don't even buy a tree ever...Just money I don't have. I think I'll just enjoy everybody's submissions from the bench

Vray is an external rendering system. Max 6+ comes with a renderer called Mental Ray. You can get Vray Free to test out the renderer, just look it up on Google.