SMC #08 "Hadouken" - Street Fighter

[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.

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: Street Fighter
Deadline - 10:00PM GMT Friday 6th May 2011
Description: The Street Fighter games are the most successful video games of it's genre. It's creator's Capcom set the benchmark recipe for future beat 'em up games. If it wasn't for Street Fighter they would never have been Mortal Kombat or Tekken or a whole host of other fighting games. The blend of beautiful & colourful stages, diverse (albeit stereotypical) characters & excellent sound effects and music with lightning fast gameplay made this a must for all kinds of gamers. It had everything from 100 hand slapping sumo's & electro shocking beastmen to yoga elasticated enthusiasts & martial arts masters. The series is now 20 years old and as a tribute this is your chance to model anything featured in any of the Street Fighter games, this could be a stage, a character, a prop or even the title logo. You are free to interpret/re-interpret any of the above as you like. Oh one more thing.......... HADOUKEN!
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

[timberwo7ves]

ahhhhh sweet starter

[rocneasta]

loving that hair!!! awesome

again a world of possibilities and high goal and standard you've set with this challenge

[bgen]

great topic and starter CG !! !
I have a great idea for Blanka can't wait to execute it. !

[ClassicGamer-3DT]

Great I wanted to do Blanka but had enough troubles with Ryu's hair, Blanka has chest, arm and a huge head of hair. Might do something else later in the week.

[SherifAlaa55]

I'm not great with char. Modeling i think ill go with the stage design

[ocin]

nice topic!
I have a question: If I model a character and built a basic rig to pose him is this rigging and posing also part of the modeling time?
cheers

[paulius-st]

just jizzed in my pants. when i saw this theme a little boy started to rumble in side of me. definateley in. and i think i'll do more than one entry. just cant deciede witch characters to do ryu, m bison, zangief, blanka... damn there are so much of them
CG - i like your aproach to ryu . good clean modeling. waiting for more
good luck to all participating .

[timberwo7ves]

I'm starting mine tonight; I know someone else is going to do the same thing in about 15 minutes and do it better, sigh, so at least I'll get first :P

[paulius-st]

Originally Posted by ocin

nice topic!
I have a question: If I model a character and built a basic rig to pose him is this rigging and posing also part of the modeling time?
cheers

you can do what you want for the beauty render - even animate it if you want . just ceep your clay and wire renders untutched by all this rigging and extra work thats how i understand it.

[timberwo7ves]

Originally Posted by paulius-st

you can do what you want for the beauty render - even animate it if you want . just ceep your clay and wire renders untutched by all this rigging and extra work thats how i understand it.

I think Ocin wanted to make the char in a t-pose, and have the clay posed nicely using his rig

[capitan_popo]

wooooohooooo!!!! dont think I will be able to participate cause of DWV but I hope to see a BUNCH of entries!!!

[paulius-st]

Originally Posted by timberwo7ves

I think Ocin wanted to make the char in a t-pose, and have the clay posed nicely using his rig

so whats the point of clay and wires then? the better we can see the structure of the model the better we can see how its made. some and most poses hide lots of technicly valuable visual info that is given by wires and clay . thats why we have beauty renders - in these reders you can show your model from a best perspective you can think of and go wild with post processing. i may be wrong, but its my personal opinion

[Slayer89]

might actually have time to participate in these now that classes are over for the semester

[newhere]

If i wasn't in the dominance war i would do this challenge.