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Sticky: Super Villain Challenge | Page: 1 2 3 4

Super Villain Challenge Let's get back to doing some character-based challenges and let's do Super Villains! You can make an existing character!...

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by ColdWave

01-09-2009|11:31 AM

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Sticky: Final Supervillain Entries | Page: 1 2

Post your final entries here! Keep the images a manageable resolution (no 1600x8000 portraits or anything). Feel free to post wireframes and textures...

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by Dango77

17-08-2009|11:52 PM

Replies: 19

Sticky: Horror Challenge | Page: 1 2

Hey guys, let’s get a challenge going! Clallenge Theme - Horror Model and texture a character that would be seen in a horror film or game,...

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by gster123

19-08-2010|08:40 AM

Replies: 16

Sticky: Finals Entry

Hi All, Please place your final images in this thread, with a link to your WIP so everyone can see the development of the models. Remember the...

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by s2-speedy

22-10-2010|02:11 PM

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Sticky: Egg Challenge Prize

The Art of Brave, looks really nice! http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mz0nNTIsL._SS400_.jpg

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by Nilla

04-07-2012|10:37 AM

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Sticky: New Challenge - The Egg Challenge | Page: 1 2

New Challenge! The theme is based on egg photography. The subject of the shot must be egg, however, you can model props and build your scene from...

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by mastone

05-08-2012|02:44 PM

Replies: 24

Sticky: Final Challenge Entries

Please post your final entries for the flying challenge here before the end of April 15th. Cheers and good luck, Nilla

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by Nilla

17-04-2012|06:33 PM

Replies: 5

Sticky: New Challenge - Things that fly | Page: 1 2

Time for a new challenge, the theme this time is things that fly so it can be mechanical flying machines or any other things found in the sky....

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by Nilla

07-03-2012|01:19 PM

Replies: 16

Sticky: December Robot Challenge - Final Entries | Page: 1 2

Please add your finals for the robot challenge here before the end of January 12th, add as many images as you like and a link to the WIP thread,...

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by Nilla

17-01-2012|01:13 PM

Replies: 22

Sticky: SimplyMaya December Challenge - Robots | Page: 1 2

http://simplymaya.com/images/tutorials/large_images/miscellaneous/robots_challenge One of our instructors on SimplyLightwave said a few months...

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by Nilla

01-01-2012|02:15 PM

Replies: 15

Sticky: Final Entries - My Dream Office Challenge | Page: 1 2

Please post your final entries for the challenge in this thread. We noticed that there's a few things left to do for a lot of you and as we're...

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by puneet.3d

05-10-2011|03:21 PM

Replies: 24

Sticky: New Challenge: My Dream Office $500 First Prize | Page: 1 2

Challenge This time we'd like to see you create your perfect office space complete with gadgets and knick-knacks! It can be something realistic or...

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by Nilla

03-08-2011|08:29 AM

Replies: 18

Sticky: Challenge Winners - My Favorite Toy | Page: 1 2 3 4

So finally, we have the pleasure of announcing the challenge winners at last :) On behalf of SimplyMaya & SimplyLightwave we want to say thank you...

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by jonamar

01-08-2011|01:37 PM

Replies: 52

Sticky: Final Entries - My Favorite Toy Challenge | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Please post your final entries for the May/June challenge in this thread. As it's a bit late and summer holidays are on we decided to give you until...

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by Acid44

05-08-2011|04:58 PM

Replies: 78

Sticky: New Challenge: Favorite Toys - $500 1st Prize! | Page: 1 2 3

The theme for this challenge is favorite toys and you can make any sort of toy you like. It can be a classic toy from your childhood or something...

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by THX1138

29-06-2011|08:23 PM

Replies: 42

Sticky: April Challenge Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Page: 1 2

Well its clobbering time again for the challenge!! There were some really good entries and a fair few participating which was great!! I pretty...

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by mastone

03-05-2011|01:43 PM

Replies: 23

Sticky: April Challenge Final Entries

Hey All Place your final images or vids in here, once the bell tolls!! Can you put your final poly counts in too cheers!! good luck to all ...

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by skippyk39

02-05-2011|07:16 AM

Replies: 11

Sticky: March Challenge Winner

Hey all Well its time to announce the March winner, but before I do, thanks to all who entered even if you didnt pass the finish line, it was a...

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by Gen

04-04-2011|04:57 PM

Replies: 14

Sticky: April Challenge - Prize

This month you can win a hardback copy of "The Ballad of Rango". Looks like an excellent book to me, the movie was great :)

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by Nilla

10-04-2011|10:18 AM

Replies: 5

Sticky: April Challenge_Lo Poly game character (New design) | Page: 1 2

Hey all despite not announcing a winner as yet for the March challenge until more entries are in, I thought I'd launch the April challenge. So......

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by Chirone

27-04-2011|09:36 PM

Replies: 20

Sticky: March Challenge Final Entries | Page: 1 2

Hey All well the end of the March challenge draws to a close in a day or two. Looks like some serious work has been going on too and those...

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by tweetytunes

02-04-2011|11:01 PM

Replies: 20

Sticky: March Challenge - Prize

So I thought to post up a prize a bit earlier this month :redface: For March we decided to go with a book from another great movie for the winner -...

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by Jay

09-03-2011|09:39 PM

Replies: 1

Sticky: March Challenge - Environment Creation | Page: 1 2

Well you all wanted it by the look of it, so you got it!! :D Yep time to go let loose those imaginations boys and girls, so go an create an...

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by honestdom

10-03-2011|04:44 PM

Replies: 23

Sticky: February Challenge - Prize

The prize for the challenge winner this month will be a book on one of the great movies last year; "The Art of How to Train Your Dragon" :)

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by Dango77

28-02-2011|07:24 AM

Replies: 10

Sticky: February Challenge - Speed Machine | Page: 1 2 3

Ladies n gents start your engine(s)....... This months challenge is called Speed Machine and its purely modelling. The idea is to model a...

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by Jay

27-02-2011|12:22 PM

Replies: 38

Sticky: January Challenge Winner....

is.............................. Honest Dom!!!! Well done dude, it all looks really good. Really well done. It was excuted just right with...

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by bullet1968

12-02-2011|04:09 AM

Replies: 8

Sticky: Final Entries - January Challenge -Before and After

Okay dudes The Grim Reaper is in the building - time to give up your work for judgement!! If you could each put the before and after images in...

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by THX1138

03-02-2011|09:59 PM

Replies: 14

Elemental Creature - BulletProof | Page: 1 2

Okeydokey...raped the laptop of my girlfriend to make something for this challenge...sorry, that I can't add a sketch, because I have no scanner...

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by adldesigner

25-10-2002|08:28 PM

Replies: 19

Moved: Texturing House ??

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Elemental Creature - Blinn

Here's a really really quick concept I did today in school. Thinking of going earthy.

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by undo

27-10-2002|04:37 PM

Replies: 8

Nemo's Sub - Roman | Page: 1 2 3 4

Simply Maya's first Challenge.. wicked!! :D I have a clear picture of this sub.. in my head! so bare with me.. this is the first progress i made.....

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by Roman

30-09-2002|01:03 PM

Replies: 52

Elemental Creature - Garry1953 | Page: 1 2

I think for the fun of it a Dragon..... which represents fire and mabeeeee a little evil:) I'll start today... plenty of time till the end of the...

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by Garry1953

03-11-2002|11:41 PM

Replies: 29

Challenges..

The Challenge for September will be announced in 2-3 days.. :p untill then please feel free to ask any questions you might have concerning the...

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by Roman

27-09-2002|08:55 PM

Replies: 4

September Competition here | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Right guys! This months competition is a fishy scene. What thsi means is well basically anything fishy! maybe a shark / whale or even a...

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by Kevin

01-10-2002|01:27 PM

Replies: 79

Nemo's Sub- Darkon | Page: 1 2 3

Ok, I'm going to give this a whirl :) Not your average Nemo Sub here either ;) Just started tonight, so lots to do yet, here's the front so far. ...

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by adldesigner

13-09-2002|06:28 PM

Replies: 35

Nemo's Sub - BulletProof | Page: 1 2 3

Okey...ready for take-off...here's my first sketch for the submarine..hope it's not tooo rustical ;O)). Just a fough shape to get an idea how the...

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by BulletProof

25-09-2002|09:46 PM

Replies: 44

Nemo's Sub -- Dave Baer | Page: 1 2 3

Okay guys. I hope it's not to late to get into this challenge. Here's my entry. Of course, it's still a WIP, but it's a start. :beer:

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by adldesigner

03-10-2002|11:55 AM

Replies: 33

Nemo's sub - ME3D

Hey glad to be her fellas, I know its late so I'd better hurry. Quick question to make sure I understand the direction of this. No textures are...

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by ME3D

23-09-2002|09:51 PM

Replies: 7

Nemo's Sub -- mtmckinley | Page: 1 2 3

Hey, guys. No pic yet, but I'd like to give it a whirl. I may not be able to really work on it until later, though. Two contracts and the tutorials...

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by dave_baer

20-09-2002|07:01 PM

Replies: 31

Nemo's Sub - Mayan666 | Page: 1 2

Just finished my 2d drawings of my sub. If you're wondering, I made then in paper first then traced them manually in Macromedia Flash (for me there's...

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by mayan666

29-09-2002|02:36 AM

Replies: 25

Nemo's Sub - adldesigner | Page: 1 2 3

Greetings to you all ... Noob warning here! lol Anyway .. wish you the best of lucks .. expect my first models soon. adldesigner Ccs,...

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by adldesigner

25-09-2002|11:32 PM

Replies: 39

Nemo's Sub - Kitoc

What the... I might as well give it a shot... --Kitoc

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by Kitoc

20-09-2002|07:37 PM

Replies: 7

Challenge - Nemo's Sub

Nemo's Sub.. FINISHED well in two day's time the new Challenge Topic will be announced and the Winner of the Nemo's Sub.. so stay tuned.. :p

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by Roman

30-09-2002|11:13 PM

Replies: 0

Challenge Rules!

Here are the rules for the challenge: 1. No Textures, 2. Lighting allowed, 3. Wireshots from various camera angles, 4. Progress shots of the...

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by Roman

02-10-2002|01:34 AM

Replies: 0

October Competition Here | Page: 1 2 3 4 5

Right guys! Well as October is Halloween, this months competition is going to follow a haunted theme...so this month I would like to see some...

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by Kevin

05-11-2002|09:08 AM

Replies: 64

Elemental Creature - Deviant Dreams

Well, i'm going to start in on the fun. So here's a starter post. Also i'm the first to post. :D I think I'm going to do a fire creature. Just a...

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by Kurt

02-10-2002|04:06 PM

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Elemental Creature - adldesigner | Page: 1 2

Expect my first concept drawings in a few days! Good luck to everybody ... and happy modelling.

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by Roman

09-10-2002|08:05 PM

Replies: 16

Elemental Creature - Roman | Page: 1 2

yooo.. :p just reservin' a place.. gonna start out probably next week (:rolleyes: hopefully..) cya then.. :D

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by Roman

11-10-2002|01:39 AM

Replies: 20

Elemental Creature - mtmckinley (Large Images!)

I'm still in the drawing phase.... and I'm not even certain I'll get out of it, but I'll post what comes to me. This is just a concept... may not...

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by BulletProof

05-10-2002|03:26 PM

Replies: 7

Elemental Creature Raul

here a pic. just got so inspired by kurts work. heh heh.

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by raul

20-10-2002|04:54 PM

Replies: 8

elemental creature - creaminds | Page: 1 2

ok this is my first image , I don't have a reference drawing because it's from my head and I'm not so good drawer. I'll model an air creature. I...

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by creaminds

05-11-2002|06:11 AM

Replies: 29

`Egg Challenge - Jamesepoo`

I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish before the 30th but I couldn't pass up a challenge in which I bring objects to life; I have also worked with...

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by Gen

13-09-2012|09:03 PM

Replies: 10