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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: 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: 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: 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

Replies: 50

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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

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: 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

Replies: 0

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: 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: 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

Replies: 13

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: 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

`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

November Competition Here | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Welcome to November´s Competition Thread! As I was watching today Episode II (for the 30th time already), and seeing how there´s a widespread...

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by mrock04

14-12-2002|10:36 PM

Replies: 506

Jan/Feb - noob - mc-fleury | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

i try this challenge .ill try to model a gorilla head.i will try as a noob so i have more chance to win !

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by mc-fleury

11-03-2006|02:55 PM

Replies: 378

June Challenge - Brian Ellebracht - Normal | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Guys I am really busy, but as you know, I can't pass up a challenge like this! I Have set a goal to make sure that it will be turned in before the...

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by dave_baer

02-07-2003|06:29 PM

Replies: 384

July/Aug - normal - vedic kings | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Ok, this is going to be fun:) Story, There are two brothers. One is Todd a trouble maker and the other Sam a devoted Christian. Sam is always...

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by vedic kings

27-08-2005|05:26 PM

Replies: 241

April Challenge Pony normal | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

even though I do not have a computor to run Maya yet I am still coming up with concepts. Let me know what you think. C+C

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by drknow

21-05-2003|02:58 AM

Replies: 302

March Challenge - Brian_Ellebracht - Normal | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Hey guys, been gone all weekend but I am back! Everybody seems to be getting into this one, so I think I will to!! Can't wait, Not sure what I am...

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by redrum

29-05-2003|09:03 AM

Replies: 284

March/April - Noob - metallicjet66 | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

ok im thinkin of going along the lines of a robot that can do many things at once, im taking the 4 mechanical arms of doc oc from spiderman 2 and...

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by Shadeblade

16-08-2005|05:58 PM

Replies: 285

Nov/Dec - Creature - SciFi - Pony - Normal | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Ok I think I will try this one. for the Creature I will do one of the horses. Looking over the movies again to see exactly which one. And if I have...

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by juliecash

04-01-2004|01:19 AM

Replies: 236

Jan/Feb - Norm - T1ckL35 | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Hi all, I'm thinking of modelling a polar bears head (reminds me of the dissertation I wrote on them at uni). I'm going to start with the base...

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by t1ck135

02-03-2006|04:27 PM

Replies: 174

Nov/Dec - Norm - vIm | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

Realist I a cool idea ! I m don't have idea for this moment. Comming Soon...;)

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by vim

01-01-2006|03:01 AM

Replies: 234

Sept/Oct - Norm - t1ck135 | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

I'm in :) I've been looking at this for ages now... and am going to stick with games I've played in the distant past. 1st choice was the 'Spy vs...

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by t1ck135

03-11-2005|08:46 AM

Replies: 170

April Challenge-Low Poly Character-Tweetytunes-Ada from Parsite Eve | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

I am going to do the lovly Ada from Parasite Eve 1+2. One of the most underrated games I have ever played - and still the only ever game I have...

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by ColdWave

01-05-2011|07:38 PM

Replies: 85

Dango77-Spaceship Challenge-The Unity (Of Grubs...) | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Couldn't wait to get started on this challenge so here's a brief description of what I'll be going for: A race of giant telepathic Grubs from...

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by Dango77

02-06-2009|12:32 PM

Replies: 204

October Challenge - HPorter - Normal | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

I am in dammit! I havent got to play with Maya for way too long :D This looks to be one of the best challenges yet. <--- takes a big breath and...

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by fredriksson

31-10-2003|03:35 PM

Replies: 89

March Challenge - Environment - Some Guy | Page: 1 2 3 4 5

City of the Monoliths Sup Dudes My idea is an all natural environment, large stone structures and an overwhelming feeling of size. Im thinking...

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by Gen

28-03-2011|02:31 PM

Replies: 67

September/October Challenge | Page: 1 2 3

Ruins! Yeah let's give some kind of environment challenge a try. The object of this challenge is to create some sort of ruin. Whether it be...

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by mtmckinley

27-10-2007|10:18 PM

Replies: 37

My Favorite Toy Challenge -daverave | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

I used to collect and paint war game figues, I have not found the exact war elephant I painted but will still look but for the mean time here is one...

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by daverave

03-07-2011|11:00 PM

Replies: 101

February Challenge - Speed Machine - Tweetytunes | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Oh I`m so in with this one. Ideas already coming to me, hmmmmmmmm

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by bullet1968

28-02-2011|09:18 PM

Replies: 75

Nov/Dec - Character - martial arts - Chris_H - Norm | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This should be fun:) Going for Gollum as Bruce Lee, enter the dragon style. Hope to animate him too (as I really didn't do enough last time round)....

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by Chris_H

01-01-2004|04:41 PM

Replies: 168

Sept/Oct - Norm (I guess...)- jramauri | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

This is the first time I enter in a contest... So, I'm a little affraid. But I felt the good mood from people here, and I decided to try. The game I...

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by t1ck135

31-10-2005|07:50 PM

Replies: 180

March Challenge - Environment - GecT | Page: 1 2 3 4

So I read the challenge description and something popped and stuck right away. I'm leaning towards a home on a deserted island. A scenario that has...

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