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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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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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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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April Challenge_Lo Poly game character (New design)
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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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Challenge Winners - My Favorite Toy
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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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December Robot Challenge - Final Entries
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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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Egg Challenge Prize
The Art of Brave, looks really nice! http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Mz0nNTIsL._SS400_.jpg
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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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February Challenge - Speed Machine
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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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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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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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Final Entries - My Dream Office Challenge
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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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Final Entries - My Favorite Toy Challenge
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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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Final Supervillain Entries
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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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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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Horror Challenge
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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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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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March Challenge - Environment Creation
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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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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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March Challenge Final Entries
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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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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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New Challenge - The Egg Challenge
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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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New Challenge - Things that fly
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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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New Challenge: Favorite Toys - $500 1st Prize!
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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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New Challenge: My Dream Office $500 First Prize
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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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SimplyMaya December Challenge - Robots
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http://simplymaya.com/images/tutorials/large_images/miscellaneous/robots_challenge One of our instructors on SimplyLightwave said a few months...
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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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Elemental Creature Raul
here a pic. just got so inspired by kurts work. heh heh.
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Medieval Ages - morpher
Hi! I will try to create a dwarf for this competion- my inspiration is the Dragonlance saga (for all you ADND gamers :D).
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`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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- Patic Rider - : Super Villain Challenge
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I'm in. I will go for a character model based on my game project i'm currently working on. So the story goes....: This is a rider from the...
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--- Attention All Contestants
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If any of you can not host your video, once it is complete, PM me, and we can set up a way for me to host if for the month. I will only host FINAL...
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(Noob) Kabuki Quantum Fighter
Hello everyone, I'm slow in checking my mail, but I got the latest news letter just recently and I'm stoked about this contest! I picked the main...
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*** ATTENTION ALL ***
The following are some useful guidelines you can use to create better models and images. Simple guidelines that not only address some of the things...
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**Karate Videos: Shaolin Monks**
just found this might be helpful to find some finishing moves www.shaolinwolf.com/downloads/videos1.htm hope it helps some one out mumbo
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"June Challenge - killer bee - Noobie"
well i will hold this stop what i will do i dont know ,,,,but i am in :confused:
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1st timer
Never had a go at this before but as a break from star wars modeling i thought it would do me good, plus its great to see peoples entries comming...
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3d file converter please
Hi im a new user to maya, i need to import 3dsmax models but i havent found any format converter, do you know any? im a mac user. thanks.
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3d Model Competition - February Showcase
Yes! It's coming again. I will try my best to carry on the showcase tradition started by adldesigner. Stay tuned, I'll be adding the entries soon. To...
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3d model competition - March Showcase
Alright, the time has came for the march challenge! Lets get started. Hopefully we shall have a great showcase because of the name of the challenge...
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here we go :D here's concept, something like assault machine, steam powered, with automatic-arrow-launcher, 2 cutters and 4 legs :D First i wanted to...
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A train
Hi would it be Ok to use a train for the challenge?
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acid44 - may texture challenge
ok im joining a bit late but i figured "why the **** not" im going to be doing the test tube type of thing and setting it up for a game i may even...
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Acid44 - summer challenge
well, im gonna give it a shot... my idea is to make a rustyy screwed up cash register thingy... been working about 20 minutes now... heres the first...
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acid44 - summer challenge - ninja
hey im gonna join in this one and hopefully i can finish it first thing though... could someone post a link to a good human referance site...
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Acid44_FX02_WIP
i have no idea what im gonna do or how im gonna do it but im so in... i have a bit of experience with mayas physics (just from messing around) so...
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acid44-september ruins
hey, i think im gonna have a go at this one... hopefully i can get at least something done to hand in at the end,though ill be pretty bit for time...
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AlexanderH - Summer Challenge
While I realize this challenge must have started a long time ago, I am going to give this thing a go. I have a few ideas which I've not yet decided...
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AlphaFlyte - May - Texturing
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ok shame on me for poor show last 2 challenges, but real life (insert favourite curses here). Technically I am way in over my head here, but isn't...
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I decided to join since it would be good practices for a newbie to maya like me. :) I'm part of an Astronomy club, so I see it fitting to model a...
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An idea for someone...
Here an idea for those who can thing of what to model for this months challenge. I'd love to see Brian make this :)
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