March Challenge 2003
 

Alright, lets get cracking on this new competition!

This months challenge....

"Futuristic robots/machines"

This was voted though you, at the announcements poll and i would of picked it myself :D. This should be a great competition and you should have lots of fun, seeing its just SO flexible. This area contains anything from mechanical spiders, to cyborgs, to tanks. People have asked if they can do futuristic cars, and that is also allowed! There shouldnt be any problem with your decicion, if you have a problem, i will let you know right away!

Hopefully lots of you join, well at least ten. This is NOT just for advanced maya users, but for all levels! This is a great learning experience, just make sure you post your topic with the sentance structure below. Either:

"March Challenge - Name - Noobie"
or
"March Challenge - name - Normal"


Rules:
1. Texturing is allowed.
2. Wire frame shots must be presented at random times.
3. Various shots of the progress, throughout the whole challenge, at different angles.
4. Concept Drawing or Picture, to be presented (where possible).
5. Submit your stills at 640x480, for loading purposes.
6. Final render can be at any size you wish, and all artowork in the render has to of been made by yourself.
7. Finish by last day of month midnight at latest (10 o'clock my time)
8. Mark final render saying "FINAL RENDER" within the post. there can only be 1 final render by the way.
8. Have lots of fun!
9. Everything in your final render has to be modelled by you during the challenge.

If you have any questions post them here, or PM me if its more private.

nice challenge M.... should be fun, hope to see lots of entrys this time. Get started early you guys - dont leave it to late :P

Also to add on to this, dont think that if 1 week is passed, then you just cannot join. I joined my Golem model in a previous challenge with only 1 week left and i still made the deadline, i just highly do not reccomend this! So if you didnt find this within the first few days, dont panic.. seeing you still have TONS of time. if you work on it a bit a day, you should be able to pull it off.. it does depend on how complex your model is, so think of the complexity along with the time you have left, before you start.

found these people views of the future

a future car

Mumbojumbo! That is the coolest car ever! If i had the money i would have it custom built! WOW. As for that intersection picture, that is great if anyone makes a floating car, they can put the car in that picture for just some cool renders :D. Or they can recreate it and put their car or w/e in it for their final render.

Hah, ok look at this spider robo... tell me, is that cool or what?

http://www.scifi2k.com/misc_html/chr...art/robot3.jpg

Yeah its cool but i think that you could add more things at it:D, thats because i got the feeling that the competition will be tuff:beer:

By the way guys, if i have missed your renders, due to a lot of posts and me just passing it by accident.. you have to tell me so i can get it up... thanks :). I think i have everyone at the moment. Also BTW.. dont post unless i havent updated it for at least 24 hours since your latest render :).

Sorry guys for the lack of updates on the showcase. I have been soo busy the last few days and just havent had time to do it. I will be doing it tonight for sure :). Just letting you know so that you didnt think i forgot about it

Arg, ok.. I wont be having internet for a couple weeks for many reasons. I will talk to you all when its back up and running :). Cya then.

only around 10 days left guys... so get a move on :D

No prob! ;)

Prob no a prob. LOL I'm just figered out how to convert Polys to subD's and back with out lose or gain. Should go much faster now. It helps with low RAM.

Yaaaaa, ok im back and happy to be on SM :D. Anyways I was on a vacation so its super busy at my house right now and I have lots of other stuff to do. Either today or tommorow i will try to get the showcases back up and running and answer any questions I have received. Ok, cya around the board.

couple of days left! get finishing guys

yep kev !! i think i ll finish my robot tomorrow (monday March,31)
It' s a very good challenge i m so impatient to see the winners because there is a lot of entries !!
i can t wait to see the next challenge subject !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and....... GOOD LUCK ALL !!

Yes good luck to everyone! :D GREAT job this month guys all the entries have been really good and the competition is tuff and tight! VERY close!!! :D
And just remember that if I don't win I do have 3 Gundams and I'm not afraid to use them! ;) LOL!!!

M will be deciding the winner today... so finish up quick!

Sorry about the pictures not showing on the showcase...we are doing some work atm, but hope it will be done soon

At what time GMT?

not sure ...but very soon so get it done, could be any time today

I'm going to follow the rules then...

"7. Finish by last day of month midnight at latest (10 o'clock my time)"

So by midnight I will post my final render

thats it :)

guys please note that we simply cannot watch the site 24 / 7

so the shutoff time for the comp will be sometime today... well basically when M feels the need. Try to get your challenges in and complete the day before to stop confussion

edit...we will go as near to the time as possible but have many things to do so "GET A MOVE ON" :D

Hey, seeing the large variety of timezones, just this time im going to give some of you some slack. I will announce when the competition is CLOSED. Starting now I am putting on a timer for 4 hours. Sorry but if its not in by then, then thats it. Sorry for the showcase guys, i know its not working right. Hopefully it will be back up during the next competition :D. I will manually go through the competators in normal and noobie class, and choose the winners after that 4 hour period. Please make it clear which render is your final.

Starting next month, the final will be the end of the day in YOUR timezone. The only reason this works is someone from my timezone can get started early on the competition, when someone like kevin in his timezone will only have maybe 1 hour left in that day to work on it. This way everyone has the exact ammount of time from when it starts to when it ends.

Once i choose the winners, i will run them by kevin and then post the next day the winners :D. BTW, the new competition will be starting as of tommorow! The topic this time will be a surprise :). Woohoo, new comp!

Please check link in my sig.
Will help us with this whole Timezones problem.

heh, funny you should say that adl, i thought the same thing just a day ago. New plans though as of next competition :). Thanks man.

Ok, sorry for all the timezone problems on this competition. There were mixed words flying around like, has to be done at 12 kevins time, or 12 my time, or things like that. It was clearly stated 4 hours ago that i would end this in 4 hours. Thats now. So thankyou all for competing and im glad that lots of you were able to get your final render in, and wow.. what a lot of work to judge! It has all been wonderful! So the competition is closed and i will be announcing the winners in a little while :). Thanks again, and the next challenge will be started up tommorow morning, or afternoon (depends if i have the time in the morning) I may start the next competition tonight. Ok, cya.

A surprise huu? No voting? Ok. I hope its one i can get behind. NOthing like 'realisum' i hope. I trust you M.

Lol yea, if it fails miserably, then the heats on me