The Master Contest

Tight

Im entering...
hehe

I hope I win!

I can win modeling and still enter concept right?
and skinning?
cause i wanna win one of each if possible!

Let me know lord!

Thanks
-DB

Sorry, but no.
I think you really should go for modelling, that orc model in your avatar is pretty cool.

first of all, has the orc chariot contest just begun? and what will be the last day of it?

2nd, will the next 3 contests also be chariots for the other races?

3d, i think the polycount should'nt be between 400-500, just keep it under 800 or something like that would be better...

4th, i like the 4 chariots idea... but never do the lame tree thing again, its really boring, no offence to the painter of it.

5th, it would be easyer to model something if the concept also would feature a front, side and perspective view.

i think ill gonna give this one a shot, and plz let the next ones also be chariots!

Hey lord - this is a chariot at least make it a hero unit ~1000 cos its big and we can add more detil (i think ill give it a go this time too:D )

OK! Now it's 400-700.

Arch_Angel:
1 - Yes.
2- No.
3- -----
4- Well, it was a great concept...
5 - Ask wodewick for more angles. PM him.

We can't have multi-angle shots or we'll have people setting it as the viewport backround which is just going to be too easy and loads of similar models. So.... stick to perspective pics

its nice to be able to reach 700 poly's, but the detail will have to be very low, if not skinned on it at all.

right now i have the chariot and its around 400, give or take 10, the rider isnt going to need many polys, but 2 dogs (i imported the 2 creep dogs to test) and i still hade to add the leashes and the whip...

think ill going to rip off all the details just to keep it that lowpoly.

and 1 other thing, the mappers are getting payed for their time map?
isnt that strange? the way i see it modeling,antimating,skinning is way harder than mapping

That's pretty funny. I didn't even know there was a contest with this concept. I just modelised this thing for fun, then someone told me on IRC there was a contest, so I decided to enter. I thought i was at 800 faces, but later realized the polygon counter was counting half of the model in faces (the part that was an editable mesh) and half of it in polys (which was the part that was a seperate mesh being edited in editable poly). When I merged the two, I realized that I actually had a little over 1150 faces instead of 800, so I started optimizing like hell untill I could reach something under 1000. I got to 966, and optimizing any lower would make me lose any edges needed for animation or any ressemblance to the base concept. So I decided to submit it anyways, hoping the polycount rules will change. I concider it absurd to ask as low as 700 faces for three characters and a chariot. Especially since the wolves become seperate units at one point. So here it is anyways.

very nice!
like the rider and the wolves...

my chariot alone uses up to 360 polys, the rest ive got to spend on the rider and wolves...

wonder if i ever get it finished

You should try optimizing that alot more. My chariot with the flag and spears is like 147 faces. And I still busted the limit with the dogs and rider.

I could remove everything and keep only the rider and the two wolves right now and the polycount would still bust 700. And I can't simplify them any further because i have just enough joints for animation, and i'm not even sure it won't cause deformations because i might not even have enough. You have to change the guidelines to 1000 faces The Lord.

Could you send me a pm when the contest is over? I'm pretty messed up with the dates......

I guess the deadline is 20 december. (Almost christmas!)

If deadlines coincide with the concept art contest, it would be the 19th with the Warlord Modelling Season starting the 20th.

hopesfall... is sooo damn uber...

Well, he's finally done... I hope you guys like it!

I don't have much time to sit and talk because I am moving home tomorrow, and I need to get packed etc.. But I'll be back online in a week or so to see the results of this contest.

Here is my entry, Wodewick's Chariot, at 823 faces.
Sorry for no wireframes, didn't have the time!
I hope everyone has a great holiday and I'll be back asap!

Peace!
-DB