| 09-04-2004, 05:48 PM | #1 |
Master Contest 2 [MC2] - Official -------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the Master Contest? MC2 is a Warcraft-related art competition run on several levels. The competition has seasons which each follow a theme, such as 'Night Elves'. Each season is split into 3 main stages; concept, modelling, and skinning. Each stage lasts 1 month. So a season should last 3 months. However, a new season is borne with the completion of the previous season's concept phase. Stage 1, Conception requires participating artists to create 2d art of a unique unit. Multiple images may be entered to offer different perspectives and detail to the unit, and a small (500 words max) text suppliment may also be entered. You should not enter statistics, but rather information concerning the unit's background and characteristics. Concept entries will be rated on: [1-3]Relevance to theme and uniqueness. [1-4]Concept information, including background, name, abilities. [1-5]Quality use of colour, shading/light and texture. [1-10]Quality of Drawing, and overall composition. Total: 4 - 22 (2-7 for theory, 2-15 for art) So, to attempt points in all areas, provide a detailed colour image, with a short bio. Bear in mind that entries that are blatantly unrelated to a theme will be ignored (ie, anything from a different season or opposing race - PM me if unsure). The top 3 rated concepts will be rated gold, silver, bronze and proceed to stage 2. Stage 2, Modelling poses the task of creating an animated 3d model of one of the three concept winners. Models should be low poly (within 50% of Blizzard's reccomended poly budgets | Approx - 1200 for heroes, 800 for elite, 600 for core units). Modellers must produce a UVW with their model, but will not be marked on it. Models will be rated on: [1-3]Use of polygons [1-5]Animation [1-10]Mesh construction [1-4]Accuracy to concept Total 4-22 (2-7 for relevance, 2-15 for art) The top rated model for each of the three concepts will be awarded gold, silver, bronze by rating. Any tie of rating will put the higher ranked concept above the lower, proceeding to stage 3. Stage 3, Skinning presents up to 3 models to be textured. Skinners are free to rewrap the model's meshes to aid their texturing as they see fit. Skins may not exceed 512x512 size, with the exception of large units that may use 1024x512 textures. Skinning will be rated on: [1-3]Etiquette (small skin, quality of screenshots, team colour) [1-4]Relevance to concept art [1-10]Overall quality, composition and consistancy of skin [1-5]Use of shading, texture and colours. Total 4-22 (2-7 for relevance, 2-15 for art) Season 4 will commence NOW, with a deadline of 4th October. The theme is Denizens of The Dark forest (gobbos/ogres/pandas). Judges will be contacted privately at the deadline, to publicly provide their ratings within 3 days of that deadline. 4 Judges and a public vote will compose 5 results, averaged to conclude the winners. I hope I didn't omit anything. And remember... this is the last season. BEGIN! EDIT: NO DISCUSSION IN THIS THREAD, ONLY ENTRIES, DISCUSSION GOES HERE: http://www.wc3campaigns.com/showthread.php?t=55167 |
| 09-06-2004, 05:24 PM | #2 |
I may draw a pandaren lightmaster... then, a panda very enlightned... but the theme is denizens of the Dark forest... then I asked me... is my panda appropriate? :( |
| 09-27-2004, 10:49 PM | #6 |
![]() History: Though the past of the Pandaren race is vast and unknown to most beings of Azeroth, one thing is certain: they were a very peaceful race. These samurai, or "shogun" are highly respected for they defend their race and lead the armies forward. Even with these powerful warriors, the Pandaren do not wage war against other races unless their own race is endangered. Shoguns carry powerful blades though light so they maintain their swift and powerful strikes. As Pandaren do not use magic as the Night Elves once had, their magic is limited to what nature itself provides. The same applies to their shoguns. Through years of training, they can almost rely on no special techniques but their brute strength. Fire is their element of will as it strikes along with their swords. Primary Attribute: Agility Spells: Searing Strike: By focusing a huge portion of their strength on their blades, the Shogun launches one huge strike that causes immense bleeding to the living and a burning sensation to the undead. Nature's Gift (Passive): Concentrating their inner energies, the tissue of the Shogun tighten up to produce defense as hard as stone, making the Shogun almost impervious to attacks. Thousand Strikes Technique: When this was first used, it was performed by a master Pandaren who was in desperation to defend his village from hungry wolves. By remaining still and keeping calm, he was able to strike with a single blade faster than the eye can see, killing everything in sight. Divine Wind (Ultimate): When the Shogun senses his own end, he can perform a ritual in which he kills himself in the progress, releasing his soul in a massive energy warp, causing damage as catastrophic as if a Titan were still walking the earth of Azeroth once again. |
| 09-28-2004, 02:25 AM | #7 |
![]() Goblin Reaper Goblins, small, feeble, but not this goblin. A small band of tinkers decided to share their minds. After years of engineering and testing, they built the Goblin Walker, but those who see it refer to it as the "Reaper". Being small and feeble as they are, they assembled 2 legs that bear a resemblence to the nerubians, allowing to stride long distances in a short time, they made the legs longer, and strapped crude jet packs to the legs, and if in dire emergengy, they are able to detach the leg parts. To keep the reaper upright, they strapped a jet pack to their backs to move properly, ability to swivel the pack also helps them turn. As for the mobility is set, they started building the perfect weapons. Reaper Cannon, a motar launcher, was heavy, and weight is a main issue, not being well buffed like the dwarves, they made the launcher to fit around their arm, acting like a motar launcher, and a power suit. A secondary device was created, the Rail Cannon, made to fit the shoulder and connect to the jet pack, therail cannon is an extreme machine, able to lauch a dozen motars in a short time, but the recoil is a risk for the goblin, though. Prefering long range weaponry to close range, they are fit to fire from afar, and may require extra meat from other creatures to aid him. Names include; Tek Dynamite, Wrench Explosive, Gazz Contraption, Spark ClockWerk ------------------------------ Shrapnel Blast - The Reaper, using its Reaper Cannon, fires an especially votile rocket, when hit upon contact, explodes and sends deadly, flying shrapnel into the crowd around him. Traveling at a fairly slow rate, enough for the person to move, but not to out run, it homes in on a target, if vision is lost, the missle explodes. Deals double damage to buildings. Long Cooldown, Small Mana Cost. Rail Cannon - Aiming and loading causes a dely when firing. The Reaper then fires a great volley of missles over great distances, almost twice his vision. The missles each create a small blast radius, but are efficient enough to weaken units from afar. Having so much fire power the recoil stuns the goblin and causes it to take damage. Long Cooldown and Large Mana Cost. Minimum Range of 300. Fuel Upgrade (passive) - The Reaper checks and improves the chemicals in his fuel tank. This new fuel increases his walking speed, decreases his weapons's cooldown and mana. Havoc Launchers (Ultimate) - The reaper goes into an insane firing frenzy few have seen, those who survived described it as a never ceasing volley of missles. The reaper turns immobile, during this time, jets turn off and the reaper turns into a small silo. Then taking no time extra, the Reaper then fires a volley of 10 missles a second around the Reaper for the next 15 seconds. Each missle stuns half a second and deals 7 damage each. Double damage to buildings. Long Cooldown and Large Mana Cost. |
| 10-04-2004, 11:53 AM | #8 |
Hey look! It's Oct 4!!! It came so fast... 5 entries? hmmm... icbm1987 |
