character modeling contest

as of yet there is no prize other than respect , and who knows if enough people enter maybe conitec with throw something in.

you must agree the models that come with gs are way outdated amd we need some fresh meat! cbabe and warlock are great , dont get me wrong but old. so lets say this contest is aimed at charaters.
they can be any type of character , but must be skinned and animated with or without bones , must have at least ,stand ,walk , run ,jump ,swim , death animations but the more the merrier.

lets say 1000 poly min and 3000 max .

and you must be willing to let others use your model free of charge , hopefully all entries will end up on the download page.

all content must be created by the person who enters.

lets say july 4 will be deadline and we can have a poll to vote for best

Ok I will bite... Maybe you can convince Conitec to offer up some cash or free software? Make it worth the time it takes to create a character..

i sent jcl a pm asking just that , but never recieved a reply .
thats why i say that maybe if enough people want to do it , they might.

i am game! i finally tried my hand at a rock monster model. animated, its kinda cool.

awesome! blink , i cant wait to see it , i havent decided what im going to make , but im going to submit something. rock monster idea is cool.

hmm i might join, i stink at skinning tho =P

thats alright , i suck at animation.

i found this awesome animation frames pic that i use for the walk and run animations. it helped me a great deal with animating new models with bones. the other basic animations are easy to create.

Nice, I might have a bash at this. It'll give me a chance to try some new stuff out, Thinking of doing a barbarian/warrior guy.

barbarian guy sounds cool! im thinking of submiting a hockey mask murderer like jason

Heres where I'm at, Not finished modeling yet and its already at just under 5000 tris. Is this too many? Should I reduce it down some more?

wow , that looks great! you may have this in the bag. as far as the poly count why dont we just say whatever you make you make
and when the community votes , they can decide if its a mark against you or for you . animations also.

as far as mine goes , i made jason , but i dont think he makes a very good character , all though the model looks good to me , it just doesnt seem like character material. so i ll try something else. but jason is available free in the horror section of my free models page if anyone wants it.

again barbarian looks awesome

good work man.
there is no need to reduce it.

Thanks alot guys, Im glad you like it. I'll not bother reducing it that much then and just see how it ends up.
Good Luck with your models.
Cheers.

Started blocking in the texture, still a ways to go yet.



C'mon guys wheres everyone else's models? Hope Im not the only one, that'd suck.

i know , i think its just blink , you and i so far. why dont we
extend the deadline to last day of july , in hopes of a few more people.

barbarian looking good!

the barbarian looks very very good.

i am backing that model!!!

wow, i might have to change my idea,lol. wow look at the barbarian. i might need that extension after all, lol.

an experiment gone horribly wrong:

barbarian sucks, i think the above model pawns it

bringing something umm.... "new" to the modeling world, lol !

Thanks for the kind words guys! (except darkinferno!! ).
Nice to see someone else joining in tD_Datura_v, keep 'experimenting' and youll eventually get better.
Anyways here's where I'm at, still work to be done on the texture and the animations to finish off.



Cheers!

first i read bavarian instead of barbarian because of those very strange lederhosen.

Aren't that synonyms anyway?

Ha! yeah maybe hes German

Well I've finished my model.



That 'contest' sure did suck. I'll put the model up soon.

Cheers,
Ryan.

its not over yet. great model btw.

Thanks alot Blink, glad you like it. Cant wait to see yours.

i agree this contest did suck , i expected a much bigger turnout
oh well. unfortunately my wife broke her wrist last week so most of my time goes to taking care or her right now. i geuss ill have to submit my origanal model jason for my entry.

jason can be downloaded from my site , but even though im submitting jason im going to vote for you ryan! that barbarian is very cool and its clear you put a great deal of work into it.

Thanks Badapple! I appreciate it.
Sorry to hear about your wife, hope she gets better soon.
Cheers.

Where should I upload the model to?

lets extend it a bit more maybe? btw, bad apple, the jason model is brilliant! i hope your wife is better soon!

cheers.

we can extend it as long as you like blink , let us when you want it to end.

here you go:
http://www.filefront.com/17073899/Barbarian.rar

cool model! and the animation looks very natural

Thanks alot, the walk and run animations are actually free motion capture files. My animation skills arent quite up to it.

wow, nice model and animations, i dont know if I can compete with this,lol. Badapple's Jason model is waaay better than my rock monster! wow, maybe we should stop the contest while i still have my dignity,lol.

lol, i admire your honesty Blink. At the end of the day though its not really about competing with each other but more about challenging yourself to make a decent model. Id still like to see where your at if you decide to keep going though.

i agree , lets see the rock monster blink

ok, you asked for it,lol!



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i wanted to make a bit more rocky and chunkier, but after i added bones and animated it, it was cool as is. i didnt really finish its stand animation yet, because i wanted it to be crumbled up like rocks, and when he dies, he falls apart like a rock crumbling.

@blink the crumbleing idea is genius , and i think you did a great job .

i think ryan you and i are the only ones with entries so if you have no objections blink , i say we declare ryan the contest winner. what do you think?

I agree, but your model is equally brilliant! i wouldnt mind making this a every three months. good for practice.

So I win? Yay! . My vote would be for Badapple and your jason model, good work.
Blink your model is pretty good, the anatomy is good and it definately looks like rock, I think your too hard on yourself.
I'd be interested in more of these comps in the future, though I hope more people will be willing to join in.

CONGRAGULATIONS ! ryan the only other to contestents i know of blink and myself feel that a vote is not even needed! your character "barbarian" is excellent and wins hands down. great job! and thank you for making this model available for free.

Thanks alot guys! Im glad you liked it.
Should I make a post in the user resources section putting the model in there?

I think that it is a good idea to present each model in the resources section, each with a short youtube video of the animations.
It would be a pity, if the community didn't even notice these generous contributions.

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Just a note to your fbx file and mdl file. You shouldn't scale and rotate it when exporting it from your application. Do that in MED by Edit --> Globally Transform etc.
At least that is what I experienced when I exported via fbx from Blender.
It is a bit mixed up right now.

Thanks Pappenheimer, Yeah the MDL file is a bit messed up, I have no idea whats wrong or how to fix it though.

@Ryan: I appreciate your kind words. oddly, I have a phobia about building humanoid models. I can create cartoony models and static models easily. its something about models that are more humanoid in form, I have this fear of making. I am afraid I wouldnt do it right,lol. so, this is my first model that has an actual "humanoid" shape. maybe a bit more practice will cure me,lol!

Phobia or not, the rock monster still beats Johann.

(today's exercise: try to rearrange those words into a working game title)

Oh my ... Isn´t that JCL O.o

Thats funny,lol!!!! The model looks cool enough, tD.

Blink - Human models are the hardest thing to model in most peoples opinions, because everyone knows when it doesnt quite look right. The only way to improve is practice, you'll get there in the end .

Thanks, I am getting more confident. I think my issue is the clothing. I do anatomy fine, but the clothing seems like it might be difficult.

I'd have done it but I just dont have the time to do free work anymore.