SciFi3D Challenge: EPIII Room/Location, Deadline: Jan 31 - Prizes!.......... ** WINNERS ACCOUNCED **

i wish now it could have been a ship i just remembered i have loads of the star wars blueprints for ships and that would have been so much easier to do. ive ordered that episode 3 artbook now so that should get to me in a week.

 

will the judges take into account the software that is being used. It'd be alot easier to use something like 3d max, lightwave or maya. Will they consider that some of us are using things like blender and carrara

 

i think and hope they judge it on the quality of the model not the application its made in

 

Just wondering for everyone, what is your poly count so far?

And is 9K alot of polys?

 

mine unsmoothed is 21847
smoothed i dunno

 

WOW WOW that is alot of poly's
my poly count is 9764

 

Just to give you something to work on. Here are all the location of Episode III, according the script. So there is a lot to pick from. You can find the locations in the script on my page at
http://massassi.yavin4.com/sw/m3_index.htm
If any one needs pictures, I have tons of them, just send me a mail massassi@tiscali.nl

Jan Jacob
Massassi Order
http://www.massassi.nl
Holland

MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
WIDE HALLWAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
ELEVATOR SHAFT-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
GENERAL'S QUARTER'S-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
BATTLESTATIONS-REPUBLIC CRUISER
BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
HALLWAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
POD BAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER-SPACE

CORUSCANT-INDUSTRIAL LANDING PLATFORM
CORUSCANT-CLONE LANDING PLATFORM
CORUSCANT-LANDING PLATFORM
LANDING PLATFORM-CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL CENTER

CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT
CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-BEDROOM
CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-VERANDA
CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-LIVING ROOM

CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE ENTRY
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-YODAS QUARTERS
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-HALLWAY
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-BRIEFING ROOM
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CORUSCANT-JEDI WAR ROOM
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-MASSIVE MAIN HALLWAY ALCOVE-LATE
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-LANDING PLATFORM
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-COMPUTER ROOM
CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-CONTROL CENTER

CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-LANDING PLATFORM
CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-MAIN HALLWAY

CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER
CORRIDOR-SENATE ARENA-CHANCELLOR'S HOLOGRAM OFFICE

CORUSCANT-GALAXIES OPERA HOUSE

CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER

CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
CORUSCANT-LOBBY TO CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE

REPUBLIC BATTLE CRUISER-HANGAR

UTAPAU-LANDING PLATFORM
UTAPAU-CONFERENCE ROOM-GRAND CHAMBER
UTAPAU-SINKHOLE WALL-LIZARD
UTAPAU-CONFERENCE ROOM-GRAND CHAMBER
UTAPAU-TENTH LEVEL-CONTROL CENTER
UTAPAU-CLIFF AND LANDING PLATFORM
UTAPAU-MAIN CITY PLAZA
UTAPAU-SECRET LANDING PLATFORM

MYGEETO
FELUCIA-FOREST
CATO NEIMOIDIA

KASHYYYK-BEACH HEAD
KASHYYYK-MEETING HALL
KASHYYYK-HILLS OVERLOOKING LAKE

ALDERAAN-STARCRUISER-HALLWAY
ALDERAAN CRUISER-CONFERENCE ROOM

MUSTAFAR-LAVA FIELDS
MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER
MUSTAFAR-CONFERENCE ROOM
MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM
MUSTAFAR-PASSAGES TO MAIN CONTROL CENTER
MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER BALCONY, PIPE ACROSS THE RIVER, MAIN COLLECTION PLANT
MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS
MUSTAFAR-VOLCANO EDGE

POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER
POLIS MASSA-OBSERVATION DOME
POLIS MASSA-LANDING PLATFORM

NABOO-MAIN SQUARE

IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER

TATOOINE-SUNSET

 

This is fantastic material Jan!
Thanks.

Mmmmm. I was thinking of diving into the veranda before, but now it's taken
Will have to peruse the list to find something else to play with now.

Good luck!

 

This is a GREAT way of getting more High quality content up on sci-fi 3d.

 

I don't think there is really a big problem in using a low-price 3D program compared to using something like Maya or 3ds Max. Notice how many classes and tutorials there are for those programs, the low-price ones are for people who don't need all of the special plugins and stuff like that which bring up the price-also they are made to be easier for people to use compared to Maya or Max.

BTW, on the poly count thing--21,000 polys is really good, it's not very much at all---I've done models with 800,000+ polys that still didn't have the full amount of detail that I could have put in--Be glad you've got only 9,000

 

Hey guys.
All the initial entries have gotten off to a great start.
Hope you all keep up the momentum through the holidays.
Looking forward to seeing these models completed.

BTW: For anyone curious about more info the PixelCorps, there's a new interview with founder Alex Lindsay posted on MacAnimationPro.com:
http://www.macanimationpro.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=36132

Have fun.

 

Can we post our work anywhere else while the compotition is still running?

 

You can do whatever you want with "your" work. But if you are talking about other forums then you'd end up updating and visiting all these diff. places. I do this myself and it's a pain. But yea, if you want go ahead and post it elsewhere too.

 

Will Massasi be able to enter all his models?

Check your PM

 

just to clairfy is the deadline the 31st of january? because that cryptics stuff about the 2nd of January confused me...

i'd be interested in doing this because i've finsihed school now and i'm incrdibly bored

EDIT: also i was wondering if the death star skeleton counts as a location?

 

scrap my other questions....i want to know this

will it be taken into consideration when judging if someone has built the model from scratch or has taken an old model of theirs and is just fixing it up greatly?

 

Zoo and the judges will be the ones to make a final call on multiple entries. Not sure if they will judge as individual models or perhapas as a single body of work by one person.

In any case, each PERSON can only win a single PRIZE.
Each of the three prizes will go to a different person, so don't worry about any chance that a single person will be able to "consume" the prize pool.

Just for completeness...
Yes, the final deadline is Jan 31.
Death Star skeleton is a location (IMO).

As far as I know, I'm not a judge, but, so long as entries are 100% personal work (nothing imported from other people's models), I would think that they would be judge primarily on quality measures such as level of detail and accuracy based on references.

General Advice:
Bottom line is, you can't possiblely win a prize or even be part of the fun of all this, if you don't build and submit an entry. There's a lot of activity going on, with many people watching the WIP threads and providing ideas and feedback. Get to work on something and start posting those progress updates while everyone is watching!

Don't choose to sit this out solely based on what you see in other WIP threads. You can't even be sure those other models will be finished!
Just make the best model you can and get in done for the deadline.
After that, you'll should at LEAST have a really cool model you can be proud of, probably will have learned a few new tricks along the way, and may even get it hosted and/or win a prize!

Good luck!
Have fun.

 

You'll have to email me directly with more info. on this question... what model... pics... etc.

 

Yeah, I'm so in. I need to decide what to do though... Hrmm.

 

Get a the Dvd of Episode 3, or find some pictures on google

 

Can we also Model Mustafar locations that dont appear in the movie? like this:

[image=http://swg.allakhazam.com/images/news/tow_wk1_09.jpg]

If you look carefully you can see the collection arm in there
The pic is from the game: Star Wars Galaxies

 

Ok so, how's the contestants doing?

~Rory

 

Crap! I don't check these forums for awhile and look what happens! I'm late, but I'll give it a try anyway.

I love these kind of challenges, should definitely have more in the future, but you could get a lot more people to participate if you advertised a bit in places like scifi-meshes.com (unless you already did and I missed it).

 

Hey all!
Lots of amazing models in the works. Looking forward to seeing the final results.

The deadline is still Jan 31, yes?
I think I saw a post from Zoo to the affect of WIP models being valid entries.
Still have a week (and all-important weekend ) to go to put the highest quality and detail you can into your model.

Even if it doesn't get 100% finished, it may be worth entering.

Zoo, do you have any specific instructions for the entries?
Expected timeline for judging?

Have fun!

 

What file format does the model have to be in when its finished?