3DVIA Challenge 4: The Luau
3DVIA Challenge July 21st, 2008The Champion of 3DVIA Challenge #3 has been selected, check out his own Champions page here! This week we start the Challenge anew. Will you have what it takes to be the next 3D Champion?
3DVIA Challenge 4: The Luau
This week’s Challenge is titled “The Luau.” Make a tiki torch, beach hut, palm tree’s, roasted pig, or any other single piece that would belong on an island beach party, or be ambitious and create the entire scene!
NEW!! Contest Rules based on USER FEEDBACK!
3DVIA Users: How to participate in this challenge:
1. Be a Registered User of 3DVIA
3DVIA accounts are free, sign up here
2. Upload Your “Luau” 3D Model by Friday August 1st
Starting on July 21st and running through August 1st 2008, upload your best Luau model to 3DVIA. Only new to 3DVIA and original work will be considered, 1 submission per user, NO team entries.
3. Tag Your 3D Model “3DVIAChallenge4″
Tag your model with the keyword 3DVIAChallenge4 - you must use this exact tag to enter.
View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge
>> How this challenge will be judged:
1. Voting on this challenge runs from August 4th through August 8th
On July August 4th, we will post and announce the “finalists”…or the best 5 models as chosen by our 3DVIA staff. During the Finalists week, the 5 models will be judged on 3 categories by our 3DVIA Judges and by popular vote from our community.
The 3 Categories are:
Artistic Design- Eye catching design, the coolness of the model.
Technical Accuracy - Mechanical or realistic accuracy and detail
Modeling Efficiency - Polygonal construction, modeling skill.
Current 3DVIA Judges Panel:
Matthew Baron - 3D Enthusiast Judge
Juan del Rio - DCC Judge
Don Swavely - CAD Judge
Each category will receive a value from 1-10 from each Judge. Each model will receive the average value of all the judges votes combined plus the percentage of their community vote multiplied by 10 (ie. if you received 45% of the votes, you would get 4.5).
2. The Winner Will Be Announced August 11th
We will post the winner here on August 11th…and announce the next challenge.
View the Current Models Entered in this Challenge
Remember to comment on other users models and tell your friends to submit their own!
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Hi juan,
Could you explain to no US people like me what is a luau?
I see on Wikipedia it was related to Hawaii party. Could you tell us more.
Thanks.
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Well two weeks is a very short time to model everything in a luau!
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:47 am
hi
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi Pierre,
I Luau is just a Hawaiian themed party. It might be useful for you to look at some pictures from google images to get a feel:
http://images.google.com/images?q=luau&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1
… and from flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=luau&w=all
July 24th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Nice to see judging on this one, people will get merit for their work. Hope it all works out for the best. Wish everyone luck on this one, it can go just about anywhere for ideas and scenes.
Rob
July 24th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I agree with Vicky, of course this is an extra chalange, but it is a short time. I understand there is not a standard texture palet we can use. I think this would make the challange more fair. If you are an Texture expert you can mask a lot of mistakes in the model.
But its a cool contest
July 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
You best get crackin. lol
July 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Maybe the next challenge can be who can make the most disgusting and gross thing possible. lol…….Or not.
July 31st, 2008 at 6:28 am
heh that would be a hard challenge, mainly because most people would make like a dirty toilet or some sort of halo demented flood thing. i think we should do a spacecraft or sci fi competition because thats something i think alot of people on here like and its my modeling specialty.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:30 am
That would be a great idea as well, but the only thing that would be a concern to me is that everybody and their brother has a sci-fi model some where and I’m not sure that the judges want to sift through 10,000 model entries. lol. Lord knows I have quite a few. lol.
I think I will just leave it up to the experts to come up with challenge ideas, although this latest challenge “the luau” has produced the least amount of entries out of all four challenges so far. Hey, how about a tribute to “road kill” ? LMAO.
July 31st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Well I was planning on entering after I seen how this one went. Last one was a joke, took no skill to win, just friends. Its not a contest or a challenge if it doesn’t look at skill, just how many people you can “con” into voting, and no registration required to even vote, just browse by and click your vote. I want to see how it goes with judging, see if its on merit or if its still a the same as it was. If it has improved I will start joining the contest again.
Good Luck all,
Rob
July 31st, 2008 at 7:24 pm
@emag I like the spacecraft idea.
@MVComputer Road kill? I’m not so sure :)
@Ice-Child I think the challenge rules proposed should be good for models that excel in multiple categories including not only skill, but also models that are more about fun. We’ll see how it goes and adjust as necessary :)
July 31st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I think we all need to let go of the past and move on. lol. Maybe we need to hire a grief counselor because the last challenge seems to have traumatized some folks. LMAO!
I hear Dr. Phil’s career is going down the tubes, I bet we could get him for a pretty good price. lol. Anyway, good luck yall : )
August 3rd, 2008 at 4:36 am
Have you ever driven past a store that is closed but some one forgot to turn off the open sign? lol
August 8th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I was looking at pics of luaus and stumbled upon the definition of a luau if anyone is not sure what one is, hope it helps. : ) http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?search=luau
August 13th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Congratulations Machdoem! Job well done. Hope to see you in the next one.