T.U.S.C. No. 1 - "Abandoned Dwelling"

[mikeab7925]

correct. it can be run down, blown up, fire/weather damaged. anything you can imagine.

[SDA]

Nice, now lets have fun all in making of these models

I had few ideas so I'll be making that today after college.

PS: This is kinda test for this kind of new competition, so just relax, don't worry about time, and more important have fun making.

Cheers

[ice_killer]

3p1c id34 (lol) defenitly a shot worth

[Dyablo213619]

Im In!!!

[mikeab7925]

cool Dyablo213619.

i was gonna post my entry last night but i started to make changes to it and now it's something different lol. it should be done soon.

[SDA]

Ok, maybe I cant make it to do this in first week, but I will make it...
(due to things I have to do I will try to do this also, but cant promise)

[mikeab7925]

it's ok SDA, there will be more.

[Rocky_M]

Mike you finally did it! The Ultimate Skill Challenge is up and running.
Congratulations to all who helped in the process.
I like the Theme here. This will be a nice exercise in texturing and modeling.( I am tired of seeing perfectly shiny and clean 3d work anyway)

Cool place you got here, its even got that new car smell....sniff...ahhh

[mikeab7925]

thanks Rocky_M! ya this couldn't have been done without the support i got. they tell me the new car smell will dissipate eventually. lol . hopefully we don't start seeing entries til around Friday. that should mean people are putting some time into their works.

[SDA]

Originally Posted by Rocky_M

I am tired of seeing perfectly shiny and clean 3d work anyway

Yeah, me to. So we got this thing running and we will see how many people will participate in this kind of contest.

I agree with all of you that this is going to be very creative competition, and here people can learn from others. That is if person revile his 'secret' in lets say, putting textures together or just making models ...

But not only this, there is also no time limit on how much time you can 'waste' on project and the competition is repeatable, so no time limit at all. Only problem that might occur is not to have enough entrys so we just extend it to another week...

BTW... Let me remind you all how did you used to make models before:
You would start to model... And every 5 minutes you would watch the clock how much time you have left to make the model, and if you were honest person you wouldn't post finished work if it was over the time limit...

But here is different. You can post models when ever and what ever you come up with on the subject. That is why Mike and me are trying to make the subjects as wide as we can for any ideas.

One last thing. The tree things that you will show in this competition are:

1. Wire - Exactly how many polys/faces you have used.
2. Clay - The rightness of that model for the subject.
3. Textured model - Your skill in managing textres.
All tree things count.

PS: Sorry for this long post...

Cheers

[mikeab7925]

also remember, the rules clearly state to give a name to your model. i made it that way so when voting time comes i'll have something to distinguish them by.

[Dyablo213619]

will have mine posted asap!!

[mikeab7925]

here is my first Abandoned Dwelling. would've had it in sooner but my concept kept changing. hope you like it.
so starts the T.U.S.C..


Model Name: Riverside lot for sale
Software Used: 3dsmax 2009, mentalray

edit: ya, i just noticed the board hovering above the water on the right, lol.

[iamtravis316]

that looks really good. i like the water

[mikeab7925]

thanks iamtravis316. i was hoping this would be ok. the way the water looked turned me on to this concept. i used the promaterials water in mentalray. i wish i was better at texturing, but i'll get there. we get alot of floods here so i see lots of this type of thing here.