C4D Cafe News http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:21:37 +0000 120 http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/53449-cartoon-submarine-challenge-winners-announced/

Hi everyone. Wow, there were some stunning entries in this challenge and judging was difficult with very little between the top entries. It really came down to what appealed to each of the judges the most. I know I had to stew over it for a couple of days as I couldn't make my mind up. However we did eventually get a list of winners. They are:

1st Place - UFOGoldorak. The member wins a copy of a 3D World Magazine courtesy of 3D World.
2nd Equal Place - rui_mac and nauble
3rd Place - PixelPit. Special mention to PixelPit for the amount of modelling detail in his entry.

You can view these images in the gallery.

Honourable Mentions

We're probably going to disappoint a few members by not including their names but you reach a point if you had 6 honourable mentions you may as well just list everyone that entered. They are:

SteveM
hispanousa
rocketsledd

Well done to everyone that entered. This was an awesome challenge.

3DKiwi

Challenge Prize sponsored by:
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Hi everyone. For this challenge we want you to model a Swiss Army knife. We want to see some really detailed modelling for this challenge. This should be a lot of fun as there are many different tools that you can include in your knife. If you want to go a bit wacky and add things you wouldn't expect to find then we're cool with that e.g. a bazooka

Judging will be on modelling detail but we do expect you to apply materials to your knife.

The top 3 images will receive a Challenge award ribbon and also have their images featured in the Gallery.

Now the rules:

Judges for this challenge: Cafe Staff.

1. Deadline: Midnight Pacific Standard (North America), Friday, 6 August 2010.
2. No time limit i.e. take as long as you like to do the modelling and texturing.
3. No imported models / meshes / scenes. You can however use an imported lighting setup and this lighting setup doesn't have to be by you.
4. Members can enter multiple times.
5. The Cafe judges reserve the right to disallow any entry if in their opinion the entry contains objectionable, offensive material or blatant advertising.
6. PhotoShop post work is not permitted. It has to be modelled and rendered in C4D or using a C4D renderer like Vray etc. But you can use imported texture maps, bump maps or displacement maps created in a 2D paint program or vector drawing program. Re Displacement Maps. You can create a displacement map in Photoshop for example but creating one in a 3D(ish) type program is not acceptable. This is a C4D modelling and texturing challenge not C4D and Z-Brush or whatever else you can do sculpting in.
8. At least one WIP image in wireframe and a solid render are required as a reply to this thread. The wireframe render should be done as a Cel render. Check out our cel rendering tutorial here if you don't know how to do one. Please keep the Cel renders as Black lines on White background.
9. Only 3 images may be submitted for your final entry. We want a maximum of 2 textured renders and one plain white render cel render. In the Cel rendered image, hypernurbs objects must be disabled. We want to see the polygon construction. Note the change in allowing 2 full rendered images. This allows you to include something like a close up should you want.
10. All final entries must be made in the proper "Final entry" thread located here.
11. You cannot use models etc that you have previously modelled before.

Good luck and have fun.
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Hi everyone. The results are in and we are very happy to announce the winners of the Handheld Gaming Device Challenge. Not a huge number of entries but the standard was high and the 3 winners all produced excellent images.

The winners are:

1st Place - iGor (narrowly beating whthawk)
2nd Place - whthawk
3rd Place - Artyom

You can view these images in the gallery here.

3DKiwi]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:53:50 +0000 http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/53192-handheld-gaming-device-challenge-winners-announced/ http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/53141-cartoon-submarine-challenge/


Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in announcing this challenge. I haven't been around much this past week.

Time for something light hearted and fun. For this challenge we want you model a cartoon submarine. In addition we would also like the submarine to be in an underwater environment like what I've done with the image above. This should be a lot of fun and suitable for all levels of modelling experience.

The top 3 images will receive a Challenge award ribbon and also have their images featured in the Gallery. The first place winner will receive a free copy of the 3D World magazine courtesy of 3DWorld.



Now the rules:

Judges for this challenge: Cafe Staff.

1. Deadline: Midnight Pacific Standard (North America), Friday, 23rd July 2010.
2. No time limit i.e. take as long as you like to do the modelling and texturing.
3. No imported models / meshes / scenes. You can however use an imported lighting setup and this lighting setup doesn't have to be by you.
4. Members can enter multiple times.
5. The Cafe judges reserve the right to disallow any entry if in their opinion the entry contains objectionable, offensive material or blatant advertising.
6. PhotoShop post work is not permitted. It has to be modelled and rendered in C4D or using a C4D renderer like Vray etc. But you can use imported texture maps, bump maps or displacement maps created in a 2D paint program or vector drawing program. Re Displacement Maps. You can create a displacement map in Photoshop for example but creating one in a 3D(ish) type program is not acceptable. This is a C4D modelling and texturing challenge not C4D and Z-Brush or whatever else you can do sculpting in.
8. At least one WIP image in wireframe and a solid render are required as a reply to this thread. The wireframe render should be done as a Cel render. Check out our cel rendering tutorial here if you don't know how to do one. Please keep the Cel renders as Black lines on White background.
9. Only 3 images may be submitted for your final entry. We want a maximum of 2 textured renders and one plain white render cel render. In the Cel rendered image, hypernurbs objects must be disabled. We want to see the polygon construction. Note the change in allowing 2 full rendered images. This allows you to include something like a close up should you want.
10. All final entries must be made in the proper "Final entry" thread located here.
11. You cannot use models etc that you have previously modelled before.

Good luck and have fun.
3DKiwi]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:55:43 +0000 http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/53141-cartoon-submarine-challenge/ http://www.c4dcafe.com/ipb/index.php?/topic/52963-architecture-challenge-winners-announced/

Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in bringing you the Architecture Challenge Results. A couple of the judges haven't been around much this week plus we wanted to have a bit of extra time to look over images a few times as the standard was extremely high and we wanted to ensure we made the right choice. Everyone that entered should give themselves a big pat on the back as everyone did a fine job. The top 6-7 images / buildings were of a very high standard and are an excellent showcase of what's possible with C4D.

The winners are:

1st Place - imonkey. Fabulous render and very photorealistic.
2nd Place - Soundwave. Excellent modelling and lots of detail.
3rd Place - zak. Post #4 in the final entry thread. Another excellent looking render.

The 3 winners win the following prizes:

1st Place - SpeedMud licence, ArchC4D videos by Aletof + a copy of a 3D World magazine
2nd Place - 3D Model Kitchen Units Collection by TheJimReaper + ArchC4D videos by Aletof
3rd Place - 3D Model Office Furniture Collection by TheJimReaper + ArchC4D videos by Aletof

I will be in touch over the next day or two to get these member's details to pass on to our prize sponsors. Thanks again to our sponsors

Honourable Mentions:

granierb
Elliotsumner
Longone
vikramsk


You can view the 3 animations here in the gallery.

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