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.
3DKiwi

This is gonna be fun to watch! Hope i have some time to get in on it!

Nice challenge
I'm afraid that i dont have time to get on it
but i'll do my best
good luck for all

Sounds like fun, can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Hopefully I'll have some time to join in, still got some decorating to finish off.

Jim

I can't miss this one!! I love Swiss Army Knifes :-)
The problem is that I just can't decide if I should model a regular one of if I should go crazy and model a knife with weird appliances.

Rui Batista

rui_mac, on 24 July 2010 - 02:02 AM, said:

Then why not model both? You know you want to....

I would go for the second option Rui. Good luck.

Peace,
Rich_Art.

I'm in Switzerland right now, it would be crazy NOT to take on this challenge!

/Toby

Thought I'd make a start, not much to show yet.

Jim

Not Much of an update, been pretty busy here all day.

Jim

Looks like another popular challenge. I also love Swiss Army knifes and always have one in my bag.

3DKiwi

Looking forward to seeing what members come up with for this.

I have one right here on my desk.. never know when I might have to remove a stone from a horses shoe

Cheers,
Brian

Exciting! I hope that I can find the time to get in on this challenge. Either way, I am looking forward to seeing the entries!

-Markus

I also carry one with me all the time. It is invaluable :-)

Rui Batista

Ahahah, nice knife Rui :D
To be original I think that I am going to dedicate this contest to ladies, and create a Swiss Army Lady knife, whith rimmel, dribble of snail, all that stuff... :D

Rui Bonacho

More gadgets than my one!!

Nigel

its looks like cool challenge , i will try to have some time to work on it

greats...
Tarek

can we do a crazy army knife like, having one that has a set of garden sheers, and like a full size spanner XD things like that?

Well, I got started with the logo!

Just registering my idea - it will be the " Miss army knife " and will contain all the essentials for a Lady caught short in the wilds lol.

puffal, on 25 July 2010 - 05:10 AM, said:

By all means, have fun with it and let your imagination run riot. It would be cool to see some realistic modeling and rendering but there's nothing to stop you entering something more wacky. Just try and add some nice detail to whatever you model to impress the judges

Cheers,
Brian

puffal, on 25 July 2010 - 05:10 AM, said:

Go for it

3DKiwi

Man I just had a sweet idea but I don't know if I can pull it off. We'll see...

Wow, what a challenge. Swiss knives are interesting stuff both for the purpose of design as well as use! Here is a rough impression that I finished quickly. Of course, not for the competition

I thought I'd have a try at this one, so here's the first wip. Lots of work to do yet!

Hmmm. I like this one, although "technical" is not my style. So instead, I'll take a look at a future version of the Swiss Army Knife. The Swiss Army's technology advanced in AI has allowed the knives to come do things for us. But what happens when they turn on us?

I imagine lots and lots of legs / tools. I've only just begun.

@ oink: Love it! Nanotech at its finest.

add some mini tv in the swiss knife

Quick update. Some additional tools / things that will hurt you.

Oink

This is quite a coincidence. I had already modelled a Swiss Army knife in Modo, following a tutorial from Matt Brearley on CG Tuts. I have just finished re-modelling it in MoI. It was a lot easier and faster using Nurbs. Obviously I am not entering this challenge (I couldn't face modelling it yet again, this time in C4D) but here are a couple of renders of the MoI version.

Cool work Steve although I reckon a few fillets would have helped.

Nigel

The fillets are there but they are too small.

3DKiwi, on 26 July 2010 - 06:31 PM, said:

I was going to say the same thing - a little more bevelling on the tool edges wouldn't hurt. Also, whatever image is mapped onto the environment and seen in the reflections on the tools, is a but low-res, which can be seen in the reflections.

Otherwise, nice model!

Toby

P.S. Why isn't there a 'pirate' emoticon? :(

Just an update WIP. Added some more tools (those scissors were tricky!) and a basic environment.

OK, here is my first WIP. Not much going on yet, but that mini screwdriver was a b*tch to model :D

/Toby

WIP: Swiss Army Whaler's Knife

The Moby Dick Special 1851

...started carving Ishmael into the handle.

machinist, on 29 July 2010 - 12:41 PM, said:

Cool idea. Just wondering which seaport the Swiss whalers sailed from

Well, of course the Swiss were not sailors, but Captain Ahab is said to have ordered the Moby Dick Special directly from the tiny village of Ibach, Switzerland, later known as the home of the Victorinox Swiss Army knife.

Some updates, mainly fine detail work, so nothing exciting to see yet! :yawn:

/Toby

rui that´s the real thing. I have one of those tourist versions with something like "greetings from Switzerland".

I took a shot from my Swiss. You can use it as a reference
if you like.

Another update. The metal 'plates' between tools have been added. Next - the rest of the tools themselves!

/Toby

I'm going to give this challenge a go - It looks like fun! Good luck everyone!!

Just checking, can the knife be in an environment? Like on a desk in a room or something, or does it have to just be by itself? Cheers!

wip

hey 3dkiwi,
for a future challenge can we do a character of some sort, as id like to see some workflow of character as well as have a go, so i can see the different methods people take as i want to get into characer modelling
obviously its only a suggestion ( you might not even read this but o well)
thanks in advance
nick

EDIT
or even a toy to celebrate toy story 3

Well I didn't get enough time to do my idea for the challenge but I liked it so much that I wanted to share it with you guys. So I did a quick mockup in Photoshop. Here is my Swiss National Guard Knife.

Another WIP.... Swiss Army Whaler's Knife... Moby Dick Special 1851

Two blades, a spoon, a saw, and a marlinspike.

hey everybody this is my render
i would like it to be as swiss knife and mobile ) in same time

and i add a flash memory 16 gb hehehehe

3dkiwi i hope you like my idea

thanks for the challenge my brother

your. Tarek

Looks nice Tarek! Unfortunately I don't have time to finish my knife tonight :sadface: But I will finish it next week!

/Toby

I wasn't sure if I was going to finish before the deadline, but apparently I will. Still a little bit of modeling to do, and then texturing. Hopefully I will finish before the deadline.

@ Tarekakkad,

I like it!
Only crit is that the refection of the chrome seems a bit weird and the corkscrew appears to be a little bit thin, apart from that, really cool!

-W-

Not long to go folks. This challenge prompted me to buy a new Swiss Army knife. My old one had the 2 blade points broken off. I've now got a bigger one with more gadgets. The scissors have been really handy this last week when I was away in a motel.

3DKiwi

3DKiwi, on 06 August 2010 - 05:37 PM, said:

The classic 'get rid of the hooker with your swiss army knife in a motel' problem?

dondo, on 07 August 2010 - 08:12 AM, said:

Nothing so titillating How about opening Mochacino single serve coffee sachets.

3DKiwi

I must have missed the deadline. Anyway I might use the swiss knife object later in my portfolio or somewhere.