NGHS Contest - Texturing - Contest Ended!

[MaVCArt]

NGHS - Texturing Contest

Okay guys, it’s time for another one of our exciting contests!

This time, it’s about texturing; we (Disting and me) will both provide you with a model so you can chose from either of those two models, and then it’s up to you to go all-out and make something amazing!
Now as for the rules: we’re going for a blizzard-inspired look, meaning world of warcraft and just that general hand painted cartoony look.

The object you will be texturing is a shield, but you can’t change the geometry, so everything related to the look and feel will have to come from the texture itself. As for the maps; normal maps are prohibited, so you’ll have to be creative with the diffuse map.

The contest will run for a week, after which Disting and me will sit together and determine which artist has done the most epic work and thus deserves the prize: a custom NGHS avatar so everyone on the forum will be able to see what awesome work he/she did.

I’m sure you all want to get started, so here is the download link for the .OBJ files of the models:

http://rapidshare.com/files/446546768/NGHS.rar

And to help you chose, here are two screenshots of the shields:

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5345/mavcartshield.jpg
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2117/wiktorshield.jpg

That’s it, so good luck and have fun texturing guys!


Summary info:

Start date: Feb 6th 2011 20:00h GMT + 1

End date: Feb 13th 2011 20:00h GMT + 1

TEXTURE SIZE LIMIT: 512x512 Diffuse

SUBMISSION RULES:

make a new thread in this forum following this naming template:

Texturing Contest - /username/
for example:
Texturing Contest - MaVCArt

for final submission, edit your first post in that thread, and put your final submission there, together with your diffuse map.
Make sure you PRESENT your submission! this means:
final image = screengrab of final submission AND diffuse map in the same image, WITH the NGHS logo, which can be found here:
http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/images/misc/vbulletin4_logo.png

but above all, have fun! :D

[Dracowyr]

This should be exciting! Is there a limit to the texture size?

[Disting]

Edited the OP with texture info. 512x512 diffuse is the limit. :)

[animatedape]

Can the UV layout be altered?

[Disting]

Can the UV layout be altered?
Yes, but you can't change the geometry. :)

[MaVCArt]

edited rules - please follow the submission guidelines for submission to the contest :)
sorry for the mistakes guys but i've been quite sick and my brains were only fuctioning for about 10% XD but i'm back (in black) now!

[Disting]

And, as stated in the original post, please don't forget to share your progress in the WIP section. :)

[megalmn2000]

Nice! A new contest! ^^

[NinthJake]

This should be fun, I've always wanted to do one of those hand-painted WoW-inspired textures :)

Granted it will be a pain in the *** now that my tablet is broken but I will still try to do my best :P

[RedRaven]

Excellent choice in the end. Already made a start earlier today. Shall post WIP screens tomorrow or the next day when I get a chance.
Did you want WIP screens? Or just the complete texture and screenshot?

[MaVCArt]

WIP's are greatly appreciated, and probably advisory seeing as how feedback can only help, but they're not obligatory for entering the contest :)

[NinthJake]

Can you upload the shields again please. It seems only 10 people can download the pack.

It would be great if you could use the forum upload instead of Rapidshare ^^

[MaVCArt]

here you go :)

[NinthJake]

Thank you ^^

[kaze369]

Which thread are we supposed to post our final image?

[MaVCArt]

your own thread, edit your first post and put the image there :)

[MaVCArt]

allright guys, contest is ended, we're even overdue for more than an hour, so anyone that posts his final image beyond this time will not be considered for final judging :) we've seen some good submissions, and the crew is right at this moment judging the winners :)