3D Modeling Challenge #2 - Fall 2017 (new threads)

RB's Challenge Thread

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 04:42:53 +0000

Here's my work for Week #1. I feel so rusty with Blender! It's crazy how little I remember from six months ago. But I suppose if I haven't touched it in that long, I shouldn't be too surprised.

I've been working on my Asteroids-style game all week and have that in my head. So I decided to maybe play around with making some 3D models of the drawings that are in that game. So the screenshot below contains two cargo modules and a decoupler, in sort of an exploded view.

3D Modeling Challenge Rules/Description

Fri, 03 Nov 2017 02:58:22 +0000

The Fall 2017 3D Modeling Challenge will run for 8 total weeks, from 6 November 2017 to 31 December 2017, and is intended to help people interested to get a bit of 3D modeling practice (1 hour per week, on a new model every week).

Everybody who is participating will spend 1 hour on a model (of their own choosing) per week, and share it with the rest of
the people in the group.

The focus is modeling, not texturing, rigging, or animation. 1 hour isn't a whole lot of time to do all of those things, so the focus is on just modeling, and I suspect most people will just leave their models with the default texture/material in whatever program they choose to use.

There are no constraints on what programs, tools, or techniques you use.

There won't be any formal instruction on how to model or use the software, but I'm sure there will be discussion and people helping each other out.

You're allowed to work beyond the hour on a model, but should probably post pictures and/or the model file itself at the 1-hour mark (and then perhaps additionally the final version).

You should submit some pictures of your model, the model file itself, or both in the forum (links below) every week by the end of the day Sunday. (The normal pattern is to make a thread for your 3D models and make a new post in it every week with your new creation.)

3D Modeling Challenge #2 - Signup List

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 14:56:07 +0000

This is the place to signup for the 3D Modeling Challenge #2, which will run from November 6th through the end of the year—8 total weeks.

Fall 2017 3D Modeling Challenge Planning Thread

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:54:14 +0000

I'd like to get the discussion started on a potential 3D modeling challenge during the fall, like we did in the spring.

In the spring, we did 8 weeks where if you were participating, you had to spend 60 minutes (I think that's what it was…) working on a 3D model and share the results. It's a simple, straightforward pattern. I don't feel a pressing need to do anything different necessarily, but if people have ideas, let's talk about them!

I'm not sure on dates yet. Perhaps something that runs from the end of the Summer comp until the start of the fall comp, which should be… November-ish? I need to check the dates again.