The Monthly 'Newb' CHARACTER Challenge Feb'14 -- Concept-Voting

PyrZern

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I will create the new thread for February on the 31st Jan. Good luck all !

WINNER

Medieval Dude








Pyr

darkmag07

What about a character from a simpler art style, so folks can also focus on other contests that are happening, but also still participate?



(I love that 3rd from last, spacesuit samurai-ish guy though.)

Dimfist

I like the idea of going for a more hard surface one.

katana

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I like this one myself.

stevston89

Here are some concepts I thought might be good. I put link to the artist below them.



http://zoonoid.cghub.com/



http://ddddak.cghub.com/



http://mitchell.cghub.com/

arcitecht

I like the doctor! I think he'd be good for interpreting in a wide variety of styles. He's also got a pretty limited amount of gear/accessories and materials which keeps the scope reasonable. I also like how its a different kind of character than you normally see, not just a dude with weapons.

praetus

I don't know if I'll have time to participate in this one or not as I have quite a bit of travel planned however, I think something more realistic would be a good idea. I think that alternating between realism and something more fantasy or toon will keep it fresh as well as force people out of a comfort zone they may have.

That being said, I think the wastelander or any of the future guys look great with the exception of the batface guy as it's the same concept artist as the current challenge.

PyrZern - I think budgets should really just fit to the final product. If someone makes a crazy 40K model then a 4096 might seem legit. If someone throws a 256 texture on it or vice versa a mobile style model with 1K tris and then a 2048 I might call a mismanagement of resources.

Some pictures I found, for the hell of it.






















darkmag07 - I don't think that choosing something simple just to cater to other events is something we should adopt. People can pick and choose what event they want to participate in without neutering the challenge as a whole. If you want to do comic-con (or whatever) then I think you should focus on one awesome submission instead of splitting your efforts or just make sure to manage your time appropriately.

Fnitrox

These gets my votes




If i had to pick on of them it'd be the doctor.

stevston89

Gonna go ahead and start voting. I would pick this one.

EDIT: vote changed

Rafferty_Eggleston

**Double Edit** removed Dr. pic

and this

People can pick and choose what event they want to participate in without neutering the challenge as a whole. If you want to do comic-con (or whatever) then I think you should focus on one awesome submission instead of splitting your efforts or just make sure to manage your time appropriately.

**Edit

I change my vote to this lovely lady!

Brandon.LaFrance

I'm really digging the doctor, but I would like to submit for your consideration this awesome space engineer by fightPUNCH:

PyrZern

I cast my vote on these two. The doctor seems like it's gonna be a lot of fun though

Dimfist

Doctor is pretty cool. I like that or the porcupine looking hard surface dude.

FRiM

Hey guys!
I would like to work with hard surface.

maybe this one?


I vote for these concepts:

jeebs

I also like the doctor, and hard surface modelling also looks like fun, so here are my two votes:

*EDIT*
also changed my mind and now my two votes go for these:

Denny

Another vote for the doctor!

JimmyRustler

Looks like the doctor wins the vote. But my personal pick would be this.

Pav3d

These two that Praetus posted look fun




The Dr looks a bit boring

Kapoff

Hey people!
First of all, thanks PyrZern for the thread I was starting to think to create one few days ago but you beat me to it!
Then I have also some concepts to feed to the crowd. As you guys seem to go more towards a hard surface challenge for the month of February I would just leave these there for now and also add that we have the acord from Marc Brunet to use his art so if any of those that I drop in here is not enough you can still check his gallery right here http://bluefley.cghub.com/images/

So now the pics:








And also add these

Kapoff

And my vote:

PyrZern

This does look like a lot of fun as well. I might work on this later by myself ;P

Pav3d

Agreed this one looks like a lot of fun, particularly those folds.

doomprodigy

Jumping on the bandwagon for this one

PyrZern

Man, I'm pumped for this one. Let's finalize the vote by 29th. Then we get Artist's approval and get started. Unless someone else beats me to it, I will make the thread on the 31st.

katana

doomprodigy wrote: »

Jumping on the bandwagon for this one

Much more interesting than the Doc. Though I was hoping for a male subject.

Kapoff

PurZern, as previously said, we already have the artist approval. I contacted him few weeks ago already for the January edition but didn't get any answer until last week. So it's probably better to contact the artist with a few days margin in cas he doesn't see the message directly. But again in this case Marc already confirmed.

Dimfist

Marc is a good guy, always very helpful!

PyrZern

Including the doctor too ?

stevston89

I did not contact the artist on any of the pieces I posted yet. I did not want to bother people without confirmation that we wanted to use their piece. I figured we could contact as it got closer.

PyrZern

That's my thought, yeah.

Edit: I got the creator of Doctor to ok with us using his piece.

Terminator2

This one!

Torch

Terminator2 wrote: »

This one!

+1

Dave Jr

Torch wrote: »

+1

My Vote too

katana

Dave Jr wrote: »

My Vote too

I'll vote this one up too. Seems there are three that people like now....

Pav3d

katana wrote: »

I'll vote this one up too. Seems there are three that people like now....

Yesss

TAN

There was supposed to be a poll right ? Or wasn't ? The previous one had one deciding about concepts. Rİght ? Not ? Uhm.... I am sleepy...

PyrZern

Here's voting results thus far.

EDIT:::

The Conquistador is at 6 (thought it's 7,failed at counting, sry.). tied with the SciFi Powered-Armor Girl with Dual Blades at 6. The Doctor (:P) and the Powered-Armor Neo-Nazi Officer are tied at 4.

stevston89

The medieval guy that has 7 votes on him is by the same artist that did the concept for this months challenge so should be easy to get permission for it.

PyrZern

Crap, I miscounted.
He got 6 votes, not 7. <_<" Still a tie !!

stevston89

Edit never mind it sort of is a tie still. All of the multi votes and vote editing is throwing me. Next time lets keep the votes to no more than two votes and let's make sure less concepts get into the thread. It is pretty confusing as it stands.

PyrZern

Ahahaha, the confusing part to me was when someone posted more picture but not voting for them. And I'm not sure if they are voting for them or not :P So I had to double check. It was my bad.

It's good now, though.

Pav3d

Who will tip the scales? sword dude or swords gal?

stevston89

Personally I think the girl is a bit to complex for the second challenge. Also it would be nice to trade off between male and female to get a mix of anatomy in there.

Kapoff

In the worst case scenario we could either decide in a final vote or just let the people use both

PyrZern

We still have 1 or 2 days for this. Though I'd lean toward a final vote, than having 2 concepts.

annachikn

I think I can still vote, right? My vote is for the guy. Excited to join you guys for the next newb challenge!

ArtisticTiger

And i raise the dual lava blades to 7 :P

ArtisticTiger

Come on guys he doesn't stand a chance against her blades!lol

PyrZern

LOL ! I voted her cuz I'm drooling over the dress she's wearing. Wrinkles and folds and drapes @_@ Just how much EXP and levels will one gain from finishing that ^^

ArtisticTiger

i know right? gonna be awesome!

Brandon.LaFrance

Of the current favorites, I'll have to cast my vote for the doctor. Hes got a great combination of materials and surface types.