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3Daily 2017 Make one 3D object per day for the year of 2017	71	899	3Daily 2017: analogous analogous • Nov 2018 in 3Daily 2017
Allegorithmic's the Beast	444	5.8K	The Beast - The Cursed Queen daizyp • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's the Beast
Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM' http://www.polycount.com/the-throne-room-challenge/	498	4.6K	The Beast -- Feral children Sophia_Williams • May 2020 in Allegorithmic's 'the THRONE ROOM'
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare	61	591	Chivalry UGC General Discussion SofiaMiglani55 • Jun 2016 in
Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop	165	2.8K	[Chivalry] - Mason Vanguard - Great Horned Helmet herbertvwright • Aug 2019 in Arms & Armor, Chivalry: Medieval Workshop
Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest	51	869	WAR PAINT WINNERS! skankerzero • Jan 2019 in Company of Heroes 2: WAR PAINT contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest	1.1K	3.7K	PC-CSGO \|Space Invaders Playonce • Oct 2019 in CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest
CS:GO Weapon Finish Contest Winners	8	209	PP-Bizon / Biomechanical [ Shipping in a Weapon Case ] G99Factory • Jun 2016 in
Enlighten Contest	36	334	The Courtyard – An Enlighten Lighting Contest ratubola303 • Jul 2020 in Enlighten Contest
Game Art Workshops Hands-on Community Learning since 1967.	158	1.3K	Low-poly 3D Characters For Fight Game – GUTS, Indianapolis - Indiana gameyanstudio001 • Jan 2023 in Game Art Workshops
GDC T-Shirt Contest	23	131	Q&A Thread r13 • Feb 2015 in
Handplane Contest Contest Forum for the 3d baking tool; Handplane	47	366	Handplane Baker development roadmap radiancef0rge • Dec 2018 in Handplane Contest
Hexels Contest Forum The Hexels Contest Forum!	4	226	Marmoset Presents: Cubed - Final Submissions GhostDetector • Jul 2016 in
Killing Floor 2	7	38	Killing Floor 2 Workshop General ThiefofBreath • May 2016 in
Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED	193	908	[kf2] - Item - Plague Mask SenayAmanuel • Jan 2016 in Killing Floor 2 - Guns 'n Gear - CONTEST HAS ENDED
Low Poly Challenge Oh sure, you can throw as many triangles as you want at a mesh to make something pretty! But what happens when you're limited to how many triangles you can use? Think you're up for the Challenge? Then this forum is for you!	70	1.9K	Low Ploy Weapon Challenge FelixOwO • May 2019 in Low Poly Challenge
Petrol/Blood	229	2.7K	PETROL/BLOOD - Elk Ranger pongstah • Jan 2015 in Petrol/Blood
the Polycount Tower A collaborative project for an endlessly-climbing tower of 3d models	46	355	TOWER - Mothership GeneWiz • Jan 2018 in the Polycount Tower
Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016	109	1.1K	3D Rigged Character TriGon_ • Jan 2021 in Reallusion's 3D Character Design Contest 2016
Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest	72	1.1K	oneshotmax oneshotmax • Jan 2016 in Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest
Riot Art Contest	2K	20.3K	[Riot Art Contest] - Kevin Collinet Beeltrat96 • Oct 2019 in Riot Art Contest - Animation
Riot Creative Contest 2017	1.5K	12.4K	[RIOT CREATIVE CONTEST 2017] Character Art - Postman Singed - JunkieKong KTENO • Nov 2023 in Riot Creative Contest 2017 - Character Art
Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest Bring a Dota themed object to life in Shapeways 3d printing contest!	58	233	Cassowary DEBABRATA • May 2020 in Shapeways Dota 2 3D Printing Contest
Team Fortress 2	143	17.4K	Looking for old copies of missing concept/promo artwork from old Polypack threads TF2CutContentWiki • Sep 2022 in Team Fortress 2
UT Master Challenge: Concept Art	141	1.1K	UTMC - Old space Rabro • Jun 2015 in
Warframe	135	1.1K	[Weapon Swap] – Skana – Infested Skana Meyaka • Aug 2016 in
XMD Contest	90	596	Character Inna • Feb 2018 in XMD Contest

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DW III - 3D - hikster - Karlan hi, hope i am not too late to enter this challenge. Great entries everybody [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	3 Last	hikster Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Stalsby - Bordegon Here goes nothing! New to this but I'm gonna give it my best shot! [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]	49 Last	I_luv_Pixels Apr 2008
DW III - 3D - Disc Nr - Untitled Update 02/04/2008 pain slave modeling hipoly mesh in progress [url=http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=painslaveshoot1pw9.jpg][img]http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1406/painslaveshoot1pw9.th.jp…	23 Last	Disc Nr Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Davision3D - Untitled Current Progress: [img]http://www.daxx-web.de/bilder/dw3_13.jpg[/img]	33 Last	Jaco Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Jaco - Idaru the Seeker Updates at bottom of page Concepts: [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/DominanceWar/Thumbs3.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/Jacoh/DominanceWar/Thumbs1.jpg[/img…	38 Last	Jaco Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Neox - Nia :latest update: [img]http://polyphobia.de/nonpublic/domwar/nia_010.jpg[/img] Nia - spirit of the child Since time began it was the ability of the children to bring their fantasy to life, this powe…	105 Last	Neox Apr 2008
DWIII - 2D - Labmonkey - Nameless This must be the first time ive posted on any forum in many, many years so i hope i dont screw anything up. Anyway, i decided to join this years contest after having meant to do so the past 2 years …	24 Last	Mongrelman Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Kendo - Vault Third times a charm [img]http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6826/vaultshowno7.jpg[/img] [img]http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/3996/mountshowuz3.jpg[/img] Or maybe not Need to get started with t…	4 Last	kendo Apr 2008
DWIII - 3D - Kary - Vates Latest: [img]http://www.karyblack.com/wip/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/intozbwithfauxmaterials.jpg[/img] Seems like the time to start a thread, if I don't post something soon I'm apt to keep randomly…	4 Last	kary Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - dr_wagner - Clericon Here are some thumbs. I'm aiming for some sort of old grizzled warrior-monk guy with lots of heavy leather armor, buckles, etc. Thinking about assymetrical arms, one with a big oven-mit glove to carr…	13 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2008
DW III - 3D - Fattkid - Stalker Unfortunatley I haven't had the time like I'd hoped to commit to this contest, so this thread will probably be a little half assed, but I might as well to what I can do and hopefully get some input…	8 Last	Rick Stirling Mar 2008
DWIII -3D- Killaball, Warlord Better late then never? God I hope so. What a way to start off the first DW I try. Anyways here is what I have. [img]http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff89/killaballart/DW2.jpg[/img] [img]http://…	12 Last	Killaball Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - sonofrock- uredo animus What the hell, I know I'm never going to get anywhere with this, but it's too much fun to resist. Uredo Animus [latin, "Blight Soul"] quick sketch to start... [img]http://www.alexpetrovich.com/imag…	19 Last	SonofRock Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - taxonomie - strand artifice & child Posting along with the rest of my university class for the DWIII event. After a few passes around the board, came up with a concept involving a wild child and her, that's right, [i]artifact dragon[…	8 Last	HonkyPunch Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - JimJim - Zerstören Hi! I had some problems creating my login name on the Dominance War website, so I've recreated my threat here and deleted the original one. Warlord/Darkness Here is the last design; I'll start mode…	18 Last	BoBo_the_seal Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - christinavee - berrymaster Hey guys, I'm Christina. New member, first post, etc etc boring introduction. I'm here to post DWIII stuff, so here we go [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albu…	11 Last	BoBo_the_seal Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Snowfly - Enlil LATEST CONCEPT: [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chrisdejoya/DW3/sketch-6-web.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chrisdejoya/DW3/Enlil-Face.jpg[/img] LATEST 3D: [img…	78 Last	BoBo_the_seal Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Giuseppe Grassi - Murderator error sorry	0 Last	giug Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - eOin - Grout Hi all. Just booking my spot for Dominance War. Polycounts Logo reads best for me so I'm glad to be part of the team :] I'm probably going for a Warlord/Air Lighting combo character. I wanted to d…	14 Last	Heart Murmer Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - TeriyakiStyle - Cavanaugh The user and all related content has been deleted.	99 Last	stalsby Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Khunez - Rift Walker Reserving,posting sketches soon	44 Last	Khunez Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Soccerman18 - Boojum Getting going on this. [img]http://soccerman18.homestead.com/files/DomWar3Thumb.jpg[/img] For the two towards the bottom with a little more detail in them, the bottom one I was thinking of playing a…	9 Last	Soccerman18 Mar 2008
DomWar 3 Extension, +5 days [url="http://www.gameartisans.org/dominancewar/en/index.htm"]http://www.gameartisans.org/dominancewar/en/index.htm[/url] looks like it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	13 Last	Empty Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Kyler M - Invoker This is my idea for an invoker. It's artifact is the little fire monkey on his shoulder. I haven't quite worked out the story, but the idea is that these two got into a fight, and through some unfo…	5 Last	Kyler M Mar 2008
DWIII- 2D- Katrina- Iblis Jinn Heres some quick layouts of my character for Dominance wars... still extreme begin stages and I was thinking of a holy/light element since I haven't seen anyone using that element and leaning towards…	2 Last	wake Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Flatline - TBA I'm also up for that class that is doing this as an assignment for that class... with that guy... and that thing. word. . I meant to post this earlier, but I used painter and... ya know. quick ske…	11 Last	wake Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Spug - Peros I have not posted in a while so I guess I will join in the war effort and represent Polycount. I don't think I will have time for a 3d entry, though I will make the best effort I can to finish this 2…	49 Last	Japhir Mar 2008
DWIII-2D-mjpittman-Aria Bell [img]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/MJPittman/monsterpapersketch2a.jpg[/img]I hope this works. All right, here's some prelim sketches of my character, Aria. She's an Invoker of the Fire/La…	8 Last	Spark Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - squidparty - Protea hey dudes. I guess I am kind of into the idea of some kind of kick ass fish lady. I think I want her swinging some kind of anchor around, or some soggy item that may have washed up on a distant shor…	4 Last	mjpittman Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Orem - Brahn The character sheet, thumbnails, and an illustration for my entry. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2231/2364999751_cb08c58da9_b.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2364999909_2…	1 Last	mjpittman Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Cody - Zmorcwwaah Went a different direction. Meet Zombie Man or Rabbit Construction Worker with an Arm Hatchet, or Zmorcwwaah for short. [img]http://www.codywright.com/images/dw3/final.gif[/img] I stood up in my…	7 Last	Cody Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Konekonoarashi - Khaitchak Yet another University student posting along with her class~ These were some quick silhouette thumbnails I doodled up, but I uptimately ended up liking #4 the best and expanded on that [img]http://i7…	7 Last	Koneko no Arashi Mar 2008
DWIII-3D-Cicadam Hi friends, Heres a rough sketch of my concept . Still needs to add arms but not yet sketched out, will add soon. I hope I will be able to finish this challenge. well lets try. Inspired by …	0 Last	taha shahdawala Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Valandar - Thwomper Boomfoot Yeah, wanna do something unique, and definitely a different silhouette than what most are gonna have. This is a VERY rough sketch of the critter that's gonna be inside whatever armor and gear I whip…	42 Last	Valandar Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Jordtron - Bramble Hey guys, Decided to join this contest with the rest of my university classmates...and we all decided to go Polycount. I'm not sure if I'm going with a Stalker or Warlord yet as I'm pretty early in …	11 Last	Jordtron Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - thundercake - Penumbra Penumbra is a void stalker, and she uses her twin claws to rip through the fabric of reality, or something. She can travel anywhere instantly by slipping into the shadow dimension. This is my preli…	17 Last	JesterBox Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - Giuseppe Grassi - Concept sketches erro in the post and link sorry!! this site didn`t accept the link of my old image site :(	2 Last	Katrina Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Levin - Baculao LATEST UPDATE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Hi guys, long time lurker here. I was under the CGsociety flag last DW... now Ima try be one of the hardcore greentooths this …	8 Last	levin Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Crystalmesh - Duel Description: - He is human - His armor is his power, alien armor that takes over his body (same idea as venom from spider man, how it takes over the host's mind) - Class is Warlord This character ty…	8 Last	shinja Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Djolar - Spanish Druid Here is the work I have been doing on my entry. She is going to be a vegetation summoner. She with ride a giant borrowing vine with a thorny root-like mouth. She will conjure ethereal vines from h…	5 Last	djolar Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - indian_boy - Auk-kun ----------------- NAME: Auk-kun BIO: CLASS: -----------------	64 Last	indian_boy Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - dejawolf - stone giant trying to figure out where i want to go. [img]http://www.dejawolf.com/domwarIII/concept1.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.dejawolf.com/domwarIII/concept2.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.dejawolf.com/domwarIII/co…	9 Last	dejawolf Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - petrol - untitled I realise I'm really late, and may not get the chance to finish in time for competition closing but I wanted to try regardless. Concept isn't finished yet but it's almost there - here's some of the v…	9 Last	petrol Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - kzerza - Untitled Polycount was my first 3d forum, but I can't remember my old login or PW, so I started fresh for the Dominance War! I hope no one minds [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] This is going to be my…	24 Last	kzerza Mar 2008
DWIII - 2D - dfacto - Erebos Time to make a few sketches and then never finish! Again. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] Actually, since this year's DW has a 2d category I think the chances of me finishing are significant…	18 Last	christinavee Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - JOSA - exorcist Hi~~everyone. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] It's my first time to join such international contest like this. I want to make a chinese exorcist. He can control ghosts. Every flatliner in th…	19 Last	sama.van Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - ashleyjukes - Agnar the Bleak Hey Everybody, I'm new here at polycount, have been lurking around for awhile but never posted. Alot of really awesome artists here [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I've been working on the b…	24 Last	los Mar 2008
DWIII - dobrin.3d - Gaa-rut Name: Gaa-rut Race: human/mutant Class: invoker Artifact power: Water Last update: The artifact head: [img]http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii206/tenexist/Artifact_003.jpg[/img] The other tent…	7 Last	Mihai Dobrin Mar 2008
DWIII - 3D - Irreal - Untitled First post, first contest. Will try and post some concepts tonight. [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]	24 Last	Heart Murmer Mar 2008
DW III question Shaders.... can some please clarify the rules regarding shaders in laymen's terms? Node based shaders vs. non-node based? Does this mean no SSS in Maya? I know that there are SSS shaders in Crysis…	5 Last	3DLam Mar 2008