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Forums	Topics	Replies	Latest Post
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

Topic	Replies	Latest Post
[Mixamo Contest] - diskojerk - Ralph and Ridge Rifkin Adventure Duo Hello, looking forward to being a part of this contest. My concept is a Father - Son Adventure Duo, set during contemporary times.	1 Last	Anais May 2013
ESCAPE - No Trace - Team FromOuterSpace [B][I][SIZE="6"]NO TRACE[/SIZE][/I][/B] Hello folks here is FromOuterSpace, a team of 2 and we will be entering on the competition using Unity. S	15 Last	d1ver May 2013
ESCAPE - Fallen museum - JSargent LATEST [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZLFPDXDqQY"]Jody Sargent- Natural History Museum - UDK - YouTube[/ame] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/soN2WWF.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3E5UrXf.jpg[/I…	68 Last	homes44 May 2013
ESCAPE - Steam Wing - John Araujo edit: DONE [img]http://www.johnaraujo.net/Escape/johnAraujoBeauty1.png[/img] [img]http://www.johnaraujo.net/Escape/techShot.png[/img] Talk about a late start! Anyway here's the concept: [IMG]http:/…	9 Last	Maxram0 May 2013
[Mixamo Contest] - abdool86-pirate Adventure My Character is about a pirate that like to steal and discover new worlds. Even though he is evil, he does have the adventure spirit. :)	1 Last	Anais May 2013
[Mixamo Contest] SS Cyber Occultist Just starting a thread here. Will be posting ideas / wip's soon. Thanks everyone and good luck!	1 Last	Anais May 2013
ESCAPE - Someone on the Wing! - Team Odie [CENTER] [COLOR="Lime"][SIZE="6"][B]Someone on the Wing![/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] Team Odie is kenruze and BubblegumTate. We're both 3D Artists from Halifax Nova Scotia. Both of us are currently freelance…	14 Last	Fansub May 2013
ESCAPE The Park Shabba Hi Everyone, I would like to participate in this challenge as well. Really excited to see what everyone will produce! I live in Toronto, Canada and when I thought of the word "Escape" the first thi…	42 Last	iansmithartist May 2013
ESCAPE - Apocalypse - vAp let's begin	10 Last	vAp May 2013
ESCAPE - Mountain retreat Hey, iv been flip flopping all over the place with different ideas. Have to just pick one though, its not the idea its the execution. So i'm going to do a mountain cabin retreat scene. I really want…	7 Last	ricardobrady May 2013
ESCAPE - Leap of Faith - Team Last Minute GO TIME. Current team is Bev (Bevill120, bevvill.blogspot.com), and myself, Francisco Cruz III (klash-120, zerocat.blogspot.com). Unsure which idea was who's/ based off / collaborated /blah blah as …	6 Last	e-freak May 2013
Closed the Escape - Final Submissions Participants of [URL="http://www.polycount.com/escapechallenge/"]the Escape: A Polycount Challenge[/URL] will use this thread for submitting their final shots. Please see the contest page for the req…	73 Last	aphexx May 2013
ESCAPE - Escaping the prison of mind - LELEKS Team Hey guys! Welcome to our thread. We are all Brazilians Game Dev and Media students. It's my very first time modeling an environment and it's the first time of one of my friends too. I'm excited, lear…	2 Last	iagodiehl May 2013
ESCAPE - Hermit's Perch - m4dcow [COLOR=darkorange]Final Update:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff8c00][/COLOR] Escape - Hermit's Perch - m4dcow There is a lot more I wish I could have gotten done, but I'm happy with the result, I might tweak s…	33 Last	m4dcow May 2013
ESCAPE - Love - cholden It was fun. Lost a lot of focus when laid off halfway through. Still enjoyed myself with the lighting studies. Video soon. final beauty [img]http://chrisholden.net/escape_chrisholden_beauty01.jpg[…	49 Last	cholden May 2013
ESCAPE - something something pg13 - Scudz Very cool contest idea. So what I'm thinking here is a sorta low/mid poly diorama based around a group of kids escaping from some big slasher-beastie (or maybe vise-versa:eek:). 80's based so think …	67 Last	ScudzAlmighty May 2013
ESCAPE - Soul Escape - AnthonySaxon Hey polycount community, I'm new to 3D rendering and modeling but I want to take this chance to learn as much as possible. I am thinking about depicting a soul escaping the body using a very dark g…	5 Last	Noxas May 2013
ESCAPE - Corporate Assassin - Safemilk(Daniel) Hey guys, I'm a bit late to enter, but I have a few images and blockouts to put up. I'm doing a scene that has heavy Deus Ex influences. The idea is that the protagonist has just done some sort of c…	26 Last	Safemilk(Daniel) May 2013
ESCAPE - Wayward I'm late to the game and I'm running solo, but I figured this is a great opportunity to learn some environment jazz~! I'm in between these 3 themes. Though I'm probably going to go with the cave-type…	6 Last	yannage May 2013
ESCAPE - TF2 M8 Greyhound - heinous I guess this post will get updated with the finished goods IF they get finished. (EDIT: [URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1839585&postcount=51"]it's done[/URL], updated with pics be…	21 Last	heinous May 2013
ESCAPE - The Laboratory My last thread didn't contain the "ESCAPE" prefix, so I'm starting a new one. This will be my submission for the Escape challenge. In the world of computers, there exists a horrifying laboratory i…	6 Last	ChosenOne May 2013
ESCAPE - Retreat! - Zelfit My submission lacks of any deep idea, so I'll go pretty straightforward. I always wanted to make some WW2 scene. Overall picture: German artillery position was flanked by tanks and two artillery-crew…	13 Last	Zelfit May 2013
[Dota2] - Disruptor - Rider of the Storm EDIT! Finished!! [IMG]http://puu.sh/1wYbP[/IMG] Latest Update! [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1427110/dota_disruptor_sculpt.jpg[/IMG] There we go!!! I'll update tomorrow all of this with a g…	157 Last	Shower God May 2013
ESCAPE - a bad evening - Team Hey all, i'm working with 2 friend, [COLOR="SeaGreen"]Brae[/COLOR] and [COLOR="SeaGreen"]GiangoMM[/COLOR] We don't have a concept artist so we decided to do a sketch with Zbrush (mannequin and primi…	3 Last	Korax May 2013
ESCAPE - Escape.net - Dataday I'm going to be cutting it close with this one as I finally have a chance to start working on this. To make it even harder on myself, I'll be using software I havent really used for a serious project…	2 Last	Dataday May 2013
ESCAPE - The Falls - James Peverall Hi I am a first year student at University of Hertfordshire, I know I have left the entry a bit late but hopefully I can produce some nice looking work. I will try and update soon.	4 Last	Peverall May 2013
ESCAPE - Breakthrough - Cardia Time to start doing stuffs i guess Team members are: Me - Siycanas TachionT29 ThunderHq	18 Last	thunderhq May 2013
ESCAPE - Cave escape - Team 4 Hello fellow polycount dwellers! =) [COLOR="Red"][SIZE="3"]We are here to make art, but we are also here to make a [B]game[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] When the escape project was first announced we were tal…	5 Last	Christian Nordgren May 2013
ESCAPE-Dread Ward-The Beard Brigade Team Members: Brian (Kronge) Steven (Maynes) So our concept for THE ESCAPE is a horror/survival asylum setting in which the hero wakes up in a decrepit mental asylum and struggles to escape his st…	10 Last	Kronge May 2013
ESCAPE - Mountain Base - Panashe Ngowera [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2jbb83.jpg[/IMG] Mood board... will post the rest of my work tonight and tomorrow :)	6 Last	Panashii624 May 2013
ESCAPE - Venus Escape So this is my first time creating a model in 3D where the use of mapping is being applied. I had some basic knowledge of UV mapping prior to this but my experience with it was rudimentary at best. …	14 Last	Nachmir May 2013
ESCAPE - SCRAM - Kabresinn Hello! My general idea for this contest is to design a nuclear power plant in meltdown. The facility, I have decided, is going to be an older string of buildings, clad with outdated equipment which i…	24 Last	Kabresinn May 2013
ESCAPE - Living Planet Fugitive - DiHydro Hello everyone. I'm joining in on the fun kind of late, but that's ok I'll probably continue to work on this if I don't meet the deadline and add it to my portfolio. My idea is inspired by Gradius, …	21 Last	DiHydro May 2013
ESCAPE - Break free - Notes Epic contest, hope I have time to finish on time... Concept is pretty vague but it's difficult to get what's exactly in my head onto paper/screen. Other is a quick blockout to UDK...depending on tim…	7 Last	Notes May 2013
The Escape - Moonlight Thief - Team PsychoSibs Hi Polycount! We're a bit late to posting, but really excited to be participating in this contest. This is a team collaboration between myself and my sister, WildFire1187. I'll be handling the e…	5 Last	MLewallen May 2013
ESCAPE - Camp Pyongyang - Jade Left it quite long to upload what I have done but here it is. First time using UDK. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YkiJvqq.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AFZVZ9S.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/mbN…	1 Last	Jade May 2013
ESCAPE - Catch Me If You Can! - Sunny Ram Hey everyone, my name is Sunny Ram and I am a 1st year University Games Art Student. My idea for this challenge is to create a chase scene. In my head I have a few scene idea layouts. #1 Main car car…	4 Last	Sunny 3D Ramm May 2013
ESCAPE - Starfall - TeamKill Update - TeamKill: [B][URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=38335"]Impala88[/URL][/B] [B][URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=29970"]Wombatinahat[/URL][/B] Ok. This scene is…	60 Last	Impala88 May 2013
ESCAPE - Escape from Auschwitz - tbd Hey guys, I'm pretty late on the initial post but better late than never. Our team consists of: Malcolm Neal - environment artist Paul Sjoquist - character concept artist Damion Davis - concept art…	8 Last	ljsketch May 2013
ESCAPE [Do or Die] [Pixelpushers] Hey everyone we're team Pixelpushers and we'll be working on a scene depicting a jump from the stratosphere inspired by the Red Bull Stratos mission that took place on October 2012. The character wil…	4 Last	Drywall May 2013
ESCAPE Attempt of escape penden Hello I am glad to be a challenge for the first time. My challenge is I want you to succeed Thank you. Theme One day, the monster tries to attempt an escape. Really ... [IMG]http:…	15 Last	suyunpark May 2013
Closed ESCAPE - Escape From Robot Doom - Maximum Camel Attack Hi everyone, Since the Escape contest was announced last week, we have been working to form a team, and to settle on just one of our many ideas. We finally feel that we're ready to start posting …	16 Last	r13 May 2013
Escape - Monday Morning - Team "Mother Lovin' Space Monkeys" Team: Mother Lovin' Space Monkeys Guilherme Carvalho - Azkur - Characters Chris Pollitt - Mask_Salesman - Characters / UDK Stuff Nick Quackenbush - Quack! - Environments / UDK Stuff We hope that w…	20 Last	Mask_Salesman May 2013
ESCAPE - Island Escape - Team Plausibly Aught We are a team of 3, arriving a bit late, but ready to enter in nonetheless. Premise: Cartoon feel of a bald man at a computer, but on his mind, literally, he is on an island at a tiki bar. Style:…	10 Last	haruka89 May 2013
ESCAPE Yo Ho Ho! MAETi Team MAETi is: Evan Hollingsworth Blake Mead Andrew Tejeda Mike Fix Bill Hicks We are all students in the Ferris State University Digital Animation & Game Design program. [Grand Rapids, Michigan]	22 Last	billvanhausen May 2013
ESCAPE - Forgot My Coat! - Team PIMP SLAP Hello PC, Our team of three is working on the contest. More will come in the next few days. I hope to have some sketches ready by tomorrow. Premise: Victorian/Gothic scientist leaves exploding hous…	15 Last	Amtyk May 2013
ESCAPE - Flight of Daphne - Team Magical Girl! We are team Magical Girl, a group of five artists getting in a little late in the game with a piece based on Greek mythology, specifically the myth of Apollo and Daphne. In our piece, we will show a …	35 Last	Kalila May 2013
ESCAPE - Isolation - Team IDK Members- Alicia Mosey Brett Wetherbee Ian Reed Samantha Tobin We're planning on making a scene where a character is sitting on a park bench playing a Gameboy. The world around her is colorful, vibr…	11 Last	phoenix923 May 2013
ESCAPE - Bust Out - K1NG W3NZEL Just getting started with UDK and modeling, but I'd thought I would give a shot at this. I'm currently a Digital Media student at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) looking to enter the Game ind…	10 Last	K1NG W3NZEL May 2013
ESCAPE-The Cryo Chaos- Team Abrasive Radula Hello world of PolyCount! Our Project (team consisting of 3 people) involves an escape from a mining colony on Mars. Concepts will be up in a few and WIPs to follow. Unreal Development Kit will be ou…	18 Last	darkarbiter May 2013