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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	443	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	164	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	3D Art Outsourcing & Animation Game outsourcing at 3D Game Art Studio Charles Town, West Virgin… lucyhughes • Oct 2025 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	228	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	RGAC - Khenton's Curse: Recourse animagical • Feb 2025 in Reallusion Game Character Animation Contest
Riot Art Contest	2K	20K	[Riot Art Contest] - Malphite - Trik HakimmikaH • Jan 2022 in Riot Art Contest - Character Art
Riot Creative Contest 2017	1.5K	12.3K	[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 Eric Chadwick • Sep 2025 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
[Stage] Samurai Shodun 4 - old temple -------------- Hi, I've just joined up here to get in on this brawl comp - Hopefully I can find the time to make it happen. :poly118: No idea if anyone is doing this but I'm looking to mix it up a …	62 Last	TorQue[MoD] Jun 2011
[STAGE] Street Fighter 3rd Strike - Makoto's Zen Garden - r4ptur3 Hey Guys! Took the weekend to sit on my entry -- I am going to do Makoto's Level from Street Fighter 3rd Strike. I'm going to re-envision it as a lush zen garden instead of a poor dried out battleg…	35 Last	r4ptur3 Jun 2011
[FIGHTER] Super Smash Brothers, LINK, kosh_fotsirk latest: [IMG]http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww245/kosh_fotsirk/Display01.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i724.photobucket.com/albums/ww245/kosh_fotsirk/Display02.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i724.photobucket.com/…	20 Last	theStoff Jun 2011
[STAGE] Soul Calibur 3, WATER MILL VALLEY, d1ver [color=orange][size=+1][B]Latest update:[/B][/size] [img]http://artisaverb.info/Brawl/Pres_1.jpg[/img] [center]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------…	57 Last	felipefrango Jun 2011
[STAGE] Darkstalkers, Graveyard, Minola Hi, polycount Good luck to everyone Original [IMG]http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/8712/darkstlkersgraveyardaus.png[/IMG] Beauty Shot #1 [IMG]http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/3610/40322627.jpg…	40 Last	Minola Jun 2011
[FIGHTER] Smash Bros, LUIGI, Dreamer [COLOR="Magenta"]~[/COLOR] Being the youngest in the family I was always relegated to Player 2. ALWAYS. I never got to use the fat, red one but that's just fine by me cos he sucks and is fat. Good lu…	44 Last	Del Jun 2011
Design Competition: A 3D avatar for an important project The BE Community is an online 3D environment for young people fighting cancer. Their community have asked for some more choice in avatars. OurBricks is partnering with them around a design competitio…	1 Last	henrikbennetsen Jun 2011
[Fighter] Mortal Kombat, Sub-Zero, aimanimation Just heard about this contest and signed up for Polycount on the spot! Going for a futuristic badass killer redesign of Sub Zero. Less Magic, more Android, what I'd like to see in the upcoming movi…	22 Last	snake85027 Jun 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, KABAL, POWER I think create KABAL from Mortal Kombat [IMG]http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9190/kabal.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/3995/kabalfinish.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img90.imageshack.us…	128 Last	POWER Jun 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter, Cammy, Tickwomp Hey guys, Gonna give this a shot and see if I can make something worthwhile. I'm going with Cammy from SF2 in a spy/military style suit. After all, she's in MI6 basically as a counter-terrorist, s…	15 Last	Superconductor May 2011
[FIGHTER] Rival Schools, AKIRA KAZAMA, MattQ86 [IMG]http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/Pwnan_Obrien/Aingameref.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i485.photobucket.com/albums/rr213/Pwnan_Obrien/aconceptref.jpg[/IMG] [U]edit: latest update for people who…	19 Last	theStoff May 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, SCORPION, Vegas I'll be making scorpion, parts of his body will be a hard shell like a scorpions carapice. I'm sorry for choosing a fighter that is done to death, but scorpion is awesome. [IMG]http://images3.wikia.n…	11 Last	jaydon May 2011
[FIGHTER] Guilty Gear, Potemkin, Vidar Hey guys, I finally found some time to start my entry! I'm making Potemkin from [b]Guilty Gear[/b], re-imagining him as a baker (which is what he does in his spare time). [img]http://images1.wikia.n…	29 Last	Ryan Hawkins May 2011
[FIGHTER] Tekken 6, HEIHACHI, david-richardson Hello! First time to post in Polycount! Started to be more of game artist also because of work. And I really love characters. Anyway So after thinking a long time of what to do. Here is my idea of He…	23 Last	david-richardson May 2011
[STAGE] Samurai Shodown, TamTam, Bbox85 Time to get crackin!!!! I'll be re-imagining TamTam's stage from Samurai Shodown: [IMG]http://fenixware.net/fab/images/arenas/505.png[/IMG] Turns out that TamTam was a Mayan warrior, so I have som…	117 Last	sltrOlsson May 2011
[FIGHTER] Tekken - Devil Jin - Harrad Original: [IMG]http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/tekken-5-dark-resurrection/devil-jin.jpg[/IMG] My Idea: [IMG]http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3055/deviljin01.jpg[/IMG] Instead of redesigning …	1 Last	AngelWingsNoMore May 2011
[FIGHTER] Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 - Deadpool - AmandaB I'm going to take Deadpool and turn him into a fat kid. Still developing a story to how this could happen to him but he gets into a lot of stuff so it's possible. Think Russell from UP or the fat k…	1 Last	AngelWingsNoMore May 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter, AKUMA, Deja hello everyone. sorry for the latish entry. So I'm doing Akuma from Street Fighter. I am going to try and push him to a more evil and demonic version and kind of amplify what his story already is. Re…	18 Last	eXeViuS May 2011
[FIGHTER] Darkstalker, Demitri Maximoff, Rossonerixx Hi Polycount !, I create Demitri from Darkstalker ,design inspire from Demitri and DraculaX and Randy Bowen style :) Design [IMG]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/2623/sketch01.jpg[/IMG] Blockin…	26 Last	Rossonerixx May 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, SHANG TSUNG, Gav So...here's what I'm thinking. Shang Tsung is on the brink of death, has lost control of his powers and is basically frozen as a mutant - his original form combined with elements of other characters…	49 Last	ScudzAlmighty May 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat, CYRAX , Liquid-Grievous I will be redesigning CYRAX from mortal kombat as a very curvy female...more attention will be placed on her cybernetic details. concept art was done in about 10 min on photoshop....But i cant get …	56 Last	leeuwen12 May 2011
[STAGE] Street Fighter - Inland Jungle - rambooze Hey guys! My arena is Inland Jungle from Street Fighter. I'm going to remake it to a some forest lake somewhere in the Russian remote place. Birches, church... I hope it'll be good. Good luck to all.…	26 Last	rambooze May 2011
[FIGHTER] Streetfighter - Ken Master - Obeyurnapster Hello, here we go on a ken master [IMG]http://nsa25.casimages.com/img/2011/04/30/110430111659891869.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://nsa26.casimages.com/img/2011/03/20/110320050629191594.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http:…	46 Last	obeyurnapster May 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter, Akuma, Apostolon Hello Polycount, My fighter is going to be a punk kid/teen version of Akuma. This is my first post here, and I don't have much to show yet but hopefully I'll have time to start going into detailed …	25 Last	Splinesplitter May 2011
[FIGHTER] TatsunokoVsCapcom,KEN THE EAGLE, massbot Lets do this. Gonna Aztec version him up with feathers and shiz [img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100213212336/tatsunokovscapcom/images/f/f4/Ken_the_Eagle.jpg[/img] --------------------…	88 Last	JFletcher May 2011
[FIGHTER] King of Fighters, Chin Gentsai, onelunglewis Chin from King of Fighters [IMG]http://www.jacksonbrobinson.com/brawl/FinalHero1.jpg[/IMG] So heres my characters back story. A little over a hundred years ago an old Drunken Fists Master named Ch…	107 Last	CookiandClaire May 2011
[FIGHTER] Killer Instinct - Fulgore - Wizo Hi! So I'm going for a kind of Fulgore met starcraft with a crush of mortal komat. Trying to put more emphasis on the fluid powering the character. With soft mecca and lots of tubes its going to b…	40 Last	POWER May 2011
Join our design competition for a chance to win $250. [URL="https://ourbricks.com"]Ourbricks[/URL] is hosting a design competition for 3D artists. The theme is Modern Life. We deliberately came up with something that would be yours to interpret any …	1 Last	henrikbennetsen May 2011
[STAGE] Street fighter alpha 2, ALEX'S STAGE, Tobeeffle + Mr_mout hi, We decided, alex'stage from street fighter 2 alpha, cause; deserted american street are so cool with a lot of details,and no character in background. [URL=http://img823.imageshack.us/i/vqcld.pn…	33 Last	Deld May 2011
[FIGHTER] Marvel Vs Capcom 3, CAPTAIN AMERICA, mrmagee1000 The Cap as a grizzled and homeless war vet. I really want him to have a wheel chair with his shield attached to one of the wheels. I was thinking of going the Lt. Dan rout and losing both of his legs…	51 Last	ace77man May 2011
[STAGE] Street Fighter III - 2nd Impact : Sao Paulo "Sean's Stage" Hey guys, getting to this party a little late but I will be working on this scene with James (Xtremepenguin) and we will be using the latest version of UDK. Here is our idea... [IMG]http://i241.pho…	11 Last	JDLOKI May 2011
[STAGE] Street Fighter - Guile's Stage - Xoliul & Wahlgren I'm such a whore ... so predictable for me to pick the environment that has a bigass vehicle right in the centre! [IMG]http://i51.tinypic.com/10h626q.png[/IMG] Dunno about the characters though. If…	116 Last	teaandcigarettes May 2011
[FIGHTER] Tekken, Heihachi Mishima, Mxdirector Gangster rapper heihachi. [img]http://i55.tinypic.com/2z4zllz.jpg[/img] I have composed a rap for my entry. [b]I'm a senior, heihachi mishama, kicking it back with my boy kuma. You think I'll play …	36 Last	mxdirector May 2011
The BRAWL Tournament - Questions & Answers [COLOR=DarkOrange][B]Questions[/B][/COLOR] This thread is for questions specific to the contest rules, specs, judging, or submission process. Geezus will be answering your questions by editing your…	110 Last	andersoncascardi May 2011
[FIGHTER] Smash Bros, Mario, andersoncascardi Hi everyone!! I hope I'm not too late to enter this challenge! I loved the idea and I'll try to make something to take part of it... [IMG]http://chinelada.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/super_mario…	18 Last	conte May 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat-Raiden-Dan! TEST YOUR MIGHT! yep better get ready to surrender your quarters cause I'm comin at you like a spider monkey! I wanted to do someone iconic but with a twist soooooooooo [IMG]http://dan-art.com/imag…	107 Last	Neox May 2011
[STAGE] X-Men vs Street Fighter Dead Or Live "The Show" Alright you guys may remember this game. It blew me away when i saw it in an arcade I was like "street Fighter and X-men together WOOOOOW i cant believe it" And it was actually a darn pretty good gam…	16 Last	itsmadman May 2011
[FIGHTER], Street Fighter, Chun Li, ryanv After much consideration I couldn't resist jumpin on the Chun Li wagon. Going with a sorta knight/warrior version of her. Here's my progress so far. Still need to block in some kind of thigh guard ar…	37 Last	duncan May 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter - Cody - g2000 [URL="https://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=82411"] [/URL]	42 Last	leeuwen12 May 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter 3, Elena, Alkor Final shots : [IMG]http://alkor.ben.free.fr/divers/brawl/Brawl_Beauty01.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://alkor.ben.free.fr/divers/brawl/Brawl_Beauty02.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://alkor.ben.free.fr/divers/brawl/Brawl_…	16 Last	leeuwen12 May 2011
[FIGHTER] Street Fighter, VEGA, Frank Tzeng Hey guys, i finally decided to join the contest, i want to recreate VEGA which is my favorite character in street fighter, he will have a nano suit on him, and a robotic arm with the hook, here are m…	33 Last	leeuwen12 May 2011
[STAGE]Mortal Kombat 3, Cyrax(Jades) Desert, Seforin Hey everyone....well originally it was gonna be me and a team member but he got really busy last minute with some important things so it looks like its up to me to carry this along! [b] THE ORIGI…	58 Last	cholden May 2011
[STAGE] Super Smash Bros - Great Bay - ZacD [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2184180/update3.png[/IMG] [url]http://i.imgur.com/Yklgp.jpg[/url] [[url]http://i.imgur.com/BhtqY.png[/url] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YEU2F.jpg[/IMG] [url]http://i.imgur…	13 Last	ZacD May 2011
[FIGHTER] Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 - TRON BONNE - Alemja [IMG]http://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/tron-fullstance.gif[/IMG] Tried though I might I could not stay away! [COLOR=Black]Girl crush prevailed[/COLOR] Going to be doing Tron Bonne from M…	13 Last	Alemja May 2011
[FIGHTER] Mortal Kombat - Nightwolf - Serjeon Hi all, my fighter is Nightwolf from MK [IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9809/nightwolfmk3stance.gif[/IMG] [IMG]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5462/nightwalf2d.jpg[/IMG] [U][IMG]http://i…	4 Last	Serjeon May 2011
[STAGE] Super Smash Bros. Brawl, SPEAR PILLAR, Shmaba Not sure if I'll manage to finish this stage or not due to lots of other work I have to get done in then next month or so. Might as well try and possibly get some cool models out of it. I'm planning…	1 Last	Zander85 May 2011
[STAGE] The Last Blade - Yuki-Machi Stage (Earthquake damaged) - MarkD (Vig) I love the SNK games and this is probably the hardest I've had to dig up ref for anything, what a chore, wow. At first I was thinking Samuria Shodown, then I started hunting around and there wasn't m…	37 Last	Mark Dygert May 2011
[FIGHTER] Waku Waku 7 - Fernandez - jramauri [B]Last update:[/B] [IMG]http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/jramauri/Fernandez_3d_18.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa426/jramauri/Fernandez_3d_19.jpg[/IMG] ============…	111 Last	eCzety May 2011
[FIGHTER ]Blazblue/Hakumen/FirstKeeper I couldn't rename my first tread, so here is a new one with correct character name in the title. Hakumen from [URL="https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/hakumen.html"]Blazblue[/URL] game. I…	54 Last	FirstKeeper May 2011
[FIGHTER] Marvel vs Capcom - IRONMAN - Duncan It is time to trim my eyebrows and put on my art shorts. LATEST UPDATE: Super quick and dirty finish. [img]http://www.marvelvscapcomxbox360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/iron-man-3-marvel-vs-capc…	85 Last	afisher May 2011