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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	194	912	[kf2] - Item - Plague Mask SenayAmanuel • Jan 2016 in
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
VG Remix - Resident Evil 2 My favorite game ever, the game that led me to do 3D art! I hope I can do it justice! Not sure what area, but I will definitely do the RPD since it was considered by most to be one of the most memo…	3 Last	kaikun2236 Jul 2013
VG Remix - River City Ransom Well, I'm gonna see how far I can get in between long work days and the end with River City Ransom as the subject. Gonna see what I can come up with I guess. [spoiler] [IMG]http://wiimedia.ign.com/…	8 Last	TooLzor Jul 2013
VG Remix - The Last of Us I'm guessing this might get chosen by a fair few, but i have some really cool ideas and I've been hooked on the game for the past month... First contest. First thread. Updates shortly... Good luc…	5 Last	LakeMonster_ Jul 2013
VG Remix - Fallout 3 Hi polycount! For this contest I wanted to make a fallout 3 diorama but with a hand painted texture style, to give it a kind of cartoony touch. I'm thinking about the washington monument scene where…	5 Last	Javibcln Jul 2013
VG Remix - Darksiders II Long time viewer of polycount, however I never participated in any of the challenges or contests. But anyways I'll be doing a diorama of Darksiders 2. Starting off with some sources for the scene I'…	0 Last	morickarr Jul 2013
VG Remix - Giana Sisters Hi, when thinking about old times and computer games it is Giana Sisters what I played the most on my beloved C64. So it's gonna be a Giana sisters diorama.	2 Last	Throbberwocky Jul 2013
VG Remix - Skyrim Hey hey everyone! been a long time since I jumped in on any art comps, but this looked too cool to pass up on. I'll be having a blast at a little Skyrim Diorama :)	10 Last	L3XICON Jul 2013
VG Remix - Halo Blood Gulch Hey, so when thinking of some of the most memorable maps in gaming a certain box canyon springs to mind. Anyone who enjoys the Halo franchise has had to come across Blood Gulch (or one of its spin-of…	3 Last	LANKUS MAXIMUS Jul 2013
VG Remix - Super Metroid I had a difficult time settling on an idea, but for the sake of putting a knife in indecisiveness, I'm going to go ahead and tackle the intro screen of Super Metroid. One of my favorite games. Hope…	2 Last	Luke003 Jul 2013
VG Remix - Road Rash 3 One of my favourite games, I still bust it out on the ol emulator every now and then. I have done very little low poly stuff so hopefully I can do it justice. I havnt fully decided on the track or t…	1 Last	LANKUS MAXIMUS Jul 2013
VG REMIX - Tapper Ok guys, I have decided to give Tapper a go. Hopefully i can get something out in what time we have left.	2 Last	Mr.Daz Jul 2013
Tapper please disregard this thread,	0 Last	Mr.Daz Jul 2013
VG REMIX - Grim Fandango I'm going to take a shot at making a diorama of Manny's Bar (from Grim Fandango) with Manny and Glotis behind the piano. Here's some reference I will be using: [IMG]http://www.edge-online.com/wp-co…	19 Last	AimBiZ Jul 2013
VG Remix - RAGE [IMG]http://repackgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3ghfbseru7f.jpg[/IMG] Hey y'all! Just placing a spot before it got taken. The game had some amazing looking vistas and locales and I've already …	4 Last	stuART_3dee Jul 2013
VG Remix - Half-Life's City 17 Hey guys! Hope I have enough time for this! I'll make a diorama based on the opening scene from HL2 (from the trainstation to city 17). It'll be hard to make something truly great and epic but I'll …	17 Last	OniLolz Jul 2013
[Dota2] - Outworld Destroyer - Dragon Armour Hi guys, The excellent coridium and myself are going to do a collab entry for this competition. I have been enjoying lurking in here and looking at the other entries. Some exciting stuff so far! W…	29 Last	Razia Jul 2013
VG Remix - Cannon Fodder I'm changing from my original idea from Far Cry 3 to Cannon Fodder. After seeing so much nostalgia build up from looking at other threads I was like, screw it I wanna do that now! Cannon Fodder was t…	8 Last	lukepham101 Jul 2013
VG Remix - Alex Kidd in miracle world A big hello to everyone out there, I have decided i am finally gonna enter into a competition, and this one has got me thinking of all the games i used to play as a kid. After thinking about it the…	3 Last	cwellings Jul 2013
VG REMIX - DayZ ok so i decided to do my diorama on Dayz and i wanted to give it a title to go with the theme and the joke of what i was doing which will become apparent when im finished (for any Dayz players. the…	5 Last	MDGM Jul 2013
VG REMIX - The Last Of Us Going to try and tackle this one. [IMG]http://db66abc2c256b763aaef-ce5d943d4869ae027976e5ad085dd9b0.r76.cf2.rackcdn.com/2013/162/213/the-last-of-us_original.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://content.clearchanne…	13 Last	devingeesr Jul 2013
VG Remix Civilization V Alrighty then. Going to try and do a tribute to the franchise that's stolen, far and away, the vast majority of my gaming hours. The idea is to build a big city full of wonders from all over the worl…	1 Last	Auldbenkenobi Jul 2013
VG REMIX - DayZ End Game I hate to love DayZ, its just about the only game (mod version) I still play regularly regardless of its many bugs. That's why it was a quick choice for a diorama. I am blocking something out that …	2 Last	Thall Jul 2013
VG Remix- Oban Star Racers Jello ladies and gents! Kick this off with a brief, [B]brief-[/B] The creation of a Oban star racers themed Diorama, with three-four stages of the actual oban planet encompassed. (Different Biomes…	4 Last	Lazerus Reborn Jul 2013
VG Remix - Prince of Persia (1989) Hi All, this is the first polycount challenge I'm entering :-) I've chosen to do the original [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Persia_%281989_video_game%29http://"]Prince of Persia from 1…	1 Last	Dan3D Jul 2013
ESCAPE - " Dead End " - FredSkin Hi ! Finally, I enter a contest here ! I was looking for this one for ages, but I forgot about it, and now, I'm here, a bit late, yes yes, I know, but better late then never as we said ! So, the tea…	10 Last	Hacksponge Jul 2013
VG Remix - Catherine [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/70cy.jpg/][IMG]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4936/70cy.jpg[/IMG][/URL] From the third day of Catherine, when Katherine tells Vincent she might be p…	0 Last	Ziemanskye Jul 2013
VG Remix - Fable 2 So, I'm aware that it's nearly a week into the challenge - I've been on holiday! I've decided to create Bowerstone Market from Fable 2. [IMG]http://images.wikia.com/fable/images/5/5e/Bowerstone.jpg…	0 Last	xLele Jul 2013
VG Remix - Bastion I'm a total noob still, but I'm gonna do my best to tackle this. Concept art from Bastion: [IMG]http://www.tatersthoughts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Bastion-Concept-Art.jpg[/IMG] I think the fl…	9 Last	ambethia Jul 2013
VG Remix - Killer Instinct Working on a scene with Spinal VS Glacius [IMG]http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/59/6mtu.png[/IMG] Will start working on the blockout for Glacius,any crits?:)	3 Last	ArtLearner Jul 2013
VG Remix - Uncharted Fish Slap Hey people! So thought I'd give this a go, first timer here! I don't know much about Dioramas..but from what I've seen it's a still miniature scene. Basing mine around Uncharted 3 market scene, wher…	5 Last	minorthreat Jul 2013
VG REMIX Pokemon: Blood & Iron I'm going to attempt a Pokemon medieval adventure diorama. The idea is a trainer and his pokemon solving dungeon based puzzles similar to The Legend of Zelda.	1 Last	JoshuaMorrisonInk Jul 2013
VG Remix - Bomberman 64 I'm thinking of doing Bomberman 64, but with a retro Tron look to it. Sleek base with some wild colours. Similar to that loud Farcry game. I'll post some concepts later this weekend.	0 Last	Dark_Flick Jul 2013
VG Remix - Discworld Throwing my hat into the ring here just for a chance to destress from my job! Decided to attempt a double whammy of awesome here, with Discworld being both a classic point-and-click adventure game I…	3 Last	JurassicPerk Jul 2013
VG Remix - Shantae Zombie Caravan Hello! I'm starting a little late, but for this contest I would like to create a diorama of the elusive Zombie Caravan from Shantae. Here's some reference: [IMG]http://s20.postimg.org/3vxjh92ct/ref…	0 Last	Landestroyer Jul 2013
VG REMIX - Shenmue Shenmue has to be my favorite game series so bringing this into a different art style will be challenging yet fun! I have a general idea how I want to take this location wise. I'm thinking the main…	2 Last	Lando_Mange Jul 2013
VG Remix - Vagrant Emblem Fire Emblem in the style of Vagrant Story. I haven't quite settled on what to include in the scene, I'm between Eirika & Ephraim from FE8 vs. either Fomortiis or Lyon, or the scene from FE7 where El…	3 Last	Vizmund Jul 2013
VG Remix - Disgaea Reserving my place, lets see if I finish this haha.	1 Last	cdb-art Jul 2013
VG Remix - Pokemon I've always loved the Pokemon games and Soul Silver is definitely my favorite in the series. So, I'm creating a Pokemon diorama with the Pokemon from the first and second generation. It's my first ti…	2 Last	a3sthesia Jul 2013
VG Remix - Bioshock Infinite Going to do either some sky action scene on rails or the quarters of Elizabeth in the giant statue head, will make up my mind soon so I can start this weekend =D	1 Last	a3sthesia Jul 2013
VG Remix - Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengeance I'm gonna attempt to do some characters from this game. If I can pull it off, it ought to be epic. And may do some cameo by characters from the series...big maybe. :poly121:	1 Last	a3sthesia Jul 2013
VG Remix - Resident Evil 4 This is my first time entering one of these, but I gotta start somewhere and this one sounds fun. I was going to remake one of the house sieges early on in RE 4, where Leon and Ashley are barricaded…	0 Last	csg Jul 2013
VG Remix - Jurassic Park (Game Gear) Hello, I may go for this setting from Jurassic Park. [URL="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/04ie.jpg/"][IMG]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1875/04ie.jpg[/IMG][/URL]	9 Last	Speed87 Jul 2013
VG REMIX - Guacamelee [FONT="Arial Black"][FONT="Century Gothic"][FONT="Fixedsys"]Just wanted to get in and call dibs on the greatest game to grace my Ps3. Ever since my eyes caught the glaze of the Mexican wrestler I kne…	7 Last	skylebones Jul 2013
VG Remix - The Last of All of Us HI, This is my first contest and post I think on here even though I've been around for a bit. My plan is to do a world map type diorama of "The Last of Us." I chose this because I just recently comp…	1 Last	a3sthesia Jul 2013
VG Remix Don't starve & don't die ! Still thinking/sketching how to put the game essence into a diorama but for now that's my starting point. More to come ! [IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5529629/Polycount/vgremix/Untitl…	0 Last	vondecrolock Jul 2013
VG Remix - Star Control 2 Im excited to make a tribute to one of my favorite games of all time. Awwww riiigghht. I'll have more/better info in the near future. It's time for me to clock out for the night.	0 Last	Cabugi Jul 2013
VG Remix - Syndicate A scene from the original Syndicate. My first thing on Polycount so we'll see how I go with this.	1 Last	Sigismund Jul 2013
VG Remix - Pokemon All the cool kids are doing it, so why not try this out? I wanted to remake the scene where the player and the rival pick their starter pokemon, because it was probably the biggest decision in my li…	1 Last	adam Jul 2013
Final Fantasy 4 - Yoshitaka Amano I'm Going to do a scene from Final fantasy 4 based very much on Amanos work	1 Last	mospheric Jul 2013
Closed RULES UPDATE: Transparencies allowed! Please read. I just wanted to give a quick shoutout to everyone. I've sent out an email to Sketchfab to see if they support 1-bit alphas as a number of folks have requested it and, after review, I don't think it…	8 Last	deadpixl Jul 2013