Maybe I'm old school but what about a low poly (1000) and a 512 texture sheet for:
> Castlevania type monster
> Obscure 70s/80s superhero
> A droid cowboy/cowgirl
> Sexy space marine medic
> naked gargoyle or Darkstalkers character jk
Howabout a challenge where we take a historical figure, and give them a sci fi look? Examples:
-giant mecha Napoleon
-space marine commander George Washington
-alien pimp Bill Clinton
-George W. Bush from Planet of the Apes
-Abraham lincoln the president of the Galaxy
I dunno something a bit more open ended like that with a good amount of time to flesh out the concept. And enough time to do some nice normal mapping!
This is a little bit close to the last one but I think it could be cool:
Chidren's book/tv/movie character redesign. I was just last night thinking about how cool Dragon Tales would be if the characters were redesigned in the style of Quake.
I may not be able to take part since I am about to leave on vacation, so don't pick my idea on my account.
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Howabout a challenge where we take a historical figure, and give them a sci fi look?
I dunno something a bit more open ended like that with a good amount of time to flesh out the concept. And enough time to do some nice normal mapping!
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Nice idea, though perhaps you could just change timeperiod into whatever you want, rather than simply sci-fi. Like Julius Caesar as a WWII tank commander.
I agree with Asherr, design your own guitar hero sounds like a cool idea. And... have we had a "cute and fuzzy" contest yet? Or rather we design a character for a children's game(doesn't have to be fuzzy)? Good experience for what you may run into in the game industry; you can't always choose your project.
Or... OR.... Design your own colossus for Shadow of the Colossus. That'd be awsome! Or if that doesn't work, Characters that should have been in Super Smash Brothers.
of the ideas listed i would have to go with Guitar Hero. fun stylized characters. everyone likes music. lots of style to play with. you have a specific function for the character to fufill so it's not *too open.
flaagan had an idea of MegaMan style bosses with PSP specs (based off the MMX re-release in 3d). that would be pretty cool.
I dunno, rendering an invader zim character in a style other than the show wouldn't be very recognizable, you'd hvae to do it in the same style of the show...and to have to conform to a specific style of art would be sort of... not fun. Plus you really havn't too much diversity or material to work with.
However, perhaps the idea can be expanded. Design your own Space invader and Companion. :P That might work, I suppose.
I like the idea of having an older fairytale character redesigned. Like Willy Wonka, or Little Red Riding Hood (dibs on that one by the way), Three little pigs?
Or, maybe redesign an older 8-16 bit game character? Too bad Ruy Hyabusa got a revamp from Team Ninja
Whould anybody explain what Guitar Hero is, or do i have to google?
I Googled. You guys took your time to buy that?
Guitar Hero is FUN. even i, who has absolutley no rhytm, can feel pretty cool when playing. i havent heard anyone who's actually played it saying anything but praise for it.
and like i said. im down for either MegaMan Boss challenge with PSP specs or a Guitar Hero.
we've just had a redesign challenge. and while it spawned a lot of threads it didnt get a lot of entries. the last two have been kinda specific challenges, this next one needs a theme that can be interpreted in fun ways. MM Boss and Guitar Hero both offer this. you have a specific function the character will serve, end level boss Boss with a theme and Badass guitar player with a genre theme. LOTS of room for fun creativity within these two ideas.
It looks like "Design your own Guitar Hero" has the most votes and will leave the most options open for people. I'll get with Hawken and you should see a thread soon. =] STAY TUNED. (get it? guitars?...tuned?...baaaaaaaah! =] )
I like the idea of the failed super hero sidekick, and the boss character Idea sounds good. I don't know anything about the guitar game, but designing a musician of any time might be good, like an alien or time period musician.
Also, what might be fun is akin to what people are saying about leaders, would be a piece of technology or character based on the concept of different timelines. For instance, what would cars look like if the Incans were the inventors, or what would a airplane look like if created in a timeline where Persian design ideals were the norm.
for the Guitar Hero i think we should list a song that would exemplify our guitarist's playing style. i think it would really help the modeler know what thye are aiming for and would help others to critique and steer woe-be-gone players in the right direction.
"guitar hero" would kinda imply someone playing a guitar, yes? =]
With sarcasm aside, yes...to a point. Think of designing yourself into a guitarist. A real rocker. That's sorta where you want to go with it. On the other hand, you could just basically design your own Ted Malmstein Osbourne Vai and go from there. =]
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Design your own Lightsabre?
For copywrite purposes, perhaps we should call it a lasersword.
Tranformers robots in disguise as kitchenware
or corpse
> Castlevania type monster
> Obscure 70s/80s superhero
> A droid cowboy/cowgirl
> Sexy space marine medic
> naked gargoyle or Darkstalkers character jk
anyone remember the name of that megadrive game where you played a cartoonist/superhero. that had cool stylo
what about 16bit era hero
-giant mecha Napoleon
-space marine commander George Washington
-alien pimp Bill Clinton
-George W. Bush from Planet of the Apes
-Abraham lincoln the president of the Galaxy
I dunno something a bit more open ended like that with a good amount of time to flesh out the concept. And enough time to do some nice normal mapping!
Chidren's book/tv/movie character redesign. I was just last night thinking about how cool Dragon Tales would be if the characters were redesigned in the style of Quake.
I may not be able to take part since I am about to leave on vacation, so don't pick my idea on my account.
polititions as gameheros/villains, and gameheros/villians as polititions in the same comp 0_o
Howabout a challenge where we take a historical figure, and give them a sci fi look?
I dunno something a bit more open ended like that with a good amount of time to flesh out the concept. And enough time to do some nice normal mapping!
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Nice idea, though perhaps you could just change timeperiod into whatever you want, rather than simply sci-fi. Like Julius Caesar as a WWII tank commander.
What about a "dungeons and dragons" theme? I don't know, I'm pretty bad at this.
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Cgchat had one not too long ago, if I remember correctly. I think I saw it looking through their past challenges.
Or... OR.... Design your own colossus for Shadow of the Colossus. That'd be awsome! Or if that doesn't work, Characters that should have been in Super Smash Brothers.
flaagan had an idea of MegaMan style bosses with PSP specs (based off the MMX re-release in 3d). that would be pretty cool.
If I remember correctly there where many styles of characters and many styles of SIR units (well gir for you pepz who didnt watch the show)
So you can create your own Eirken invader + side kick within a 2k poly limit
and 2 512 by 512 with spec / normal mapping included.
Also link for reference what I was talking about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader_Zim
However, perhaps the idea can be expanded. Design your own Space invader and Companion. :P That might work, I suppose.
Or, maybe redesign an older 8-16 bit game character? Too bad Ruy Hyabusa got a revamp from Team Ninja
Whould anybody explain what Guitar Hero is, or do i have to google?
I Googled. You guys took your time to buy that?
and like i said. im down for either MegaMan Boss challenge with PSP specs or a Guitar Hero.
we've just had a redesign challenge. and while it spawned a lot of threads it didnt get a lot of entries. the last two have been kinda specific challenges, this next one needs a theme that can be interpreted in fun ways. MM Boss and Guitar Hero both offer this. you have a specific function the character will serve, end level boss Boss with a theme and Badass guitar player with a genre theme. LOTS of room for fun creativity within these two ideas.
The thing is, that i have never played Guitar Hero, so I've got no idea what to create.
Also, what might be fun is akin to what people are saying about leaders, would be a piece of technology or character based on the concept of different timelines. For instance, what would cars look like if the Incans were the inventors, or what would a airplane look like if created in a timeline where Persian design ideals were the norm.
(sunday, for you not in the know.)
They're still deciding it. I hope they chose megaman boss though.
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bearkub declared it was Guitar hero several posts ago, actually.
Yes but Hawken has the final word AFAIK.
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umm.. this is a community desicion forum not a dictatorial one.
All heavily stylised, lanky limbs and garrish colour schemes.
With sarcasm aside, yes...to a point. Think of designing yourself into a guitarist. A real rocker. That's sorta where you want to go with it. On the other hand, you could just basically design your own Ted Malmstein Osbourne Vai and go from there. =]
and if anyone needs megaman referance, for the next comp maybe
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/vailias/MegaMan_X_Reference/