Darksiders II Weapon Contest (Wrap-up)

BoBo_the_seal

WOW! That was a lot of fun! This community always delivers! So many great entries it's going to be hard to choose just one in each category.

I want to thank Polycount again for hosting this contest!

We are looking over the entries now and will be contacting the finalist over the next day or two to submit their models for judging. We will then post the top 3 in each category on the Darksiders II community Facebook page. Keep an eye on the Polycount News page to know when to go vote for your favorites!

Finals:
Axe
Mace
Hammer

- BoBo

Mcejn

That's going to be tough to judge. Plenty of really good submissions!

Congrats guys!

glottis8

Man... i think some of those models are hurting in their presentation. I there was a template given for them to just update with their art, so that some don't hurt by this.

Everything looks really nice tho, it will be tough to come to a decision.

Alberto Rdrgz

Good luck to everyone! the entries look awesome!

BlvdNights

Really good turnout! Good luck to everyone!

Sukotto

Good luck to everyone! Great contest! Thanks BoBo and everyone at Vigil who made this possible! Can't wait to see who the finalists are

X-One

Was fun, got my ass kicked. Thanks for organizing it.

If nothing else, its got me fired up to improve as an artist. Hopefully I actually follow through and really focus on expanding my skill set.

erroldynamic

Good luck judging, haha... So many insane designs! Killer job everyone!

SnakeDoctor

Thank you to everyone that made this competition possible. I learned a lot and had a great time doing so. Good luck to everyone!

skylebones

Yeah, this one is going to be super tough. Some really rad stuff.

leslievdb

Awesome! yet another great compo ^^
stellar work guys

Carl Brannstrom

Some really cool entries!

Good luck!

Norron

Awesome stuff. Can't wait to see who gets chosen.

Kratilim

Sooo many good entries. If nothing else it made me improve my texturing and workflow. Had lots of fun and learnt a lot. Good luck to everybody else who entered.

Geezus

What a fantastic showing from Polycount. Big props to Vigil, as well, for allowing a contest like this!

Zwebbie

I hope the one with the skulls on it wins!

skankerzero

Good going guys!

Looking sharp!

D4V1DC

So many great entries, wish I partook.

Best of luck to all!

XRevan23

Great Contest, lots of Awesome work in it, learned a lot from this competition. Thanks to Bobo, Vigil and Polycount for putting it together. Can't wait to see who wins and be able to play their weapons when the game comes out. Good Job All.

ZacD

Goodluck everyone, a lot of awesome entries.

Also when do we get the old banners back

Jeremy-S

Damn, thought we had till the end of the week to submit. Guess I can show mine in the WAYWO thread later. Great entries everyone. And great contest. Thanks polycount

Isaiah Sherman

Good luck everyone! There were great entries in all categories.

HitmonInfinity

So many excellent submissions! Can't wait to see the winners in game.

Habboi

Back when this competition was first announced I was unsure whether I would enter. I knew from experience that this compo would bring out the best artists from their caves in Polycount Land.

I decided that if I didn't enter, I'd regret it just like that time I ordered salad instead of soup. Looking at all the entries I was right, there's some scary talent. Regardless I made a deal with an individual who didn't enter because he didn't think he could compete with the top artists. Well I entered to show him that you don't know unless you try.

Anyway congrats to all that entered. Bobo's and the concept artists (sorry don't know your name) streams were super useful!

Also I hope people don't mind but I made this picture of all the weapons together. Forgive me if I butchered your work, it was hard to cut out some of the weapons. If you want me to remove it, I will.

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/weapons.jpg

Mathew O

Habboi wrote: »

Back when this competition was first announced I was unsure whether I would enter. I knew from experience that this compo would bring out the best artists from their caves in Polycount Land.

I decided that if I didn't enter, I'd regret it just like that time I ordered salad instead of soup. Looking at all the entries I was right, there's some scary talent. Regardless I made a deal with an individual who didn't enter because he didn't think he could compete with the top artists. Well I entered to show him that you don't know unless you try.

Anyway congrats to all that entered. Bobo's and the concept artists (sorry don't know your name) streams were super useful!

Same man, I didn't enter to try and compete with the great artists we have on here. It was more of a "Can I get this done to a decent standard on top of my uni work and under the scrutiny of people that are judging me against professional work?" I'm really glad I did it mainly because it really showed where I need to improve and that I really need to put more though into Symmetry/sharing UV space in the future.

On the whole, SUCCESS!

Maph

Congrats on finishing all you guys, and kudos to Polycount and Vigil for setting this up. Great work all around and the judging will be tough for sure!

Also, more Vigil streams!

JFletcher

Congrats to everyone that finished! This was a totally awesome contest with a lot of awesome entries. I definitely learnt a bit and want to do more stylized normal mapped weapons in the future.. just seeing that bake with a cavity map pushing those edges all up in yo' face is very satisfying.

Thank you Vigil, THQ and polycount for hosting this competition!

Can't wait to see the results!

Seirei

Admin Edit: Let's try not to mock fellow polycounters

Haha but jokes aside, there are so many killer entries in every category, I'm just glad that I'm not the one that has to choose between them.

Congrats to everyone who finished it in time!

tacit math

such an awesome spectacle of design work / execution. congratulations to all who participated

and

Maph wrote: »

Also, more Vigil streams!

Habboi

Alright. It took me a few hours but I managed to get all the weapons together. Enjoy this eyegasm.

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/weapons.jpg

I missed a few so if you don't see yours in there point it out and I'll add it in.

ChaosEidolon

Woot! This was one hell of an awesome contest. It was a pleasure cranking on it with all of you guys. So much inspiration and so much to learn from all the entries. Thanks to everyone that put in the hard work to get it organized. I'm sure it was task, and the whole thing went off without a hitch!

Also...YES! More Vigil Livestreams! Feed me ur sekrets!

BlvdNights

Habboi wrote: »

Alright. It took me a few hours but I managed to get all the weapons together. Enjoy this eyegasm.

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/weapons.jpg

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

konstruct

HOLY SHIT! Polycount is such an amazing community.

ErichWK

Good lord. We made them enough weapons for 3 games.

Habboi

Alright so we have the weapons for our new Polycount Game. Now we need a "Make a level" contest and we'll be halfway ready on our game.

mikezoo

wow. so many awesome entry's. I would hate to have to pick just one. Good work everybody.

afisher

Habboi wrote: »

Alright. It took me a few hours but I managed to get all the weapons together. Enjoy this eyegasm.

http://upload.habboi.co.uk/weapons.jpg

Some awesome entries! Thanks polycount and Vigil for putting this comp together. Good luck to everyone who finished

SouthpawSid

my turn! Thanks again for all those that put this thing together! Lots of good content entered for sure. I, like many others, stepped a bit off my comfort zone and learned a ton. Overall, fantastic first challenge for me

Di$array

Yeah this competition had a crackin turnout of entries. Thanks to all who were involved in making this happen and good luck to all who entered. Looking forward to swinging that winning weapon in-game.

JacqueChoi

Totally awesome!


Inspiring work! Really makes me wish I entered.

DiHydro

Good job to everyone that finished, and thanks to Vigil and Polycount for organizing this event.

foreverendering

Awesome line-up of entries, it would be very difficult to decide between some of these. Good job, everyone

Arkadius

So many great entries! Congratz to every one who finished! And thanks to Vigil for running the contest!

Isaiah Sherman

That's a cool shot Habboi. Nice to see all the weapons at smaller sizes so that you can focus on their silhouettes and readability more.

So many axes !

BoBo_the_seal

http://www.polycount.com/2012/04/02/the-darksiders-2-top-15-semi-finals

Was very hard to narrow the entries down. Gongrats to all!


Note: Of these 15, 3 from each category will go on to the voting stage.

- BoBo

Habboi

Dang, I was certain Impala's axe would win. It needs to be added as DLC, I'd pay money for it.

Good job to the rest of ya, I would have made the same choices except I'd switch one of the maces for the Angelic Fist, the Zeus like Hammer and of course Impala's axe of doom.

edit: Looking at them on a fresh day I have to say one thing...

Polycount "Loser" Weapon Pack DLC - $1

You know you wanna

BoBo_the_seal

Axes have been posted to Facebook for voting. Good luck to the top three!

http://www.facebook.com/Darksiders

- BoBo

erroldynamic

Placed my vote Congrats to the top three, awesome stuff!