REGARDING DIORAMAS. Aim to have a diorama to vehicle scale ration as seen in the examples below. Since this is a death-match themed contest, having giant vehicles (huge Yachts, giant air ships, blimps, submarines, etc. doesn't make much sense.) Here are some examples of scale/set up: Smaller is also fine, if it works with…
Is it okay to use original concept art created for this contest that isn't by the either of the two 3D Artists? For example; if I have a friend create a concept for the vehicle and the character, can I still model the vehicle and my girlfriend models the character? Or does the original piece of concept art count as part of…
"Animal/beast + rider, car + driver, space ship + alien, and so on are all ALLOWED in this contest." Is it mandatory to have a character for each vehicle? What if I make a mech or tank where you can't see the interior? Answer: Yes its mandatory. You're responsible for two beauty shots. The other shots - where you show it…
Can we downplay or nearly ignore the pilot part? I don't really have the time to do a vehicle and a character.... that is an insane amount of work. Answer: The essence of the contest is the relationship between driver/vehicle, so while you are free to put as much or as little effort into one or the other, that may be…
I had a couple of questions: Is using existing companies vis-a-vis manufacturers/sponsors okay, or should we make our own? (I was thinking of using Fairchild) Also, I'm sure this has been answered ad-naseum, but I just wanted to make sure that like in the Vertex fighting game contest that effects also count towards our…
Hey guys, thanks for answering all these questions. Looking through the thread a lot of things were answered for me. I just have 2 questions that I don't believe anyone asked. - Are our vehicles required to have weapons attached? Answer: There are no specific requirements for weapons, the contest is a deathmatch theme…
I personally think this is really shitty. it turns a competition from being about a community to make art, and instead is crow-barring in an advertising agenda. Yeah i get it. It's great to have sponsors and i don't have a problem with that, it's simply forcing me to use a specific piece of software that i have a problem…
So the reason using valves tools for their games is less arbitrary because you can win bigger prizes? Because thats all the big difference, you could make some real money from it, but it is not like valve didn't make the bigger cut. We are talking about 75% here, this company benefited from those contests. And don't get me…
The contest calls for one rider/pilot and one vehicle/mount. For now I'm going to say more than one rider would not qualify, but I will double check with Adam. Something like a singular rider with multiple heads or any number of limbs would be fine though. As far as texture usage goes, I just asked about that and it seams…