Next Animation contest ideas...

[skrab]

Some ideas from previous thread:
bowing, stand victory, alternate attack (for different weapon types), alternate death, Building birth animations, fight scene between two models...

any better suggestions?

btw i'm for fight scene

 

[Pyritie]

The first animation contest had much better turnout than the previous one. I think it was because #1 had much more freedom to do what you wanted (yes I know #2 sounded like a request).

As for ideas... fight scene... could work...

 

[ike_ike]

Morph animations > Like Chriz's Bone Crushing Raider fellow over at WC3 campaigns, that was essentially 2 units in one.

 

[anetherond]

Fight scene would be nice.

 

[skrab]

fight scene...hmm...what models would be used?

 

[anetherond]

How about any model from the mpq? Or do you want to specify the models?

 

[skrab]

i would do the same thing that Chriz. have done on the 1. animation contest...specify models from mpq, rigged and unanimated?

 

[Lord_T]

I'm all for the fight scene.!!!
I think models should be specified, but without weapons/Shields, and allowing us that much freedom.

Meh.

 

[skrab]

a fight between Grunt and Footman would be great

and 1 question...how to set the scene? through cinematic?

 

[Lord_T]

hmm... Mebe just through a series of Sequences, like how Arthas Vs Illidain was handled. !!!! BUMP!

 

[skrab]

yea just like those two guys

so grunt vs footman hmm any better suggestions?

 

[Lord_T]

Footy Vs Grunt = Win

 

[skrab]

so we have a theme, 3 contestants (for now)
and we need someone to host this contest....hmm but the #2 contest isn't over yet :'( so we will wait few more years

 

[Lord_T]

yupz. this thread'sa little ahead of itself..

 

[Pyritie]

I'm just waiting for donut3.5 >.=.>

 

[skrab]

ok the #2 animation contest is over so we can slowly start a new one
i'll ask donut3.5 to host this contest

 

[donut3.5]

I'm supposed to be vacationing.. but if you guys can manage this yourself until judgment day comes (tee hee I made a funny), then I could probably grade all of yours and set up a poll, etc.
Just be good children and I'll do it.
..and can we get at least 5 people to say they'll at least try?
--donut3.5--

 

[FF7 project-G]

i shall try this. Also probably result in an epic failure
EDIT-but what type of animations are we gonna make? more importantly what if we cant make cinematics? can we just submit the models and let them judge it?

 

[skrab]

i shall try this. Also probably result in an epic failure
EDIT-but what type of animations are we gonna make? more importantly what if we cant make cinematics? can we just submit the models and let them judge it?

have you ever seen the Cinematic fight Arthas vs Illidan?
there is a model with landscape, models of arthas and illidan, 10 animations... over 20k polys

just this time we'll use models of grunt and footman

 

[donut3.5]

OK, so far the contestants I see will enter are Skrab, FF7.. who else is in for sure? I want at least 5, and I'll allow a good amount of time.
--donut3.5--

 

[TDR]

I'd participate, but I'll be away all of August so I don't think I will.

 

[donut3.5]

You'd probably have a bit of time in september, I might be gracious and give a month and a half or something since for some animation can be a slow process.
--donut3.5--

 

[FF7 project-G]

actualy i havent seen the cinematic so idk what it looks like

 

[TDR]

youtube is your fwend

 

[FF7 project-G]

oh wow thats gonna be hard for me>.> nonetheless i shall try

 

[skrab]

OK, so far the contestants I see will enter are Skrab, FF7.. who else is in for sure? I want at least 5, and I'll allow a good amount of time.
--donut3.5--

don't forget for Lord_T and anetherond

 

[Pyritie]

I'd participate, but I'll be away all of August so I don't think I will.

Same here. :/

 

[BlinkBoy]

Same here. :/

Quoted for being in the same condition as well. Plus who will make the landscape and the models?

 

[skrab]

the models are the grunt and footman rigged, but for landscape hmm i'll make my own.
dono for others....

 

[anetherond]

I think that the possibilities of a fight scene between two models so simple such as the footman and the grunt are limited.
There are twenty four heroes in the game. I suggest the challenge would be picking two of them and make a fight scene between them.

Since making a simple environment is very simple I think each person should make his own environment. But if it is difficult to some people, maybe we can make a model of simple landscape and sky and give it as the default environment? It is also important that the environment will not have a value in the final judging.

 

[Pyritie]

Do they have to be fighting in an environment? Couldn't they just be on a plane, seeing as this is an animating and not modeling contest?

 

[skrab]

plane sux
we'll make 1 default environment
now for the models, what models shell we use than?

 

[Callahan]

Anyway it's nearly impossible to perform fight scene without minimum modeling or model edit.Just to merge 2 models in 1 so that they can interact and adding a scene such as background and decoration.Though it can be footman and grunt merged in 1 model without any other modification.

 

[skrab]

here is the 3D max(5) scene with grunt and footman

 

[anetherond]

I still think animating a battle between such simple models is boring and that the possibilities of battles you can make between them is much more limited than a battle between two selected heroes.

 

[skrab]

what heroes?

 

[anetherond]

There are twenty four heroes in the game. Well, I suggest each contestant will have to choose two heroes from the twenty four. That way, every battle will be unique and different.

 

[skrab]

yes, that's better
we just need to get people to join the contest

 

[LiOneSS]

we could use the gluescreen highpoly campaign footie and grunt models... would be much better, and include a rigged file for milkshape and i am in ^-^

 

[donut3.5]

The gluescreen models are extremely messy and impossible to rig sanely.
--donut3.5--

 

[TDR]

I think I'll be in for this one, since I'm back and all that shit.

 

[LiOneSS]

then we go with hero fight.

 

[Kwaliti]

Hmm, interesting, I've already got some crazy ideas.

 

[LiOneSS]

but you can't animate
or can you? :S

 

[Lord_T]

Hmm... so when is the compy starting?

 

[Kwaliti]

but you can't animate
or can you? :S

I can, when I don't rush ^^

 

[donut3.5]

List of people interested:
l0w_kwaliti
LiOneSS
Lord_T
TDR
Skrab
...
Well, 5 is enough. I'll get a WIP in the mod's lobby and see if we can get this hosted.
--donut3.5--

 

[LiOneSS]

yay <333 donut

 

[Hawkwing]

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