Modeling contest #13 - Results!

[Pyritie]

Modeling Contest #13 - Buildings
RESULTS

Sorry about the huge delay! I'll get faster judges next time, I swear! D:

Originally Posted by TDR

How I judged: I didn't judge by my personal standards because that would be absurd. I took the best model for each criteria (what I thought was the best) and gave it the max points and based all the other points on comparing the models with the best one. So here's how it turned out:

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

Ok, i'm sending results, I'll leave reviews to be requested by the participants.

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(TDR's score / 2) + (BlinkBoy's score / 2) + (votes/(total votes))*50 = (score)

HappyTauren's Necro Stronghold

Originally Posted by TDR

• 15/15 points for mesh – I don't particularly like the shape of that roof, but it's the nicest modeled mesh out of all the entries in my opinion. Good job.
• 9/10 points for animations – Not much actual animation apart from the texture, but it looks really badass.
• 10/10 points for skin – Great use of in-game textres.
• 4/5 points for mechanics – Disco wc3 ftw
• 4/5 points for effects – Just a great effect
• 5/5 points for creativity – Very nice idea!

Total: 47/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 13.5/15 credits for mesh –
• 5/10 credits for animations –
• 7/10 credits for skin –
• 3/5 credits for mechanics –
• 3/5 credits for effects –
• 3/5 credits for creativity –
34.5/50 Overall

(47 / 2) + (34.5 / 2) + (19/(72))*50 = 53.9444444



Skrab's Human Barracks

Originally Posted by TDR

• 14/15 points for mesh – Nice details, it was hard to chose between yours and tauren's for max points.
• 10/10 points for animations – Totally digged the birth animation, nice job.
• 9/10 points for skin – Nice use of in-game textures.
• 5/5 points for mechanics – Fits wc3 like a glove
• 5/5 points for effects – The stuff happening in the birth animation is just awesome
• 3/5 points for creativity – Nice, but nothing out of the ordinary

Total: 46/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 10.25/15 credits for mesh –
• 7.25/10 credits for animations –
• 8/10 credits for skin –
• 3/5 credits for mechanics –
• 4/5 credits for effects –
• 3/5 credits for creativity –
35.5/50 Overall

(46 / 2) + (35.5 / 2) + (14/(72))*50 = 50.4722222



Mechanical Man's Towers

Originally Posted by TDR

• 14/15 points for mesh – Nice little details as well and I like the composition overall.
• 8/10 points for animations – Pretty nice birth animation, but could have used some flags or something to make it less boring in the stand anim.
• 9/10 points for skin – Yet another good use of in-game textures.
• 4/5 points for mechanics – Fits in just right
• 4/5 points for effects – Nice particles!
• 3/5 points for creativity – Nice, but wizard towers isn't that creative :P

Total: 42/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 10/15 credits for mesh –
• 9.25/10 credits for animations –
• 8/10 credits for skin –
• 4/5 credits for mechanics –
• 5/5 credits for effects –
• 4/5 credits for creativity –
40.25/50 Overall

(42 / 2) + (40.25 / 2) + (20/(72))*50 = 55.0138889



Mr. Bob's Chinese Temple

Originally Posted by TDR

• 14/15 points for mesh – Good looking clean model
• 4/10 points for animations – Not much to say here, very plain.
• 9/10 points for skin – And once again, good use of in-game textures.
• 3/5 points for mechanics – Fits in well, but nothing special
• 2/5 points for effects – Nothing special
• 3/5 points for creativity – Same as others, nice but nothing special

Dang that's a lot of nothing specials :O...It's nothing wrong with your model, it's just...I feel like it was already in wc3, which is not necessarily a bad thing.

Total: 35/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 5.75/15 credits for mesh –
• 2.75/10 credits for animations –
• 8/10 credits for skin –
• 3/5 credits for mechanics –
• 2/5 credits for effects –
• 3/5 credits for creativity –
24.5/50 Overall

(35 / 2) + (24.5 / 2) + (6/(72))*50 = 33.9166667



xXMephistoXx's Papylon

Originally Posted by TDR

• 8/15 points for mesh – Very simple model, nothing much to say...it's made from scrach though, that's what helped it get a score above others.
• 7/10 points for animations – Nice clean animations, but I don't really like the death anim.
• 4/10 points for skin – Bad choice of texture if you ask me. Very plain and doesn't fit the wc3 style. Would have been better if you used an in-game texture.
• 1/5 points for mechanics – Doesn't fit wc3's style at all imo.
• 3/5 points for effects – Decent effects
• 4/5 points for creativity – Well what, it is more creative than the others. Good job.

Total: 27/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 4.25/15 credits for mesh –
• 2/10 credits for animations –
• 7/10 credits for skin –
• 1/5 credits for mechanics –
• 0/5 credits for effects –
• 4/5 credits for creativity –
18.5/50 Overall

(27 / 2) + (18.25 / 2) + (2/(72))*50 = 24.0138889



Pyramidhe@d's Shrine of Khorne

Originally Posted by TDR

• 5/15 points for mesh – Looks like a bunch of doodads compiled into a model to be honest, nothing spectacular.
• 7/10 points for animations –The birth animations could have used more inspiration, but the upgrades and the upg, 3rd animations make up for it. Also nice death anim on upg.3.
• 6/10 points for skin – ...
• 2/5 points for mechanics – might as well use doodads if you ask me
• 3/5 points for effects – I liked the particles on that pendant thingy
• 2/5 points for creativity – Not quite creative

Total: 25/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 8/15 credits for mesh –
• 6.75/10 credits for animations –
• 6/10 credits for skin –
• 4/5 credits for mechanics –
• 2/5 credits for effects –
• 4/5 credits for creativity –
30.75/50 Overall

(25 / 2) + (30.75 / 2) + (4/(72))*50 = 30.6527778



Thrikodius' Shrine of the Deathwalker

Originally Posted by TDR

• 5/15 points for mesh – Not a very inspired model in my opinion, lacks detail and distinctive features
• 5/10 points for animations –Birth anim could have used more work and inspiration and the skull's animation is a bit choppy.
• 6/10 points for skin – ...
• 2/5 points for mechanics – Fades into the scenery
• 2/5 points for effects – Just generic fire, but at least it's something
• 2/5 points for creativity – Lack of ideas eh?

Total: 22/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 7.5/15 credits for mesh –
• 6/10 credits for animations –
• 7/10 credits for skin –
• 4/5 credits for mechanics –
• 4/5 credits for effects –
• 3/5 credits for creativity –
31.5/50 Overall

(22 / 2) + (31.5 / 2) + (6/(72))*50 = 30.9166667



ike_ike's Slave Hut

Originally Posted by TDR

• 3/15 points for mesh – Not much to say about this one...It's just that when I see a model like this it gives me the impression that the person didn't even try. Try to think of something more elaborate next time, start making models from references, you'll get the hang of it.
• 3/10 points for animations - Nothing impressive, just in-game animations iirc.
• 6/10 points for skin – ...
• 2/5 points for mechanics – Works well in-game, but doesn't stand out
• 1/5 points for effects – ...
• 1/5 points for creativity – Severe lack of ideas? As I said, use references.

Total: 19/50

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

• 2.5/15 credits for mesh –
• 3.75/10 credits for animations –
• 7.5/10 credits for skin –
• 3/5 credits for mechanics –
• 1/5 credits for effects –
• 3/5 credits for creativity –
19.75/50 Overall

(19 / 2) + (19.75 / 2) + (1/(72))*50 = 20.0694444

1st - Mechanical Man
2nd - HappyTauren
3rd - Skrab

[Pyramidhe@d]

CONGRATS TO Mechanical Man and all the winners \(^o^)/

[skrab]

Third place is OK :)

[Devine]

I just knew mechanical man would win ^^
Those towers were my favorites too.
Happy tauren's one was nice too but it misssed the warcraft feeling a bit.
Still, I'd have given him second place too.
Skrab, I found your model a bit wc2-ishy ... but it stilll looked fine imo.

[FrIkY]

Awesome. Congratulations, Mechanical Man! ^^

[bounty hunter2]

Congrats guys! Balkan squad wins :P

[skrab]

Originally Posted by bounty hunter2

Balkan squad wins :P

Hahahah lol I haven't even noticed ^^

[BlinkBoy]

what I didn't like much about skrab's, was the concept. It was very lacking, you should have given it a bit more thinking. Never use in-game doodeds again to form make your model, it breaks down originallity.

(BTW, damm TDR is too generious. I thought he would be more strict than me. I doubt he imported the meshes into max to check all the crappy normals and bad faces.)

[Pyritie]

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

(BTW, damm TDR is too generious. I thought he would be more strict than me. I doubt he imported the meshes into max to check all the crappy normals and bad faces.)

That's why we have two judges :D

[HappyTauren]

Balkan squad ftw :D
It's proven that best wc3 modelers come from the balcans (TDR anyone? :P)

[BlinkBoy]

Originally Posted by HappyTauren

Balkan squad ftw :D
It's proven that best wc3 modelers come from the balcans (TDR anyone? :P)

You are balkan too? damm, too many balkan modelers here.

[Gilles]

Canada is only one country and has it's fair share of strong modders. Australia too.

[-BerZeKeR-]

Congrats, Mechanical Man! =)

(btw, I'm Balkan too ^^ but I don't do models :<)

[HappyTauren]

Originally Posted by BlinkBoy

You are balkan too? damm, too many balkan modelers here.

Mechanical Man is Slovenian, I am Serbian, and scrab is Bosnian.
@Gilles, both Canada and Australia are huge, compared to all balkan countries combined.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Uhm... HT did you use the version I modified for the contest?