Modeling Contest 22: THEME POLL

anarchianbedlam · Nov 20, 2011

CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON!

	Theme	Rough Description
1.	Do ya feel lucky... punk?	STOP YER BELLYACHIN', this here is the wild west, and there's no room fer pansy-asses round here. Only the tough survive, and only the handsome, grisled men with 5 o'clock shadows get to be the heroes. so DRAW... err... model... oh, you know what i mean.
2.	Vehicular Manslaughter	Gentlemen... START, YOUR, ENGINES! Because when we start this vehicle contest, you dont want to be left in the dust. So make sure your tank is full and your computer is hot, cause if you aint first... you're last. VROOOMANNA!
3.	We are cyborg.... we are legion	You and everyone you love will be assimilated into this soulless, calculating and efficient contest theme. Make your best half-organic, half-mechanical monstrosity and pray it doesnt kill you when you turn it on. Resistance to this theme... is futile.
4.	CREEP - LIKE A BAOWSS	Are you creepin like a boss? I think the better question is, what sort of man would combine those two songs? I'll tell you what kind. YOU! You have to make a boss unit of a creepy race in wc3.... bonus points if you make him dance.
5.	Angels and Demons	Dont worry, this theme is significantly easier to understand than the movie.... all you need to know is that it is up to you to create some kind of angelic or demonic creature before tom hanks destroys the Vatican with an antimatter bomb to stop the ninja Illuminati from... i dunno.... destroying scientology?
6.	Let the beat drop.	Make a musical unit. Arthas' rock'n'roll bandmates? A unit that uses an instrument as a weapon? (like a big battle-axe aha... ( ಠ_ಠ) Or even a one man band! Get out your headphones 'n' turntables fellow DJs... cause we about to kick this party INTO OVERDRIVE! BWAAAOOOMMMaWAUBWUBWUBbuabubblubdub!
7.	He is DOHVAKIIN.... DRAGONBORN!	FUS RO DAH! rarawrar... fire... wings... rarawrara.... FUCKING HELL GIANT LIZARDS.... rawr
8.	Mutants? Pyramidhe@d wins!	Create your best horrendously mutated monstrosity for this freakshow of a contest. I mean... we all know we're just going to give pyramidhe@d the award but... well, there's always 2nd and 3rd place right?
9.	Mimic gimmick	In the words of a very wise old fish... IT'S A TRAP! that is to say... this theme is a trap. You have to make a seemingly benign object somehow FUCKIN EVIL. Be it the razor-toothed toilet, a psychopathic mop, or the DEMON BANANA KING! This theme is more... than meets the eye
10.	Buggin' out	So while surfin the web for my favorite cricket game, i fly by this theme. And when i spyd 'er, i knew it would beetal themes. Ant how could i refuse?

-Peper- · Nov 20, 2011

I'll make my creep boss dance for bonus points if the theme got selected.

Chucky · Nov 20, 2011

I'll make it headbang !!!

Rao Dao Zao · Nov 20, 2011

Mimic is the best theme. \m/

Crayons · Nov 20, 2011

i'd choose musical unit. because we've already got too much dragons here.

HappyCockroach · Nov 20, 2011

Oh, I didn't subscribe to the brainstorm thread ._.
Emotional metaphor would be really cool.

well, in this case, i'd go for Insect, Mimic or Musical Unit

D a w n · Nov 20, 2011

voted for western, angel&demon, dragon and mimic

Deolrin · Nov 20, 2011

Uhh, I voted, but now I want to switch my vote. ;_;
Can you remove 1 vote from Musical Unit and Creep Boss and add 1 to Mimic?

Crayons · Nov 20, 2011

nou. u stay with musical

A.R. · Nov 20, 2011

Rao Dao Zao said:
Zomg mimic theme.

20-foot tall ancient stone Golem that disguises itself as a glowing, firey sword or a flighty Roan girl while it lies in wait for its prey... TheCaptain :>

Western, Cyborg or Insect would be sweet

-Grendel · Nov 20, 2011

angels and demons or insect

Skycraft · Nov 20, 2011

i voted for everything

Deolrin said:
Uhh, I voted, but now I want to switch my vote. ;_;
Can you remove 1 vote from Musical Unit and Creep Boss and add 1 to Mimic?

if you wanted to vote for mimic you should have done so
silly debode

Pyramidhe@d · Nov 21, 2011

oh wow. i didnt know we had 27 modellers on hive

HappyCockroach · Nov 21, 2011

Choose the theme that you would like to participate in for MODELING CONTEST 22

:ogre_datass:

reading too difficult.

Dionesiist · Nov 21, 2011

That will never work.

-Peper- · Nov 21, 2011

Just remove the non-contestant vote.

Jaret · Nov 21, 2011

Dovahkin.

Mimic and musical unit is also a good idea.

judash137 · Nov 21, 2011

What ever you guy vote, i'm sure 'll have more fun await.
- Angel and Demon have abunch of them in Warcraft III, not so rarely.
- Vehichle is a bunch too, ask General Frank about that.
- Dragon and Mutant not so rarely too,
I'm waiting for another entertaining show full of creative and surprising.

Crayons · Nov 21, 2011

didn't read the participate part. you need it to be in caps.

Chucky · Nov 23, 2011

WTF is mimic ?

D a w n · Nov 23, 2011

mimicry is a phenomenon of nature. The concept is basicly that you can often find 2 species of the same animal group that look really similar. 1 of them is often dangerous and the other one exactly looks like the toxic one, but is completely friendly. But there is also the other way round: an animal looks really weak, but the truth is that it is really toxic and would kill other animals in seconds.

So the mimic theme basicly means that you create something living that looks like something, but which is totally the opposite.
A famous example of gaming history is the chest that is actually a demon with teeth: http://pocza.deviantart.com/art/Mimic-131040522?q=boost:popular in:digitalart mimic&qo=11
here you can find some more mimic concepts: http://www.gameartisans.org/contests/minis/view_entries_painting_19.html
(all of them are based on daily life stuff, but it could also be an animal or plant)

NhazUl · Nov 23, 2011

I'd be okay with mimic, but not with the lame dragon theme which is leading. (I already see half of the people making dragon aspects) Sadly, cyborgs won't win.

Chucky · Nov 23, 2011

NhazUl said:
I'd be okay with mimic, but not with the lame dragon theme which is leading. (I already see half of the people making dragon aspects) Sadly, cyborgs won't win.

Cyborgs are boring for my part at least...Mimic sounds cool...I would like to win either Insect or Mimic but I already voted..if I had known I would have voted for mimic too

Deolrin · Nov 23, 2011

Dragons are a terrible idea.

EDIT: Unless we're allowed to do dragon-themed models. For the sake of example: Dovahkiin(in Dragonplate armor, of course).

Dionesiist · Nov 23, 2011

How about no. It's not hard to make a flying fire-breathing creature in more ways than one.

anarchianbedlam · Nov 23, 2011

if the dragon theme wins, i will (of course) allow dragon themed models.
You will be allowed to make either literal Full grown western dragons, chinese serpent dragons, (dragon-like) sea serpents are acceptable. (heavily) dragon themed armor is acceptable.

EDIT: but i agree with dio. dont be one of those lazy pricks who thinks they get +5 originality points for making a fringe-concept
that is to say, they think that a dragon-warrior is more original than a unique looking DRAGON

eubz · Nov 23, 2011

Hey, I like to model vehicles but if dragons win or whichever as long as its fun to create and everyone goes along with it, then lets all have it. Get it on!

judash137 · Nov 24, 2011

Mimic seem to be the only interesting theme here. So i vote for it

GhostThruster · Nov 24, 2011

I voted for mimic.

I also voted for cyborg. Because my favourite cyborg warrior is Eleven of Seven (fuck yeah! voyager and halo reference!!!).

Pyramidhe@d · Nov 24, 2011

how about this theme?

-Peper- · Nov 24, 2011

Pyramidhe@d said:
how about this theme?

*facepalm

eubz · Nov 24, 2011

Mimic or musical unit? If I'll choose, I'd rather go to mimic.

-Peper- · Nov 24, 2011

Oh god. Dragons are way too overused, don't let it win.

judash137 · Nov 24, 2011

Let's prepare a new mimic concept :ogre_hurrhurr:

, that's unavoidable fate !

Deolrin · Nov 24, 2011

anarchianbedlam said:
if the dragon theme wins, i will (of course) allow dragon themed models.
You will be allowed to make either literal Full grown western dragons, chinese serpent dragons, (dragon-like) sea serpents are acceptable. (heavily) dragon themed armor is acceptable.

EDIT: but i agree with dio. dont be one of those lazy pricks who thinks they get +5 originality points for making a fringe-concept
that is to say, they think that a dragon-warrior is more original than a unique looking DRAGON

It's just that, being me, I cannot model anything organic for shit. I did try once. Maybe Milkshape just sucks. Maybe I'm a terrible modeler. Maybe I gave up too easily. Either way, the only way I can make anything organic is by model-editing, and model-editing the Dragon\Coutal\Wyvern Rider doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

EDIT: Woohoo! Mimic is winning!

anarchianbedlam · Nov 24, 2011

Deolrin said:
It's just that, being me, I cannot model anything organic for shit. I did try once. Maybe Milkshape just sucks. Maybe I'm a terrible modeler. Maybe I gave up too easily. Either way, the only way I can make anything organic is by model-editing, and model-editing the Dragon\Coutal\Wyvern Rider doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

EDIT: Woohoo! Mimic is winning!

no one is forcing you to participate.

Deolrin · Nov 24, 2011

anarchianbedlam said:
no one is forcing you to participate.

As a modeler, it is in my personal and probably egoistic interests to achieve a contest theme which is to my liking. This is, after all, why this poll even exists in the first place.
Or am I wrong?

Skycraft · Nov 24, 2011

As a modelator, it is probably a better interest to model as many different things as possible for fun learning experience. It may seem lame to you now, but you never know when that +20 XP may help you in the future.

GhostThruster · Nov 25, 2011

@Debode: Just you.

@MADAWC: As a modeller, it is ones job to take as many shortcuts as possible, finish as fast as possible, and be as least creative as possible. Gaining experience is against the laws.

Chucky · Nov 27, 2011

And we have a winner...

anarchianbedlam · Nov 27, 2011

ill start the contest thread by tonight

HappyCockroach · Nov 28, 2011

anarchianbedlam said:
ill start the contest thread by tonight

ok, give us around 6 weeks, or even 7 would be better, so everyone can use their vacations/holidays/wuteva to model something... (me and people who live where I live will have lots of freetime in january's beginning...)

-Grendel · Nov 28, 2011

pfff..too bad. i wanted angels and demons to win :<

anarchianbedlam · Nov 28, 2011

next contest is up
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/arena-226/modeling-contest-22-mimic-207797/#post2056563

anarchianbedlam · Mar 6, 2012

wow... you guys were right, mimic WAS the best idea

>.>

Deolrin · Mar 6, 2012

Creep Boss, Tier 1 unit or Musical Unit next, IMO.

HappyCockroach · Mar 6, 2012

anarchianbedlam said:
wow... you guys were right, mimic WAS the best idea

>.>

mimic was a good idea.

too lazy to type everything again, I'll just quote myself:

i dont think the mimic theme was a fail. it was a rather cool contest with a good amount of entries... the winners made good models... why always saying OMG FACEPALM THAT CONTEST REALLY SUCKED ... of course it would be nice if we made a contest in which TDR, jigrael, Callahan, and all other skilled modellers around the hive did something and summed up a good amount of pro entries, but the times have changed... we should get over it and keep hosting interesting themes

Deolrin · Mar 7, 2012

Indeed. I agree with HappyCockroach. The contest produced some great entries, and I don't see why do you have a problem with it. D:

anarchianbedlam · Mar 7, 2012

We had less than a handful of 'good enough for wc3' models. But i have yet to see any truly astounding models. And as stan lee would say, EXCELSIOR! so lets try to do better.

Pharaoh_ · Mar 8, 2012

This thread refers to an older version of the contest.

Suggest your desired theme here: http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/contest-submission-233/modeling-contest-23-theme-decision-212813/

Modeling Contest 22: THEME POLL

Choose the theme that you would like to participate in for MODELING CONTEST 22

Western

Vehichle

Cyborg

Creep Boss

Angels and Demons

Musical Unit

Dragons

Mutant

Mimic

Insect