Dang, really sorry to hear that. :< I was looking forward to the first flying Hero.HappyCockroach said:well. i don't think i'll be able to finish my entry.. i had a hard week at work and couldn't spare the time to make progress with the model... i might finish it some other time
i can help with judging if another judge is needed.
Um, you exported the WoW/campaign-screen Rexxar? I don't understand... If you just go back to something you have already done work on, I'm sure you'll be able to find inspiration & finish. That owl-bear-bear thing looked promising...Chen Stormstout said:Last WIP. Hope I can finish it.
Al-right! I'm glad you didn't give up, man. This gal is coming along quite well. In particular, I'm glad the bark-arm worked for ya.Deolrin said:Super Night Elf "Autumn Emissary"
Nah man, I don't think so. I actually think it adds a nice bit of contrast. The only thing I can think of is (like the SFX suggestion), is it possible to have the green leaves of the Arrow turn Fall-Orange as they fly through the air (or go from quiver to bow)? That would really help hammer in the theme.Deolrin said:Anyway, I can't tell if the green arrow breaks the theme too badly or not:
Kyrbi0 said:Super Night Elf "Autumn Emissary"
Kyrbi0 said:One thing is the SFX on the bow-arms. TC would be cool (like the Dark Ranger), but in the case of "generi-color", I'd say you should really try and pick a color that symbolizes "fall", & the natural decay associated with the season. Is it possible to have it change colors, like springing forth as bright green, then turning darker & finally fading to an umber orange? Like spring->summer->fall? That would be sick.
Kyrbi0 said:Nah man, I don't think so. I actually think it adds a nice bit of contrast. The only thing I can think of is (like the SFX suggestion), is it possible to have the green leaves of the Arrow turn Fall-Orange as they fly through the air (or go from quiver to bow)? That would really help hammer in the theme.
Kyrbi0 said:Also, if she's going Bark-skin, I always envisioned it as sorta halfway between Elf and Treant. She sh/could have root-tendrils coming from her feet, like she's partway to being an Ent herself.
Kyrbi0 said:It feels like she's missing some 'weight' or 'nurnies' or something, esp. around the legs & chest... I get the leaf-bra, but meh. Your original idea, like a belt/satchel of potions & brews, would give her some nice asymmetrical weight on that side. Let me know how the circlet/broach/necklace works out, also.
Kyrbi0 said:Also, I'll be sad if that cloak doesn't become a 'cloak of leaves'. :<
Kyrbi0 said:Now about the quiver... I'm sure you have some plans, but looking at that green-leaf-arrow gave me an idea... So, like, it would be cool if instead of a straight-up boring "quiver", she instead had (what amounts to) a thick, living tree limb on her back, adorned with several small green saplings. She'd reach back & (rip off/coax off) a living sapling, turning it into an arrow. That would explain the whole "decaying arrow" thing. It would also flow nicely with the NE/autumn-emissary deal, IMO.
Kyrbi0 said:alternative melee weapon
What do you guys think? Extension, or no? Generally I like the idea of "sticking to the guns", & we already have several quality entries... But if this could be really beneficial, I wouldn't mind extending it a few days or something.And finally...
Could we possibly get a few hours\days of extension? At least 'till the end of the day?
I've been working all day yesterday on the model, but I don't know if I can really finish it in 4 hours. Plus, I think some other people would benefit from it(Jigrael, Chen, PROXY, maybe SuPa- if he decides to finish his portrait?).
Astaroth Zion said:I didn't manage to finish my model for this contest. (well new job, so no remorse at all)
Great entries from other contestants, cheers for your good work.
JokeMaster said:Ok i'm oficialy out running into constant problems has ruined all may plans and i'm seriously reconsidering of reinstaling all my software on that dumb laptop of mine. Anyway i'll finish the model just not for the competition
My condolences to all of you; sorry to hear that. Thanks for joining & keeping things interesting, though; and we all look forward to seeing your finished products later on!Jigrael said:I think I'm out too =(
Anyways it was too much pressure. Ill finish it this week though.
Excellent! Glad to see you finished, man (though not at the loss of sleep...)PROXY said:After 20 hours with no sleep, school and other stuff, I try to finish my model if Oinkerwinkle doesn't fuck it up.. :/
Edit: So well, jeah, somehow managed it ^^
Don't blame me for the lame animation set decision, didn't find any other that looked good on a troll female and the ones who did didn't work so jeah. I edited it although so it looks good and not like throwing missles anymore.
Ah, ok, cool. *sniff* Not bad, but me & ToB agree... "Autumn Emissary" is teh shoes.Deolrin said:Current name is "Sylvan Sentinel".![]()
Huh. Guess I mis-read; I thought you had stated a desire to make them TC, but then decided against it. Cool.Deolrin said:It *IS* teamcolor, silly.
Or, well... The effect itself is white, as a neutral color, but it is covered and surrounded by several teamglow planes. It should look even more teamcolory in-game, but I haven't checked it yet so I can't be sure.
I've tried several one-off colors, such as a pale green, orange, blue, pale teal\blue, cyan, and even gray, but all of them looked off when viewed at from the wrong teamcolor.
Meh, they do look pretty cool. (I realize(d) that what I was suggesting is really more a matter of editing the arrow model, not the Hero. Custom projectile, anyone?Deolrin said:Uh, that does not sound possible, no.
It might be, but it would probably require a lot of effort and thinking for something that I don't find very important...
I went with autumnish arrows. I think they look better:
Hmm... I suppose. I didn't exactly mean that it had to be leather & fancy and stuff, though. While I agree with the "not too much detail", I still kinda wonder if a "side-belt" of nature-stuff wouldn't be a good idea... Perhaps a Satchel filled with tree-seeds. I dunno, just seems empty on that side.Deolrin said:I agree, but I'm afraid that's a bit too much effort considering the amount of time I have left. Plus, it will undoubtedly clash with the leaf-bra and whatnot. She's supposed to look wild, natural and unkempt, the only exception apparently being her fancy moon cloak(more on that later), and I think refined leather sashes wouldn't help that cause. Besides, I'd rather keep her interaction with animals(again, leather) to a minimum - she's supposed to represent the forest, as in trees, and having that supposedly fur loincloth(I'm actually not sure what it is - it's on the Ancient of Lore's cloak, either way...) is already more than enough.
...Plus, she's got a massive bow and arm - I think those should be her defining features. Overcrowding her with details won't be very good, I think.
Well, size wouldn't be an issue; it would be the same size as the quiver you were going to put on there anyway (just a few things sticking out, instead of sticking "up-out" like a quiver).Deolrin said:That's a really cool idea, but there's no space on her back for something like that. Whatever quiver I go for will have to be floating slightly behind the cape(much like in, well, every video game ever...), or face clipping issues with her cloak and hair. Besides, I'm rapidly running out of time and that sounds like a rather complex idea. I'm contemplating between just a piece of wood with more leaves attached to it, or maybe more of that leather\fur stuff from the Ancient of Lore, this time covered by leaves.
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Now that's just crazy...
There's no way in hell I have enough time for that. Plus, her alternative animations are already taken. Barkskin, remember?![]()
Exactly what I was saying above.Kyrbi0 said:What do you guys think? Extension, or no? Generally I like the idea of "sticking to the guns", & we already have several quality entries... But if this could be really beneficial, I wouldn't mind extending it a few days or something.And finally...
Could we possibly get a few hours\days of extension? At least 'till the end of the day?
I've been working all day yesterday on the model, but I don't know if I can really finish it in 4 hours. Plus, I think some other people would benefit from it(Jigrael, Chen, PROXY, maybe SuPa- if he decides to finish his portrait?).
Exactly what I was saying above.
However, question is: who are we talking to, exactly? Who's the "authority" on this matter, and is anyone else going to jump on & weigh in?
If the answer to the first is "me" (weird), and the second is "meh, maybe, maybe not", then Sure. What sounds reasonable; a few days, or one more week?
Three days sounds good enough.
i say the authority on this matter are the contestants who submitted their entries already..who are we talking to, exactly? Who's the "authority" on this matter, and is anyone else going to jump on & weigh in??
i say the authority on this matter are the contestants who submitted their entries already..
-supa thinks a week is ok, vermillion edict says 3 days is enough. that would make an average of 5 days, which sound fair to me.
edit: blinkboy posted while i was at it.
the 5 days i mentioned extends it from 17 to 22, which is until the weekend, sunday, 11:59 PM, GMT (just what you mentioned)
Thoughts?Frankster said:I actually do not care, but in this case I don't see why we should extend it in any way. The contest has been long enough already and those people who already finished their work would fall in mischief and those who did not finish it would benefit very much from it.
That would be just not fair. Those who held onto the deadline did their homework, the others did not. It is al simple as that.
I saw people getting in, posting WIPs finishing the submission.
And some others where just fooling around, changing their concept every few ours (which seemed like total trolling to me) or dropped out weeks before.
I was considering a few days (since a week seemed too long), but realized that it was indeed the middle of the work-week, and that an extension of a few days might not benefit many people.
I can agree with the 5 days (til Sunday) thing. However, one of the judges has raised a pertinent point:
Thoughts?
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How many of you could legitimately benefit from an Extension? An Extension is best suited to helping those who had big life-things that kept them from working much of the "regular" time, or those who had last-minute converting/transferring/finalizing/submitting/etc issues, not those who just want to make up for procrastinating.
One thought to consider; perhaps mimic the academic setting (college, high school, etc); depending on the professor, Late Assignments are accepted, but at a certain Percentage off. i.e. "Extended Submissions" receive only 80% or 95% of the points they would normally receive (i.e. @ 90%, a final Judging (or Poll?) Score of 50 would receive 45 pts). This gives those who have already submitted an intrinsic bonus for having followed the schedule & managed time, while still allowing others to submit & have a good chance.
I know I'm might get a shitstorm for this, but let this contest end. I'd really love to update my model aswell in the time of an extension, but there have always been extensions at every single model contest if I recall right. Deadlines are there for a reason, we've got enough entries and that's the deal. Frankster nailed it. Even if we are a "fun"-community, but we still have to keep serious business a little bit.
those who had last-minute converting/transferring/finalizing/submitting/etc issues
i agree. i just didn't say so because everybody was ok with a small extension and i didn't even submit an entry to create a worthy shitstorm.I know I'm might get a shitstorm for this, but let this contest end.
I worked all day for the past two days on finishing my entry, and in the end ran into some very unexpected trouble.
It's two days when someone last posted in here. Is the contest over?
i agree. i just didn't say so because everybody was ok with a small extension and i didn't even submit an entry to create a worthy shitstorm.
not very long ago contests would only admit extensions for these cases:
and they were a few hours of extension, or at most 1 day.
now that we have more people displeased with it, i say we admit only those "last-adjustment" entries as deolrin and whoever is at that stage, and shortly. this contest had more than a month of duration, and we raised the contests durations some time ago to avoid giving extensions.
I agree on that. So let's give deolrin and other almost finished guys until today 11:59:59 west usa time? Sounds good?
11:59:59 GMT is better.. thw is gmt by default.I agree on that. So let's give deolrin and other almost finished guys until today 11:59:59 west usa time? Sounds good?
Can I have until tomorrow 11PM or so...?
I don't have the means to finish everything today. I was kind of building on the assumption that I have until Sunday and yes, I did kind of slack off for much of the day. I still have to make a few particle emitters, finish copying and re-doing the animations for 3 bones in Notepad and overall fixing some of the normals and other things on my model, as well as figuring out what to do with the Barkskin so it'll look a bit more smooth. Then testing it all in-game, making the appropriate changes, taking screenshots and submitting it. And I only have 3-4 hours left to do it(sleep time, and I have to do some other crap today that's getting in the way).
i'll be ok with it as well. but i dont approve of your conduct, sir deolrin.For me it's okay. Since, as I said before in week-days people are busy, so atleast a weekend day should be covered.
Franky and jappycocky what do you think?
please do :]I'll probably use the time as well to finish animating my abom portrait.