HD Modeling Contest #4: Naga

[Archian]

Contestants must create a HD model related to the Naga race from Warcraft e.g. Sirens, Myrmidon, Dragon Turtle, Snap Dragon etc.

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• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any model does not fit, a moderator will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it's yours.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges may not participate.
• Your final submission must work in-game and be bug-free.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• Model entries are allowed as long as there is a certain amount of effort put into them, and must include a Dissipate animation and Hero Glow or Decay Flesh and Decay Bone animations.
• WoW ports or models that use external material must have working ORMs and normals, and should not account for more than 10% of the model (a weapon, a piece of armor, a distinctive small geoset...). Models that are heavily influenced by external assets should be avoided, and the judges are entitled to disqualify the model if they deem it necessary.
• In order to enter the contest and be eligible to win a prize, contestants must submit their final entry to the HD Model Resource section. Remember to write in the description: "Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest".
• You should post a link to your entry in the contest thread along with a short description.

Breaking any of these rules may lead to punishment in the judgement score, up to disqualification from the contest, depending on the weight of the issue. In case of doubts towards a certain rule you are very encouraged to discuss it in the contest thread so others and judges may help with sorting it out.

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• 1st place: 750 experience points
• 2nd place: 600 experience points
• 3rd place: 450 experience points
• Entry: 150 experience points
• Judge: 25 experience points per entry

The three winners will receive an award icon representing the winning entry.​

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• @Ardenaso
• @Barorque

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Mesh	How does the mesh look? How are the balance and scale? How coherent is polygon distribution? Do the shapes complement the model's theme?	/15
Skin	Does the model have custom diffuses, ORMs and/or Normals? How good is the wrap? Are the textures appealing, or do they look blurry/stretched from the default game camera and portrait? Do the tones go well together? Is there sufficient contrast? Do the Normals and ORMs create proper lighting for the model?	/15
Animations	Does the model have custom animations? How natural, smooth, and appropriate are the animations? Do they have character/personality? How well are they executed? Does the model have enough animations to function properly?	/15
Integration/ Optimization	How well does the model work in-game? Does it feature the necessary attachments, footprints, sounds, and collisions? Does it have a working FaceFX? Is it optimised for minimal disk usage? Does it have enough Team Colour?	/15
Theme	How well does the model follow the contest theme?	/15
Effects	Does the model make use of emmissives, effects, ribbons, or additional custom models (i.e. projectiles/spells)? How well are they implemented? Does the model make use of fresnel, visibility or other .mdl edits?	/5
Creativity	How original is the general idea? How inventive is the execution? How distinct is the model from the original assets?	/20
		/100

Results calculation

• Judgement: 70%
• Poll: 30%

FinalScore = (30*Reached_Votes/POSSIBLE_VOTES) + (70*Average_Judge_Score/POSSIBLE_SCORE)

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The contest shall begin on 31 Jan, 2023 and conclude on 1 Apr, 2023 GMT (day is included).

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(Last Updated 01-04-2023)

Contestants	WIP	Entries
Symphoneum​	WIP 1 | WIP 2
vindorei​	WIP 1 | WIP 2 | WIP 3	Naga Waverider Nage Waverider - Shayra Starfin Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest This is my second time to participate Hive Contest, hope you like this naga royal cavalry Shayra Starfin. www.hiveworkshop.com
Mr Ogre man​	WIP 1 | WIP 2	Ancient of the Depths (Coral ancient) This is my entry for the 4th iteration of the HD modeling contest. It's, as you can see, a fully animated Ancient of the Depths. Based, loosely, on WoW's coral ancients, I ended up making something slightly more personal. My thoughts were: If the Ancient of War is a panther, the Ancient of the... www.hiveworkshop.com
Varendis​	WIP 1 | WIP 2 | WIP 3	Queen Azshara, empress of Nazjatar my entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest this is my first time partecipating in the modeling constet, i hope you'd love her as much as i hated the process to make her xD only thing that made me keep working on is that she's my favorite wow character of all times, so...BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN UNDER... www.hiveworkshop.com
ZoomMan​	WIP 1 | WIP 2	Hero Ice Myrmidon Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest Model test. Note: The model includes portraits and animations in the water. www.hiveworkshop.com
Raddazong​	WIP 1 | WIP 2	Naga - Felsinger 4th HD Modeling Contest This is my entry for the 3rd HD Modeling Contest: The Naga - Felsinger While Naga are creatures created by the Dark Gods from among the Highborn of Nightelf society around Azshara when the Well of Eternity imploded around them, not all are slaves to their will. There... www.hiveworkshop.com

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Assigned Staff: @Archian

Previous Contest | Poll | Results

 

[Archian]

@Dagren @YourArthas @Mr Ogre man @vindorei @Symphoneum @ZoomMan @Barorque @Bagysta @Fugrim @Ardenaso @VictorZ @Superfrycook @fran bel @Vulfar

Ready to dive down and find the time & inspiration needed in order to emerge from the depths and enter Hive's 4th HD Modeling Contest! Are you guys in?

 

[Flinn]

@Mr Ogre man too bad you already made the naga lord, lol...would've been a great entry for this one.

 

[Ardenaso]

Once again, I'll be a judging here

For real this time

 

[Vulfar]

So, do I need to create empty page of model with name "Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest" to enter to the contest?

 

[Archian]

So, do I need to create empty page of model with name "Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest" to enter to the contest?

• In order to enter the contest and be eligible to win a prize, contestants must submit their final entry to the HD Model Resource section. Remember to write in the description: "Entry for the 4th HD Modeling Contest".

Submit your final entry to the HD model section, and post a link to it in this thread.

 

[Symphoneum]

I’m in, don’t know what I’ll do yet but it’ll sure be fun!

 

[vindorei]

I’m in

 

[Mr Ogre man]

I'm in, but as Flinn said, I already made the mindbender and the naga lord.
Guess I'll have to try to make a naga brute? It's quite the task.

 

[Vulfar]

I'm in, but as Flinn said, I already made the mindbender and the naga lord.
Guess I'll have to try to make a naga brute? It's quite the task.

Ou... I thought about naga brute yesterday

 

[Varendis]

Think i’d gonna pick Queen Azshara herself

 

[Barorque]

Not in like I mentioned before, but ready to take a judge position.

 

[Archian]

Updated first post.

Added you as judges @Barorque & @Ardenaso

 

[Ardenaso]

Think i’d gonna pick Queen Azshara herself

there's already Azshara by VictorZ

 

[Fugrim]

Hmm...nagas are not something I am in too. I'l see if I can come up with something that can be considered good for the contest. If not I can try my hand on judging

 

[Barorque]

Wondering if beings native to Nazjatar are also acceptable for the participants entries, some of those could be serving the Naga.
Also not all Naga have snake tails. In their more recent iteration WoW has introduced some interesting mutations.

 

[deepstrasz]

there's already Azshara by VictorZ

Anyone can have their own vision on how a character would look.

 

[Varendis]

there's already Azshara by VictorZ

so?

 

[vindorei]

I'm working on a waverider

,it's really a challenging theme this time. Good luck everyone, let's Make Azshara Great Again.

 

[Ardenaso]

Anyone can have their own vision on how a character would look.

eh, fair; just a heads up

guess I can look forward to a better version

 

[Vulfar]

Wondering if beings native to Nazjatar are also acceptable for the participants entries, some of those could be serving the Naga.
Also not all Naga have snake tails. In their more recent iteration WoW has introduced some interesting mutations.

Naga Centaur WoW (Reforged Version) done

 

[Archian]

I'm working on a waveriderView attachment 421840,it's really a challenging theme this time. Good luck everyone, let's Make Azshara Great Again.

Great WIP and very interesting concept

Updated first post.

 

[Mr Ogre man]

Naga Centaur WoW (Reforged Version) done

Yeah, I wanted to do a reforged naga centaur, but the one from BFA is already great.
If you want the naga brute, I'll pick the tall naga guy with 2 tails from Nazjatar, I haven’t started either.

 

[Vulfar]

Yeah, I wanted to do a reforged naga centaur, but the one from BFA is already great.
If you want the naga brute, I'll pick the tall naga guy with 2 tails from Nazjatar, I haven’t started either.

I'm not sure about it. I checked one creature which I thought can be used for brute, but it doesn't fit on 100% with animations. So if you want to make him, than make I have couple of more ideas about models for contest.

 

[Varendis]

studying azshara lower body atm, would love to go with cecaelia (octopus mermaid) lower body, but it's proving extremely difficult to animate. i have an idea that could work, we'll see if it's viable

 

[Ardenaso]

@vindorei cannot test his model in-game because Blizzard has shut down all Chinese Blizzard accounts, can he have someone test his models or is it not allowed? all I read is that no actual collaboration and I don't think testing is covered there

if still not, perhaps the staff can test it themselves?

 

[vindorei]

Really thanks for asking, Arden. Public test after posting is also an alternative. Here I post my second WIP and the concept art inspired me, more close to the end but animations still need to be fixed.

 

[Archian]

@vindorei Great concept!

View attachment 422209studying azshara lower body atm, would love to go with cecaelia (octopus mermaid) lower body, but it's proving extremely difficult to animate. i have an idea that could work, we'll see if it's viable

Welcome to the contest! That's a pretty neat concept. Reminds me of the Sea Witch from the little Mermaid XD

Updated first post.

 

[Mr Ogre man]

I know he's not a Naga (in fact, he's one of their sworn enemies) but would it be possible for me to create Neptulon as a contest entry, considering that he is quite related to Nagas? Or should I focus on the Naga roster? @Ardenaso @Barorque @Archian

 

[Ardenaso]

I don't really follow wow lore that much but google images show he looks naga-ish; perhaps I'll take it

 

[PROXY]

I know he's not a Naga (in fact, he's one of their sworn enemies) but would it be possible for me to create Neptulon as a contest entry, considering that he is quite related to Nagas? Or should I focus on the Naga roster? @Ardenaso @Barorque @Archian

Not to be the boo-man here but Neptulon has as much in common with Naga as a turtle does - being aquatic, but thats about it.

 

[Mr Ogre man]

Not to be the boo-man here but Neptulon has as much in common with Naga as a turtle does - being aquatic, but thats about it.

Yeah, but turtles are also accepted in the contest.

I know he's the antagonist of the Naga race, basically, but that also implies that they're intrinsically related.

 

[PROXY]

Yeah, but turtles are also accepted in the contest.
View attachment 423092
I know he's the antagonist of the Naga race, basically, but that also implies that they're intrinsically related.

Dragon turtles, to be fair, but yes, it was a bad example from my end.

still I think it would be weird - but whatever goes

 

[Varendis]

her majesty Queen Azshara WIP 2

...loving this more than i tought, might do more version of her after the contest lmao

 

[vindorei]

her majesty Queen Azshara WIP 2 View attachment 423258...loving this more than i tought, might do more version of her after the contest lmao

Brilliant way to use the fin

 

[Varendis]

Brilliant way to use the fin

Thank you

 

[Archian]

Great WIP!

Updated first post.

 

[Varendis]

wip3:; texture reworking

UPDATE:

 

[Archian]

That's some pretty sick concepts gents! You are making great progress.

Updated first post.

 

[Ardenaso]

View attachment 422355

Really thanks for asking, Arden. Public test after posting is also an alternative. Here I post my second WIP and the concept art inspired me, more close to the end but animations still need to be fixed.

have you found someone to test your models? or will the staff be willing to excuse your issue and be the ones to test her?

 

[vindorei]

have you found someone to test your models? or will the staff be willing to excuse your issue and be the ones to test her?

Burned kindly agreed to test so I uploaded it.

 

[ZoomMan]

I'm working on an Ice Naga, I need to finish some textures, add objects and fix animations.

(I had forgotten to upload the progress photo. So I upload it to 60% of the final model).

 

[Archian]

Looking good Welcome to the contest! @ZoomMan

Updated first post.

@Mr Ogre man @Symphoneum any progress gents?

 

[Symphoneum]

Looking good Welcome to the contest! @ZoomMan

Updated first post.

@Mr Ogre man @Symphoneum any progress gents?

I came up with an idea today while driving home. I will make a charioteer! It will be a siren on top of a giant turtle shell pulled by 2-4 murghul workers. Should be pretty fun to make, I’ll try to have some pics soon but I can’t guarantee anything because I’ve been doing a lot of travel for work recently. I will endeavor to have this done by the deadline, though.

 

[Dagren]

@Dagren @YourArthas @Mr Ogre man @vindorei @Symphoneum @ZoomMan @Barorque @Bagysta @Fugrim @Ardenaso @VictorZ @Superfrycook @fran bel @Vulfar

Ready to dive down and find the time & inspiration needed in order to emerge from the depths and enter Hive's 4th HD Modeling Contest! Are you guys in?

Sorry, I read later that the vote was only for modelers, but couldn't figure out how to delete it. I am not a participant, apologies.

 

[ZoomMan]

It is already finished and published, including water animations, I also add his portrait to the main model. So it reduces its size as much as possible.

 

[Raddazong]

I've been a bit scarce lately, but can I still participate? Or is this for invited guests only?

 

[Archian]

You are most certainly welcome to participate

 

[Raddazong]

Nice. So... I've decided to stay true to my lineage and I'm making a naga heroine. A Fel-corrupted naga tidesinger.
A Felsinger, so to speak.
Is this still in the frame of the contest?

 

[Ardenaso]

Yes!!!!