Modeling Contest #21 - Chess: Poll

[HappyCockroach]

Chess Unit

Contestants should create an unit which is an artistic interpretation of a Chess piece.

• Each user can only vote once in the poll.
• You cannot vote for yourself. If a voter has the same IP as the author then the vote will not be counted and it may result in the disqualification of the entry.
• You cannot create multiple accounts to vote for an entry in the poll. If a voter has been found to be using multiple accounts none of the voters votes will count in the final result.
• You cannot bribe users for votes. Contestants who break this rule will be disqualified and given negative reputation.

• First Place: 50 reputation points and your entry on the award icon
  
• Second Place: 35 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 20 reputation points and an award icon

• 60 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
  • Score shall be taken out of 50 points,
    • 15 points for mesh (how good-looking and functional is the geometry)
    • 10 points for animations (or how well Blizzard animations have been used)
    • 10 points for skin (or how well Blizzard skins have been used)
    • 5 points for mechanics (how well does this model work ingame)
    • 5 points for effects (appropriate use of particles, ribbons, etc.)
    • 5 points for creativity (how unpredictable and consistent is the concept)
• 40 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.
• Final Score = (Judge's Score)*0.6 + (votes/(total votes))*40 = (score)/100

Contestant	Model Entry
Ampharos_222	Black Rook
Arisato	White Bishop
darkdeathknight	White Pawn
Dionesiist	Black Queen
epsilon	White Rook
eubz	White Pawn
M0rbid	White Bishop
rysnt11	Black Rook
The Weird Human	Black King
Wandering Soul	Black Knight

[td] -Peper- [/td][TD] White Knight [/TD][/tr] [td] skrab [/td][TD] White Queen [/TD][/tr]

• Deolrin
• HappyCockroach

Inviting your friends to vote, bribing members with rep and otherwise cheating with the VB poll system will get you DISQUALIFIED, BANNED from future contests, -REPPED, and possibly INFRACTED. So don't do it!
This includes, but is not limited to, sending PMs out to various users to vote in this poll, getting other people to send those PMs, advertising this contest on other sites with the intention to gain more votes (whether it is explicitly stated that you want them to vote for you, whether it is an "impartial" annoucement), and so on.​

 

[Pharaoh_]

Excuse me for that, I did search the Contest Submission, but I was too blind!

You may start voting now

 

[-Peper-]

I repeat, voted for Dionesiist.

 

[fladdermasken]

M0rbid.

Just my kind of style.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

so now that pyritie is gone. who stickies the arena announcements to the top of the page?

 

[Skycraft]

Wandering Soul.
He made a cool horse.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

White Queen got my vote.
Great job done in here, guys.

@anarchianbedlam,
I think that the new Arena mod will be announced soon, but for now, you can contact Rui for your needs.

Edit: Oh, Pharaoh_ is already in the game. Welcome x)

 

[Arisato]

Ehem, my vote goes to Peper ,i like the style of it

 

[Deolrin]

So, uh, who do I send the judging to?
HappyCockroach or Pharaoh_ or who?
(Note: Judging doesn't actually exist at this point. )

 

[Arcisal]

M0rbid's.

Because it reminds me of American McGee's Alice.

 

[HappyCockroach]

So, uh, who do I send the judging to?
HappyCockroach or Pharaoh_ or who?
(Note: Judging doesn't actually exist at this point. )

send it to me since i will put up the results thread

 

[rysnt11]

There's no announcement at the top..
T.T
Anyway, my vote goes to wandering soul, he made a cool looking horse

 

[RakEnRoL]

My vote goes to wandering soul. It has this Chess Feeling.

 

[Ken-E]

I had a hard time choosing between epsilon's and The Weird Human's, but in the end I chose the Black King because it has more spectacular animations while the White Rook is also fantastic (especially the morph animation) but didn't have any spell animation. I also find the Black King has that more familiar Chess theme.

So my vote goes to Weird Human's Black King

 

[RhaVaz]

hi im new

im just wandering around in THW and see this poll

after thinking for sometimes, i choose rysnt11, because i like spider and that rook tower thingy

 

[D a w n]

M0rbid all the way, because while being a real chess piece, it is still the most creative and best made one.

 

[Arisato]

morbid is the best xD, i'm glad that i participated

 

[Windu]

Arisato gets my vote for actually making a useful model that can be used far outside chess themes. A perfect spearman for any human army. Thank you!

 

[Arthas]

wandering souls black knight seems really cool(reallly..)

 

[judash137]

Here is my review:
M0rbid :
- I personally dont like custom textures, but this one is really creative in both mesh and animations, i want vote for this one.

rysnt11 :
- That 's too many wasting polies in this model, that really big bad point.
-Textures choice is good.

Peper :
- If i vote then i 'll come for this one along with M0rbid, ingame textures + fitting animation, only one bad point>> the wings shouldn't be black.

skrab :
- This one is really adorable. but a bit high poly.
- Animations is fine enough.

Dionesiist :
- Such a waste when she have a creative mesh follow simplest animation, although transfer animation is the most thing i hate.

Wandering Soul :
- Animations way to simple,
- We actually can handle this concerp with ingame textures in some ways, custom textures is a waste.

Other models using transfer animation so i dont have any comment about them because it's not your animations, Blizzard own it !

 

[D a w n]

[...]Other models using transfer animation so i dont have any comment about them because it's not your animations, Blizzard own it !

same counts for ingame textures, so I don't quite get your point, because you could still talk about the meshes and the concept and textures.

creating good animations is also really time consuming and can be really frustrating and is also quite difficult compared to mesh creating process. That's why people like to use ingame anims.

 

[judash137]

creating good animations is also really time consuming and can be really frustrating and is also quite difficult compared to mesh creating process. That's why people like to use ingame anims.

My Point is here: What happen when you suddenly made a very creative mesh but no Blizzard animation fit to transfer for it, and here is your option:
A- Abandon this model project
B- Add some ugly hand made animation because you never try to make animation before.
C- Turn creative mesh into some unsuprising mesh like Footman or Infernal and call it a new model !

 

[Arisato]

Other models using transfer animation so i dont have any comment about them because it's not your animations, Blizzard own it !

What do you mean by that? i did all that work for the animation and you just said that it's blizzard's? that's some nonsense, well it's not that i'm mad or something, it's just wrong :/

 

[rysnt11]

My Point is here: What happen when you suddenly made a very creative mesh but no Blizzard animation fit to transfer for it, and here is your option:
A- Abandon this model project
B- Add some ugly hand made animation because you never try to make animation before.
C- Turn creative mesh into some unsuprising mesh like Footman or Infernal and call it a new model !

get an animator to animate it!

Easy, simple solution

XD

 

[judash137]

What do you mean by that? i did all that work for the animation and you just said that it's blizzard's? that's some nonsense, well it's not that i'm mad or something, it's just wrong :/

I see, you add some of your animation following blizzard's, But the difference of quality between two kinds animation in one model is so big.
Beside, as i know, bishop is a mage type. Your's look like a pawn.
If you guy really want more comment then here:
eubz:
- You can win with a creative pawn for sure but not with foot man pawn and transfer animation.
epsilon:
- This stuff 'll have a seat in top 3 model of this contest, but there towers should be useful in combat if you want a bigger prize
The Weird Human
- Creative mesh > yes, the same type with Ampharos_222's, top 5 too.
darkdeathknight
- Not thing look like a chesspiece, you just pick wrong choice and lose this contest.
Ampharos_222
- This is not a magic creature, it's a mechanical one, the arms should connect to shoulder and the concept dont suprising me but still a good mesh and textures choice. this one in top 5.

 

[-Peper-]

darkdeathknight
- Not thing look like a chesspiece, you just pick wrong choice and lose this contest.

What, we DON'T have to create a chess piece. But either the aparattion, characteristic or artistic interpretation.
It is a pawn to me, small soldier walking in the front line less equipped.

 

[Amargaard]

Staff: This submission has been removed for breaking hive rules

How come The Weird Human's entry broke the rules? :O

 

[scorpion182]

vote for M0rbid

 

[Deolrin]

My Point is here: What happen when you suddenly made a very creative mesh but no Blizzard animation fit to transfer for it, and here is your option:
A- Abandon this model project
B- Add some ugly hand made animation because you never try to make animation before.
C- Turn creative mesh into some unsuprising mesh like Footman or Infernal and call it a new model !

D - Adjust the rig so it fits the Blizzard model. Alternatively adjust the Blizzard model's rig.

I'm trying really, really hard not to insult you after some of these comments. You are just being plain disrespectful. :|
You come across as a rather arrogant person, too.

How come The Weird Human's entry broke the rules? :O

From what I heard, he stole mesh from anarchianbedlamn's ODIN and Ampharos_222's Rook.

 

[Pyramidhe@d]

just for claification, not everyone can animate. we dont want to punish them for being unable to, we want to reward them for getting a job done with whatever ability they have

oh. and regarding darkdeathknight, the pawn is really representing a lowly soldier. Except that he chose an african tribal setting.

 

[judash137]

From what I heard, he stole mesh from anarchianbedlamn's ODIN and Ampharos_222's Rook.

Some proofs for public, please! We cant kill some one because of some other one's words, unless hired killer.

 

[D a w n]

there really is no reason to post the proof public, because Deolrin is a judge of this contest and because multiple models mods took a look at it and had the same opinion on the case.
We simply don't want to put somebody in the pillory.

 

[anarchianbedlam]

How come The Weird Human's entry broke the rules? :O

From what I heard, he stole mesh from anarchianbedlamn's ODIN and Ampharos_222's Rook.

He did not rip anything from amphaross' model, But he did take some parts from 2 models without permission. I've already talked to him and he is sorry. So while has has respectfully stepped down from this competition, there really is no need to discuss it further.

 

[Arisato]

Let's focus on the Poll :/

Morbid is a rare breed xD a terrain moderator that will win the modeling competition.

 

[-Peper-]

Let's focus on the Poll :/

Morbid is a rare breed xD a terrain moderator that will win the modeling competition.

Then Pyra is a rare breed Icon moderator who once won a modeling contest?

 

[Arisato]

xD That's double kill for you.

 

[-Grendel]

voted for epsilon. really stylish. and the alternate animations are just pure win.

 

[Deolrin]

Then Pyra is a rare breed Icon moderator who once won a modeling contest?

Pyra won like... 5 different modelling contests.

 

[rysnt11]

So, the highest now is...

• morbid - for the first place
• wandering soul for second place

 

[HappyCockroach]

So, the highest now is...

• morbid - for the first place
• wandering soul for second place

 

[rysnt11]

The third place still unpredictable, one more vote, and it's done

Candidate:

• dio
• ampharos

they got 4 vote, the other just below them

 

[HappyCockroach]

The third place still unpredictable, one more vote, and it's done

Candidate:

• dio
• ampharos

they got 4 vote, the other just below them

there are judges, you know...

keep to yourself your prophetic predictions

 

[rysnt11]

Yeah, i wonder why the notices haven't up??

 

[-Grendel]

rysnt11 and the others with prophetic abilities, its too soon to say who the winner will be. like HappyCockroach said, we have judges.

 

[Arisato]

Sorceress xD
I can't really model, i can only do animating :/ , sucks to be me

 

[eubz]

Why is this poll not in the notices?
=) My first attempt in modelling got 0 votes. Expected.

 

[Deleted member 157129]

Dionesiist got my vote, certainly the most creative. M0rbid's texture just seems flat. Skrab's entry is pretty cool too, I mean, it's not creative, but it is the direct translation of white queen. Too bad it's so simple.

 

[Arisato]

Why is this poll not in the notices?
=) My first attempt in modelling got 0 votes. Expected.

chill out, you can still join the next modeling contest =|

 

[Kazzo]

Mines goes on Dio's,nice concept and good execution.
Morbyd works is really great too,just like Dio's idea more.

 

[eubz]

chill out, you can still join the next modeling contest =|

Thanks for the concern...