Modeling Contest #35 - Poll

[Archian]

Contestants were to create a Troll model e.g. unit or hero. The Troll model had to resemble the style of the Warcraft 3 trolls. The model had to be made in SD for Warcraft 3: Classic.

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• Trying to manipulate the poll in any form is not allowed.
  If you're aware of ip-sharing with any voter, for any reason, you should contact the staff.
• Harassment towards others to influence the result will lead to punishment.
  A neutral recommendation to take part at the poll isn't problematic, though.
• Voting for yourself is not allowed, and will lead to a malus by 5%.
• Participating in the poll does not explicitly safe one from being disqualified.
• Judges are not allowed to vote.

You are very welcome to make a short statement what you like the most, so contestants get a bit of public feedback!

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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 entrant

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

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• To be announced.
• Want to be a judge for this contest? Read this.

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Name(s)	Entry
@-Grendel​	Dire Troll Tyrant Entry for the 35th Modeling Contest Modeling Contest #35 - Troll more in-game screenshots and info can be found in this post minor update -re-assigned some vertices to the proper bones on his pelvis area -changed particle timings during the spell animation update -added cannibalize sound... www.hiveworkshop.com
@PROXY​	Hero Troll Godslayer Entry for Modelling Contest #35 Troll. Empowered by Bwonsamdi, the Godslayer hunts Loa and other divine entities that intend to cross the plans of the Loa of Death. Edit #1: Recalculated the extents. Edit #2: Somehow broke the ribbons. Fixed. Update: Fixed all the issues in sanity checker... www.hiveworkshop.com
@frostwhisper​	Zandalari Throne of War "Zandalar forever!" My entry for the 35th Modeling Contest A fearsome devilsaur mounted by a crew of trolls and a massive ziggurat-ballista. This unit was designed as an endgame techtree-topper. It has a built-in portrait, several spell animations, and two sets of attacks (melee and ranged)... www.hiveworkshop.com
@Stefan.K​	Troll Voodoo Priestess My entry for the 35th Modeling contest. www.hiveworkshop.com
@twilac​	Female Troll Assasin My entry for the 35th Modeling Contest! Head was stolen from NE archer and heavily modified. Ran out of time so portrait animations is from Sylvanus. Texture, body and the rest of the animations were made using Blender and Krita. Finalized in RMS. www.hiveworkshop.com
@Direfury​	The Burning Troll My submission for Modelling Contest #35 - Troll Use or edit as you wish, so long as you credit me. This model started as, more or less, a Troll Blunderbore, before it took on its own identity. It could be a mercenary hero, miniboss, who knows. I just started trying stuff while making it. It... www.hiveworkshop.com

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Mesh	How does the mesh look? How are its proportions, balance, and scale? How coherent is polygon distribution? Is there an overreliance on in-game SD meshes? Do the shapes complement the model's theme?	/15
Skin	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?	/15
Animations	How natural, smooth, and appropriate are the animations? Do they have physical coherence? Do they have character/personality? How well are they executed? Does the model have enough animations to function properly?	/15
Effects	Were the particle, ribbon, or mesh effects made in good measure? Do they contribute to the model? Are they impressive?	/10
Integration	How well does the model work in-game? Does it feature the necessary attachments, footprints, sounds, and collisions? Are the attachments obscured? Is the model fully selectable? How well does the it fit in the game environment?	/10
Creativity	How original is the general idea? How inventive is the execution? How creatively does the model interpret the contest theme?	/20
		/85

Results calculation

• Judgement: 70%
• Poll: 30%

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

The poll shall begin on Nov 27, 2022 and conclude on Dec 11, 2022 GMT (day is included).

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Assigned Staff: @Archian

Contest | Results

 

[Archian]

Great contest! Shame a few didn't make it. @Villagerino & @Taylor Mouse hope you will still finish your entries.

Thanks everyone for participating! See you in the next one!

 

[Kyrbi0]

Thank you for multiple-choice Voting. It's the next best thing after Ranked Choice Voting. ; )

Will (hopefully) get a Vote Explanation post up here Soon(TM).

 

[hexhound]

Extremely high quality entries. Well done to all.

 

[Ardenaso]

if you guys don't mind me asking, is there a link for all the previous modeling contests? I know I've been here in Hive since 2013 but I only actually recently subscribed to the modeling contest stuff

edit: recently

 

[Kyrbi0]

if you guys don't mind me asking, is there a link for all the previous modeling contests? I know I've been here in Hive since 2013 but I only actually subscribed to the modeling contest stuff

All previous Contests are found here, but you're probably better served using the Contest List thread put together by our very own Vinz (it is organized with links).

 

[Ardenaso]

All previous Contests are found here, but you're probably better served using the Contest List thread put together by our very own Vinz (it is organized with links).

thanks! wow those are a lot and I really missed out much since 2013

 

[Shido]

Man, bunch of trolls.

I like most of these with various direction you can think of, although I have some itty bitty bias to what stuff i can skin alive out of .

You have (in short summary):

• A Malicious beef-cake power hungry Troll from Grendel.
• Bwonsamzeus's Pawn without a child name after Norse from Proxy.
• Zandalari playing the Sparta game from Frostwhisper.
• What if Malzahar was a troll from Stefan.
• Troll Assassin decide to use "less coverage more damage" tactic by twilac.
• Powerpuff girl but from Hell and it's troll by Professor Direfurtonium.

Who win my vote? Nobodies since no forest troll, no votey.

 

[tillinghast]

what's the status on this?

 

[Kyrbi0]

what's the status on this?

That's a... good question. :<

Archian was running this, but I can too, and it looks like... we didn't have any Judges yet? So I guess we are/were waiting for Judges. But perhaps if that takes too long (how long?) we can decide to just go with the Poll (or only count Votes where voters have explained their vote/'reviewed' the entries in some meaningful way).

 

[Direfury]

That's a... good question. :<

Archian was running this, but I can too, and it looks like... we didn't have any Judges yet? So I guess we are/were waiting for Judges. But perhaps if that takes too long (how long?) we can decide to just go with the Poll (or only count Votes where voters have explained their vote/'reviewed' the entries in some meaningful way).

Which would just lead to another contest where the winner is decided by people who've only barely given the model a glance, and likely only at the submission image. We didn't put in all that work just for it to go completely unnoticed.

 

[Kyrbi0]

Which would just lead to another contest where the winner is decided by people who've only barely given the model a glance, and likely only at the submission image. We didn't put in all that work just for it to go completely unnoticed.

That's what requiring a 'review' would do; if all they did was look at the screenshot, that could be considered "insufficient for review (and thus Voting) purposes" & thus not be considered in the Voting.

But anyway that was all just my suggestion for what to do if waiting for Judges takes too long. If Judges show up tomorrow or next week I'll be glad to do things like normal... But are you all gonna be fine waiting a month or 6 months or a year? That's what I meant by "if that takes too long (how long?)".

 

[Archian]

count me in as a judge

actually I may be a judge for life now

Are you still in?

 

[Archian]

Alright, I will add you as judge for this contest.

Please start judging the entries

 

[Ardenaso]

Alright, I will add you as judge for this contest.

Please start judging the entries

wait no I just realized now this late that this is an SD contest and I already casted my vote

 

[Archian]

Sorry to hear that.

@General Frank are you able and willing?

 

[General Frank]

Sorry to hear that.

@General Frank are you able and willing?

Please give me a week or so and I can say for sure.

 

[Kyrbi0]

How did I lose track of this ;_;

 

[Archian]

@General Frank what's the status?

 

[General Frank]

@General Frank what's the status?

Write me a PM, please.

 

[Archian]

Status update.

@General Frank hopes to have the judging done as soon as possible. Stay tuned!