Terraining Contest #13 - Fictional World Wonder

[fladdermasken]

Fictional World Wonder
Feats of extraordinary engineering or aesthetic skill; participants are to design a fictional structure that is quite literally wondrous to behold

• 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.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • A screenshot showing your submission in action.
  • The file in the appropriate format.
• 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.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• Imports may be used in the map, however they must all be credited and be "approved" by the contest host.
• Map may consist of any resource as long a it is public.
• Unless a used resource belongs to either hiveworkshop or Wc3 Campaigns, a link to the used resources must be provided.
• No image editing tools may be used to enhance the terrain (however you may use them to crop).

• First Place: 45 reputation points and your entry on the award icon
  
• Second Place: 30 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 15 reputation points and an award icon

• M0rbid
• Chaos.

Creativity	Measurement of displayed creativity in terms of execution and/or concept (theme).	/15
Detail	Measurement of detail in design and overall detail balance. Impurities include rough edges, deficiency in execution, and general disorder.	/15
Technique	Measurement of executional quality, techniques, tricks and overall terraining capacity.	/15
Aesthetic	Overall quality of the terrain in terms of appearance.	/20

• 75 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 25 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

• The contest shall begin on Friday, 22nd July and conclude on Friday, 2nd September, GMT

 

[AIagremm]

Excellent theme! =D

Can't wait to see the submissions. Sadly, too lazy myself. Or else I would have made R'lyeh. That counts for fictional! Or so you may want to believe, bwuahahaha!

Anyhow, good luck to the contestants, I hope your works will be mindblowing!

 

[Ahimtar]

so, is it important to create an epic building, or it can be maybe a regular warcraft model when greatly fitting in the hardly created scene?

 

[AIagremm]

You could make it. But what will get higher votes, a terrain with a well-made building and surroundings, or a terrain with good surroundings and a regular model for a wonder?

 

[fladdermasken]

Thanks for approving, Pyritie.

(copy from the submission thread)

] [highlight]Issuing this clearly right now as I fear I may have been vague on this particular aspect[/code] [

so, is it important to create an epic building, or it can be maybe a regular warcraft model when greatly fitting in the hardly created scene?

The theme is to portray a scenery in which a fictional world wonder is demonstrated (preferably highlighted).
There are no restrictions on how this scenery or structure is to be portrayed, the only restriction is that it has to include a structure of extraordinary engineering and/or aestethic feats.

[highlight]The structure has to be architectural, not a feat of nature[/code].

Put differently, you are free to portray the theme however you so please as long as it doesn't violate the rules. Naturally, a designed or constructed structure will score higher on detail, technique and creativity. So even though the rules doesn't dictate that you should construct one, it sort of is implied.

Or else I would have made R'lyeh.

I also urge people to work out their own concept and not bluntly copy concept art or any other related artforms under the same category.
If you want to portray a structure of mythical significence, say Atlantis for instance, I urge you to demonstrate your own interpretation.

You are obviously not obligated to conform, but I think it would make this whole experience more worthwile.

 

[Chaos.]

I will try my best to get an entry in for this. (hopefully something better than my last submission). However I've beem pretty busy lately, so we'll see. If I can't then I will judge.

I hope that I can get my internet working so that I can post some wips. I can only send this message because my phone has internet.

 

[eubz]

If I find time, I may join this contest...
QUESTION: Is the building external or internal?

 

[fladdermasken]

QUESTION: Is the building external or internal?

*External* in case you're refering to exterior/interior. If you're refering to whether the structure is to be portrayed in an open enviroment or a closed space, that's completely optional.

 

[eubz]

Got it... I'm joining...

 

[Jazztastic]

Woohoo, great idea! I'll think about joining this one.

 

[Hevenblood]

hmmm. its been a while since ive been on the hive, but that dosent stop me from joining
im in

 

[Xezko]

i'm in
edit: sorry, im not used to terraining contests, so may i ask: are we able to use UTM?

 

[Ketsuno Anson]

Morbid should join this,will be epic

 

[Jazztastic]

Morbid should join this,will be epic

Let morbid decide for himself if he wants to join. It would be epic though

 

[Ketsuno Anson]

That was why I included the word *Should*

 

[Ahimtar]

i like the theme and has a nice idea in head, so maybe ill try to join, but i guess its gonna be last place anyway
me + terraining =

 

[fladdermasken]

edit: sorry, im not used to terraining contests, so may i ask: are we able to use UTM?

~:The rules stateth:~

• Map may consist of any resource as long a it is public.
• Unless a used resource belongs to either hiveworkshop or Wc3 Campaigns, a link to the used resources must be provided.

Implies that you are indeed allowed to base your map off UTM. You are also allowed to import whatever resources you seem fit, provided you include a link and proper credits if they aren't from hiveworkshop or wc3 campaigns.

 

[Brambleclaw]

This looks epic. Im in @Ahimtar looks like we are in competition then for last place> good luck to you

 

[KayS]

Probably I will lose that competition, but let's try!

 

[Ketsuno Anson]

Don't doubt yourself,give it your all in this contest and actually try to win

 

[KayS]

Don't doubt yourself,give it your all in this contest and actually try to win

So, let's do it!!

 

[Hevenblood]

ok i have a question, does it have to just one building, surrounded by nature, or can it be a wonder in the middle of a city?

 

[fladdermasken]

ok i have a question, does it have to just one building, surrounded by nature, or can it be a wonder in the middle of a city?

It can be a wonder portrayed on the head of a huge epeleptic bull if you so will

The theme is to portray a scenery in which a fictional world wonder is demonstrated (preferably highlighted).
There are no restrictions on how this scenery or structure is to be portrayed, the only restriction is that it has to include a structure of extraordinary engineering and/or aestethic feats.

 

[Oziris]

I have no idea what to terrain. Makes me cry. :'(

 

[fladdermasken]

I have no idea what to terrain. Makes me cry. :'(

Google some concept art and use it as a frame of reference, then use your creative genes to portray something beyond epic proportions.
- Besides, you know you're bound by obligation to submit an entry, right? >

Same obligation applies to every frequent flyer of the terrain board.

 

[Brambleclaw]

Test ^^ Not sure if the designed worked though

Test

not sure if feet should be more like actual infernal or not

 

[AIagremm]

But does an infernal coutn as a building? =/

If this was somewhat of Colossus of Rhodos I would understand though, you intend it to be like that I guess?

 

[Brambleclaw]

Yes something like that

Btw is there anyway to make it so doodads keep there height when you CNP them. So instead of making 2 golems from scratch u can just cnp one for the other?

 

[fladdermasken]

For a frame of reference, here are work of arts that could be categorized as world wonders:

• Tower of Babylon - ~Void~
• Hanging Gardens - raid1000
• Atlantis - MadseN

Not sure you quite got the theme right Bramble, but hit me with another W.I.P in which you show some progress and I'll make an official statement about that.
- Note especially that the world wonder is supposed to be architectural, not a feat of nature.

Btw is there anyway to make it so doodads keep there height when you CNP them. So instead of making 2 golems from scratch u can just cnp one for the other?

Hell no, that would be so cheap >.>

 

[johannesr]

Okay i have a slight problem. Why is the sky showing through the ground?

 

[Figueiredo00]

I think i will try a floating castle\fortress.

i will make some tests before i officially enter the contest.

i'm not very good at terrain , but sounds like fun!

 

[fladdermasken]

Sounds like a good idea.

 

[Oziris]

My terrain will probably be alien related. ~_~

 

[Jazztastic]

@Fladdermasken, I believe brambleclaw was making a giant statue of an infernal, a la Colossus of Rhodes.

 

[johannesr]

Speaking of aliens... here's an early WIP. It's a crashed alien spaceship that gave technology to humans. It's still far from finished...

 

[Oziris]

Damn you and your way of ruining my entry! Nah, joking. I'm not aiming for crashed :O
Looks nice thought. Can't wait to see it finished.
Try using different building models

 

[johannesr]

Yeah was thinking of replacing those buildings.

 

[Risk.frishers]

Can the wonder be based on a wonder that already exists?

Examples:

The Great Wall
Panama
Pyramids of Gaza?

 

[Oziris]

^
I think that isn't Fictional. So probably no.

 

[Risk.frishers]

But if you make something up yourself it's 100% awesomely working..?

 

[fladdermasken]

Can the wonder be based on a wonder that already exists?

That would pretty much ruin any sense to the word fictional, so no.

@Fladdermasken, I believe brambleclaw was making a giant statue of an infernal, a la Colossus of Rhodes.

I actually saw that conversation, that's why I told him he should pitch me another W.I.P so I can properly judge wheter it's appropriate or not.
- But thanks for the head's up.

 

[Xezko]

an early wip, wondering if this is appropiate for the contest :c

wip

p.s: image uploaded to imageshack because i cant get to upload anything to hive, its keeps giving me error 503 o_o

 

[Jazztastic]

@Zesko, that's really good! However, the waterfall looks kindof weird. I'd suggest making it go all around

 

[fladdermasken]

Would suggest a different angle altogether, that looks more like gameplay than art. You'd be lacking in certain asepcts, for instance lighting, background detail etc.

 

[Xezko]

i know it lacks a lot of things, thats why is a wip lol
but i'd like to know if it is appropiate or not for this contest, given this is inspired by the gardens of babylon. :s

 

[fladdermasken]

Inspiration is no crime, as long as you don't make it extremely blatant.

 

[Skycraft]

Would it be possible to use one of the statues as the fictional structure?
I'm leaning towards the Sword/Knight one.

 

[Xezko]

^but then the wonder would be just the model and not anything made by you

 

[Skycraft]

Ah you are probably right. I'll have to think a little bit more about this :3

 

[Xezko]

another wip
not sure which is the best angle to take the screeshot :/

wip

ps: image uploaded to imageshack for the same reason as before :c