3D Weapon Model Contest

[conradd]

I created the skeleton of the weapon using Maya 2015, select all, created UV mapping and then I cried

Omg Vaion, just how much patience do you have to already have designed so much custom graphics on this server !!! One thing, respect !

[Vaion]

Lol it's a fun adventure for sure

One thing to help with UVs, use seams and unwrap based on those. Makes it a little easier

[Vaion]

The time has come for this competition to come to a close. We had a number of submissions and overall some GREAT artwork/concepts came through that looked amazing and really showcased the level of detail and commitment that the community has towards the ever-progression of The Hidden Forest.

Now for the results:

Between the 4 different people who submitted 9 different concepts/models, this is our winner:



Congratulations to Peterigz! The model that was created was a near perfect replication of what we envisioned when we started up this contest. Peterigz even added his own flavor to it (with the green gems) that ended up fitting our lore concept perfectly (And added some more details that will look great with the particle layout that we are creating)

For his awesome work and talent, Peterigz will be receiving the grand prize (still to be determined) and a unique title in game!


For our other submitters, Great work! Keep doing what you do and be ready for the next competition that will be announced here soon!

Prize Awards:
Grand Prize - TBD (working with Peterigz)
2nd Place - 10x Distillers, Holiday Augment of Choice x2, Token of Vex Thal x2, 1 Class Specific item from Vex Thal
3rd Place - 5x Distillers, Holiday Augment of Choice x2, Token of Vex Thal
4th Place - 2x Distillers, Holiday Augment of Choice

[conradd]

First of all, congrats to Peterigz ! I tried myself but give up when I saw UV mapping to do.

Second, is it me or is there a kind of Stargate SG-1 look in this weapon ?

Third, V ? Do you think this kind of weapon is suitable to caster class ? The screenshot makes me feel like a kid playing with something too big for him

[Vaion]

First of all, congrats to Peterigz ! I tried myself but give up when I saw UV mapping to do.

Second, is it me or is there a kind of Stargate SG-1 look in this weapon ?

Third, V ? Do you think this kind of weapon is suitable to caster class ? The screenshot makes me feel like a kid playing with something too big for him

It definitely has a SG-1ish feel to it, but the concept 100% came from EQ2 (Drinal's weapon).

As for it being to "big" for the player... well it is the weapon of a Deity in Norrath, so would make sense that it would be a bit larger than normal Although a minor scale down probably would not hurt either.

[Ydiss]

Well done, Rigz. I think it looks better than the original, with better definition on the detail. Particularly the haft.


Edit: agree that it could use a reduction in scale.

[peterigz]

Thanks!

Good seeing it in game

[Nilbus]

Nice work. I am very jealous of people with artistic talent as I have 0 myself

[Zolzimar]

Nice work!

[825th_tomcat]

Grats winners. Looks good!