IRC Monday Night Challenge - Insects *EXTENDED* (05-31-04 to 06-014-04)

[Mahlikus The Black]

I would like to thank the participants of our last Challenge. Really amazing entries.Go ckeck it out.
Our next challenge has arrived. Here are the guidlines for this weeks MNC: Insects




Real or Fictional, big or small.

Start From a ZSphere. NO imports! Only native objects. Make fresh new models. No recycling.

Wireframes, Progression Modeling, and/or screenshots of your progress. This is not to show us you are working but to help others to see workflow. Trust me...it helps tons! Models, ZScripts, and other support materials are always welcome.

We would like to have these textured this time. Try it out. Take it to the end, including lighting and best rendered.

Time Limit is a week. We start anew next Monday.

Nobody is too good or not good enough. This is open to everyone.

Add a [Gallery Entry] text below your gallery entry.

Don't forget, if you wish to provide support material, by all means, upload zscripts, materials lighting setups or whatever you feel will help others.

Now the IRC Channel has been moved to irc.freenode.net
Channel: #zbrushies
Port: 6667

Thank you and Happy ZBrushin everyone.

Need an IRC application?

http://www.mirc.com for PC.
http://www.ircle.com for Mac.
http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/ for an All-In-One.


**EXTENDED**

It was decided that the challenge will be extended one more week. Most of us are/were pretty busy (myself included). But, we don't want this tasty subject to go to waste!
So no worries, let have at it again shall we?

[Pixolator]

Excellent topic! I hope to 'find' the time and join this one

btw: We are currently adding a script to automatically create the gallery for these challenges.
The gallery page for the Ocean Creatures challenge will be available shortly.

-Pixolator

[Polaris30]

Indeed! A worthy subject!

I may try this challenge also


BTW

Here is the link to Xchat, yet another Chat client...
http://www.xchat.org/

Small footprint, tabbed, and fast loading

Plus it is TOTALY FREE!!!

/join #zbrushies

will get you to the chatroom

[steventaylor]

ANTS>






mildly sucessful. im really starting to understand the control over ires and density of my meshes..i cant wait to see all the other entries..also thanks again Pixolator for the Texturemaster utility

[comette]

my contribution for challenge

[Polaris30]

Eeeeeeeeeew! BUGS!!!

LOL!

Great work! Very inspireing, now I must make some bugs of my own

steventaylor Great ant!


comette, Awesome spider!

Have a good day all!

[Q-qeo]

Thanks Polaris30 U2 have a good day, this is fun let's the bugs come great topic.....................

[matvara]

Interesting challenge! I missed the last one
due to system crash, but now I have a new Pc
and I hope I can join in this one, (still
awaiting the Ram.)!

[steventaylor]

thanks polaris30

[Polaris30]

Here is My entrie!!!



Here it is with textures




Thanks for looking!



EDIT: DOH! I forgot scorpions are an arachnid.... Bloody hell, now I got to go and delete 2 of the legs to make a valid insect... LOL!!

BTW, why are you guys useing FREEnode? Zbrush is not an open source project.


[Gallery Entry]

[Ron Harris]

Not a spider, not a fly, but get bit by it and die.....
wip one...still have wings to add and some other stuff....

the script hopefully shows the modeling session with zifs....havent ran it yet...

bugChallenge1.TXT

[Gallery Entry]

color and texture will change I am sure...

[Polaris30]

EeeeeeeeeeeeK!

had to do a double take, and look on the floor to make sure one of those critters was not around here!

Great colors, and a cool looking head,

Cant wait to see it with wings

have a good one Ron

[Dickie]

Alright bug lovers, here is my WIP of a Jade Mantis. I'm using Abyssis's wonderful sandstone texture tweaked so it looks like old jade. The mantis looks like what you'd find in a little shop in chinatown...: )

BUT I want to add antennae. The trouble is I can't! If I add a Z-Sphere to the rig or even
move an existing Z-Sphere too far, All my sculpting goes away! It's as if I'm starting with a fresh model!

Anyone have any idea how to fix this? I thought I saw something about Pose to Pose but I can't find it anywhere...

Help a fellow Z-brusher, please...: (

Dickie

[Frenchy Pilou]

Hi Dickie
Maybe try this
Save your object as a tool
Close Zb
Restart
Reload your object
Edit it
Hope this help
Pilou

[Mentat7]

Dickie, if the mesh is dense enough (Mill polys etc) then just mask off a couple of points on the head then pull them out using EDIT>MOVE (similar to the way Pix did the fins on his fish in the video he posted).