Control Freaks is giving you the chance to win Alias' "Maya 5.0 Complete" valued at over $4000 dollars.

We want you to design a 3D model for a "Need For Speed Underground" "Tuner Car"

All entries need to be in by 10th September.

The competition will be judged by tuner car guru, Craig Lieberman who was the official adviser for the Production Team on
Need for Speed: Underground and Technical Advisor on the film 2Fast 2Furious.

For more info, head on over to the website

Winner of the competition gets their car used in the up and coming title "Need For Speed: Underground."
The perfect way to your name out there, and your talent recognised!

I know someone who would be bewy bwey intewested at stabbing that. He's designs 3d cars for fun.

Exactly what kind of car do they want? "Tuner Car"?

Tech word for "rice" i believe :)

so... almost..promotable!@#

trog just doesnt like you Hemerage :P

too much quote :P

too much quote, too many uses of the word 'I', too many questions

stupid all-flash websites

heeeyy!! he got it!!

That's an awesome comp idea. Way more clued in than you'd expect.

iateababy,

I think they did a wc3 mapping contest .. close enuf to starcraft (just better)

And theres a ut2k3 modding comp .. where u win phat lewt

Which you could prolly search for somewhere on the forums

A riced up piece of s***.

Like, so do we model a ficticious car or take an existing car and rice it up our own way?

just add some stickers.

yes, yes you are :P

Maya's a but advanced for your average Joe home graphics designer who makes NFS models isn't it? You need a productions studio of people to make it worth while.. They used this program down at Pixar to make Toy Story didn't they?

It definately is overkill for this ... but i wouldnt complain

If i enter ... its gonna be done in max, then imported into maya

Mayas for high end, nurbs, animation ...
Max, nice and good to poly-model in :)

My pref atleast

maya, pft!

Maya is making a name for itself with low-poly and sub-division surfaces, not just pure character animation as it was originally made for (ie power animator).

I know I am already looking at cars to model for this comp. :]

Good Luck to all who are entering the comp :D

1.) Yes it does :) .. imo, eheh

2.) Thers an edit button, learn it

Well they have now ... and if your brain can take it, theres also a delete button to learn :p

Jesus, im joking!

hmm this new NFS is looking good :D

MAYA PLE is available from several other sources I believe. GA have it if memory serves.

3DS Max 5.1 service pack..wtf

didn't v6 just come out last week..

keep up with it :P

so has anyone got anything to show yet ???

and are you guys using nurbs or polygons in maya ?????

Heres what im doing. 350z w/ veilside kit1 Im using polygons. aiming around the 6k poly mark.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/taz/350z/wip01.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/taz/350z/wip02.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/taz/350z/wip03.jpg
http://users.bigpond.net.au/taz/350z/wip04.jpg

Thats fkn sick man :D

that looks sweet as Taz;
nice work;

i lub the 350z shape though, its sexay plain, but can also be sexay flashy!

Taz, was there anything about polycount?

Do they want a game model, or a 5000000000 poly mesh?

Id completely forgotten about this...

They never said anything about polycout. so im keeping it around 10k just 2 be safe.

you need bigger fart cans on the back

finish it off with a bonet scoop and zerg the sides with decals if possible :D

looking good taz

here is what ive got so far "based" on a wrx trying to keep it clean loooking not to riced up

http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_side.jpg

http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_top.jpg

cheers

not too bad, Hemerage when are we going to see your efforts?

When i start :)

I cant decide on any cars, since i know nothing about rice

Tell me a car and some s*** on bodykits and stuff, and ill model it :)

Datsun 120Y :D
Go for it.. you know you wanna ;)

So any of you other guys got any models to post up ????

here is an update what do you guys think ??

http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx6.jpg

something has gone wrong with the texture on the rims ill fix that later

thanks

The whole reflective material sux .. ditch it and make a better one
(tricky, yes .. but you need to)

Youve still got a giant seam down the middle ... i assume your gonna weld all the middle points (i would have before doing a render to show ppl..)

The front wheel arch mesh looks messy .. or something, its shading weird

Model the door seperately .. looks crap as one piece

Top of the door .. shouldnt that smoothing carry on to the roof?

You can definately improve it .. just a few unpolished things

I wanna model now!
As soon as i go home im gonna :)

What prog u using?

cheers for the comments,
yah i still got a lot to do

just using maya modeling in nurbs because i want to learn how to use them (cant get them to merge atm) may convert to polys later

thanks

Ahh, NURBS, cant help ya .. never used them :)

Any chance of a flatshaded/wireframe pic? :p

hey hows everyone model coming along i seen the comp was extended till the 30th so ive not done much here is an small update and wireframe etc

http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_2.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_cool.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_wire.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/wrx_wire2.jpg

thanks please comment still got alot to do but no time to do anything so dont know how much more i shall do.

plz if anyone else has anything to show plz upload it !!!!!!!!!!!! im very intrested

thanks alot
Colm

Only Issues I can see is windscreen and above.

There is a line (where you used symmetry I suppose) connecting the two sides.

You can see it because of the refraction/reflection in the windscreen.

Might want to fix that up, and add some decals and stuff :D Textures!

that's some nice work there shothole

I started a car today actually ... extended to 30th, interesting :)
Might try finish it :P

Fix that seam though, as ive said

Connect ya windscreen nurbs up so it smooths lengthways
(or simlifying to just 4 lines, a box)

thanks heeps 4 the quick reply/ comments
yah i should really fix that seam down the middle will prob do that last and weld the to halfs together not sure if ill have time to texture ill give it a shot tho if i get time, never textured before

and do you think they will want the model in polys or (i hope) it wont matter ???

cheers

Who knows .. its silly

They should have a polylimit

Someone might read "model goes into the game" and think they need a 3-5k car .. or 10k

Others might do a fkn photoreal 1mil poly car...

Bleh

I dunno my target .. but im doing straight polys, no meshsmooth

i'll do a box with wheels. as unfortunetely thats as far as my tafe education with maya goes ... no wait thats not true. i'm just lazy.

has anyone got anything to show \??????????????????????????????????????????


plz post up pics !

cheers

I want this game, looks soooo good.

Hate 2 bring up an old thread, but the dead line is 2day, has anyone got theres finished?

yah sent what i had done in a few days ago, would have liked to done more but didnt have time

so here is what i sent

http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/WRX1.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/WRX2.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/colmdoyle/WRX3.jpg