Maybe a stickied "Sketchbook" or "WAYWO"/"What are You Working on" type thread? Probably be a really slow burn at first, but might build a little steam given enough time. I suspect you might have to police it fairly aggressively so it doesn't suffer the same fate the 3D Modelling gallery has tho. Get people sharing there, and maybe they'll start their own WIP project threads?

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