So, finished the modelling of the trap itself; just a few more non-trap game pieces to model, some odd texturing and lighting, then I'll post the final Challenge entry.

Turn the crank clockwise, the red gear turns, turning the yellow gear, whose tab pushes the stop sign stand causing it to pivot, stretching the rubber band. As the tab moves past the stand, the rubber band snaps the sign forward, smacking the shoe hanging from the lamppost so that it kicks the bucket over. The metal marble rolls out of the bucket and zig-zags down the stairway, then down the rain gutter, hitting the bottom of the helping hand post, causing the green hand to nudge the thing-a-ma-jig (the official name for it) dislodging the second metal marble which rolls down through the hole into the bathtub and out through the hole in the bottom of the bathtub. The second metal marble then lands on the diving board, which catapults the diver into the washtub, shaking the cage post which causes the cage to drop slowly over the mouse.
I have to go have some therapy now. Later.
John

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This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

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Let just hope you dont forget the dice!! LOL Absooooooolutely awesome modeling, well done and best of luck ;)

Smile, your dead a long time :)

told ya you're gonna win this, well on your way :) drac

I think WIP stands for 'Winner in Principle!'

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Outstanding work. Dem Mousies is smart.

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You totally need to animate this working. Or at the very least give us a few more renders to show off the different parts of the model.

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Nice work. You should get the prize.

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Thats it.........I'm scrubbing my entry! :( Can we have March's theme now please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smile, your dead a long time :)

Oh I got dice!

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Umm, excuse me, how do you get the mouse to stay there under the cage?, or is that a stupid question. This is just totally brilliant!

The greatest part of wisdom is learning to develop the ineffable genius of extracting the "neither here nor there" out of any situation...."

You tempt it to the spot with cheese and let it wait until the games almost finished, then after the trap/cage comes down and catches it......we eat it.........cheese that is ;)

Smile, your dead a long time :)

Phil: No animation, not in Bryce. I'm 52, I wouldn't live that long. I was already planning on several angle shots in a Forum post, plus the wireframe. And a 1024 X 768 version for the galleries. Chohole: It helps if the mouse is made of plastic. :^) Thank you all for your kind comments! John

This is not my "second childhood". I'm not finished with the first one yet.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

"I'd like to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather....not screaming in terror like the passengers on his bus." - Jack Handy