It's our new challenge. And, thanks to attorneys, it's called Space Wars.

Kixum is way ahead in this one. But he's totally ineligible to win anything. This leaves room for YOU to sweep in and take it all. What do you win? Probably nothing but maybe being mentioned in the Renderosity Magazine plus bragging rights.

Post your entries back in this thread. Two week deadline, give or take a couple of days, but probably give. Pretty much, just have fun. Be a fan-boy, or be absurd. It's all legal. That's the rules.

Oh, in case you haven't seen this, it's pretty funny: https://twitter.com/KyloR3n

ha ha , I never knew I wanted it either :) something old modelled in anim8or rendered in Carrara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcnUcuHGN0M

some blueprints http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/sciencefiction/star-wars-rebel/2745/view/x_wing/

This is not the challenge I was looking for. :)

But strangely I had an idea just last night that fits the theme, so I'll see if I can make it work.

“Who’s the more foolish; the fool, or the fool who follows him?” I'm following. Not sure where, but I am following. Perhaps something in the spirit of https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/3qvj6w/theory_jar_jar_binks_was_a_trained_force_user

@diomede, I can see it now, a dark backlight silhouette of a hooded figure, with a certain snout showing from under the hood.

Let's see some of those BEAUTIFUL and AWESOME render, folks! I'm so excited to see what you're made of!

And, silly @Mark, they will be featured in our online magazine!!!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

I did want this and I admit it!

I am getting ready to close out my best of 2015 selections and I needed one more so this will be fun for me!

-Kix

"Traffic is being re-routed around a wreck near Cygnus 4 ..."

Maahhvelous! :-D

Great image Steve K.. I managed to ham around today.. making lightsabers,helmet and cloak.. had to do a bit of porkwork after the render.. really hard to get clothes over clothes without crackling it all up..

'Bacon Wars'

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Wonga posted at 11:26AM Wed, 30 December 2015 - #4246337

Great image Steve K.. I managed to ham around today.. making lightsabers,helmet and cloak.. had to do a bit of porkwork after the render.. really hard to get clothes over clothes without crackling it all up..

Thanks. I fretted a little about mixing things floating in space with gravity (for the lifting crane), then decided to heck with it. If Star Trek TNG can have Geordi and friends walking through walls, but walking on the floor to get to them, then I can have gravity where I need it.

Looks like Darth's porcine relative needs a New Year's resolution to lose a little weight. OTOH, he might get spiral sliced by that white light saber, make a nice New Year's day meal.

Great stuff guys. Here is a quick kit-bashed Tattoine dreamer. Fitted the David 3 cowboy pants and boots plus an M4 karate top to genesis and added some Carrara hair.

@diomede, that is really nice. Kit bashing makes the world go round. +1 for a nice environmental scene.

Excellent renders so far! Keep em coming! I'll post one in the next day or so.

-Kix

We all know that the classic MSE-6 "Mouse" Repair Droids are the real heroes of the Star Wars universe, so I thought I'd show them off here in a fake magazine type ad. Everything modeled and rendered in Carrara, post-work in Photoshop.

Outstanding!

-Kix

Ooooo. Another +1 for floor texture!

Oh, and I do need to say that there is a +1 for Gravity in space Steve, and also +1 for Bacon Wonga. Just sayin'...

You know, I have to give +1s to everybody now so nobody feels bad, because you are all unique, just like everyone else.

MarkBremmer posted at 7:11PM Thu, 31 December 2015 - #4246638

...and I do need to say that there is a +1 for Gravity in space Steve ...

Yeah, well, Lucas had explosion sounds in space, and ... and ... oh, +1 is good, right? Which reminds me, have you all seen this, one of my alltime favorite shorts:

https://vimeo.com/129810820

Steve K. posted at 9:45PM Thu, 31 December 2015 - #4246666

Yeah, well, Lucas had explosion sounds in space

Some things require a greater suspension of disbelief.

"Some things require a greater suspension of disbelief."

At least he waited until 2:11 in the first movie to ask us to do that. By then, he had me hooked, also my wife who I had to drag to the theater. ("I don't wanna see some dopey space movie"):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHfLyMAHrQE

-Kix

A little something I've had in storage for a while. Finished it last night. For those who are old enough to know, there are lots of weird things in this render.

Millenium Falcon (duh).

Old School wind up robots

George Jetsons Car

Colonial Viper (1980's Battlestar Galactica)

Cylon Raider (also 1980's Battlestar Galactica)

Fay's Zip Ship (Cowboy Bebop)

Oh yeah and my new T70 Xwing I just finished.

Everything you see modeled and rended by me, 100% Carrara.

-Kix

"Everything you see modeled and rended by me, 100% Carrara." Very impressive demo of what Carrara can do, especially for us non-modelers.

How awesome is that!... I looked real hard but I can't see George's car... hang on ... there it is near the Viper... awesome +1

Here is a mere Carrara light saber.....

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Here is a mere Carrara light saber.....

Very convincing. I could probably hurt somebody with that ... or more likely myself, not knowing which way to point it ...

These are great. Kix, two words: Awe. Some.

Nice lightsaber and thanks for the comments!

-Kix

-Kix

Just messin around.

-Kix

Kixum posted at 12:05PM Sat, 02 January 2016 - #4246877

Just messin around.

Good stuff, looks like an animation will be happening ... ?

I did render this using motion blur (sorta kinda an animation), but no more than just a single frame planned at the moment. It was fun to make. I set it up in about an hour and it took about three hours to render.

-Kix

-Kix

Thought I'd toss in another. Ripped off my model of Starbase 6, new perspective and lighting a little bit. Built the platform. Came out ok.

-Kix

This one might be pushing the theme a bit, but I thought I'd share it anyway. :) I just had this weird idea last night while watching a tutorial on making a TIE fighter and couldn't stop laughing (might have been lack of sleep too) so I got up this morning and made this. I should probably have spent more time on the UV map because you can see where the texture kind of randomly changes directions, but it was such a quick one-off model that I just didn't feel like spending the extra time to carefully unwrap it. I am kind of happy with how the crowd came out though; that's just a spots texture multiplied by a color gradient and applied to a cube - I think with the blur it actually looks surprisingly like a large group of people back there.

"Tie Fighter"

I think it looks fantastic. Great texturing!

-Kix

Very good, at least as much fun as staying with the theme (something I typically forget about) ... ... <-See?

A tie fighter is legit!

Tie Fighter .. hehehe

Render of Yoda have I

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The snark is strong with this one!

I like the mist! Came out pretty cool.

-Kix

And another.

-Kix

You'll definitely need to do a full-on setting sun shot. For the glamour don't ya know.

Somebody is worried that time for the challenge is drawing to an end!

I've never really liked C3PO. I don't know why I did this image other than I was procrastinating on doing my job!

Plus, I got to play with Depth of Field and Glare, which I don't always use.

Wow-- these entries are awesome!! Keep em' coming!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

Nice render Mark! I like the lighting too.

-Kix

Fill it up ;-)

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Wonga, that's just awesome and fun. And, further proof that it's hard to find a clean restroom/WC anywhere in the galaxy.

Cool idea. The dog is a fun touch.

-Kix

great images everyone! A very fun thread!

"Help me Poser Jessi Dorkette. You're my only hope."

**Ok, let's wrap this up. We'll start voting on Friday, 22. **

Waste some time. It will be fun. (This is what I'm doing while my wife watches the Bachelor - a show which kills more brain cells then I ever have with alcohol.)

Can't wait to see who wins!!!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

Time to vote. Who should win this thing? Post in this thread.

I'm going to vote for Wonga for "Fill it up." :)

I'm going to vote for mdo2010 for the droid sales poster.

All the entries were excellent!

-Kix

Excellent works in this challenge ! My vote is for "Traffic is being re-routed around a wreck near Cygnus 4 ..." by Steve K. for the originality and the atmosphere of his scene. Bravo all !

Oh sure, nobody picks the same image. And, now I have to be the tie-breaking vote. It's lonely at the top but the food is better.

Since these, and even the ones not mentioned such as Diomede, are sublime, I'll have to go with Steve K's Cygnus 4. Why? It is very imaginative and while I enjoyed the framing and rendering of the other efforts, whimsey wins the day. Because of that, Fill 'er Up was a close, close second.

Well done.

Steve, HopeAndLove will be in touch for the Renderosity Magazine info.

@Kixum, I just noticed your wind-up droid in the hanger bay with the Millennium Falcon. Super!

MarkBremmer posted at 1:24PM Tue, 26 January 2016 - #4251189

... I'll have to go with Steve K's Cygnus 4. Why? It is very imaginative and while I enjoyed the framing and rendering of the other efforts, whimsey wins the day. Because of that, Fill 'er Up was a close, close second.

Well done.

Steve, HopeAndLove will be in touch for the Renderosity Magazine info.

Thanks, Mark. I finally got around to voting and realized it's too late, but I would have voted for "Fill 'er up", I like the humorous ones also, including "Tie Fighter"

I've been away interstate for the last couple of weeks... missed the votes but agree on Steve K being the choice.. and I would of voted that way as well.. ;-)

all great renders.... can't wait till the next challenge

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Regarding another challenge, one of my favorite genres is Steampunk, "a subgenre of science fiction and sometimes fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery." Several of my favorite vendors at Renderosity (1971s, jonnte, Cybertenko) have 50+ Steampunk items each, and I own about 60 total items from those three. So how about a Steampunk challenge (if it hasn't been done for a while), or just Victorian if you prefer. On a related note, the 2014 Oscar for Best Short Animation went to "Mr. Hublot", a Steampunk style dramedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doA661MoGy0

Steve K. posted at 4:53PM Wed, 27 January 2016 - #4251339

MarkBremmer posted at 1:24PM Tue, 26 January 2016 - #4251189

... I'll have to go with Steve K's Cygnus 4. Why? It is very imaginative and while I enjoyed the framing and rendering of the other efforts, whimsey wins the day. Because of that, Fill 'er Up was a close, close second.

Well done.

Steve, HopeAndLove will be in touch for the Renderosity Magazine info.

Thanks, Mark. I finally got around to voting and realized it's too late, but I would have voted for "Fill 'er up", I like the humorous ones also, including "Tie Fighter"

@Stevek - Congrats! I'll be sending you a sitemail right now!!!!

Hope Kumor

Editor-in-chief of Renderosity Magazine

"Hope and Love"... what a lucky man you are Steve !

DUDU.car posted at 8:25PM Wed, 27 January 2016 - #4251593

"Hope and Love"... what a lucky man you are Steve !

Thanks, DUDU ... and you're right, I've been getting cool prizes in the mail for several days now, from the Holiday contest.

@stevek, I like the idea of steampunk. We haven't seen enough of that lately.

Thanks Mark for the comment on the wind up droid. There were several of them in the scene!

-Kix