To try and avoid the problem I had last month... where I thought the winner wasn't interested in posting a challenge... I have given July's winner more time to respond to the e-mails.
Alas... no response. :(

So while Pidjy did win July's challenge... we've already lost two weeks of August waiting for their post.

So... I will go ahead and start this one off... and because of the lost weeks, and the possible complexity, this challenge will go until September 25th. At Mid-night (Eastern time), we'll start the voting.

So... without further a due...

**
Theme: Concept Vehicles.
Constraints:
Must be original vehicles
(if you dont model, you can use a purchased and/or obtained model in a complete scene).
Must meet the ground (hover craft and low altitude flyers are ok) at least some of the time. Taking a hint from Ray Tracy in Full Tilt (http://www.menithings.com/video/FullTilt/Video_Tilt_01.html)

Can be modeled, drawn, and rendered in anything you choose.
While not a required, inclusion in a scene wouldnt hurt. ;)
**

So
what do you think the 2030 Ducati will look like?
Will cars actually fly (ala Back to the Future) in a few years and what will the roads look like?

For those of you keeping track... yup. I tried this near the beginning of July as well.
You can repost your entry from there in this thread (or in the Challenge Gallery.. with a link in the thread).

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

as cars are relying more and more on computers to control the engine, brakes, power distribution etc. i guess it wont be long before its more computer and less car :o) say hello to the Carmadore 64

anyone else playing ?

I'll be along shortly. This is my first try at creating a vehicle. It's nearly done but now I need to work on a setting.

The subject matter is rather more involved than it has been in the past couple of months, as is shown by the extended period through which this particular challenge runs. I am certain that there will be sufficient entries by Sept 25. I personally am only in the infant stages of the creation of the models for my image.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12372&Form.ShowMessage=774008&Reply=810648#6

We also can't forget that little week at the beginning of last month's challenge confusion... where Kris, or Mist_Hunter01 had posted an entry... which I am accepting in this bi-month challenge .... Linked above.

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

I would try to enter my self

:-)

Dear Rimrunner I apologize for not have posted a response earlier, I've just discoverd that I won july's challenge. But I did not have the possibility to come on renderosity web site those past 4 weeks. So excuse me for the trouble I've cosed Warm regards Pidjy

No trouble at all. I just like to keep things moving... but tell you what.. we'll work out something if you have an idea for a challenge. :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

My first ever challenge entry, this nasty contraption is used for the transportation of arrested perps from the scene of the crime to the slammer.

Hi everyboby. Here is my image for the august / september challenge. I made it with bryce (models and textures) the trees are 2D images import in the scene. Hope you like it. Rim : I still apologize for the topic I should have post this month.. next time maybe! Warm regards. Pidjy

Heres a low flying homade aircraft i made. Im not sure if it fits the rules, but i thought id post it just too see.

Is that a photograph? You fly it, I'll call the FAA :)

Here it is... WT Motors 6000 Cheetah. A very simple model but I like it on some unknown reason. 3DSmax , the one and only...

Well, we're at the 1/2 way point.. and I must say, some very impressive concepts here!! Let keep 'em coming... :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

Entry number two: Future Custom

well what the heck.. might as well just give it a try..:) yamaha concept bike. 1100cc supercharged.

Attached Link: Sand Speeder

Here's mine. I took the one I had before out, because I didn't consider it worthy enough against this great competition. This is one that I am slightly more attracted to ;) Many thanks to RR for making me re-enter.

oh yeah, all in Bryce, if you're wondering. Metaballs and volumetric smoke :)

Land Speed Racer

its a car type thing ;o) erm... yup.

Hello everyone: I saw the concept vehicle challenge yesterday, so I wasn't gonna have time to design and model, I decided to post the car from which I created the Lamborghini Devilon GNX on my gallery, and here it is the original "Lamborghini Devilon", the scene is another test of raytraced materials and fake sunlight, it has 186,756 polygons and waited 3 hours 6 minutes and 16 seconds, this is the way I see Lamborghinis in about 10 or 15 years, still on the ground but really fast, hope you like it.

Well this one is my personal record, designed, modeled and textured in one day, hope you guys like it, this one looks a lot more like a concept vehicle than the devilon, this time I didn't wanted to wait another 3 hours to get an image with sunlight and raytraced materials, waited only 20 minutes, it has a bit more than 164,000 polygons, probably pontiac will be taking cars like this one to production in about 20 years. Is there a problem if I leave the two cars for the voting?, if so I'll be leaving this one and removing the devilon. Thanks for viewing.

How did you do those tyre treads?

Police APC. It's got extra armour plates on the side to stop naughty people from throwing bombs in there, and the hatch is around the back. It works in tandem with the prison truck I posted earlier, but this is the one that does the arresting. Looks like I've got a thing for caterpillar tracks :o)

Those tire threads are easy, they were made with 3d max 3.0, all you have to do is model the line thread, make a mirror of it, clone it with the spacing tool, extrude it with a black matte material, and make a render of it, if you wish you can adapt the map to fit the tire with PSP or photoshop like I did, set it as a bump on the tire material, and there you go.

Final Call for entries. This one will end on Friday, voting to follow on Saturday, Sunday and wrapping up on Monday evening. Good luck to all!! Love some of these concept vehicles. :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

Well.. here it is, finally time to vote. I can say that I've never been so torn. Almost wish that I could vote in 'classes' or by application.. but, only one vote per person.. so... I place my chip on Mist_Hunter01 (linked above). That is one car I would HAVE to own, if it were real. ;)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.

I could see myself in the Pontiac Axle. Thats more my style. My vote goes to gabosamu.

gonna have to go with the police apc. wont have any bother parking it :o)

iJack999's Electric Studabaker gets my vote, because it's a nice, simple blend of retro and modern. It actually looks like something you'd see on the roads in the near future, and here's the clincher - it looks affordable as well!

iJack999's Studebaker image gets my vote. Simple ,elegant.

!Jack999's Studebaker is mine too. -Kix

-Kix

yup...it's the Studebaker..alwys loved em and was sorry t see em disappear bobby

 

Once in a while I look around,
I see a sound
and try to write it down
Sometimes they come out very soft
Tinkling light sound
The Sun comes up again

 

 

 

 

 

mufizal's Yamaha concept bike gets my vote if its not to late :)

mufizal's Yamaha concept bike gets my vote if its not to late :)

6000 Cheetah is the best Pontiac Axle is second best. -DK Works

Well... as the voting comes to a close, it seems very obvious that: ijack999 took it with his Studebaker. :) Congrats ijack... please start a new thread with Octobers challenge idea. :)

The doctor says I have way too much blood in my caffeine system.