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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:12 pm Post subject: AGE OF HEROES:Beta Test Contest
You can be the among the first to test out the Age of Heroes Morph pack for the FREAK.
I will be running a contest to choose beta testers for the package,
Here are the official Rules.
Testers will have to come up with and submit at least three (3) original character designs they plan to use the Morph Pack with. The character may not be ones already in existence, or under copyright unless you are the exclusive holder of that copyright. (No Marvel, No DC, No Image, No body but your's... Period.)
Character designs should include:
Full body images.
front
back
side (if needed)
Close up of the face:
front
side
back (if needed)
Winning testers will also be required to submit a Texture Maps based on DAZ's Freak template with their characters realized as fully as possible.
Characters may be drawn by hand, complete works of a Paint or Drawing program or any other manner of creation that can be sent electronically via E-mail.
Characters made in Poser or any other 3D package may not use ANY external props or clothing figures (No Catsuites or Body Suites) with the exception of capes. Only DAZ Freak Morphs and Maps, and M3 Head and Body morphs will will be allowed. No other morphs or props.
This does not mean you are limited to only the morphs you have seen previews of. For the pretesting phase, if you want some special feature on your character you may POSTWORK it in. This includes Boots, Belts, Gloves. Horns, Armor... Etc. If it's possible to realize as a morph, you may find your characters special feature in the AoH morph pack weather you win or not.*
You can enter as many times as you want, with as many pictures as you want, but you must have at least 3 unique original characters to be considered.
The designs and the characters will remain the intellectual property of their creators, (you)! You are not giving me the character, or back story. No texture templates you send me will be included in the Morph Pack without your permission. *Morphs created by me will become my expressed property and entering this contest you are granting me permission to realize any unique feature of your character that you include in your sketches. For example, if you have a special boot design, and I create it as a morph, you are agreeing to let me sell that boot shape by entering the contest.
I will be allowed to use images of your character with credit to you, in promoting the morph pack. (In other words, I get to use renders of your character to sell the morphs. Your name, (c) and web address will be in small print attached to the bottom of image.)
There will be 5 winners. Winners will receive a free copy of the the final release of the morph pack as well as full credit.
Winners will be chose based on originality, ability of me to execute their creation in my my morphs pack, and non-repetition of morph use. (If some makes a character with all the same morphs you did, your entry may not be used, but will still qualify for entry.)
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 846 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:58 pm Post subject:
So may I ask - call me a dumb canuck...but how are we to simulate your morphs without using external items?
For instance...If I was going to make a Super Owl character, based on morphs you have created...there are no freak morphs for that...and i would HAVE to use external props to make the figure I need.
Mybe its just me -- But Im not fully clear on what is expected. No suit fine - But if my original character reqires a belt, post work is just too long for a contest to make every physical piece in postwork, boots ect, and not having morphs to use other than freak facial ones, impossible to even come close to simulating your morh package without being allowed to use props.
Like i said...cal me a stipud Canuck =) _________________ =============================
New World Media/Muskateer Graphics
~Live the dream, experience the nightmare
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Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: AGE OF HEROES:Beta Test Contest
Well. I want everything postworked or hand drawn because if its done with a poser prop made by some one else, I'm basically going to be copying their design, and there for in a manner of speaking... stealing it.
So to make sure the designs are not just blatent rip offs of what's already been done, and so I don't step on anyones toes intentionally, I made the "No Prop" restriction.
There is, by the nature of what I'm doing, going to be a lot of repetition of themes and products done by other people. A lot of hood, cowl and 3D fettish masks Makers are going to have a lot tougher sell for their products.
Even a pencil drawing is cool for the contest though. You will need to have Freak to test the product, but you don't absolutly need him to enter the contest.
I will accept any Texture/Bump/displacment Map work on Freak also.
These submissions need not look like my morphs... in fact... it's really supposed to be the other way I around. If I'm lucky, my morphs will be able to recreate any character you can think of leaving the texture/UV work to color him in.
Joined: May 31, 2002 Posts: 846 Location: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 11:17 pm Post subject:
It has...Might be tough, hopefuly you have a long duraton for the contest, but this dumb canuck understands better now =) _________________ =============================
New World Media/Muskateer Graphics
~Live the dream, experience the nightmare
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That's OK Aremis. I'm with you, cause I don't understand either,lol. Designing a character is one thing. Completely original..... I get that, too. But to disallow any clothing or props?? I didn't realize the morph package would have morphs to simulate clothing styles. Add that to an almost complete lack of knowledge as to the contents of your Morph package already to try to avoid duplications. Then multiply that by 3. I hope you are ready for many characters like Captain Zit the nudist hero. And HyperDiaper-man who attacks his enemies with formula bottles and fresh poo.
Hehe... well, that why this contest is for the brave and intrepid Beta Tester.
I know my rules are a little convoluted. Basically, I've been asking for suggestions for months now about what people would want to see in a morph pack like this, and I've gotten maybe 5.
The goal here is to come up with original characters that could at some point be made with the FREAK.
The package will DEFINATLY come with boots, and Glove options. I'm experiment with morphed shoulder pad/ring thingy's. Like Yellow Wolverine's shoulders.
Here's a little idea of how insane I am.
There is NO texture on this figure... In fact. Because of a stupid mistake, it doesn't even have a UV Map at the moment. The entire Spidey suit is a work of Morph and Materials. I did pull some mesh skuldugery that will require him to be RTE encoded to distribute, but he will STILL take any M3 Morph.
There will be as many Super-Hero type clothes as I can figure out how to pull from the mesh, and your submissions are going to be a a big influence of what gets put in there.
Don't worry so much about what is currently in the Morph pack. I made 5 1/2 new morphs yesterday.
You can enter as many submissions as you like, as often as you like.
The contest will run from now until 2 weeks before I choose the beta's. So... Figure about a month and a half at least.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:46 am Post subject: Re: AGE OF HEROES:Beta Test Contest
Sokay. I got it.
Japes entry are...
Slice...
Gotta rename your ninja to something less generic, and come up with a third entry.
But here was the ninja...
Other wise it's cool.
Anything you can do to more fully realize the character is nice too. I hadn't though about it, but PHOTOS are a great way create your character designes.[/url]
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