Preserved Topic: ***DECEMBER SIG CONTEST***

The winner of the December Sig Contest will be the Loonie that produces the coolest weapon.

NO RECYCLES !!! New work only.

As always, file size, dimentions, creativity, and quality of workmanship will be under consideration.

Make `em like you`re gonna use `em.

Any questions, read this post again. I want to see sigs, this time. Not chatter.

No recycles? Shit. hehe...

Ok there are Demon Hunters amongst us.

Looks .. sharp. How do you actually use it?

Liluth. <real sig chompered.

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Do a search for the Demon Hunter.... Or go to blizzard.com!

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damnit come on...... why did you have to do this to me dude?

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[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 12-04-2002).]

and the other bg





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Usually in sig threads we just post on 1 backround and thats the entry . But all the more dangerous with 2....

"usually"...? Well let's see how long DL has been around here...

Nice blade boyo.

*cough*

If I am not mistaken this is his first sig contest entry. His time spent here might not make a difference if he hadn't made sig comps a monthly habbit.

sorry...


[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 12-04-2002).]

I like the knife, but the clouds filter on the blade creates too much contrast, I think. Unless it's in the shadow of some plant or something, I wouldn't expect such extreme random dark to light gradients.

Then again, I've never made metal that well myself =)

boy, try to post one little post, and three people post in between

Insider - whatever....not even sure what you just said (no need to clarify though, I don't much care).

Slime - I agree the contrast is a bit exagerated...no clouds there though
The basic feel there was inspired by some old heavy beat-to-hell kitchen knives I've got...



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 12-04-2002).]

There are way too many asylumates online right now. Heh.

If you want to post both bg's in the thread, be my guest. I guess it's really up to bob, this is his comp after all.

PS. Nice sig btw.

It almost looks like Damascus metal, if you made the white/black clouds on the blade small and more lineear (more liney), it would look like Damascus metal, which is cool. I just lost my train of thought.

<.~ - - - - :!: - - - - ~.>

You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else.

<.~ - - - - :!: - - - - ~.>

If it`s up to me, insider, I would just as soon you`d either post another sig or shut up. Or perhaps both.

Any questions about that, re-read the first post or mail me.

< edit > Stupid Fingers< /edit >

[This message has been edited by docilebob (edited 12-04-2002).]

Original:

Optimized:

Anyone wishing for information as to how they are used, go rent Predator 2 .

Here goes,



Cheers Aroma


edit=there are no nails on the outside it's supposed to grass ok!!!

[This message has been edited by aroma (edited 12-04-2002).]

If it's a mine, why would it need nails on the outside?

this was really weird to make... better come out nicely




edit:
didn't -_-
and the txt cheat is interfering with the animation? anyone wants to try hosting this one plz? <- forget it, it's opera relative.


edit²: before you comment - yes, bloody hell yes, the friggin scheme was made to be contrasting with the asylum.
that took way too much time... i can't enter this things, too time consuming.

Oh.. well...

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uhhh... Arthemis, you're name is turning out backwards. You may want to reflect it and repost.

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notice the "yes, bloody hell yes, the friggin scheme was made to be contrasting with the asylum"

i tried to fill it with these funny relatio-metaphors.... pity it's so ugly.

thnx for noticing, tho ^_^

nice one DL! I love that handle. I wanna know how you did the leather. Looks VERY real.
Then again that's the point eigh?

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

First time entering a sig contest, but hey weapons are good thing to play and think up for me. So here's what I made up:



COPEY

nice piece, i must say, yours too, arthemis
well, ok, i think i should enter too

After seeing the entries from last month, I know I don't stand a chance, but what the hell. This really lost a lot of the detailing when I shrunk it up, and it's probably still too big. This is my actual family crest that I have been working on for a while now. This contest gives me a reason to pull it out and finish it up. here is a bigger version.



[This message has been edited by Wavmixer (edited 12-05-2002).]

Posting both versions....

Original Diagonal Angle:
Then for kicks and optimization, the linear version:

I now hate Jamie because his handle is better than mine .

Some good detail there insider. Inspired by DL I would assume. I can't think of many better people are these parts to be inspired by. I would work on the "pomel"? I am not sure what it is called but that part between the handle and the blade which gaurds the hand.

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just a small one

Asylum nunchaku :mosh:



now you see me....

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Wavmixier - looking pretty good. quite large for a sig of course, but that's okay...these are for fun as much as anything Only thing I would recommend on that is working at adding more realistic textures to the objects....lose the "photoshop clay" feel that they have now.

Insider - important thing to remember is that these are thin sheets of iron/steel with a very sharp blade and a nice square back....not big rounded aluminum chunks. simplify...you'll have much better luck. (ooh, and please note that the 'blademaster's sword is not a katana, nor is the sword in your sig!)



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 12-05-2002).]

Uhh, honestly no DL didn't inspire me. The Blademaster of Warcraft 3 did, note his sword is a kitana, now that I look at my Kitana I wish I would have made it much longer. Oh well heh. Its a stag sword now

edit: Oh yes WM I forgot to mention, I just called it a handguard in my .psd . But I drew paths for every part of the sword, and that guard was the fucking hardest part. I couldn't find a good way to render it up with a metallic reflection. So I just stuck with what I got.

However! Today High School was let out at 11:00 A.M. for a snow storm. Hehe, went to my friends house and got his swords out, went outside in a feild of snow and small shrubs. Those shrubs are very demolished right now, and the blade was resharpened and ever so strong. A new meaning to the word Frostmourne . And expect a rendition of that same sword I used today, as a sig entry for this month.

[This message has been edited by InSiDeR (edited 12-05-2002).]

Generally called a crossbar.

Your sword isn't a katana, either, it's much too thick.


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an atempt to beautify was made...

computer crashed in a middle of a save, all i got now is a bad atempt to beautify and a corrupt file. hurrah... back at the drawing board. stick around folks, she just might give up.

Not a Kitana? Well that bad boy will still slice your ass in combat .

With all the sword fights going on in here, I'm glad I brought my shield.

(The *finger guard thingy* is called a bolster)

and it's katana

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at least I think it is....

Yes, Skaarj, you're right. And thank you. My anal self was about to have a conniption.

Copey - I like that one a lot, but I am a little confused as to what it actually is

Is it the head of a some bizzare polearm, or am I even more confused than I thought?

Anyway, I like it =)

hmm lookes like a future plasmagun to me ???

Buahah....cough....ermm... my design worked... it confused you to what it is. No really look at this:



It's on a BG, cus the transparency *** on it. And yes I know about the FAQ and all what's in there, I'm looking into that page right now . Still PNG work great, shame crappie IE does not support it.

COPEY

Yea but, in proportion, its not a handgun. Look at the handle and imagine a hand holding it .

It looks like a weapon that a tyranid would use.

What's a tyranid?

I'm thinking Warhammer, but I know that's not right...

Close, Warhammer 40k to be exact.

Ahhh, nothing like spend Christmas making weapons!! :P

But I'm on!
I need distraction after the HD shock...

Nifo'oti: lit. DeathTeeth. A slashing instrument used in ancient pacific civilizations usually consisting of a clublike object with shark or boar teeth tied to the blade side and an implement for eye gouging carved on the opposite side. With the introduction of steel by explorers and missionaries within the last 500 years, a roughly shaped and sharpened blade has replaced the teeth, yet the name remains the same.



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wow, awesome work you guys did! i espcially like the one from xdreamer! :thumbsup:

not yet

ok i'm not half as good as these entries but i liked the idea so i did it
Turn your PC in to a weapon





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Blacknight: excellent. I really like it.


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great concept

I like it a lot too, but I do not like the inner glow in the disk, if you just made it all the same color it would be really nice.

My version of a scimitar, with drow in mind. Think I'll do another entry for this contest, never done weapons in PS before - good theme

great one amerasu. love the colors too much...

really nice done

alright, how the hell are you guys making that leather wrapping around the handle. Man! I really suck

I'm working on one but with my power deciding to go off ALL day yesterday. . . eigh,I'll quit my bithcin'

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

I always heard this would beat your swords..
This is not an entry for sure..








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First attempt at airbrushing metal.. willing to take suggestions



[This message has been edited by Raptor (edited 12-06-2002).]

it looks to me, like you and Dl-44 have optimized for the darker background only. could it be?

*Edit: Fixed some stuff.



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....Cough.....



Guess I'm the only one doing alien future type cool weapons .

COPEY

Synax thats quite large, and metallic, but I see jaggies!

Sweet Synax - wonderful sheen =)

Love the scimitar too Amerasu.

Grumble - nope. things aren't necessarily supposed to blend in with the background...sometimes they need a little definition from it.

It looks like one of those knives from the edge catolog Syntax

Wow, y`all are rockin ! And it`s really early in the month, too.

This is gonna be a tough one to judge.. Lots of great work so far.

Killing stick, with added rock.



Might be a bit big..

I hate you!

i think you really need to tone down your jealous anger. sure it's a joke and all, but grow up and get over it.

Beautiful work Amerasu - I'm almost speechless =)
Only criticism I might have is the wood grain - seeing as it's a stick (as opposed to a piece cut from a board) the wood grain would bend and twist with the curves of the stick.

If you could make it do that, I'd be willing to say you might have a winner =)



[This message has been edited by DL-44 (edited 12-07-2002).]

Buh-Buh-But! I hate him! .

Alright, and yes it is quite a nice sig there Ameruso .

You're right, DL. I just fixed it... I was a sloth

InSiDeR - Her.

not all weapons have to be sharp .. watch out!!!
[taking it out the images was really really gaggy]

[This message has been edited by RammStein (edited 12-07-2002).]

And in the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" category:

Even more "Mass Destruction".

Silly guys.. bringing swords to a gunfight.

Beautiful, mahjqa. Looks fantastic

Can't believe all of these amazing entries in the first week. A very popular theme.

Mahjqa: Right on, every one is making swords and knifes, except a few poeple. This is a contest on the "Coolest weapons" so let there be all sorts of stuff, it's still very early!!

COPEY

mahjqa: very smooth animation on the gun
nice work!

I see the garden gnomes have finally relented...

And I always thought it was "bringing a knife to a gun fight" (The Untouchables)

Beautiful work, by the way.

Suho; I changed the quote, since almost everyone was making swords. And yes, the garden gnomes have released me. They said something like 'an early christmas present' or so...

... any suggestions for improvement?

wonderful work mahjqa.

But since you asked....

To be completely realistic, the lighting on the barrel would change pretty significant;y when it was tilted up like that. If you could work that in.....I'd be quite impressed =)

Good old, mahjqa, always a glutton for punishment.

Well, since you did ask, it seems as if the hammer is hitting the pin on the top side of the revolver but the barrel is on the bottom.

That was something I had to work with... the original had the hammer even higher. It's a gun used in the anime series 'Trigun'. The designers themselves didn't really have a clue how that worked either, or so it seems.

An animated picture of the gun in the anime
(more pictures of the gun)

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I don't know if that's a "working" replica or not but it sure is cool. Dontcha' just love Japan?

Wow, nice work mahjqa. Improvemenrts - hmm, well it would be cool with a recoil (right english?).

Haha mahjqa! I had a feeling you were going to bust out a Trigun sig some time. I still must say that I didn't like the series all that much. I am going to try a sig this month. The sig contests are still hot, and so am I. Watch out Mahjqa!

Let's see if this works. Sting in preperation of The Two Towers. . .



Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

YIKES! That's a just a little too big. I'll scale it down in a minute.

Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

How's that. . .




Later,
C:\


~Binary is best~

[This message has been edited by CPrompt (edited 12-08-2002).]

Nice one Cprompt =)

This thread's getting pretty large, so I'll close this down and start round II

(no need to repost your sigs there, Bobo knows where to find them!)

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