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31st Jan 2007 07:11am
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I think that in celebration of the new and improved board we should all take part in a teapot challenge. The rules of the challenge are simple.

1: Don't spend too much time on it. We're not looking for a masterpiece here, just the interesting use of a teapot.

2: The teapot must be the centrepiece of the image or at least very prominent. Don't model a large breasted girl standing in front of a teapot. Save that for the "large breasted girl standing in front of a teapot" challenge. (Coming Soon)

3: This challenge is not limited to CG. You may want to sketch or take a photo of a teapot in an interesting\compromising position.

Addition: You can make as many entries as you like.

Other than that it's up to you. Who's with me?

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If you're not using max, and need the teapot primitive you can download it here:

http://www.3dsmaxforum.com/challenge-files/teapot.zip
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1st Feb 2007 03:55am
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HUZZAH!!

*plans to have a large breasted girl reflected in the teapot*
Like this giant fish in a bear suit. He would be horrible. Look at him go!!
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1st Feb 2007 04:26am
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Sounds awesome! Deadline?
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1st Feb 2007 07:45am
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Ongoing I think. You can post as many teapot images as you want. How does that sound?
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1st Feb 2007 02:03pm
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my entry.
And on the day the words "flimsy excuse" were re-defined we stood in awe and watched.
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28th Mar 2008 10:26am
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That rocks!
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2nd Feb 2007 10:49am
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Ah, the old man in bowler hat approach. There are a whole bunch of variations of this painting (Son of Man by René Magritte - hooray for wiki!) on the internet, but I think this is the best by far. Better than the oroginal even. Leading the challenge so far...
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2nd Feb 2007 12:02pm
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leading by default. still a clever effort even if I do say so myself.
And on the day the words "flimsy excuse" were re-defined we stood in awe and watched.
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5th Feb 2007 04:55am
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My first entry in the teapot challenge:



After bagging our board creators for not being able to create a spinning teapot animation, I thought I'd give it a try and show them how it was done. Turns out it's not as easy as it looks, as you can see in my result here:

ftp://3dfiles%40gunerook.com:3dfiles@onlime.com.au/stevemartin/Teapot_spin.avi
(1.07mb)

Sorry about the ftp, it's the only way I could get it to work.
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5th Feb 2007 06:47am
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best spinning teapot animation i've ever seen
And on the day the words "flimsy excuse" were re-defined we stood in awe and watched.
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6th Feb 2007 02:47am
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Hahahaha I hang my head in shame
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21st Mar 2008 03:34am
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I see that someone was able to get a stable spinning teapot for the site.
It still scares me though.
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21st Mar 2008 05:21am
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You never know, I may have implanted a random seed into the file, just so when you're not expecting it... boom!
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6th Feb 2007 04:30am
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That certainly is the best teapot animation I have ever seen, as well... Very nice touch at the end. Wasn't expecting it and v. funny smile.gif It really is `the spinning teapot of death'.
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6th Feb 2007 10:36am
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Yes thankyou all for your support. I personally think I almost nailed it but I just couldn't stop it from exploding. Must be a bug in max. Hopefully they can fix it in the next patch.
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17th Mar 2007 11:06pm
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http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/7133/tripoooodgl7.jpg

introducing: the Tri-pot! grin.gif
Sanctus Espiritus, redeem us from our solemn hour..
-within temptation-

woot i got a portfolio!
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18th Mar 2007 02:52am
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hahaha brilliant stuff and good to see some more competition in this "challenge"
And on the day the words "flimsy excuse" were re-defined we stood in awe and watched.
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18th Mar 2007 06:22am
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Fantastic *runs screaming*
Like this giant fish in a bear suit. He would be horrible. Look at him go!!
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29th Mar 2008 01:26am
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hahha I love it! that totally rocks!
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21st Mar 2007 02:08pm
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Very nice. I imagine this scary machine pours boiling water on all who stand in it's way.
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18th Apr 2007 09:07am
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After a wild night, Sinderion fixes me a cup of Nirnroot tea.
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18th Apr 2007 10:23am
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By far the best yet!!! Teapots in oblivion! You certainly have a lot of free time!
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18th Apr 2007 10:27am
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not really, it only took about 5 or 10 mins. I was just browsing through some screenshots and it came to me. If you check the WIP thread you'll see where most of my non working time is spent.
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18th Apr 2007 10:39am
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Oh I thought you had actually put teapots in the game as objects ... now i'm not so impressed.
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18th Apr 2007 12:33pm
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Sorry, it's just my superior compositing skills on display. Still, an oblivion teapot mod is a good idea.
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18th Apr 2007 11:56pm
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Yea I was gonna do it last night. But then I decided against it, too tired from working at the mo to be investing heaps of time in things like that. I strongly encourage someone else to take up the task!
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19th Apr 2007 08:53am
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I'll have to look into the TES construction kit and see how easy it is to use.
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19th Apr 2007 10:37am
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It's really easy man. There is a wiki somewhere on how to use it.
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31st Jan 2008 04:33pm
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An exact year to the day, after this challenge was posted, I am contributing my entry:

Skypots!
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1st Feb 2008 11:41am
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Ha!

The trees and grass look photorealistic! Awesome! wink.gif
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19th Mar 2008 05:08am
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My contribution..................TEAmaters
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19th Mar 2008 06:07am
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Haha thats fantastic man, I really like that one.
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19th Mar 2008 05:15pm
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Thanks, that is my very first Max/Photoshop composite. (I love Photochopin and Maxin)
I spent more time on it than I meant to. (thought I was better than I am) smile.gifThe TEAmater on the right is kinda what I was going for. It was fun!
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20th Mar 2008 05:50am
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The only think I can pick with it is the edges around the 3d parts, they aren't blended, so you get a weird outline. I will write a tute on PS comping, its real easy.
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20th Mar 2008 06:20am
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20th Mar 2008 04:05pm
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Well done, you've raised the bar a bit there.
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20th Mar 2008 04:29pm
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Yeah theres quite a lot more thought put into it than ours.
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22nd Mar 2008 04:56am
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Hey, I spent years approaching bethesda to make a game that would enable me to photochop a teapot into a character's hand so it would look like he was making me some Nirnroot tea. And don't even get me started on the exploding teapot.
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22nd Mar 2008 05:13am
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Well thats all well and good if you like damaging your health, fatigue and magika. You sick bastard.
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23rd Mar 2008 09:00am
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Maybe that's why I was so hung over the next morning.
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23rd Mar 2008 10:02am
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You pretty much had a shot of Rat Sak diluted with petrol.
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28th Mar 2008 10:26am
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I so am, and thanks for the .OBJ!!!!
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28th Mar 2008 12:11pm
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Here ya go. lol. when I'm more awake I'll do much better.. 10 min to put together. 45second render time.. I realize you may see some faulty shadowing. lol. Oh well.
I could have easily perfected it, but to follow rules.. I didn't want to take long putting this together.

***Thanks to +VarnishedOtter for the OBJ of the TeaPot***
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28th Mar 2008 02:04pm
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Next job is to get that going on in realflow wink.gif Do that and you're the automatic winner of the teapot challenge.
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29th Mar 2008 01:23am
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haha... you have any idea... how many.... well.. how about this... I'll try my best. lol. I'll def. make an attempt. lol. And thank you. wink.gif
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28th Mar 2008 04:27pm
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Oh awesome man, great contribution! As steve said, animate that and you totally win!
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29th Mar 2008 01:25am
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I will def. try to make some waves in realflow and get this running.... it'll take some time to render though.. I mean... being that HRI(I'll use FinalRender) and the particles... $H** I don't need particles.. I just need a RealWave.. hmmm (goes to drawing board...)
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31st Mar 2008 04:06am
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I was only joking but if you really could do it that would be great.
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29th Mar 2008 04:18am
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Good one Soltis!

Wait a second.. WIN?.. I didn't know there would be a winner!smile.gif
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29th Mar 2008 05:36am
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Well, once we get the proper challenge system written we may be holding regular challenges and giving prizes.
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30th Mar 2008 12:51am
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BONUS! grin.gif
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30th Mar 2008 01:39am
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woot woot!
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13th Apr 2008 04:00am
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Still working on the wave system.. been out for a few weeks due to some Emerg. and such....
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11th May 2008 06:46am
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http://www.rickspitler.com/ForumImages/teapot.jpg

I couldn't get the pelvis area quite right.. Can you help me figure out what is wrong? lol...
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11th May 2008 06:56am
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It looks like that dragon is trying to pass a teapot. No wonder it died.
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lol... no doubt.
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