Coming soon to FX Wars....

#21

I’m still going for the zero g. :wink:

I’m not really into the recent added options… but then again, chances are pretty big I’ll drop out pretty quick due time shizzle.

#22

All the shorter ones look good to me. Though, once again, looks like the weather might keep me at bay again. Roberto, will Tropical Storm Hanna be effecting you? Ike is looking quite nasty too.

The shrinking ray has a great deal of possbilities. Your mad scientist could target a group of (or a stadium of) unsuspecting folks. They might not even notice the difference until they need to hop down. Or you could simply shrink Igor, or a passerby (all tied up). What if something went wrong and they got big instead. Whoops! Dr. Doom is now doomed!

The gun shot could be an electromagnetic gun (there’s a new one that’s been tested earlier this year videos on Fox), or the standard chemical type. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to show us just how powerful the Bismark, Yamoto, or Missouri was?

The Flying Car, we could go as simple as the Absent Minded Professor (more my speed), or a transformer type car. I’ve always wanted my car to be able to transform and fly!

Cyborg - well, that’s definitely out of my league.

Whichever you go for, it’ll be great fun!

Mike

#23

I think.

The flying car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4XlfEybZM

The gun shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjUAJXDfj54

#24

How about this as an FX wars challenge:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UABZA9ZpA

FX sequence starts at time index 0:46

#25

Ok good idea about Hp magic…
we got two more possible chalenges:

[ul]
[li]Magic Wand…[/li][li]Hologram[/li][/ul]

#26

wand sounds cool, could be a good chance to use filmed footage also.

#27

think.

The flying car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH4XlfEybZM

The gun shot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjUAJXDfj54

now that’s what I’m talking about!! :smiley:

but this would be a long and hard challenge. Love the part where the agent jumps onto the car. also the scene where the two trucks crash frontal in bullettime.

#28

What about an effect that deals with time, I.E flower/plant growing and dieing.
Or just camera time lapse effect, night to day, seasons changing, or clouds.

koyaanisqatsi-Clouds
http://www.gofish.com/player.gfp?gfid=30-1057709

Time lapse Meteor shower
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2133581125737647613&ei=bnjBSJfBIo6erwKLmYnKCQ&q=time+lapse&vt=lf&hl=en

Dusk to night
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6024759525145147118&ei=XXnBSMSVCZOWrgKQk_SbCQ&q=time+lapse+effects&vt=lf

Time lapse effects
http://motionographer.com/media/meridian/meridian_h264.mov

#29

I vote for magic wand or digital fire :smiley: …or do I dare vote for digital wand and magic fire!?

#30

Strange, one of the ideas floating in my head for zero g was actually a flying car.

#31

How about these:

Human Torch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCq3Ghc4BbU&feature=related

Liz Sherman from Hellboy - FX starts at time index 0.49 sec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgadnIrsQB4

I can’t find the clip but its from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The scene is where the young wizards are looking for the Prophecy and the Deatheaters show up. Then there’s a battle and you can see the Deatheaters flying about in some type of smokey transition or something. Does that makes sense?

Another idea for the stadium idea is the opening pyro from last years Wrestlemania in Detroit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcYc5DNTcuo

#32

dear all …

this is my first time to be here and i like the idea of this challenge very much :slight_smile: but i do not know when it will start again? does it have a specific date?

thanks for co-operation :slight_smile:

#33

Crap, sorry roberto. Shouldn’t have bought it all up lol. I guess its good to discuss other options.

It looks like everyone digs doing the whole cg fire, whether that be magic, pyro mutant based, ect.

#34

Ok here is a small update…
[ul]
[li]We will go live IN TWO WEEKS.[/li][li]And It will be a smaller challenge.[/li][/ul]It will be either:

* A Flying Car (3d model + plates would be provided)
* Magic Wand (Plates would be Provided)

We will do ZeroG and Stadium soon enough.

-R

#35

Sweet!!! I’ll have to try this FX wars challenge out. Never done a contest before :smiley:

#36

Cool! I’d love to do the magic wand one. And more if there is provided footage!

#37

They both sound really cool. This will be my first. I’m in!

#38

Out of curiosity how long do we get usually for the fx contests? Sorry for the newish question.

#39

each ‘war’ usually lasts for a month and a half.

#40

Awesome :slight_smile: Thanks Jonathan.