Name: Nicolas aka ZEN
Genre: Fantasy Sci-Fi Action-Adventure
Concept: Prop engin design bird.
Dont have a concept right away. I really should do this, the porfolio is getting a bit dusty 
I have a couple ideas floating about and ill try to get one grounded really soon.
Ok, still working on paper so no posts… actually is a sketch on my crappy notepad in front of my workstation 
but i dont have my sketchbook with me right now.
But the idea is coming together. Its a very non-conventional winged prop plane. Im trying to exagerate the fantasy side of it without losing the sexiness and visual appeal. I might have to tone down the details a bit so that its more sleek. But the shape is there.
Ok, first digital draft of the concept. Working on colour schemes and such.
Its a prop engin plane, with copper feathered wings. I chose this concept from the rest because i love the organic shapes in it. And it will be “super shiny”!
Ill do a fast side view for modeling ref and start in 3d soon.
Nice concept, wanna see it 3D. 
I also like organic style, and my entry is based on a Hawk, but I tought of it as kind of Naboo ship style, smoothed.
This ‘feathers’ you gave to it are an awesome idea, overall it looks very organic-machine.
I liked it a lot.
Keep it up, good luck,
Hey Nic. Great Concept! Probably one of the most creative so far (in my opinion anyway). Can’t wait to see it in 3D! Looking good!
Cheers,
Norm
Still in modeling phase a day before the deadline… :shrug:
Im still gonna finish it… Still have a healthy amount of triangle budget left.
But it would be really cool to get a time extension on this one, as i see from the number of submissions. I dont know what everyone else thinks. Ive just seen several cool models drop out from lack of time.
Looking very cool Nic. I’m digging the propeller system in conjunction with the bird like wing system.
Tres sweet!
-Norm
Hey. Good Start on the modeling
This is definitely one of the most original vehicle concepts of the contest.
You still have all of today, and all of tomorrow to finish, but I dont know if their will be an extension at this time, so try your best to finish.
Remember the KISS principle.
[Keep, IT, Silly, Simple]
Thanks!
hmm… i dont exactly have 2 days… i work full time.
And i was naively hoping to sleep tonight. crap!
Aight. Im not gonna finish this on time :shrug:
must… go… sleep…
work… tomorrow… ugh!
Ill still finish the model. Im pretty happy with it.
I guess ill move it to the game art forum then.
Until next time!
Couple hours modeling. (was quite rusty after a year of only particles at work)
Softimage|XSI (i love you softimage!)
ciao and good luck to those who finished!
Thats too bad to hear… Awesome looking model. I definitely am going to be following this afterwards.
You still have about 24hrs if you decide that you want to give the deadline a shot tho’
No, i really dont have 24h!
Work full time at Ubi. (plus i got in late from snoozing my alarm clock again!)
So no time really. I got other things to take care of. I only have like 2-3 hours to put on this today. So i think ill just relax instead.
Lol.
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Zen:
Dont worry to much about it
There were lots of people who were not able to meet the deadline. But I will see if yall still cant get some recognition for all yalls hard work
(if you want it that is)
Hey Zen,
It´s awesome anyway.
I can´t finish mine too at the deadline, :shrug:
But will finish it anyway, hope to see this bird completed too, it´s very good!
Best wishes,
No no, not about recognition. Just saw alot of cool models that dropped out from lack of time. Thought it would have made a more interested competition to have more models in the submission thread.