Cinema 4D Forum Challenge

THE SHIP
(from July 15, 2007 to August 15, 2007)

Ahoy mateys!

It's time to set sail! Or start the engines! Or shovel some more coal into the fire! Whatever you do it's time to navigate the seven seas as we're going nautical! The challenge this time is brought to us by LesterJames and you are to create a scene with a ship. Wikipedia defines a ship as "a large watercraft capable of offshore navigation" so unfortunately that rules out spaceships but submarines are OK. The ship could be anything from real to imagined, historical, futuristic, or present day, just as long as water is its natural element.

The challenge involves modeling, texturing, lighting and rendering a scene of a ship and all Cinema plugins are OK to use, as are commercial textures. You need to do all the modeling yourself, however, so Poser characters are not allowed and neither are commercial models. Applications like Zbrush or Mudbox are allowed.

A couple of things to keep in mind

WIP threads in the Cinema 4D forum are allowed and encouraged. Feel free to start a thread with step-by-step images, techniques or issues you run into.

No of entries: Only one entry per member

Time: from 15 July, 2007 to 15 August, 2007 (deadline is roughly 16.00 CST (GMT -6))

Image size: Maximum 1024 x 1024

First prize: You get to decide the next challenge plus you get to put this snazzy award badge on your homepage:

Upload your entries on this page and when the contest is finished we'll have a forum vote for best entry.

Remember, we are a community, so don't hesitate to ask for help in the Cinema 4D forum!

Have fun and good luck!
Cartesius & Kromekat