SketchUp 3D Challenge #133 - Community Christmas Tree

Sunday, 18 December 2011 - Wednesday, 28 December 2011

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The community Christmas tree has been a holiday tradition around the United States since the early 20th Century that now spans around the world. Let us celebrate this tradition by modeling one in SketchUp!

You are not limited to just fresh cut or live trees, you may also decorate a structure that a community disguises to create their tree. Use your imagination and don't hold back. If you feel like doing the entire town square, go ahead but don't run out of time.

3D Warehouse Tag: 3D Challenge 133

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #132 - Snowmobiles is...
bronto with his Polaris 800 Dragon RMK 163!

Congratulations on the win, bronto!

SketchUp 3D Student Challenge #001 - Banks

Sunday, 20 November 2011 - Friday, 9 December 2011

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Mr. Gosselin, a 9th Grade Art teacher, heard about 3D Challenge #331 - Banks and thought it would be a perfect exercise for his students to participate in the challenge. He wrote on our Facebook page to let us know about it and asked if the challenge could be extended to accommodate his teaching schedule. A compromise was reached and it was decided to create a special challenge for his students to allow their work to be voted on and to receive recognition for their work. So here we are...

It's a tie! The winners of SketchUp 3D Student Challenge #001 - Banks are $uperBank by Morgan B. and Majectic Bank by Kaila V.  Congratulations on a job well done and thanks for all the great entries!

Mr. Gosselin's 9th Grade Art Students

SketchUp 3D Challenge #132 - Snowmobiles

Sunday, 4 December 2011 - Wednesday, 14 December 2011

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Snowmobile

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A snowmobile, also known in some places as a snowmachine, or sled, is a land vehicle for winter travel on snow. Designed to be operated on snow and ice, they require no road or trail. Design variations enable some machines to operate in deep snow or forests; most are used on open terrain, including frozen lakes, or driven on paths or trails. Usually designed to accommodate a driver and one passenger, their use is much like a motorcycle and an all-terrain vehicle (ATVs) intended for winter use on snow-covered ground and frozen ponds and waterways. They have no enclosure except for a windshield and their engine normally drives a continuous track or tracks at the rear; skis at the front provide directional control.

 A standard participation rules apply.

3D Warehouse Tag: 3D Challenge 132

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #131 - Banks is...

SketchUp Diva with Hometown Bank!

Congratulations to SketchUp Diva on her first win and may many future wins follow. The construction progress of her bank was every bit as interesting as the final result. Thanks for participating.  

SketchUp 3D Challenge #131 - Banks

Sunday, 20 November 2011 - Wednesday, 30 November 2011

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For this challenge you will be asked to Occupy SketchUp and model a bank. Piggy banks while cute and oh so cuddly in a cold, hard, porcelain kind of way, but they do not apply to this challenge. We are talking about commercial banks, the kind where you deposit your hard earned cash and fees begin to dwindle down your balance.

You can design a hometown branch, a credit union, a big institutional city bank with elaborate Gothic architecture or anything in between. In addition to this you may choose to model a bank of the past, present or future. And please, no mattresses, coffee cans or anything shoe involved because that may indicate you actually do that...

All standard participation rules apply.

3D Warehouse Tag: 3D Challenge 131

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #130 - Flying Cars is...

Marian87 with his aptly named model: Flying Car

Click here to see more renders on deviantART.

SketchUp 3D Challenge #130 - Flying Cars

Thursday, 3 November 2011 – Wednesday, 16 November 2011

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For this challenge you will be modeling a flying car or a hover car. Flying cars may be defined in many ways but, for the purposes of this challenge a flying car is defined a vehicle designed for 2 to 6 passengers, that is operated by its owner for daily use, that’s primary means of movement is through flight and would take the place of today's automobile. This also includes landspeeders, airspeeders. Jetsonian aerocars, VTOLs, etc.

You may model an existing flying car design, real or fictional, or you may design your own out of your imagination. Your submitted flying car may have wheels but they are purely optional. The vehicle’s means of propulsion may be based in reality or complete sci-fi non-sense (and even though my handle is JediCharles and have a fondness of sci-fi tech, it is still non-sense).

All standard participation rules apply.

3D Warehouse Tag: 3D Challenge 130

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It's a tie! The winners of previous 3D Challenge #129 – City Hall are:

Sketchmaster Tóth with Shire City Hall and DALEXD with City Hall in Bucharest!

Congratulations to both modelers on their winning entries! 

New Admin, JediCharles!

I am happy to announce that I, JediCharles, have been named as the new admin for the Google SketchUp 3D Challenge! Since May, 2008 I have participated in 41 separate challenges and have had the opportunity to win a total of 10 times. Participating in the challenge has been a lot of fun and I look forward to keeping the spirit of the challenge alive.
You should expect interesting challenge topics that will spur your imagination and keep your modeling skills sharp. I am currently working on new ways to showcase challenge winners in addition to recognition on the blog and challenge certificates.
I would also like to take a moment to thank MILO Minderbinder for doing an outstanding job during his year and a half tenure as admin for the Challenge. Your efforts deserve a lot of gratitude and will not be forgotten.
Please take a moment to express your thanks to Milo by commenting on this post.
Thanks,
JediCharles

Challenge blog under construction

Dear 3D Challengers,

First of all, you might have noticed not a lot of activity going on on this blog. We're very sorry, and it may remind you of the silent period after Challenge #098. I just wanted to let you know, the site is under construction, and soon we'll be up and running again. That's the good news.

The sad news is, that I will be leaving all of you! I've made some great friends among the followers of the 3D Challenge, and it's been a good year and-a-half since I first came here. We already have a new candidate for Challenge moderator, but it will be a surprise for everyone.

You can still email me on infophenix01@gmail.com, for anything you want to know, or just to have a chat, but I won't be updating the blog anymore. It has been a fun time, and maybe, I'll join you in the Challenge!

Like Bruce says:
Happy Sketching,
Milo

Sketchup 3D Challenge #129 - City Hall

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #129:

City Hall


Sunday 11th of September 2011 - Wednesday 21st of September 2011
Challenge Closed

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The subject of Challenge #129 is City Hall! Above, you can see the former city hall of San Francisco, which was built over 25 years. But sadly, it was destroyed in 1906 by a big earthquake. On the site today stand the new public library.
Design a new City Hall for any city in any kind of shape, or make yourself a beautifully photo-textured geo-located model of an existing one. It doesn't really matter what it looks like, as long as it can serve as City hall!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 129"

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It's a tie! The winners of previous Summer Break Challenge #128 - Tropical Island are:

Sketchmaster Toth with Under the Sea Tropical Island and falconview with Turtle Island

Fantastic work from both modelers deserving equal recognition! 

Summer Break Challenge #128 - Tropical Island

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents Summer Break Challenge #128:

Tropical Island


Thursday 21st of July, 2011 - Wednesday 17th of August, 2011

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For those of you who are on vacation, but still want to participate in the Sketchup 3D Challenge, a four-week-long Summer Break Challenge! Four weeks to perfectionize your dream-come-almost-true Vacation paradise. Have fun, and don't forget to vote for Challenge #127!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 128"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #127 - Memorial is:

HenkieTenk with his model The Abducted! Based on an event that will happen in about six years, it almost seems HenkieTenk is somewhat psychic, and knows what will happen in the near future! As are a lot of other submitters, who reffered to events that will happen in -for example- 2052. Great model, HenkieTenk, and I know I can count on you, Tóth!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #127 - Memorial

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents Challenge #127:

Memorial


Sunday 10th of July, 2011 - Thursday 21st of July, 2011

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For this Challenge you'll need to create a memorial, your own design or existing. For an event that has actually happened, or something that may happen in the future (Nuclear war, Scifilicious?)! Maybe this can get you some inspiration: Sunday the 17th, the third Sunday of July, is national Ice Cream day! Maybe a memorial for Mrs. Mary Eales, the inventor of Ice Cream? Have fun!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 127"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge 126 - Waterpowered Space Grinder-Kennel combination is:


Jedi Charles, with The Dog Ground! It's great to see how everyone interpreted the subject in completely different ways, which gave us six beautiful creations! I bet, when it finally is the space age, and humans will be replaced by supersmart monkeys, they'll look back at these models and say: ,,Why would we need anything like that?"

Sketchup 3D Challenge #126 - Waterpowered Space Grinder-Kennel combination

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #126:

A Waterpowered Space Grinder-Kennel combination


Wednesday 22nd of June, 2011 - Wednesday 6th of Juli, 2011
Challenge closed.

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We had so many suggestions last Challenge, that we've decided to combine some of them, to an all-new über-strange Challenge subject for #126. For this Challenge, you'll need to design a space-age Grinder, which also houses dogs, and is powered by water. Is that unexpected enough for y'all? Your head must be boiling with inspiration alread, so get modeling right away! But most importantly, have fun!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 126"

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The winner of 3D Challenge #125 - Barbecues and Grills is:

GoldenSim with his Luxury BBQ! An awesome car-inspired retro design! It's an extremely manly barbecue, being a car and cooking meat at the same time! It's the dream of every guy, and I personally think it should be named the Carbecue. GoldenSim was also the winner of #116, #119, #121 and #122 which makes this his fifth 1st place! Great work!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #125 - Barbecues and Grills

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #125:

Barbecues & Grills of the Future (or the past)!


Sunday 5th of June, 2011 - Wednesday 15th of June, 2011
Challenge closed.

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It almost summertime and the weather is high, dust of your BBQ's and fry those porkchops! Everyone likes a good old fashioned barbecue! Design your own barbecue or grill, that will completely change the world of barbecues, or design a retro barbeque with some charbroiled hamburgers, it really doesn't matter. As long as it is somehow a device to prepare a great steak. Have fun!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 125"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #124 - Dream Worlds is:


Bob Mayonnaise with his dream Polychromie des Rêves (a dream within a dream)! It has something of an air to it of the movie 'Inception' (maybe a source of inspiration, Bob?), but still it is absolutely the ultimate model of strangeness. And thank god for components, because drawing all of those 432,000 edges by hand would take a century! Congrats!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #124 - Dream Worlds

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #124:

Dream Worlds


Sunday May 22nd, 2011 - Wednesday June 1st, 2011
Challenge Closed.

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Ever had a dream you've remembered after waking up?
A strange dream world, where you recognise everything,
but when you start to think, ot all strangely was very
different from reality? If you have, be sure to enter this
Challenge! Don't have any inspiration yet? I guess a
little afternoon nap could do no harm...
Thank you, Goldensim and MDC, for this great subject!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 124"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #123 - Anything is:


SCIFI LICIOUS, with his amazing model of Postapocalyptic Lincoln Monument! Crazy detail, and if you read the various signs, according to SCIFI LICIOUS, humanity can still have a laugh after the apocalypse! By the way, this is the forst model in 3D Challenge history to have taken 1st place with a wide screen image! Are we living the future?

Sketchup 3D Challenge #123 - Anything!

Google Sketchup 3D CHallenge presents 3D Challenge #123:

Anything!


Sunday 8th of May, 2011 - Wednesday 18th of May, 2011
Challenge Closed.

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'Anything?' you might think, and the answer is 'Yes, absolutely anything'. As there wasn't really one subject we could settle on, we've decided to go crazy, and have you all design something you choose! So GoldenSim, design that Flying boat! And HenkieTenk, build that Bridge! There is only one condition: you may NOT use any components already uploaded to the 3D Warehouse. But that shouldn't be that hard! (By the way, the image shown above doesn't make any sense, if you were wondering)


3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge 123"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #122 - Abandoned Places is:



GoldenSim with his model of 'The Effects of Time'! Congratulations! You've won the Challenge with this beautiful model of an abandoned country shack. Great detailling, and, did you design that tree by yourself?

Sketchup 3D Challenge #122 - Abandoned Places

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #122:

Abandoned Places

Challenge Closed

Sunday 17th of April, 2011 - Wednesday 4th of May, 2011

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Requested by some of you, the subject for this challenge is 'Abandoned Places'. The image above shows one of three Soong Sisters Houses, in the center of Singapore, mysteriously abandoned in the 1980s. The estimated value of the complex is 465 milion USD. Nobody knows who owns them, how old they are, who lived there, etcetera. The houses are said to be haunted, and every day tourists come to visit the ruins. They are surrounded by tall condominium towers, in one of the most developed areas of the city. The challenge in this Challenge, is to try to make your model mysterious; the viewer should be wondering where it is located, why it is abandoned.
Good luck!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge #122"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #121 - Sewing Machine are:

GoldenSim, and Crazy Eyes! You might think, 'excuse me?', but it's true, we only have two modelers, and they both had 10 votes! Congratulations! You both deserved first place.

1920 SINGER sewing machine


Janome Sewing Machine

Sketchup 3D Challenge #121 - Sewing Machine

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #121:

Sewing Machine



Sunday 3rd of April, 2011 - Wednesday 13th of April, 2011

Challenge Closed
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Sewing machines are fun! Why? Well, why not?
Sewing machines are little strangely-shaped boxes
filled with pleasure! Thread goes in, and clothes
come out! Try do design your own special Sewing
Machine, and it might come in handy when you
try to sow the sweater from #121 in reallife. Thank
you Goldensim for this great idea!

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 121"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #120 - Ray Gun is:


Tesler with his beautiful model
of a Ray Gun, congratulations!
This is the second time Tesler has
won first place, the first being for
3D Challenge #107 - Skyscrapers!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #120 - Ray Gun

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #120:

Ray Gun


Monday 21st of March 2011 - Wednesday 30th of March 2011
Challenge Closed


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Design your own Ray Gun! Take this Challenge
with the most creative SciFi hightech weapon, that
can conquer any extraterrestrial alien lifeform.

3D Challenge tag: "3D Challenge 120"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #119 - Sweater is:


GoldenSim, with his beautiful Custom *Independent.co* SWEATER with hoodie! It was a neck-to-neck race, with GoldenSim finishing with 11 points, while Cathy Tritschler and Moboille share second place with 10 points. So the honour goes to you all!



The winner of 3D Challenge #118 - Fancy Stapler is:



The awesome Happy Daffy stapler by CK! Congratulations, you've really deserved this! The model looks crazy, and -of course- Fancy.






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Dear 3D Challengers, please note, that every
first place certificate until Challenge #117 is
now to be viewed online. Click Here!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #119 - Sweater

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #119:

Sweater

Sunday 27th of Februari 2011 - Sunday 13th of March 2011

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Sweater, pullover, jumper, sweatshirt, jersey or guernsey, or any garment intended to cover the torso and arms. If it fits the Wikipedia explanation, it's allowed! Thank you for this great idea Moboille!

3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge 119"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #118 - Fancy Stapler is:


Challenge winner announced in Challenge #120's post.

Sketchup 3D Challenge #118 - Fancy Stapler

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #118:

Fancy Stapler


Sunday 13th of Februari, 2010 - Sunday 27th of Februari, 2010

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What does everyone use in the office? The simple under-appreciated Stapler. What would we do without this incredible object? Model the fanciest stapler you've ever seen or dreamed of (assuming that your dreams are about stapler). You can even make a stapleless stapler, invented in 1910. So thank you, Louis XV, for whom the first stapler was designed in the 18th century. And Thank you, Agentscout, for this great idea!

3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge 118"


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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #117 - Favorite Teddybear is:



Ck's model Knut! Congratulations with your first place! It was a close call, but in the end, Crazy Eyes finished second with his Teddy Bear.

Sketchup 3D Challenge #117 - Favorite Teddybear

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #117:

Favorite Teddybear



Sunday 31st of Januari 2011 - Sunday 13th of Februari 2011


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Everyone has great childhood memories of teddybears. What did yours look like? Was it big and soft? Or was is small with a ripped-off head? Perhaps an eye was missing, or it was made out of plastic? Model your Favorite Teddybear!

3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge 117"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #116 - Fantasy House is:



GoldenSim with his exeptional model of a House Design! Beautiful curves and strange shapes make this house different from all others, and gathered 22 points. Congrats, GoldenSim!

Sketchup 3D Challenge #116 - Fantasy homes

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #116:

Fantasy homes

Wednesday 19th of Januari 2011 - Sunday 30th of Januari 2011


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What is the craziest house you have ever seen, or dreamed of? I challenge you to create the most bizar dreamhome, made out of anything you like, in the shape of anything you like, in any color you like. Let your fantasy off the leash, and create your ultimate fantasy home!

3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge #116"

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The winner of previous 3D Challenge #115 - Your Desk is:


Eric, with 'My Desk'! It was a very close call, as Eric finished with 30 points, and John came in second is 29 points. Congratulations Eric and John, and thank you for your beautiful models! Your winner certificate will be posted here.

Sketchup 3D Challenge #115 - Your own desk

Google Sketchup 3D Challenge presents 3D Challenge #115:

Your own Desk
- thanks, john! -



Sunday 2nd of January, 2011 - Wednesday 12th of January, 2011

Challenge closed.
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Starting 2011, we've decided to have you model something of you, something personal. And what could be more of you than the desk you use everyday? This idea was from John, so thanks! What are you waiting for? Start modeling! And of course, have fun!

3D Warehouse tag: "3D Challenge 115"


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The winner of previous challenge #114 - Christmas is:


A 3D Challenge first happened yesterday, when I checked the results of the vote! The winner is STmaster, with his Santa Claus Mobil. What's so special about that? Nothing, really; just that everyone who voted, had this model as their first choice! It all counts up to an incredible 57 votes! Congratulations, STmaster!