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!