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?