http://www.hash.com/imagecontest/Oct07/

once again, t-shirts to all who entered! Send me your address and shirt size (via e-mail)
winners, t-shirt and plaque!

Good job guys.

Congratulations, Lee!

And thanks for the votes, guys! This is very cool!

Very nice indeed.
Congratulations everyone!

So the simplest way to avoid legal conflicts would be to put the pirate on the CD, manual, box and splash screen....

Possible, but I would prever Ironman... he is very well built, looks cool, uses newer features of A:M and is just a winner-image.
I didnt think of the rest to be in that order, but Ironman was my favorite...

*Fuchur*

Thanks to everyone who voted for my image. Congradulations to all the winners and everyone else involved. Just putting in an effort to be creative and enter is to be applauded because it keeps these contests going. And speaking of that, a special thanks to Steve Sappington for being the facilitator of these monthly outings.

Congrats to all entrants. There were some really great entries this time around. Congrats again....

Al

Those are all great looking winners!

I'll give my unofficial "honorable mention" to whoever did that wirey thing with the sproingy hair. I liked it because it was such stylistic departure from the usual 3D.

Congratulations to all. Truly inspirational.

Congrats Eric, Mark and Eric! Great entries everyone!

Thanks for voting everyone, it's a wonderful going away present!

Lee

Congratulations to all who entered!

There are some terrific images there. My particular favourites are the 2nd and 1st place winners, in that order, but nothing really stood out as a good mascot for A:M.

I started one myself but abandoned it, late in the day, for a new design which was impossible to achieve in the time that remained. Maybe another day.

Well done to Lee, Eric, Mark and Eric!

Great job everybody and put iron man as the mascot, the model deserves it!! Is it just me, or has eric won like the last four contests? No offense, just an observation and means he must be an excellent modeler!. Congrats everyone!

Well, it certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings if they did that... :-)

...BUT I think that would be unfair. I know that Rodney mentioned in a post in the other thread that Hash didn't have to use the winning mascot entry, but I think that's everyone's expectation and why so many people enter this particular contest.

My opinion is that if the image were cropped in such a way that the eye-slits of the helmet weren't visible, the vast majority of people would never think "That's Iron Man" when they saw it. The chest light and the repulsor ray from the hand *are* things that Iron Man has, but they aren't exclusive to Iron Man. The chest light has never looked like that in any of the variations of Iron Man suits I've seen. It's always been a solid light. And I would argue that the repulsor ray coming from the rubber body suit would be impossible if the wearer wasn't at least a cyborg. Iron Man wears metal gloves that presumably contain the mechanisms that power the rays.

That's my two cents anyway.

Thanks for the backup Mark!

I don't know how it's going to go...Martin and I haven't discussed it. Look, I think it would be awesome if my model was used, and if it was used I would make some modifications to it. If they use Mark's or either Eric's model, awesome! If they use the Tin Woodman, great! That's really not our decision.



This seems pretty harsh to all the entries, but as a voter that's your call. It's all about personal taste, though, I've personally always enjoyed modeling more realistic characters, so that's all I had to contribute. I gave it my all, and I know the rest of the contestants did as well. I could see any of the top three (and quite a few others) as the mascot for A:M. Eric Camden's entry shows great variety in the modeling and texturing, from the cloth folds to the hard metal helmet. Mark's entry showcases smooth modeling and a fun, stylized character with lots of personality. Eric LoCascio's character is great for showing A:M's hair capabilities in a cute package with a spunky grin.

I could see any of these qualities of the characters selling different types of people. A:M's capabilities are broad and so the variety of mascots should reflect that.

Those are my 2 cents: sheesh, if people keep adding there's gonna be a lot of money floating around this thread

Lee

If for legal reasons it is decided that the original entries from Mark and Eric are considered for the CD and booklet, I have absolutely no problem with that. I'm happy just to get my work out there

And has a crap load of t-shirts.

If anyone is afraid of copyright, like Jimmy said, he's willing to change it. If the past contest winners made it to the box cover, it doesn't seem right to "steal" someones thunder, but again, like Jimmy said. That's not our decision. My nickels worth (what are we up to, 9 cents?) is that all the entries were awesome and all of them deserve the cover.

Yeah, it does sound a bit harsh doesn't it. Sorry about that! Just my personal opinion about mascots I guess. Certainly not meant as an attack on anyone's work. I'm sure you know that I think your work is superb, Lee.

I was just looking for a unique mascot which embodies A:M's characteristics as much as possible. Mine certainly wasn't going to fullfill that brief.

Once again, well done.