http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/ Battles Backend en-us Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:13:33 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly Blender Battles News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/images/logo.gif http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/ http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=89 Hi Guys. I'm sad to say but this website has been very innactive for a long time. I set it up back in 2004 to host competitions like Speed Modelling Contests, and the Blender World Cup. I would like to think that it was this website that re-ignited the passion for Speed Modelling Contests which became very popular again at BlenderArtists.org once this website was started. SMC contests are now being run through IRC using the SMCBot coded by a Blender users called Protocoldoug. Network: freenode Channel: #SMC The system is very sophisticated and takes a lot of the manual labour out of participating in SMC's The Blender World Cup is now an official yearly competition held through BlenderArtists.org. Competitions are my passion, not running a website, so as long as the competitions are still rolling i am more than happy. Click on the Forum link at the top of the page to be directed straight to BlenderArtists.org competitions section. Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:13:33 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=88 Hi everyone, the Materials Challenge is a weekly competition to create great looking materials for an online material repository. Read more for further information Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:37:47 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=87 The first round of the blender world cup was a huge success with 23 participants entering. The second round, made up of the winners of the first round, and anyone else up for a challenge is drawing to a close, we have 9 days left for entering. Meet the contestants of the second round at Blenderartists The entry thread for the second round can be found here in the forums Good luck with the entries. Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:22:19 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=86 Look what the cat dragged in! The Challenge to rule them all Blender World Cup Entry Round (Blender Battles) June Monthly Challenge (Blender Battles) Weekend Challenge #200 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 07:33:40 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=85 This months challenge will be condensed to 2 weeks, and will begin on the 16th of June, it will act as the qualifying round of 2006's Blender World Cup The Winning entry of the June Monthly Challenge, will still receive a free month worth of rendering at Respower's Super/Farm. However this year the top 50% of entries will go on to the final round for Blender World Cup. This means the more entrants there are, the more finalists there will be. We have a number of prizes lined up this year which will be officially announced mid June. What can be said is that there is a WHOLE YEAR of free rendering up for grabs from Respower, what could you possibly do with it all. More information will be out by the 16th. Happy Blending Fri, 02 Jun 2006 07:44:08 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=84 Congrats to BackiZ for winning the second Monthly challenge with this great entry. BackiZ will recieve a 1 month renderfarm subscription to Respower's super/farm Mon, 22 May 2006 02:58:17 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=83 The Challenge Then it became reality I knew somthing was different, that was never there last time i remember it... This months challenge is about compositing a 3D or many 3D objects into a photo. The artistic style will most likely be realistic, however depending on the subject matter this is up to you. Sat, 06 May 2006 14:04:06 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=82 Congrats to Sago for winning the second Monthly challenge with this great entry. Sago will recieve a 1 month renderfarm subscription to Respower's super/farm Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:18:41 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=81 The Challenge Light Fantastic The sun shone through the cracks in the wall, bouncing, playing off the shards of a broken bottle This months challenge is about showing Mood and emotion through light. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:49:36 GMT http://battles.mudpuddle.co.nz/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=80 Congrats to Obiwan_Canopener for winning the first Monthly Challenge with this image. Obiwan_Canopener is the first to recieve a 1 month renderfarm subscription to Respower's super/farm And congrats to everyone else who entered. here are the other top entries. ------Sago ----------- BackiZ ----------- Radulan------ Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:47:40 GMT