III YafaRay Annual Contest (2009) - Crazy Machines

[Samo]

Render by Eric Terrier
http://terrier.infographie.free.fr/

Contest Topic.
The contest topic is "Crazy Machines".
Definitions of crazy:
1. mentally deranged; demented; insane.
2. senseless; impractical; totally unsound.
3. Unusual; bizarre.

The machine depicted should be a contestant's original invention, although you can resort to popular culture and existing objects and machines as a basis for your crazy piece of engineering.

Some Rules.
Only YafaRay can be used for rendering.
The contest will end the 17th of August 2009, 0:00 GMT.
You can post process and composite different YafaRay render passes.
Post your final renders in this thread please.
Render minimun resolution must be 1024 x 1280 portrait or 1280 x 1024 landscape, in PNG or TGA format.

Winner and prize.
The winner will be selected by a jury composed of YafaRay Team Member.
The prize is a copy of Digital Lighting & Rendering 2nd. Edition by Jeremy Birn, or altenatively an item from the Blender e-shop.

[Samo]

Some links in case you need inspiration. Remeber that you shouldn't copy an existing model, but create one of your own, with your own twist:

http://images.google.com/images?q=leonardo+inventions
http://germancarscene.com/?s=toaster
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/autom ... 3SAFE.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-ima ... 4/sizes/o/
http://www.stutterheim.nl/rolleigraphy/ ... raphy.html
http://www.crazyjunkyard.com/
http://curiousphotos.blogspot.com/2008/ ... en-50.html
http://www.strandbeest.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/com-bat/
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1511
http://maxknight.co.uk/2008/04/14/walking-bike/
http://www.oobject.com/top-12-harley-ea ... cept/4204/
http://thenonist.com/index.php/weblog/p ... /chindogu/
http://www.hayonstudio.com/bigImage.php ... ject_id=12

[Gabich]

Hi !

This is my render for the contest :

[Stukfruit]

Heh, world's first Intel-powered Quack-Core..

That looks really great, Gabich!

[Samo]

15 days to go.

[mookie]

Is there a slim hope that the deadline will be postponed for a few days? 5 maybe?

[Samo]

Is there a slim hope that the deadline will be postponed for a few days? 5 maybe?

nope.

[condar]

well... here is my render

[lechu]

Hi, there! This is my first post on yaf(a)ray forum, and I wanted to participate in the contest.

This is my machine, hope You like it.

[mookie]

Here's my entry. I called it "Dead Hour".

[xelptic]

My entry - "Yafacat"

Yafacat by Xelptic

[Aspen]

Here is my entry:

[loh]

I hate to sound stupid but which night is the deadline? I looked up midnight on wikipedia and there is some confusion as to which day 0:00 belongs to

"In 24-hour time notation, "00:00" and "00:00:00" refer to midnight at the start of a given date. Some styles, such as ISO 8601, allow 24:00 to refer to the end of a day. Noon is 12:00:00."

I assume that the intended time is the boundary between Sunday and Monday but i would love if I were wrong.

[wizofboz]

"The Castle Raider"



With the help of his manservant James, Lord Byron Blustergate attempts to gain entry to the lair of his archenemy, in order to exact revenge for attacks against his honor and reputation.

[Samo]

I assume that the intended time is the boundary between Sunday and Monday but i would love if I were wrong.

Yes that's the intended deadline