[SypheDMar]

Your best creation yet.

[The E]

as BW said, just because something has the potential to create drama does not mean that we shouldn't attempt it anyway. I believe the rules as laid out are adequate to the task of ensuring that it's going to go over fairly. I for one am excited to see what our modelling gods can come up with.

As for FUBAR's comment that this would exclude a huge part of the community: Well, it sucks, but what can you do? This contest is sure to produce at least a few models that will be useful outside of the FS context; allowing models tailored to the highly specific sensibilities of, say, Diaspora or WCS would be counterproductive.

[Killer Whale]

I for one am excited to see what our modelling gods can come up with.

I'm excited about what our modelling plebs can come up with

[MatthTheGeek]

allowing models tailored to the highly specific sensibilities of, say, Diaspora or WCS would be counterproductive.

Could you elaborate on that ? I'm curious as to where this reasoning comes from.

[The E]

Each of those franchises has a very distinct look and feel, models made for them or taken from them are instantly recognizable as such. A Battlestar will always be a Battlestar, if you will. Inserting them into other franchises always feels a bit wrong, as their designs do not line up with the established look of those other franchises.

[MatthTheGeek]

I don't remember such concerns prevented us to use the Custos in BP, or prevented Droid to use the Covenant Carrier or the B5 Starfury in DE, to quote a couple of many examples out there.

[Black Wolf]

I think you've made your point, Matth, don't you? Why don't we wait and see what people come up with instead of arguing about hypothetical?

[Spoon]

Well this contest isn't for me, I think its a really cool  and hope more things like this will follow from HLP

[Rodo]

It's a nice initiative, all concerns presented before are valid but minor.
Kudos to the admins, and to you model riggers headz up!: getting models finished is no longer overrated! 

[Moonred]

Imma charging meh wings 3D! Oh w8... im to lazy >_<

[FIZ]

This sounds really cool.   

[karajorma]

I'm 100% behind the idea of the contest but i have one small point to raise.

If this contest is really about increasing the pool of available ships for mod creators, I think we need to state that a clear and fairly non-restrictive licence is a requirement. It's no good us giving the prize to a ship which we can't use next year because no one can contact the creator and ask permission.

[TrashMan]

Hm...this *might* actually motivate me to get of my lazy ass and finish a few HTL models I have stashed.

[Black Wolf]

I'm 100% behind the idea of the contest but i have one small point to raise.

If this contest is really about increasing the pool of available ships for mod creators, I think we need to state that a clear and fairly non-restrictive licence is a requirement. It's no good us giving the prize to a ship which we can't use next year because no one can contact the creator and ask permission.

Hmm. This is a valid point. I had chucked in the "for community use" part into rule 4, but I can make an amendment to clarify it. I'm opposed to forcing everyone into one license, but some kind of statement about the author allowing the community to utilize them without direct permission being sought should be a requirement, I agree.  [EDIT]And done.[/EDIT]

In other news, exciting developments for you junior modders out there! Stay tuned!

[Black Wolf]

New category added! See first post for details.

[Killer Whale]

Cool. I've never released a ship before, but I have linked up meshes I've done on the forums before. Would I be eligible for the newcomer prize

[Oddgrim]

I would interpret the rules as such that the model must be functional ingame. So if you want to enter those meshes you'll need to get through the process of converting it, giving weapons subsystems glows, ect.

[fightermedic]

question:
as a newcomer, can i submit more than one ship? or would every ship after the first count as something else?
i'm asking because i'm working on a second model right now, which i think is better than my first one, and i wouldn't have released model nr. 1 before the second one had i known that something like this were the case
that's kind of a hypothetic question, but maybe someone else is asking himself the same thing

[karajorma]

Hmm. This is a valid point. I had chucked in the "for community use" part into rule 4, but I can make an amendment to clarify it. I'm opposed to forcing everyone into one license, but some kind of statement about the author allowing the community to utilize them without direct permission being sought should be a requirement, I agree.  [EDIT]And done.[/EDIT]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to force a specific licence. I just want everyone to be able to use the ships from this contest. So it's up to the modder to pick one of the many licences which allows that.

[Black Wolf]

question:
as a newcomer, can i submit more than one ship? or would every ship after the first count as something else?
i'm asking because i'm working on a second model right now, which i think is better than my first one, and i wouldn't have released model nr. 1 before the second one had i known that something like this were the case
that's kind of a hypothetic question, but maybe someone else is asking himself the same thing

Given that your ship was posted only a day or two before the announcement of the newcomer prize, I think we can be a little bit flexible and allow one more ship in that category. But for the majority, it should be limited to one model.