## Digital Design and Rendering contest
A few years ago, I organised a digital design competition based on the Scooby Doo sets. The old timers from Mecabricks may remember it. This year Mecabricks became a Recognized LEGO Online Community (RLOC) which allows us to receive support from the LEGO Group for activities. To celebrate this achievement I have decided to organise a new contest.
## 1. Goal
Participants shall select ONE of the official Speed Champions cars, build a diorama made of LEGO elements and produce a rendered image of the scene. Only the final image will be judged.
## 2. Submitting your entry
Image shall be posted in the render section, of the official set the car belongs to. Copy the link and post your entry in the designated Entry topic along with the image.
## 3. Deadline
Entries shall be submitted by Sunday 20th May 2018 11:59pm UTC. Entries submitted after will not be considered.
## 4. Summary and Additional Rules
- Contest is open for all digital design tools and rendering software.
- Contest is open to all Mecabricks members except judges.
- Diorama and rendered image shall be made especially for this contest and shall not have been posted before on the internet.
- Only ONE official Speed Champions car is allowed in the scene. Other vehicles may be included but shall be original creations.
- Use of custom decals is allowed.
- Custom LEGO elements are not allowed.
- Scene shall be almost exclusively built with LEGO parts however, none LEGO elements like water, rocks, etc. are allowed in small quantities to make the landscape more interesting if required.
- No part count limitation.
- LEGO logo shall not be used in the image.
- Minimum resolution shall be 1920x1080 portrait or landscape.
- Only one entry per person.
- Entry may be updated up to the deadline. Do not post another entry but modify the image link instead.
## 5. Prizes
- 1st - 75889 Ferrari Ultimate Garage
- 2nd - 75888 Porsche 911 RSR and 911 Turbo 3.0
- 3rd - 75886 Ferrari 488 Scuderia Corsa
Prizes have been donated by TLG however shipping to the winners is courtesy of Mecabricks.
## 6. Judging
Three Mecabricks power users will rank the entries according to three criteria:
- Stas: Diorama Build
- Zanna: Image Composition
- Renderbricks: Rendering technic
The entry will be judged and given a score being the average of the three judges on a scale of 0 to 10.
I will probably be entering this contest too. 😃
@NGCHunter2 You will probably beat me. I've only been doing Blender since 9/1/17. Good luck to everyone! 😄
@NGCHunter2 It means the brand logo.
Okay. I see you added a new photo to the homepage. Looks really nice, Scrubs!
Do I have to use the minifigure(s) that come with the car or can I use a minifigure from another Speed Champions set or a custom minifigure?
Except for the car itself, everything else is up to you.
Ok, Thanks for the fast reply! 😃
so we can do any car?
@RYG7567
Everything's in the rules, look it up. 😉
You have to use only ONE of the official Speed Champions cars. You are free to add other cars as well, as long as they are your own (MOC, not some from TLG) and they should be only decoration (not the main car obviously).
Trivia: The text in brackets is actually a rhyme by accident.
Oops, sorry the question I posted has already been answered. By the way awesome contest and I’ll definitely be entering!
wow
Are we allowed to position things in a way not possible in real life? (I'm thinking of the front wheels being turned.)
And do we have to worry about model stability, or it is fine just as long as they're connected to something?
Question, can I change the color of the bricks on the car? Not a fan of that Mclaren P1 color.
@Masman8675 it is a rendering so it doesn't have to be a static model. You are free to do all those things.
@YeOldeAnimation No, car selected is to be used as is.
Official poster for the contest, polished by Zanna:
Mecabricks Contest by Nicolas Jarraud, on Flickr
@Scrubs, sorry, I meant turning the wheels sideways as if turning a corner for better posing. 😃 But thank you for that answer too, I was a bit curious about having the car in motion too, but I figured it would be fine. 😛
Great job Zanna, that really added some curb appeal to the photo! 👍
That is an awesome poster for the contest and the front page, Zanna!
can i use any decal already in mecabrics? (for instance a jacet from the star wars series)
@Heathlix yes of course.
I am really excited for this contest! 😄 Thank you for putting this together. I hopefully will have the time to enter.
this is cool
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