Modeling Contest CLARIFICATION

Good evening, modelers and lurkers. As you may recall, on October 29th I officially announced a modeling contest sponsored here. JKFiles graciously offered to support the contest by posting an official announcement on their website and forums. As of tonight JKFiles has unfortunately changed the parameters of the contest. As these parameters were mutually agreed upon by the community, I have no intentions of changing them. As such these two contest should be considered completely independent.

So to reiterate the contest details, it shall be a modeling contest. I expect most participants will model weapons, however I am not going to restrict the contest at all so if you would like to make a player model or a map object or some other type of model please feel free. The only rules are as follows:


  • the model must be a Jedi Academy Mod, meaning it must be usable in game in some capacity
  • all content must be the original work of the author (you may and SHOULD help each other, but please don’t do work for one another)
  • you must, above all, have fun and not stress out!


As mentioned earlier I have not officially released a deadline. I will shoot for 01/01/2012 however with there being two major holidays between now and then we may have to consider pushing that back, which is fine. All submissions will absolutely have a place on my website so when you finish please email your mod to me so I can post them all when we’re finished. If you’d like to submit to JKFiles as well feel absolutely free.

Please feel free to continue discussing this contest in the original GameFront thread or feel absolutely free to use the comments below in this news post. Good luck, happy modding, and if you have any questions or need any help let me know!

My Contest Entry: N7 Rifle from Mass Effect 3

Bryar Pistol

I announced a modeling contest last week and, good to my word, I have decided that if I’m going to host it I might as well participate it in myself. Upon careful consideration I decided my entry will actually be a mod request I received a couple weeks back: the N7 Rifle which will be seen in the upcoming Mass Effect 3.

The N7 rifle appears to be slated for inclusion with the Mass Effect 3 Collector’s Edition. It definitely keeps to the Mass Effect weapon styles we’ve seen in the past so I’ve had no problems adjusting to the unique design. The rifle itself can be seen in much more detail on the Volpin Props website as it was actually created in the real world by Harrison Krix (I wonder if he’s single, by the way…). There are tons of photographs on his project, and I feel pretty good trusting his design as he was solicited by BioWare directly to make the prop.

Bryar Pistol

You can see from the images that most of the modeling work is done. I’m sure I’ll add quite a bit to it before finishing up, but the major design is already mapped out. It’s poly-intensive because I’m treating it as an art project more than a mod, so that’s one thing I’m aware of but won’t be aggressively optimizing for release. Looking forward to the texture art phase!

Modeling Contest Looking for Participants!

Hey guys, just as a little heads up I have started a little modeling contest on GameFront, focusing on non-animated models like weapons or map objects — thread here — and I do plan on participating in it between updates. For those of you who already visit GF you’ll know about this and I certainly expect some good submissions! For my followers who no longer visit The Pit of Doom then I expect your participation as well!

I’ll be hosting any and all submissions in a mod pack on the website here once we finish. I am not publishing a deadline yet, but I’m thinking probably not before December 1st (if not the first of the year). I won’t set a deadline folks can’t reach, because I am more interested in participation than competition! If you have any questions post here, post in the GF thread, e-mail me, stalk me, etc. I’ll be happy to answer questions, provide crits on your submission, or just chat with you (as long as I have the time).