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SkiFree: BBC Contest 67


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I won't have time to take better pictures until later this week, but here's my hastily taken entry photo of this last minute build.

 

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It's based off a simple computer game that came with Microsoft Windows computers in the 90s. If you've played it, you know that the snow monster is unbeatable: you can try to run from him and delay the inevitable, but he will eventually get you. That is why he is going to DO TOTALLY AWESOME in this contest... because he will eat all the other contenders.

 

If you've never played the game... you're probably one of those internet younglings!

 

As for the design, I'm not super impressed with it. The Skiier just had to have magenta arms in the game, so I did the best I could at throwing in some purple. The body's okay, if incredibly hard to pose, but I like the head. I luv the Monster's body, and his thin limbs seem fitting from the game, but I'm not 100% sure I got the head right. (What I considered the ears could just be eyebrows, and what I made as the nose could be his eyes... I'll post reference pictures later.)

 

So, comments, critisism, and pre-game surrendering are all much appreciated. (The surrendering won't quite help; he'll still eat your entry anyway.)

 

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I always thought the red pixels were the eyes, and that he had bushy eyebrows... but either way, it's a good rendition of one of my favourite childhood games. Used to sit for hours going down the hill, or trying to walk sideways for forever, but that monster...

 

The use of the thrusters/pod parts for the body reflect the generic roundness of the monster well. And the colours are superb for the skiier.

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Wow. Those thin arms and legs and hands are just perfect. Gotta love those Mixels eyes, too! The skier isn't bad at all. The skis are great and the build looks good- I'm not sure why, because I would usually call it too cluttered or oddly textured, but it works. Probably because the source material isn't exactly high-def, so this represents the skier pretty well. You did some brilliant little things with him.

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The Skiier: The torso is nicely built IMO and the limbs are cool too. The head isn't too bad, I really like how you made it. It looks like creative uses of pieces are all around on this guy.

 

Snow Monster: I really like the body on this guy; the limbs, while simple, also are nice and do look a lot like the ones in the game. I do like the hands on him. The head is cool, but I don't have too much to say about it. I do question the color a bit, since he appears grey in the game, but you might not have had enough grey so black works well enough IMO.

 

Nice mocs you have here, xccj. Good luck in the contest.

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