Okay, okay. A few people needed more time, so I'm extending the contest another week. It was supposed to end today, but, whatevs, no big deal. It's now due March 19th by midnight. Or, 11:59:59 cause that would make it the 20th. Hm. But yeah. By that saturday! Go forth! Recycle robots!Here's the Contest Information:
LET'S RECYCLE SOME ROBOTS!The goal of this contest is to take one of the old robots from the Sonic games and turn them into something new and awesome! The most under-appreciated characters in the entire game, the badniks deserve a reboot!
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Your new design must be based off of a classic badnik or sub-boss. For those of you not sure what a badnik is (whippersnappers...), check out the badnik section of the Sonic 4 website:
www.sonicthehedgehog4.com/us/ Badniks from
ANY game are allowed, as obscure as you can get, and from any game in the series, or from ANY TV SHOW.
Egg Pawns, Sonic 06 robots, and GUN robots
ARE NOT ALLOWED. Swatbots? Uh, yeah, sure you can use those, they're vintage enough. If you have any doubts as to whether something counts, just ask me and I'll give it the green light.
As I said, Sub-Bosses are allowed as well. This includes bosses like the lumberjack dude from Sonic and Knuckles, the little bomb thing from Sonic 3 that sets fire to Angel Island, the Flying Battery pilot... Basically anything that's not piloted by Eggman is fair game.
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You must use a minimum of one badnik in your new design. If you want to pull a Krudzu Hydra Hybrid, by all means, go right ahead! (
archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/Kru…) You can use more than one design if you feel like it, but it won't get you any bonus points to your entry. So don't go throwing together 8 different robots just because you think it's a guaranteed win. A single badnik design is just as likely to win as a bunch fused together.
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What can you make? Just about anything! You can turn the badniks into new weapons or vehicles, simply give them cool, new designs, make an outfit based on a badnik's design... Anything! I want this contest to really unleash your creativity, so I'm purposely making it open-ended. I want to see what you guys can come up with- Show me what you can do!
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Fancharacters are allowed! If you want to draw your fancharacter using the new weapon, riding the new vehicle, modelling the new clothes, whatever, go for it! If it'll help show off what the new design does, then I don't have any problem with it.
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You DO NOT have to draw my fancharacter. Even though she's the inspiration for the contest, you don't have to include her in anyway in your submission. You can if you want, but again, don't think that if you do, you'll have any advantage to winning. I want the emphasis on the badniks!
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What can you submit? I want drawings. While I'll be making judgements based on more than just artwork, I do want a visual. In your submission, I'd like it if you included a picture of the badnik/boss you used as a reference, or, if you can't find one because it's obscure, provide a link to a youtube video the enemy appears in. (And please only youtube, it's trustworthy and virus free.)
Your picture can be a detailed breakdown of the new design, a scene depicting the new design doing something, a comic strip, whatever you can come up with. There just has to be a picture of
AT LEAST the new design AND the old design. PRIZES:Right now, I'm the only contributor. If other people want to donate prizes, that'll be great! Just note me and we can work something out.
1st place - THE WORKS. The same contest treatment that
got. 5 characters of the winner's choice, fully inked, colored, and shaded.
2nd place - 2 characters, fully inked, colored, and shaded.
3rd place - 1 character, fully inked, colored, and shaded.
(Also may I note that by the time the contest ends, I will not be doing requests or commissions of any kind.)
THE CONTEST ENDS ON MARCH 19TH.Please have all entries submitted by the end of that Saturday. You have plenty of time, so I'm expecting some awesome stuff! Please send your entries to me via private message (link to the deviation), that way I can keep all entries organized.
*I'd love for this to be a big thing. If you could spread the word around with your friends, I'd be really appreciative!
Also, if you'd like to help me judge, I'm in need of those, too. However, if you judge, you can't enter, and you won't have a shot at the prize. Let me know!
If you have any questions, let me know!
-Simon