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Drebbel
12-24-05, 06:48 PM
Win an Autographed SHIII Recognition Manual
or
Autographed Copy of SHIII

plus two second prizes (free avatar and custom title of your choice)

What to do:

We all know that nothing in this world is for free, well almost nothing :D So what do you have to do to get your hands on these unique and exclusive prizes ?

You have two options:

- Design a new box cover (front side only) for Silent Hunter IV.
or
- Design a new hot magazine add for Silent Hunter IV.

Now thats easy, right ? Do what you feel like. Be serious, be selling, be funny, be whatever you wanna be.


The Jury:

The Jury will consist off, hmm, we did not decide on that yet, but there will be atleast 3 members in it, of which one is a graphics designer who also knows how to sell stuff.


How to Enter:

Of course you can enter multiple designs, but you are only eligible for one prize.

One small rule is that you have to be a registered member at the RadioRoom (here) forums or the SubClub forums.

Either post your creative creations in this thread, or send them to Neal by email. Because Neal has a very tough spam killer he will confirm receiving your creation by email, you did not get a confirmation, then resend.

If you have a very original design and you want to keep that a secret then please send it to Neal by email and write in that email not to post it online unrill the contest is over.

Or send the Onkel a Private Message (http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/privmsg.php?mode=post&u=1) But please do NOT contact Neal for general questions on this contest.

All designs will be published on a special SubSim page, we will either copy them from your email or copy them from this thread. Gizzmoe and Neal are in charge of that.


The Fine Print:

The designs will stay yours, we/subsim/ubi/santa do not intend to use them without asking/getting your permission first. This is NOT an ubi contest, just the result of the last SubSim Crew Brainstorm session.
So all complaining and whining should go to Neal :lol:


The Prizes:

There are two prizes, one for the best box cover and one for the best add. Who gets which prize is decided by the all and mighty dice:

One SHIII Recognition Manual, autographed by the "complete" dev-team.

One copy of SHIII that has the manual autographed by the "complete" dev-team.

There are also two seconds prizes, an avatar of your choice for each of the categories seconds places!

When:

You will have till 13 February 2006.


Questions:

Ask them in this thread so the answers might help others as well, or contact Gizzmoe (http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=5124), since I (Drebbel) will be away from home for some time.


Thanks:

Prizes are courtesy of Florin Boitor, Executive Producer of Silent Hunter III, and the SHIII dev-team.


http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2743/prizes2cl.jpg


May Neptune be with you

stinger503
12-24-05, 07:48 PM
when is the end of the contest?

Drebbel
12-24-05, 08:05 PM
when is the end of the contest?

Good question.

What do you propose ? How many weeks would be appropiate ?

I have no idea how slow/fast artists are ? :D

CCIP
12-24-05, 11:29 PM
Heyyyyy, I can use one of my pictures. :up: :up:

Coolhand01
12-25-05, 12:09 AM
Can you submit unfinished material?...Sorry cheap shot...CH

snowsub
12-25-05, 04:39 AM
.... SubSim Crew brainstorm session....

There's such a thing??? :rotfl:

c'mon, fess up, whose brains did you steal?

Type941
12-25-05, 07:24 AM
I'm in! :know:

Gizzmoe
12-25-05, 09:22 AM
when is the end of the contest?

January 31st. Drebbel has updated the original post.

greyrider
12-25-05, 11:03 AM
merry christmas everyone !

i have an idea, that might help ubi sell even more copies of shIV, when it comes out, and maybe bring alot more people into wwII
subsims. altho the formums are great, (lots of informations and ideas passed around, etc. ), there still is one thing missing.

COMPETITION !

that i think, if we had some kind of competition, and a prize to gain,
(besides bragging rights), could really stir some activity around here.

So my idea is that 3 months after the release of SHIV, and ubi
advertizes this on the box, that ubi will host a tournament,
a wolf pack tournament, composed of 3 to 4 man teams, to compete against each other in a series of battles, details to be worked out later, for a 1000.00 prize.

the team that survives all, wins all. i think alot of people here at subsim, and wpl would like that. i think this would generate alot more sales for ubi, and increase traffic around here, and at wpl.

i think of teams formed, and meeting for training, with a CO commanding the wp, and, tactical plans developed by the CO and wolfpack members, and rehearsed, just like the real military, that will help them win the battles they will have to fight. as the u-boat commanders handbook states, complete success can be achived if all the officers are trained along the same lines.

i dont know, maybe this type of idea would be better for an SHIV and a DCII.

anyway, the idea of a tournament excites me, sponsored by ubi, maybe with subsim as partners, for a monetary prize, in whatever form it would take.

what do you think ?

Drebbel
12-25-05, 03:59 PM
Good idea Greyrider :up: , good be a real success. But perhaps more suited for the "The Silent Hunter IV (Pacific Campaign) SUGGESTIONS-LIST" thread than this thread.

Drebbel
12-26-05, 03:08 AM
Questions?:

Ask them in this thread so the answers might help others as well, or contact Gizzmoe (http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=5124), since I (Drebbel) will be away from home for some time.

Chad
12-26-05, 12:28 PM
Where do we post our submissions? Here or create a new thread?

Gizzmoe
12-26-05, 01:00 PM
Where do we post our submissions? Here or create a new thread?

Please read the original post, especially the "How to Enter" part!

Safe-Keeper
12-26-05, 05:03 PM
I don't have PhotoShop, otherwise I'd love to participate :cry: . Took a one-year course in HS and got quite comfortable with it (know it doesn't beat year-long experience, but meh).

Looking forward to seeing those contributions, anyhow.

By the way, any chance these covers could actually be used in the retail game? Or is it just a way for you to get rid of your autographed merchandize?

Gizzmoe
12-26-05, 05:08 PM
I don't have PhotoShop, otherwise I'd love to participate :cry: .

You don´t need Photoshop, try GIMP! http://www.gimp.org/

Chad
12-27-05, 12:31 PM
:|\

http://www.chadmcrae.com/sh4.jpg

Gizzmoe
12-27-05, 12:37 PM
:lol:

Box cover category or ad? :)

Chad
12-27-05, 01:32 PM
An ad...

I remembered just after I read that post that it's for boxart so I scrolled up as fast as I could and re-read the part for magazine ad and sighed a sigh of relief!

Just workin out of my ole' MS Paint skills I use to have

Chad
12-27-05, 04:31 PM
http://www.chadmcrae.com/sub.jpg

:|\ Just another ad..

Safe-Keeper
12-27-05, 04:42 PM
The back side of the box cover might present a challenge.

"Silent Hunter IV and its perhaps beautiful graphics will draw you into the conflict of the Atlantic, the Pacific, or perhaps somewhere else, with a fantastic (I guess) soundtrack and other pretty neat stuff. Methinks. Meh.

Features:
I have no *******ing idea.

System requirements:
A strong enough computer to run the game."

Imagine running into something like that in the game store :P .

Gizzmoe
12-27-05, 11:48 PM
The back side of the box cover might present a challenge.

I´ve changed the original post to make it clear that only the front side is needed.

Gizzmoe
12-30-05, 12:02 AM
Think about all the others who participate! Why not make the third, fourth and fifth prize to get to change your avatar name and picture for free???

Thanks for the good suggestion! I will contact Neal...

Chad
12-30-05, 11:45 PM
If Neal doesn't allow it, whats $5 for the good cause of subsim? Infact, I didn't know about this until I started looking around on the forum to find out.. :|\

Chad
12-31-05, 01:22 AM
BTW.. have there been any other submissions? I know it's early but still, I would think there'd be more in this.. :arrgh!:

Gizzmoe
01-11-06, 04:40 PM
Another suggestion; a free avatar name and picture for the inventor of the idea above!

HEY! I MEAN IT!

:arrgh!: :arrgh!: :arrgh!:

You´ll get your free avatar and custom title! :D Prepare a picture (about 60x60 pixels, GIF or JPG), upload the picture somewhere, send me PM with the link and the custom title and I´ll then forward it to Neal.

Chad
01-12-06, 09:56 AM
Box Art :D
http://www.chadmcrae.com/gato.JPG

Chad
01-12-06, 04:51 PM
Thanks!

I'm trying to win some of the prizes lol!!

:|\ I've never won an art competition so I'm really tryin!

Chad
01-12-06, 09:38 PM
http://www.chadmcrae.com/attack2.JPG

Chad
01-12-06, 09:39 PM
http://www.chadmcrae.com/smash2.JPG <-- That's me :)

Hammar
01-18-06, 05:33 PM
http://www.subsim.com/nucleus/media/4/20060118-tavling28.jpg

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

http://www.subsim.com/nucleus/media/4/20060118-tavling1942.jpg

Drebbel
01-18-06, 05:57 PM
WOW, a very impressive first ever post in the RadioRoom Forums. Well done Hammar :up:

Is this box-art or an add ?

Hammar
01-18-06, 06:04 PM
Well I was thinking of doing a Box-pic so I'll guess thay shall be in the box-tourn. Just wanted to see what u guys think about them...
And please say witch textfont u liked most, so I can digg in and do an even better pic :|\

Chad
01-18-06, 09:23 PM
I liked the second font better :yep:

But not to be a dick but you do have a misspelling or two.

Other than that, great job, and good luck :rock:

Hammar
01-19-06, 04:36 PM
some suggestion how I could "fix" my pic. a little more? :)

Chad
01-19-06, 06:39 PM
What do you mean "fix" your pic?

If you mean the spelling I could help ya but more graphical stuff I don't know, I have a hard enough time doing mine :88)

Hammar
01-20-06, 02:25 AM
:-j Well, the spelling is easy to correct. I was more thinking if anyone disliked the hole idé whit all that empty space. I keept trying get an easy and nice box whit alot of space for the PRtext's about all the price the game "will" winn :know: , but maybe that was an bad idéa? :huh:

Chad
01-20-06, 10:42 PM
BOX ART
http://www.chadmcrae.com/gato2.jpg

Chad
01-20-06, 10:43 PM
Box Art
http://www.chadmcrae.com/gato3.JPG

fatty
01-24-06, 04:17 PM
Magazine ad
http://users.eastlink.ca/~fatty/fattymag.jpg

fargel
01-24-06, 04:52 PM
:o wow thats nice. good job :up:

Chad
01-24-06, 08:44 PM
No!!! My chances of winning are gone! :doh: :cry: :cry:

Good job, looks fantastic

Marhkimov
01-24-06, 11:03 PM
I really like the magazine add. I can really imagine coming across that one and wondering, "Woa! What is this???"


I can't say I like the simplistic cover designs, though. It looks too retro, kinda like the 80's or something. Art-deco area, which is not bad, but the feeling is off a bit.

Perhaps a more modern look would suit a cover title better... Or even WWII graphic style might be okay.

Hammar
01-25-06, 04:12 AM
Nice pic. But I agree whit Margkimov, maybe little to much disco..
But I don't think that you coul'd have done the same picture whit out the red... I'm trying to do a more "look alike 1939" picture, but it is getting so boring whit just black and white frames... ( now I feel that I am not talking about the subject any more :-j )
Realy good job Fatty :up: :up:

Amiral Crapaud
01-31-06, 05:49 AM
ARGGGGH to bad I just saw the contest todaaaay :damn: :damn:
Im really a fag !

Congrats to the winner, information should come soon I suppose :)

AJ

Gizzmoe
01-31-06, 10:51 AM
The contest has just been extended until 13th of February! :) There were not enough participants... :(

By the way, there are also two seconds prizes (free avatar and custom title of your choice).

Soviet_Warlord
01-31-06, 05:20 PM
Ok I'm making one of these too, but mine is the actual box art. What are your reccomendations guys? I don't have any screenshots of SHIV... so I have no idea what kind of graphics I can expect....

Soviet_Warlord
01-31-06, 11:44 PM
Well... does anyone know what American and/or Japanese subs looked like in World War II? All I have right now to work with is black and white photographs (not good since this is box art) and SHIII, which is full of German subs.

Marhkimov
02-01-06, 12:07 AM
Here's some more photos of US submarines for you. Most are in black and white, but if you look hard, you'll find many color photos too.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/subidx.htm


Used google to find this 3D Gato rendering too:
http://gallery.mcneel.com/fullsize/19133.jpg

Though I'm not sure if we can use it...

Marhkimov
02-01-06, 12:28 AM
Here are some good pics to edit as a base. Found them on Navsource.org


Gato (SS-280)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0828004.jpg

Gato (SS-273)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0827308.jpg

Oil painting (of Gato) by Tom Freeman entitled "The Harder (SS-257) Rescues Ensign John Gavlin"
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0825714.jpg


Balao (SS-329)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0832902.jpg

Balao (SS-329)
http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0832903.jpg


If you search some more, there are plenty of reference pictures to play with.

Soviet_Warlord
02-01-06, 01:55 AM
lol, look at this, I recolorized a photo :P

http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/0827308.jpg

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/4352/gato118hq.jpg

Pretty nifty huh? :)

But in the end, I don't think that I should use colorized WWII photos for my box art... it doesn't really fit in :cry:

Marhkimov
02-01-06, 02:03 AM
Use some of the editing filters...

Use some imagination...

Use some creativity...

Use some ingenuity...

Use some artistic license...

All in all, have some fun! :P

Soviet_Warlord
02-01-06, 02:40 AM
Ok heres my first release version. It is pretty "dirty" (lots of random pixels serving no purpose) so I'll see if I can fix it up later. Its 2:30 in the morning lol so I have to go....

btw, Im a real newbie to Photoshop, so please don't critisize to much :oops:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/9135/shivboxartv39hx.jpg

(edit- image tags snipped- new version below)

Marhkimov
02-01-06, 02:43 AM
Wow! I think that's awesome.

That would certainly qualify as a "digital sketch." Ain't no shame in that... :up:

Soviet_Warlord
02-01-06, 02:55 AM
Wow! I think that's awesome.

That would certainly qualify as a "digital sketch." Ain't no shame in that... :up:

lol, thanks for the praise, but I think it looks too much like the SHIII cover with a random image pasted ontop :P :oops:

Maybe I should diminish the filter effect on the image and make it a tad lighter for starters...

Soviet_Warlord
02-01-06, 03:08 PM
Ok, I've made a new version of my box art, but I still haven't found the time to go through and remove the ugly pixels... but I did spend another two hours on it, mainly adding the Japanese Rising Sun :)

This project is really consuming my free time, doing stuff with Paint is annoyingly slow. Photoshop is so advanced, sometimes I can't find the basic functions :huh:

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1992/shivboxartv44ec.jpg

EDIT: Image tags snipped, vastly improved version below.

gary999
02-01-06, 05:41 PM
Here's my cover (and my first post too).

I've attached the images I used to make the composite, for those of you that are interested in that sort of thing. The sub is the USS Torsk, the last American naval vessel to sink a warship in WW2.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/silenthunter.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/elements.jpg

Letum
02-02-06, 12:03 AM
Here's my cover (and my first post too).

I've attached the images I used to make the composite, for those of you that are interested in that sort of thing. The sub is the USS Torsk, the last American naval vessel to sink a warship in WW2.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/silenthunter.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/elements.jpg

The smoke looks a little streched, also think a bit about camera focus. Apart from that, very good

gary999
02-02-06, 04:47 AM
Thanks for the feedback Letum.

I agree with your comments and I've made a few changes.


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/SilentHunter4.jpg

Cpt.Thorne
02-02-06, 05:27 AM
Here is my entry to the comp.
Box cover it is:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Larry_Thorne/SHIVv1.jpg

Prost!

Cpt.Thorne
02-02-06, 06:45 AM
Here is my entry for ad category:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Larry_Thorne/shivaddv1.jpg

gary999
02-02-06, 08:19 AM
Here's a not-too-serious advert. It doesn't really match the tone of the game, but it was fun to do.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b207/gary999/jaws.jpg

Soviet_Warlord
02-12-06, 09:46 PM
The excitement is building as tomorrow is the 13th !! :up:

Drebbel
02-13-06, 12:37 PM
The excitement is building as tomorrow is the 13th !! :up:

Yes, Jury will meet tonight, hopefully they will agree soon !

:arrgh!:

Soviet_Warlord
02-13-06, 04:15 PM
Well, there are only 6 contestants, including me, so only two people will be altogether left out from prizes. For the first time, a contest has a majority of winners :-j

Soviet_Warlord
02-13-06, 11:07 PM
Not in any way meant to put pressure on you guys, but the jury has 53 minutes left, EST, to pick the winners! :yep:

EDIT: Only 24 minutes left....

EDIT2: Only 9 minutes left....

EDIT3: I guess its a little late then :88)

I have to go sleep.... :zzz:

Chad
02-14-06, 09:17 AM
I'm anxiously awaiting! :lol:

My chances are slim I know :smug: but I'd still like to know the winners.

Gizzmoe
02-14-06, 01:40 PM
The jury hasn´t come to a decision yet, there are some organizational problems. We will announce the winners in the next 48 hours.

The jury members are Neal Stevens, Sharkstooth, Drebbel and Gizzmoe.

PS: We accept bribes... :D

Hammar
02-14-06, 02:12 PM
:o :o :o

Soviet_Warlord
02-14-06, 03:45 PM
PS: We accept bribes... :D

Bribes!!! :rotfl:

Soviet_Warlord
02-14-06, 05:31 PM
Ok, here are some alternatives to my (I'll say it myself- ugly) first version.

My favourite:

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/5729/shivboxartv525mn.jpg

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/9972/shivboxartv516ov.jpg

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/4958/shivboxartv534sx.jpg

Sharkstooth
02-14-06, 05:45 PM
dang right we accept bribes......

might not do you any good, but we accept them all graciously.
:cool:

Soviet_Warlord
02-14-06, 08:52 PM
Drebbel, if its not too late, please consider my latest additions!! :yep:

Gizzmoe
02-15-06, 12:24 AM
Drebbel, if its not too late, please consider my latest additions!! :yep:

Sorry, but it´s too late for new entries.

Soviet_Warlord
02-15-06, 12:40 AM
Drebbel, if its not too late, please consider my latest additions!! :yep:

Sorry, but it´s too late for new entries.

:o

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo





*goes away and cries* :( :(







Edit:

In the very small chance that you choose my old entry (which sucked):

http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/1992/shivboxartv44ec.jpg

Please replace it with this one, which IMO is way better:

http://img344.imageshack.us/img344/5729/shivboxartv525mn.jpg

Gizzmoe
02-15-06, 01:22 AM
Please replace it with this one, which IMO is way better:

We can´t replace official entries, the contest is over! Once the results are out we´ll add your new creations as unofficial entries.

Hammar
02-15-06, 03:16 PM
Not becouse to be a pain in the ass, but I think the first one was better for SH4, the second don't realy tell the viewer it's about subwar :huh: buts both of them rock anyway :rock:

Soviet_Warlord
02-15-06, 03:55 PM
Not becouse to be a pain in the ass, but I think the first one was better for SH4, the second don't realy tell the viewer it's about subwar :huh: buts both of them rock anyway :rock:

Hmm well I thought the first one just looked a little weird, and the sub may be too hard to make out.... but thanks for telling me its better then the newer one! I thought the newer one was more dramatic, but you make a good point in saying that you don't know that the ship is sinking because of a "subwar".

:) Yay I'm happy again

PS Even though I probably won't win, I also am curious who won. Hurry up and decide :yep:

Chad
02-15-06, 04:35 PM
Please Warlord, you got it..

Everyone's great, and I had a good time, and really surprised at the low number of participants.

So to all good luck :sunny:

Cpt.Thorne
02-15-06, 04:51 PM
Yes, good luck to you all who participated. I too was really amazed that there weren´t more entries.
Prost!
Cpt.T

Gizzmoe
02-16-06, 02:56 AM
"And the winner is..."

The autographed recognition manual goes to Fatty, the winner in the "Ad" category!

http://users.eastlink.ca/~fatty/fattymag.jpg

Cpt.Thorne is the winner in the category "Box art", he/she gets the autographed copy of SH3!

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b316/Larry_Thorne/SHIVv1.jpg

The winners of the second prizes are garry999 and Chad.

Congratulations, guys, well done!

Thanks to all who´d sent in their designs.

Now to the details... Cpt.Thorne, Fatty, please send your home addresses to Drebbel via PM.

garry999, Chad, prepare your avatar (GIF or JPG, about 60x60 pixels, upload it somewhere), choose a custom title and then please send those informations to Neal Stevens via PM. Don´t forget to also send him the link to the image! ;)

Soviet_Warlord
02-16-06, 08:15 AM
Congrats guys! :up:

Cpt.Thorne
02-16-06, 08:50 AM
Wow, (speechless)!
Neptune certainly was with me this time around...
Congrats to all those who entered in this competition! Good luck and Good hunting to you all in the North Atlantic, untill we join the fight in Pacific!
Will send my details to Adim. after posting this.
Cpt.Thorne

Sharkstooth
02-16-06, 08:59 AM
Congrats all......

Lot of great artwork, and really creative ideas.

:cool:

Chad
02-16-06, 09:23 AM
Congrats to the winners :smug:

Can't wait till the next comp!

Dowly
02-16-06, 09:40 AM
Congratulations, herr Kommandant! I´ll bag you a juicy tanker on 18th patrol as a present!

Adolf Bummer III & crew of U-777

Hammar
02-16-06, 09:43 AM
and I'm who wanted to winn so badly :nope: :damn: :cry: ..

well well congrat. guys and thanks to the admins who hosted this thing! :up:

Soviet_Warlord
02-16-06, 03:35 PM
and I'm who wanted to winn so badly :nope: :damn: :cry: ..

lol! :P

British tommy
02-16-06, 07:49 PM
Congratulations Cpt Thorne! :D
Especially as he is the guy that got me interested in SH III ( and has helped me out learning the game ).
A top guy and I'm very impressed with the design :up:

Chad
02-18-06, 11:00 AM
Ok, I sent Neal the PM with all the information.

*Awaits patiently for new orders*