3D Printed Creature Design Contest On Now!

3D Printed Creature Design Contest: Design the coolest 3D printable creature, and you could win amazing prizes like the new 3D printer from Kast (before their Kickstarter backers!), subscriptions to CGCookie, Loot Crate and Metaio and more!

It’s October, which means Halloween is almost here. In celebration, we have teamed up with Kast to put on a our 3D Printed Creature Design Contest. Ghouls, goblins, zombies? We want to see all of the 3D printable creatures you have up your sleeve! If your design is chosen as being in the top three by our contest judges, then you will win some amazing prizes.

To get you started with design, check out this great SLA 3D printing tutorial by our friends at CGCookie.

How the Contest Works

To enter, just upload a new design (it can’t be one already on Pinshape) fitting the creatures theme, and check the box saying “Submit this model to the Creature Design Contest.” Once your design is entered make sure to share it on your social accounts get people voting for it! The designs with the most likes (top 10%) will be put into the final evaluation round. Once your design reaches the final evaluation round, judges will evaluate the entries based on:

1. Design: Overall quality, novelty, innovation, detail.
2. Ease of Printing: Compatibility with the Kast 3D Printer, description of settings needed to print included and accurate.
3. Presentation: Design description (What is it? What is the backstory? What inspired it?), high quality design pictures (Get bonus points for including photos of real printed items!), inclusion of tags.

The Rules

1. Entries must be submitted before 23:59:59 PST, October 31, 2014
2. Entries cannot have been previously submitted to Pinshape
3. Entries must comply with Pinshape’s content policy
4. Entrants must be registered with Pinshape to enter
5. There is no fee to enter the challenge
6. Entrants can submit as many unique entries as they would like
7. Object must be deemed 3D printable by Pinshape
8. Design should fit in 20cm x 15.4cm x 30cm (X,Y,Z) build area
9. Contest open worldwide

Feel free to sell your 3D creatures designs during the contest – there will be no penalty or valuation based on the pricing you set or whether not it is for sale.

Now, About Those Prizes

First Place wins:

• A Kast 3D Printer – BEFORE their Kickstarter backers!
• 1 copy of Metaio Creator
• 6 Month Subscription to Loot Crate*
• 1 year of CGCookie Citizen
• Your design listed and sold on Amazon
• Coverage in our social media channels

*Loot Crate prize eligible for these countries

Second Place:

• 3 months of CGCookie Citizen
• 1 month Cloud PRO + Creator bundle from Metaio
• Your design listed and sold on Amazon
• Coverage in our social media channels

Third Place:

• 1 month of CGCookie Citizen
• 1 month Cloud PRO + Creator bundle
• Your design listed and sold on Amazon
• Coverage in our social media channels

Get designing! The contest closes worldwide at 23:59:59 PST on October 31, 2014. The winner will be announced a day after the contest finishes, on November 1, 2014.

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!