Challenges

Virtual reality animals just don't spring out of nothing, so our talented artists took intelligent design into their own hands! Many models were submitted into out VR Animal Challenge, which is now over! Who were the best at recreating beasts and creepy crawlies? Who are the masterful animal shapers? And what will be their prizes? The first-place winners of Best Model and Best Portfolio categories will be interviewed by the esteemed 3D Artist magazine as...

Houston, this CGTrader 1, we're coming in from landing! Our Low Poly VR Space Challenge has been a smashing success and we're bringing back winners! You magnificent space travelers and engineers put your vision into 3D models and graced us with spaceships and other wonderful space-faring contraptions! Hooray for you, you brave pioneers! Now, as we promised, there will be a winner and two runner-ups for the Best Model category, and a winner and a...

Time to show Adeptus Mechanicus that it's really not that hard to build a new ship faster than in a hundred years! The MakePrintable 3D Printed Sci-Fi Ship Challenge is on! The task is self evident: you need to design the best, the most impressive 3D printable spaceship you can! Show the designers of Babylon 5, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Andromeda, Stargate Atlantis and especially Lexx that they're nothing but bantha fodder. First...

If you have ever thought that you could design a better toilet paper holder, now's the chance to show it! CG Architectural Details Challenge is a go-go and all of the aspiring modelers/interior decorators are invited! If you have ideas about neat things that would look great in, or and maybe somewhere near a house, you should definitely submit your work. This is a CG challenge, which means an unlimited polygon budget. You can finally...

Split your lungs with blood and thunder! The Low Polygon Fantasy Weapon Challenge is over and the winners have come to claim their bloody prize! Who are these master weaponsmiths, who run pixels through the fiery crucible to forge the most epic weapons of conquest? Read on and find out! Our esteemed colleagues have selected one winner and one runner up for the categories of Best Melee Weapon and Best Ranged Weapon. There's also a...

There are new artists uploading their first models on CGTrader every month! Now, we celebrate the best of the June First Model Challenge models! All of the winners will get professional licenses from 3D-Coat and one free sale on CGTrader - a good way to start your journey on our community! #1 Closed Neural Network by eddiedie It's a closed neural network consisting of closed block of neurons. Get enough of these in one place...

Why go to the forest when you can experience it at the comfort of your own home? Here comes the VR Animals Challenge and it's your chance to show how well you can model critters and what not! This is a low polygon (50,000 or less) challenge, because VR needs to conserve all the resources it can to deliver those vital 90 FPS. The challenge will run until August 22nd, 2016, and only models uploaded...

The newest CGTrader community members have shown their skills and uploaded many models to the May First Model challenge! The challenge is over and we have selected the winners! The absolute winner will get both Colimo and RealPerceptionOFX by MotivaCG while the runner-ups will be able to choose which of the two pieces of software do they want to get. We're also throwing in some free sales! Best Models #1 Baker Sausalito Lounge Chair by...

Tanks, guns, blasters, jet fighters - you modeled them all! And some of your were victorious! VR Military challenge is over! We have selected one winner and two runner-ups for the title of Best Model. We also have a winner and a runner-up in the Best Portfolio category! What will our champions get as their spoils of conquest? Well, he have computer-bound brighter3d Pro SketchUp Plug-in licenses, AC3D modeling software, rigging software licenses for The...

There's been that little dream in everyone's head - at some point in your life, you have thought about going into space (never mind all the hard training and the experience your body and mind would have to go through). And there's always a kid inside each one of us who would still love that - well, getting into VR Space Challenge is the next best thing! Your limits are very few. Apart from being...