CD Build Something Contest Round: 1

[Michelle Celio]

CD Build Something Contest Round: 1

and to think, I threw this together in under 3 hours

Rules:
1) Nothing illegal/against forum rules
2) Nothing that endangers the safety of others
3) It must move / do Something
4) The Tytus Rule: No Explosives (Adam Richards came up with this one)
5) You must submit a photo and story / description in the description must be what you used of what you built
6) You may submit a video of your creation. But you must still provide a still photograph
7) You may submit more than one creation. All of them will be judged. But there is a limit of 5 submissions.
8) Only this weeks items and "Acceptable Accessories" listed may be used in your creation, not all items have to be used
9) Odd Numbered contests will be "Design it yourself" contests, Even numbered contests will be for you to create what is listed, and *0 contests will be building any Rube Goldberg machine or something of the like unless other wise stated (normally when I can't think of anything )
10) Items may be used in any quantity you like, unless otherwise listed.

Please use your own host. I will upload all pictures to a photobucket account when the contest is closed.

There is a time limit of one week per contests. Submissions must be in by Midnight EST on Friday unless otherwise posted. The contests will be judged and a new contest will begin on the same day, unless otherwise posted.

There must be 4 entries. Contest will be postponed until 4 is reached or by popular demand, cut down to 2nd place

Judging will be on a scale of 1-100 *for now* 30 points for functionality; 20 points for the description / story; 20 points for originality; 20 points for complexity; 10 points for appearance

Points System: First Place = 5 Pts Second Place = 3 Pts Third Place = 2 Pts Participation = 1 Pts

Also, if you have any ideas, or suggestion please PM me. If you have a MAJOR suggestion, and I use it. You will NOT be able to participate in that round.

Originally Posted by Round 1 Materials

This weeks items:
1) Paper Towel / Toilet Paper Tubes and those paper products
2) Rubber Bands
3) Duct Tape
4) Clothes Hangers
5) Mason Jar/lid
6) Paper clips
7) Raw Spaghetti
8) Yarn
9) Kabob Sticks
10) Normal Glue (Like the school kind)

Acceptable Accessories
1) If the creation is meant to hold something, what it is meant to hold or anything of that nature
2) The accessories may NOT help the creation do it's task

[Adam Richards]

Are we allowed to use solder on paper clips/metal clothes hangers?

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

Are we allowed to use solder on paper clips/metal clothes hangers?

If you can find a way to solder, with out actually using soldering metal, go ahead do so. But don't hurt yourself.

As a favor: anyone replying to this thread, please hide your signature.

[Michelle Celio]

Ok. It's midnight on Friday. No one has submitted anything =[

New Deadline: Midnight EST on Wednesday July 19th.

I know you guys can do something.

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Fruity Pebbles

Ok. It's midnight on Friday. No one has submitted anything =[

Friday midnight happens before Friday does? I always thought midnight was the end of the day, not the beginning.

Not that I had a submission or anything...

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

Friday midnight happens before Friday does? I always thought midnight was the end of the day, not the beginning.

Not that I had a submission or anything...

My stupid car insurance company seems to think so too.. LOL I go to pay a bill set for deadline of say Friday at midnight, and at 10pm on Friday I get all sorts of errors when I go to pay online. They shouldn't mislead you by saying Friday when they say midnight, and just say 11:59pm on Thursday or something.

[Mike Schroeder]

http://miniature-art.tripod.com/site.../abrams4.1.jpg


i would have posted sooner but i wasnt finished melting the rubberbands into treads, since it took too long to melt all those paper clips into metal panels

[Cynette]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

http://miniature-art.tripod.com/site.../abrams4.1.jpg


i would have posted sooner but i wasnt finished melting the rubberbands into treads, since it took too long to melt all those paper clips into metal panels

Now that's Impressive! I got my LOL of the day! Now everyone around me is looking at me strange, sitting all alone in my cubicle... whew...

[Mike Schroeder]

Originally Posted by mocat1530

Now that's Impressive!

actually the really impressive thing, is developing the engine that runs on elmers glue and raw spagetti

[Michelle Celio]

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-sigh- Can we PLEASE keep this serious.
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[SamC]

This is kinda tough...

[Dylan]

It's not so hard, I threw something together in 15 minutes on Friday, I just haven't gotten around to taking a pic of it.

[Mike Schroeder]

i guess my tank doesnt win

[Michelle Celio]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

i guess my tank doesnt win

Haha we'll see.

actually new one starts soon

[Dylan]

Ok, here is the bow I made out of a wire coat hanger and rubber bands. I was going to use spaghetti for the arrows, but that didn't work. So I used a kabob stick.
I made this in 15 mins on the August 14th.

The bow works fairly well, but for safety reasons has not had it's full range tested.
Credit also goes to my little brother for helping me fine-tune the bow and providing the kabob stick.

Originally Posted by Michelle Celio

Haha we'll see.

actually new one starts soon

Glad to hear there's going to be another one!