This week’s challenge is out of this world…. We’ve teamed up with Blockbench, a free and open-source low-poly modeling software that offers direct upload of your creations to Sketchfab, to challenge you to create an alien moon landing scene.

Imagine what an alien moon landing would look like and then bring that vision to life with Blockbench, upload your model to Sketchfab, and tag it #BlockbenchAlienChallenge to enter. New to Blockbench? The makers recommend these tutorial videos and are available to answer questions here.

UPDATE: Winners

First Place: The Wayfarer by Ycar

Runners Up:

Visitor by Wacky

Alien moon landing by Jelle

To see what the judges had to say about the winning entries, head over to the Sketchfab Forum. To see all the challenge entries, check out the tag gallery.

 Rules

• Use Blockbench to create an alien moon landing scene.
• If you base your entry on existing concept art, be sure to ask permission from the concept artist, credit them, and link back to their work. We also encourage you to split your prize with them, if you win.
• Submit only new work, but feel free to submit multiple entries.
• Once you’ve created your scene, upload it to Sketchfab, tag it #BlockbenchAlienChallenge.
• Submission deadline is Monday, February 8, 2021 (23:59 New York time – EST)

How to upload from Blockbench

Judges

Models will be judged on their quality, creativity, presentation, adherence to the challenge theme, and effective use of Sketchfab viewer settings.

• Jannis Petersen, Creator of Blockbench
• Mieke Roth, Dark-Minaz, Warkarma, Kevin Cayuela Borg, and Geoffrey Marchal, Sketchfab Masters
• Bart, Tom, and Abby, Community Team

Prizes

First Place

• Model featured on the Blockbench splash screen for 3 weeks
• Custom roles on the Blockbench Discord server
• Custom t-shirt featuring the winning model
• $50 Amazon gift card
• 6 months of Sketchfab Plus

Runners Up (two winners)

• Custom roles on the Blockbench Discord server
• 3 months of Sketchfab Plus

Terms and Conditions

• No purchase necessary.
• By entering this competition, entrants will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the conditions.
• This is a contest for individuals, no teams.
• No alternative prizes available. The prize draw is not open to Sketchfab employees or their families.
• No ripping of models from anywhere on the Internet, all entries must be original works.
• The judges’ decisions are final – in case of dispute, no correspondence will be entered into.
• Winning entries will be documented and may be used for promotional purposes.
• Contestants’ models must be uploaded to Sketchfab and tagged #BlockbenchAlienChallenge to be considered.
• Winners retain all Intellectual Property as per Sketchfab standard Terms and Conditions.
• Winners and winning entries may be required to take part in any publicity resulting from this competition.
• The winner will be contacted by Friday, February 12, 2021.
• Promoter: Sketchfab Inc., 1123 Broadway, Suite 501, New York, NY 10010, USA.