OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Tyriont]

How would you like some statistics while deliberations over the final cast lists continue?

Race distribution
Elezen: 5 entrants (1 male, 4 female) for 8.93%
Hyur: 9 entrants (3 male, 6 female) for 16.07%
Lalafell: 13 entrants (5 male, 8 female) for 23.21
Miqo'te: 28 entrants (7 male, 21 female) for 50%!!!!
Roegadyn: 1 entrant (Our poor, lonely Rho Bhigs!) for 1.79%

An overwhelming turnout from the Miqo'te! I am so sad we didn't get a single female Roegadyn enter.

Let's see how the servers represented. There were a lot of them with only a single entrant, so i'm just going to break down the top 3.

Server distribution
Balmung: 11 entrants for 19.64%
Excalibur: 6 entrants for 10.71%
Hyperion: 6 entrants for 10.71%

Evidently Balmung is a model factory! Let's see how many of them made it in...

[Parodine]

Here are the tricks to taking awesome shots *Had to dig into his previous post*

I really wanna emphasize future contestants to look at Epsil's notes on page 159 for some good screenshot tips! I wanted to help out new contestants too, so I wanted to include a (hopefully) brief tutorial on the Wind-Up Sun minion. I think pretty much all of the Cycle 2 contestants would agree -- it's a must have.

*will edit with pictures momentarily*

Step 1: Buy an elixir from somewhere and head to the Isle's of Umbra from Aleport's Ferry Skipper. Arrive on the corner of this map and you'll be greeted by a magic pot in the corner. /hug him, as he's about to give you one of the coolest screenshot making tools in the game for a steal! Trade him the elixir and you've got yourself the minion!

Step 2: The Sun-Minion is fantastic for many reasons, but the most obvious is it provides wonderful *stage lighting* that really helps brighten up YOU in shots with dark backgrounds. You can even /poke it to go up and down to get different angles of lighting! And best of all, when you hit scroll-lock, the minion disappears from the screenshot field but leaves the light behind

Step 3: Another fantastic way to utilize this minion is to lock-on to it in order to move the center of your screenshot away from yourself. You can do this with anything really, other minions, pets, mobs, NPCs, other characters - but the sun minion is great because it holds still! Once you get it locked on and at an angle you want, don't worry about your face, you can hit a button to make your character face the screen! On computer, it's 'Pause' for me. You can even change the angle to have your character look off to the distance if you change the angle off the screenshot after hitting pause.

Step 4: The last lesson I can offer is using a combination of all of the above. Using the light from the minion in combination with locking onto a mob in the background lets you make some fantastically dynamic shots all by yourself while still maintaining light. In the next example, I lock onto a mob in the background instead of the minion, but maintain proximity to the light. In addition, I'm hitting an emote expression and using the pause button to have my character face in a different direction. You can weave motion emotes into this as well if you hit the emote before locking on...it's more difficult, but not impossible. Keep at it to practice. Also examine how *much* light is hitting you by the sun minion. Make sure it doesn't wash you out! That will hurt more than help at that point.

Disclaimer: These are by no means 'fantastic' shots, but I hope they serve as a tutorial. Also do NOT feel compelled to do this in every shot. Jayzan in Cycle 2 got a perfect judge's score in the beach shot even being fully centered because he knocked the theme out of the park. There's no prescribed formula for this competition, but hopefully providing more tools helps you think of making screenshots in different ways.

[Minorinz]

I wanna cast my votes already ;___;
I hope everyone is doing well

[TheRogueX]

But please remember that not being able to record your voice for any reason is NO PROBLEM! We can cast voice actors for you from the Voice Acting Alliance forum. If youre a guy, just let me know in email and I will cast a girl voice for you. I played ffxi for years as a "girl" with no mic so I know the pain. xD

There's a 'Voice Acting Alliance' forum? Dude, how do I get involved in that? I'd totally lend my voice to someone. I used to do internet radio and online DJing.

Also, for all my adoring fans (:P), I am sorry that I did not try out for this cycle. xD I thought about it and I want to watch and enjoy, then perhaps try to get in later on.

[EorzeasNTM]

There's a 'Voice Acting Alliance' forum?

Yep! Check it out! http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/forum.php
They do dubs for animes, video games, and original projects as well! I am pretty sure I found out about the site way back when after finding a, now nearly complete but canceled, Final Fantasy VIII Fan Dub on Youtube.

While most of us are really sad you didn't try out, I think the guys are all extremely happy you didn't. Ah well, you'll get em in Cycle 4! xD

@Nariko I believe you said in one of your reviews you were worried next Cycle would be an All-Stars, haha! As far as I am planning, Cycle 5 will be the All-Stars Cycle, pulling models from Cycle 1,2,3,4,YT1, and YT2! After that I leave for Japan *to finally live happily ever after with my boy* and i'll be signing over ENTM to Tyriont! xD

[Tyriont]

The cast list has been posted in the casting thread.

[Seraphe]

And so it begins! Good luck to all fellow models.

[Soleless]

How would you like some statistics while deliberations over the final cast lists continue?

Race distribution
Elezen: 5 entrants (1 male, 4 female) for 8.93%
Hyur: 9 entrants (3 male, 6 female) for 16.07%
Lalafell: 13 entrants (5 male, 8 female) for 23.21
Miqo'te: 28 entrants (7 male, 21 female) for 50%!!!!
Roegadyn: 1 entrant (Our poor, lonely Rho Bhigs!) for 1.79%

I'm all alooooooone

[Tinsley]

Maxwell, great guide! (note: for those with laptops and no "pause" button or if you prefer, you can macro /facecamera and put it on a hot bar as well.)

I hope all the new models check it out as well as Epsil's guildes. It'll make a world of difference in their shots.

[Yamimarik]

Hello! ENTM GD thread! I'm so very excited to be a part of cycle 3! I'm already working on my first shoot, I have a few potential shots already taken, and a friend who has graciously helped me with a few, but I'm having such a hard time picking which one really fits the theme, truly thematically. Any past contestants have any advice, or thought process on how they narrowed down to that one and true photo that captured the right moment?

Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice or thoughts. And yay, still oozing with excitement that I was even chosen!
Again Hi all!