Thread: Official ENTM-GD thread! 2.0

With only one round left before the final, things are seriously heating up! Sadly, we lost Rivienne last round - she clearly decided to remain with the Gnath to try and get a head start on those new beast tribe quests. Down to four, we have only model to lose before we have our final three!

The round theme this week was simple - dungeons! The models were given the following task:

The title explains it - go into any dungeon in the game and give us an awesome shot, yes any dungeon you want and make it great! Can’t wait to see what you do with this because there are tons of possibilities!

Shots can be found here

Voting form can be found here

As always, order models in order of preference! Voting for this round ends at 11:59pm EST February 16th.

Best of luck and see you in the finals!

Voting is almost over! Gets yours in!!

It is now time to find out who will be fighting it out for the title of:

EORZEA'S NEXT TOP MODEL!!

But first we will be looking at the Judges Critiques~!

Ciara

Stephen- Winner winner chicken dinner! This shot has everything! great lighting, an air of suspense, a story and fits the whole "tell a story" so many after in this competition. I love your selection of clothing and it didn't take me more than a millisecond to know what you were going for and I approve! Love it!

Kitori- This is a great shot for a risque and I really feel you pulled it off! I love your pose in this shot and give you kudos for taking the risk to make it happen. The only thing I would change is your bottoms. I almost feel like it comes off a little NSFW when looked at first! Still I love that you took this risk and I’m super proud of you!

Annouille- Basked in the light of the moon you rock that dark look from the outfit to your horns and the FANTASTIC lighting. Truth be told I love everything about this shot and I’m really impressed. Great job Annouille!

Eldaena- I’ve always loved this area and had thought to take pictures but you captured my imagination perfectly! The colors are so warm and you look gorgeous. You took a risk in your pose and I think like Kitori it really paid off. Lovely job Eldaena!

Nozomi

Stephen Fairbrook - I'm liking the story in your shot this week, Stephen! I can imagine your little potato exploring crypts and stuff for treasures and gil, or perhaps he's a detective looking into a murder that stumbled on the trap that killed your client's friend. Point is the viewer can imagine stuff because your shot had a story all on its own and your sentence just added a tiny bit of context to guide our minds in the right direction. Pretty good lighting; a bit too much similar tone in your surroundings that had the potential to get you lost in the background but somehow it doesn't. Normally I would recommend using a sun minion here but something about your flatter colors and lighting in the foreground is helping your stand out. Nice neutral outfit adds to the story but isn't too specific. Might not be planned but getting the dark red spread evenly throughout your body was a nice move that tied the hat and weapon both into the shot. Although you made it work with the red, thematically the bow looks a bit out of place in this shot because of the lightning and bright purple. Perhaps a plainer bow would make more sense. Your cute little extras are wonderfully positioned (I love their happy grins) and posed so that they feel menacing but don't take too much attention away from you. Your own pose is good for the shot and your expression works fine. Nice dungeon shot!

Kitori Orihara - What a dramatic pose! Your profile looks really good from what I can tell and the sword and shield frame it nicely. One of the biggest problems here is that those raptors are the stars of the show in this shot while you're a small, barely visible figure who has almost become part of the background. You're the model so you have to put those loonies in their place under you in importance. Not sure I like the almost perfect divide in the light on the shield; it's coming across a bit sharp. Don't know how you managed it with where the light is coming from but your face is well lit. Your pants give the unfortunate impression that you're wearing chaps with nothing underneath. Having yourself center with the two raptors pointed inward would have worked to direct the attention to you in other circumstances but with how far away you are and your poor lighting it just makes your lack of visibility more obvious. Good angles on the cuties. The splash by the right one's leg adds to the sense of action the same as yours; good job. Your background lacks truly interesting elements and the foreground is nice water, but it's poorly lit which reduces the pretty factor. I don't know if this dungeon choice held a lot of meaning for you but it isn't really all that screenshot friendly in my opinion. The lighting is lackluster and the general setting is of junk piled up. The lighting on the raptors is very nice.

Annouille Andouillant - This is just straight up beautiful. Although you didn't create a scene to imply a specific story I can still see a story here because of the other elements in this shot. Excellent lighting both for you and your background. For you it highlights the important things and ties you into the setting by leaving your less important features in shadow. The lack of dead-on light on your face keeps it from looking too flat and the angles of your body do the same which helps you stay very 3-dimensional in a shot with you right in front of the camera and a close background. Your background looks amazing but only enhances your own beauty instead of overwhelming it through your use of lighting and the angle you have the stairs at. You keep the eyes moving around the shot with the downward and left flow of the stairs and the upward and right pull of your gaze. Your outfit was perfect for this shot, spot on. You look very rich and fancy, and with the setting/concept, somewhat dark. Great choice on accessories and those horns really pull the whole thing together and give the story credibility (thanks for not opting to use the succubus horns; these are much more subtle and enhancing instead of show stealing). Good decision to crop where you did instead of trying to get your whole body in the shot. Smart decision to forgo all obvious makeup; this way your whole look shines, plus it adds to your story. In a sea of muddled oil paint tones your sausage shines like a diamond.

Eldaena Vonxandria - Great use of The Vault's dramatic lighting! Your outfit fits the setting well theme-wise and also just looks excellent in that light. Your overall composition looks well thought out and I feel like I should love it more than I do. Your use of purple in your outfit sets you apart from you background without making you look out of place in a way that a totally warm color or very cool color wouldn’t have. Looking at your shot alone I don't see a story even though you look like you fit in. Your pose is nice enough but I like from your shoulders down the best as your face is a bit overexposed. Your hair is still white I assume, but changed by the zone lighting? Nice accessory even though it isn't too noticeable right away. This shot is okay with you centered but I wonder how it would look with you more off to the side? The straight on angle for the background might be leaving things a bit static; perhaps a dramatic shot looking up at you from down by your left foot. I already kind of said it but the lighting on that skirt area is divine.

Xev

Remember scoring is as follows:


For scoring, each model was awarded points based on their placement in vote order. So, if Model A was ranked 1st out of the 11 models, they gained 11 points. 2nd place gained 10 points and so on, until the 11th ranked model gains 1 point. We then tally the judge scores too, which get inflated to count for 75% of the total vote. Below are the total rankings, along with the public score count and judge total pre-inflation.

Overall Results:

Annouille Andouillant: (236 public, 11 judge)
Stephen Fairbrook: (220 public, 9 judge)
Eldaena Vonxandria: (219 public, 7 judge)
Kitori Orihara: (199 public, 3 judge)

Congratulations to Annouille for getting first place this week~! But now that we have reached the top three… will you rise to the ultimate heights? It is anyone’s game!!

As for Kitori, you came back with a vengeance and made it into the top 4. You’re amazing, and we hope to see more from you! Remember you’re always part of the ENTM Family – and from myself, Ty and the judges, we will miss you!

Hello Everyone!!

I first off want to apologize for being sort of away for awhile now especially since the last update I gave on ENTM YT3, I've been dealing with A LOT of personal issues during and even after all the holidays came. (So now I'm sort of glad I canceled during the holidays when I did, I doubt I'd been at my best to run everything properly.) But regardless both in my real life and some issues I've had even in the game, have really pre-occupied both my time and state of mind and sanity. But things are starting to calm down and fall back into place as normal as my life gets lol.

I will have an announcement by the end of the month of how ENTM YT3 and I will be moving on, and what those details will entail. I again apologize for not keeping up with the skype convos, a lot of stuff on here on the forums and so forth, but life really has been quite demanding of me as of late and it desperately needed my attention the most. But I hope to convey all things soon and what will be happening. I hope all who are involved/was involved with Cycle 5 Forum has/having fun! And I can't wait to see the community to grow even more! I love you all very much and you'll hear from me as soon as I possibly can.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding.

I loved the movie poster reviews! They made me laugh, especially the one for Stephen's (Taters of the Lost Ark, hehehe). Can't believe Cycle 5 will be ending soon though, I'm simultaneously nervous and relieved :'D

It’s been a long journey, ENTM fans - but we’re here at last. The final round of Eorzea’s Next Top Model!

Last week saw our final elimination of the Cycle as, despite an impressive comeback after scraping through in an early round, Kitori finally succumbed and last we heard is still off fighting against those raptors while trying to escape a rather explosive gift from a Goblin friend.

For this final round, the models were given a very special challenge. We’ve spent this Cycle looking Heavensward, celebrating all the new shiny things we’ve been playing with since Ishgard opened its gates - and so for this round, we turned our eyes forward once more. We wanted to really stretch the creativity of our models, so we asked them to show us what new job they want to see added! Here’s the instructions they were given.

Everyone loves to think up new jobs for FFXIV, some come from the past games and some are all new creations. Create a look for a whole new job that you would like to see in the game!


See the shots here!

Now, with this being the final round it’s not just about the last shot! No, this week we want you to cast your vote based upon the entire portfolio of each model! So, without further ado...here they are!

The Astounding Annouille

The Exceptional Eldaena

The Sensational Stephen

Please cast your votes with THIS FORM!

Best of luck to all the models! The round will close at 11:59pm EST Tuesday, February 23rd. Let’s find out who will be Eorzea’s Next Top Model!

Wheeeee final round! Good luck everyone! It's been really fun for the past couple of months ;v;

Couldn't use this shot for the final but I wanted to post it here because I'm really proud of it (thanks Ty and Kai for letting me resubmit it :'D)

More outtakes and things over here! http://elfymcnoodlelimbs.tumblr.com/post/139643285100/