We encouraged everyone who attended our training and practice sessions to pick a building or scene and have a go at 3D modelling with SketchUp. Some of those became the entrants to the Competition. We expected lots of people to upload one model each Instead, a few keen individuals produced a first model with great care and some of those went on to upload many models each.
Here is the list of prizewinners, in the order in which they were presented by our compere, Lee Boswell, Town Centre Manager for Letchworth. CONGRATULATIONS to each winner and to everyone who helped make this project a success!:
Sponsor | Theme | Presenter | Prize | Entrant: entry | Compliments |
3D_lgc Project Team / Letchworth Festival | Young learner | Frankie Oliver (to signify North Hertfordshire College’s support) | Software: Nusoft Nature Illusion Studio Pro | James Cooper: Broadway Fountains and the UK’s First Roundabout |
Iconic scenes for “Putting Letchworth on the Map!”. |
Transition Town Letchworth | Community and ecology | Peter Willcox | Cash prize of £25 | David Booth: Mrs Howard Hall |
Complexity of model. |
Letchworth Garden City Society | Civic amenity | Allan Lupton | Cash prize of £50 | Matthew Heaton: The Settlement |
Complexity of model. |
Serif (Europe) Ltd | Graphical skill | (stand-ins: David Levett and Claire Morgan, t.b.c.) | Software: Serif DrawPlus X5 | David Booth: The Cloisters |
Complexity of model. Runner-up in the public’s vote. |
David’s Book and Music Shops | Retail | (stand-in: David Walker, t.b.c.) | Voucher for £30 | Selina Yip: Broadway Walk Shops |
Multiple premises in one model. |
Siegeworks | Graphical skill | (stand-in: Alastair Stewart t.b.c.) | Custom t-shirt with winner’s choice of graphic | Matthew Heaton: St George’s Church |
Complexity of model. |
Earthware and The Technology Studio
jointly with Harmony Internet |
Visual impact | Brian Norman
Kate Davies |
Tablet computer: Google Nexus 7 with 32 MB | Jenny Heaton: Letchworth Garden City Railway Station |
Also won the public’s vote.
The judges found it hard to tell the younger entrants models from the experts’ models. |