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* Closed * RRRR Swimsuit Babes render contest

TotteTotte Posts: 14,939
edited April 2 in Art Studio

A new round of RRRR is here and  this one may be slightly more unhinged than usual.

The theme for this round is:
Swimsuit Babes

Yes, exactly. Sunshine, swimwear, glamour, disaster, absurdity, confusion, romance, chaos, or all of the above. Whether it turns into beach beauty, poolside mayhem, jungle pin-up nonsense, post-apocalyptic bikini racing, or a completely doomed tropical picnic is entirely up to you.

Check the Entries Only thread, first post, for an example of how to post an entry.

RRRR stands for Random Runtime Roulette Renders, and it is a contest that has been running for almost fifteen years now, on and off. We invite anyone to enter, especially all the newer users who have shown up over the years. This is not the usual “make a very nice render” contest — this is more about telling a great story, often a funny one, through your render.

How does it work?

For this round, the pull rules are a little special.

You must use:

  • at least one animal
  • at least one land vehicle
  • at least one set of food
  • at least one april fools release item
  • plus 2 random items

And because this is a special round:

Lucky Bastards are counted twice.

That means that for this round, each Lucky Bastard gives you two extra random pulls instead of one.

So your base pull is:

  • 1 Animal
  • 1 Land Vehicle
  • 1 Food Set
  • 2 Random Items
  • 1 April fools item
  • + 2 extra random items per Lucky Bastard

Who can play?

Anyone can play!

How do you prepare yourself for play?

The rules are very simple, but first you need to have all your items in some kind of order in a text file, dumped from your itemized history into a text file or spreadsheet. Remove things like software, gift certificates, special plugins, and items that will not work in the software you use.

For example, if you have items for Poser, Bryce, or Carrara, and want to use DAZ Studio, remove those other items from your list. If you have loads of older figures, M3, M4, a ton of non-Iray stuff, and you only want to use Studio with Iray, remove the junk from your list first.

Then use a randomizer to randomly pick items from your list (your Runtime/My Library) for your pull. You can use items from any store. Build a scene using those required items plus anything else you want to add to make the scene work, tell the story, or make it even more ridiculous. For newcomers, I warmly recommend looking at previous contests below to get ideas for how this usually goes.

Working randomizer:
https://www.random.org/integers

Redraws

There are some situations where you are allowed to redraw. These are:

  • You pulled something that does not work: broken item, wrong version, wrong software, etc.
  • You pulled a software item, add-on, or anything that should have been filtered out from the list.
  • You pulled only gigantic environment props and cannot reasonably build or render a scene without crashing.
  • You pulled an item you have already used in two RRRR renders in this contest and that was randomly picked both times. Three is the curse rule!
  • You pulled something for one of the required categories that clearly does not fit the category after all.

Lucky Bastard Rule!

I say this again:

If you have Lucky Bastards, they count twice in this round.
 

Lucky Bastards Standings
Player Changes LBs
Totte 2 - 1 + 2 3
acb 2 - 1 + 1  2
Luci45 1 - 1  0
Aprilshowers 1 - 1 0
Fae3D + 1 1
katywhite + 1 1
emanuela1 + 1 1

Normally, each LB gives one extra pull.
In this round, each LB gives two extra random pulls.

Explanation of Lucky Bastards

Lucky Bastards, or LBs, are a form of handicap system that makes the contest a little more difficult for those who have won before.

This round, the handicap is extra evil, because April 1st seemed like a good day for bad decisions.

How to play

You pull, you compose, and you render.

Post your image and your pulls in this thread.
Do not miss that part — entries without pulls posted in this thread will be disqualified.

Then the entry should also be posted in the Entries Only thread.

Bundles

If you pull a bundle, use two or three complete items from it, or more if you like, but you do not need to use all of it. Only picking a hairpin from Victoria 8 Pro Bundle is too little.

Clarification: A bundle still counts as only one pulled item.

Poses, expressions, and textures/colors

If you pull a pose pack, expression pack, or texture/color pack, you only need to use one of them, not all.

For example:

  • If you pull 500 Expressions for Genesis 8 Female, use one.
  • If you pull 128 colors for Frappe Hair, use one.

Accidentally breaking the TOS

If your entry is removed by the forum mods because it accidentally, not deliberately, broke the TOS, you do not have to redo that entry. You may move on and make a new pull.

The rules of madness!

Now you have successfully and randomly picked your items, make a scene. You may add other items as well, but the ones you picked should be prominent, important, or cleverly used.

Render it, post it, and make us all laugh, cheer, groan, or question your judgement.

Remember, the renders must still follow the forum TOS.

Because this round has a theme, the render should in some way connect to Swimsuit Babes. That connection may be glamorous, comedic, weird, action-packed, romantic, absurd, or catastrophically ill-advised.

The contest categories!

There are two categories:

  • Best
  • Funniest

Every image will compete in both categories.

The contest starts today, April 1st 2026 and ends on April 1st 2027 23:59:59 Local Daz time

Lets play!

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