Feedback on my failed contest submission?
Hello 🙂
So, the winners of Prusa's third contest was just announced. I submitted one model (a floodlight) but did not win anything, which is fine, I did not expect to. I am however a little surprised that it didn't even make it to the top 100 list, and I would like to know if that's because of reasons I'm not seeing.
A light would be very practical (assuming it's dark).
It's very versatile. Can be mounted on anything with a tripod screw, runs on a wide voltage range, even batteries (with my adapter).
Pictures were decent I think. The cover photo could be better I guess.
It's far more complicated then most of the models submitted.
Instructions are around 3k words, more than I've ever written anywhere. I've never written instructions like this before, but I tried to explain as best I could.
I would like to know if I'm missing something here. Is the project to complicated since it requires multiple (electronic) skills? Are the pictures bad? One model submitted not enough? Is it too niche? Layer height to coarse? Are my instructions bad? Am I insane?.
I'm quite new to uploading models, and to be honest it's been a little unsettling as I don't know what the feedback on my work will be. I do however want some constructive feedback here, especially if you have the electrical knowledge to make one. The feedback on PP is zero, and I cant ask anyone I know, as they have zero knowledge about this stuff, so I figured I would ask here. What do you think when you see my model?
RE: Feedback on my failed contest submission?
Well, they did have more than 1200 entries, so not even 10% of the entries made it to the top 100. I don't think it was anything you necessarily did, just the luck of the draw and the tastes of whoever was making the selections. That said, it does seem like many of the entries only had a minimum of "non printed" parts, whereas your entry's function arises primarily from other components as opposed to the print itself.
Just my 2 cents.
RE: Feedback on my failed contest submission?
I think your COB LED light is quite good, but as vintagepc said, the wining designs looked to be more printed parts orientated with the table being again showcasing printed parts, but more to do with their strength.
Lets see what the next competition is going to be about.
If it's printer upgrades, then Guy2k will probably be one of the winners or JLTX if he frequents these forums.
It may be organic art, in which case Blender users will probably win, maybe best software submission?, who knows, but better luck next time.
Normal people believe that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain’t broke, it doesn’t have enough features yet.
RE: Feedback on my failed contest submission?
Hm.. Having many non-printed parts could be a reason I guess, however, I would expect the models usefulness to be seen as a whole, but I guess it didn't take to the jury. Maybe they will have a "contains electronics" competition at some point. Or lights. I will have a few models for something like that.
Off topic question: do people get emails when a comment is left on a model page?
RE: Feedback on my failed contest submission?
Uhh.. Why does the ability to edit expire?
I was going to add: Maybe another reason could be that it would be harder to assess something that they can't make. It would take far to much time to test things that contains more than just plastic, so the usefulness would be assumed more with complicated models. I wonder how many of the models they print, if any.