Challenge #1192 "Magic wand" (24/04/26) Entries CLOSED

Theme #1192 for Friday 24th of April 2026 is:

Magic wand

Entry closes on Monday, 22:30 GMT (Mon, Apr 27, 2026 10:30 PM)


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Please remember to state if your entry is pure, open or non-competing.

“There are two main goals for these contests: Fun and Glory.
Fun: You get only 4 days to create a cool image, based on the theme for the week.
Glory: After 2 days of voting, a winner is declared. The winner picks the theme for next week and will be featured in the Feature Row.”

For details please check out the: CHALLENGE RULES

Btw.: Comments are welcome in both threads (entries/voting). Have fun! :slight_smile:

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Pointy Stick

Blender 5.1 cycles pure entry.

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Thorny Wand
Pure, eevee, 5.1

trying out vbd import for smoke, plus some great sculpting tasks.

here’s the initial layout:

sculpting the wand and thorn used with scattering:

putting it all in place:

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Modular Hamster Wand


non competing (pure), Cycles, Blender 5.1.1

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Lumos Maxima

This little puppet ( with procedurally generated hair and eyebrows ), picked up an interesting looking stick she found on the ground. Suddenly it starts glowing in her puppet hand. Could this be a magic wand?

Tutorial for the rope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSMoIJ8oAI

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“Magic Wand” (pure Cycles - if we exclude font*)

And I ran into a problem: How do you see a Volume Scatter that’s placed behind or below an object with a glass shader?
I couldn’t find the answer, so I used the Compositor to add the purple halo ^^’

*The fonts I’m using are Amiri Quran Regular (brass plate), Bebas Neue Regular (remote), and Segoe Fluent Icons (remote).

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Have you tried using path guiding?

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Hmm, no, but I’d like to try if you explain how to do it. :smile:

The Field Manipulator - Alien science is Magic

Pure

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In Render Properties (Cycles) switch from GPU to CPU. Then enable the Path Guiding Checkbox, Set “Filter Glossy” to 0. Additionally “indirect Light” to 20-25.

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Hmm, it’s not working, I must have missed something, but thanks anyway :slight_smile:

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Wand of wonder, Cycles, Pure
It’s a silly-looking gumball wand.

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Excellent smoke - nice and whispy :slight_smile:

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Wand of Azura


Pure. Everything made in Blender, only procedural textures.

A couple of months ago, I thought about making some magic wands for an old game called Morrowind, but I always left the project for later. When I saw the topic of the weekend challenge, I realized I would upset the Daedra if I skipped this week.

The grip is made of ebony (which is a metal in the Elder Scroll series, not a type of wood) and the tip of adamantium, with details in gold.

9 Likes

Defective Magical Wand

Open entry, as always…

Some nice entries so far… @pelemele & @codecontemplator - Love it when people are thinking outside the box!

Randy

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something made it disappear
pure


I promise I’ll never do that again!

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Nice, we actually had someone who won the challenge with one of those :wink:

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Abracadabra… voting is open! :magic_wand:

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Unfortunately, I had an accident on Sunday morning while hiking and ended up in the hospital for two days after hitting my head on a rock. Sadly, that also meant the end of my unfinished rendering.

I liked the theme and would have loved to contribute. Thematically, it was somewhat reminiscent of “Ollivanders Storeroom” :slight_smile:

Once I’ve recovered, I’ll finish it and post it here :slight_smile:

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