Tobar said:
adywan said:
Tobar said:Hey Ady, I was just glancing at the excellent comparisons you have in the first post when I noticed something:
Were these just temporary starfields?
starfields is one thing that has never bothered me. the last thing you should be looking at in a space sequence is the stars. i never wanted to use generated starfields and instead wanted to use original starfields from the stare was movies . you will get repeated starfields because there is only so much area i can grab and combine to use to create a very hi res starfield that can be used for panning shots and fast movement. Its the same starfield i used for ANH:R and no one commented on that so i'm not too bothered by repeated star clusters. lol
Well now that you have your new HD camera, have you thought about going for real authenticity by recreating the stars just like they did for the films? I can't remember where I read/heard it but I remember one of the crew mentioning that all they did was punch holes into this black material (can't remember what it was specifically) with a pin and then backlit it. It would add a lot more authenticity to the stars as it would add a real twinkle to them when they're in motion. Think it would be worth a test to see how it looks? Imagine if it comes off real well and you could one-up the prequel effects crew with their digital starfields.
That would be impossible to do to get the scale needed for a starfield unfortunately. i would need a large studio and a hell of a lot of black material. Like i said, its exactly the same starfield i used in ANH:R and no one even noticed. plus that one shot of the stardestroyers wasn't from the finished video so it may even be different, but i'll have to check. Its the same with the Fx work though. I only ahve a limited amount of source material i can work with so sometimes i have to use the same element more than once. This is unavoidable when doing an edit like this unless i had access to the Lucasfilm vaults. I had a lot of people moan when i used some repeat elements in ANH:R but that really doesn't bother me. Its a means to an end.
sketchrob said:
Sevb32 said:
Show me a shot in ANH:R that had the two of the same star patterns in the same frame. In the same frame is the problem.
There is no problem, really this is taking it a tad far no? lol
yeh, i think it is now. lol
Husker said:
adywan said:
but with the only Fine Molds models i can find are on Ebay and are about £200, a quarter of that is just shipping to the Uk, its just a case of saving up as much as i can and preying there is still one available when i get the cash.
eBay isn't always the best option IMO. I've purchased multiple models throughout the years from this Hobby Link Japan, excellent service all around, as well as prices (£129). I fully recomend them so it's something you should really consider when the time comes to buying that marvelous Fine Molds MF, Ady:
http://www.hlj.com/product/FNMSW-06
They actually have al of FM models in stock right now, in case you also need the Slave 1, X-wing, TIE's, etc.
http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?Maker1=FNM&MacroType=InjKit&GenreCode=Sci&Dis=2
yeh i had looked at that site and it comes to approx £200 with postage to the UK. I did find one that was going for a lot less that was in the Uk but i got outbid by £2 over my max bid right at the last second today, so i'm pretty gutted. I was so close to getting it too but i didn't have any extra cash to bid higher. i haven't seen any others in the Uk on the net that is any cheaper than getting one from abroad, but that's going to be a long way off because i need to save a lot more extra cash. i think what i'm going to have to do is just keep donations open until this edit is near completion, which is something i hoped that i wouldn't have to do again. And i though this was going to be the easy movie to do. lol
Monroville said:
Is there any way to make the AT-STs (if they're included) cockpit windows look like the AT-ATs, like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaAju7mO6rI
I always thought that the way they were designed in JEDI made them look like they had droopy eyes (and not threatening). Even if you had a reflective/black window as opposed to the glowing red/blue ones would still look better.
You know Ady, maybe that is something you could do with the AT-ATs on Hoth. I know you took out the red windows, but what about reflective windows, like how some windows are on more modern buildings? They wouldn't have to be mirrored, but more like how tinted windows look when sunlight reflects on them.
EDIT - link now works
i really don't like the designs they have done for the AT-ST's in that video. i really like the idea that the AT-AT's & AT-ST's don't have any sort of glass in them at all. It makes them more like real life tanks which just have open viewing slats so no reflective look to them i'm afraid.
Ziz said:
I've suggested before that I'm sure plenty of UK based guys over at Starship Modeler would be more than happy to loan him their SW models but Ady wants to do everything himself.
It would be great if i could get my hands on some good models rather than having to do everything myself, but i really do enjoy making these things and it would be too nerve racking if i was to borrow someone else's model and have to worry about it getting damaged.
Jeyl said:
JediBorota said:
@ Adywan,
Instead of smashing the sets once you are done creating them...why don't you auction them off to your fans here??
I am sure that some of us would be more than happy to 'own' a piece of history in the Star Wars Revisited Timeline!!
Is that legal?
well i can't see why selling some hand built stuff would be illegal. There is no way i could possibly think of selling the sets though. The canyon alone is going to be 13ft & 3ft and the hangar is going to be huge also so no possible way to ship these things in one piece. I may, however, be selling the Wampa and some of the smaller things that i wouldn't be needing for any of the other films in the saga. But its getting the money together to get the things done in the first place that's the problem. lol
teharri said:
what do you guys think of removing the line Obi-wan says to Luke about how Yoda intructed him.
I thought it could just end with their you will learn from yoda, the jedi master.
Just a thought.
no, i prefer to change the PT to suit the OT so i will tackle this when i get to TPM:R
rcb said:
i wasn't here during ANHR so i was wondering two things. ONE: why did ady cut out the jabba the hutt meeting with solo? and two, why did he change the way alderaan exploded. i don't care, just courious.
Ripplin said:
Well, ONE: because Jabba looks awful. :p Right, Ady? That scene is on the DVD-9 in 3-D, though.
yeh you are correct there Ripplin. i also got rid of jabba because the scene just didn't need to be there and made Jabba look like a dick. It totally ruined his persona of being a feared gangster the second Han stepped on his tail. i cringed every time i saw that scene so it had to go. PLus most of the dialogue was moved to the Greedo scene when Jabba was originally taken out of the movie so the whole scene became redundant.
The Alderaan explosion i changed because i wanted to get rid of the whole Star Trek shock wave thing and have it looking more like a planet blowing up with debris more than just a plain explosion
