Thought this was pretty good, the upcoming onslaught of all things Star Wars sounds exciting:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/08/07/star-wars-episode-vii-a-newer-hope
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adywan said:
1. The Blizzard outside the hanger doors:
-Already added, including a new back ground for the outside
Great to hear, Brilliant!
2. The moving flaps on the Snowspeeders:
-I will be adding these. I'm going to build a model of the flaps, but if that doesn't pan out i will have to use CG for these
Fantastic.....if you need any help on this, physical or CG, gimme a shout
4. The Walker's foot scaled up as it crushes Luke's Snowspeeder:
-Hmm, well i was awaiting a certain person to work on this. lol
PM sent Ady, lol
John
Absolutely fantastic Adywan, I'm sure the smell of that resin stunk the place out!
Can't wait to see it painted
Just uploaded some of my old mock-ups on to vimeo, I don't know if you've considered any of these ideas?
Just click the images:
1. The Blizzard outside the hanger doors:
2. The moving flaps on the Snowspeeders:
3. Han & Chewie reduced in scale on the Falcon:
4. The Walker's foot scaled up as it crushes Luke's Snowspeeder:
Thanks
John
The possibility that we are going to OD on Star Wars:
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/abc-mulling-tv-shows-based-on-star-wars-characters-20130805
The Star Wars storyline might expand even more: ABC is mulling TV shows based on characters from the classic sci-fi franchise. According to Reuters, executives from the network are in talks with George Lucas' Lucasfilm studio to bring in new TV shows from the Star Wars universe. "We've started conversations with them," Paul Lee, president of the ABC Entertainment Group, told TV critics yesterday. "I have an inkling in my mind, but they have a lot on their plate."
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Fang Zei said:
At this point, an OOT release isn't so much a matter of "if" but "when" and "how" and "what." How will they go about restoring it? Will they include the '97 version for completionism's sake? What about the prequels? Will they now be stuck in their revised form on blu-ray while the OOT remains available?? What about the "official" version of the OT? Will it be re-scanned or will the lowry master linger on even longer?
'Find out next week in Soap' :)
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I hope that the next trilogy open with the same craft like the OT, it would be cool to open Ep 7 with a Star Destroyer.....only to reveal it painted with Republic livery, perhaps policing.
It would be cool to see the bridge refitted, but with colours or stark white and transparent (like JJ's Enterprise)....just to show the Republic have reclaimed the armada from the Empire.
As I said a while ago it would be cool if the new enemy of the Republic were old allies that fought with the Rebels against the Empire....echoing our own history
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ray_afraid said:
Ryan McAvoy said:
Where is this the full quote (In context) that keeps getting trotted out about young Doug wanting to redesign the X-Wings? Because it sounds to me exactly the sort of thing a young excited artistic kid would rush home and do after seeing Star Wars. I know I used to design and redesign SF stuff in my sketchbook for fun.
It was in an interview on the Ep. 1 Behind the Magic cd-rom. I don't remember the full quote, but I do remember him saying that he thought the spaceship designs in Star Wars were weak/lame/whatever.
I used to sketch alternatives back then, but I was in awe of the original designs, thats likely why I'm in the job I do now.
There were some fantastic ships in the prequels.....some cool designs, I liked the idea of the same design shape connecting the AOTC Starfighters to the OT Star Destroyer, and the ROTS Starfighters wings opening to show the evolution to the TIE....giving a hint that the Republic's military designer will be the Empire's.
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TMBTM said:
Jaitea said:
I don't like the Starfighter designs for the Prequels with their impossible droid slots,
Well, X-Wings are not particulary more designed for droids; You need to have a machine to put the astromech droids on the fighter anyway, as seen in SW 77. It's just that in the prequels they invented flying R2 units that are looking silly when they jump out of the ship.
It's not really how they get in or out its how they dont fit inside them....Ok to get round it in AOTC the Starfighter has a built in droid, but the Naboo Starfighter the ship has no droid slot from above so it needs access from below....but if you look at the ship, it has a raised collar which is the diameter of the droids dome.....what happens to the raised areas of the droids head like the holoprojectors etc,....also the raised collar has no provision for the droids shoulders/legs......to get by this problem they explained (and you can see in the technical cut-away drawings) that the droid's head expanded away from its body (like inspector gadget).....but if you do the maths, there still isn't enough room for the droids body in the thickness of the ship......
The Jedi Starfighter in AOTC is even more amazing....it has a dimension warping device to swallow up R2's body into nothingness, as the ship isn't even remotelly deep enough for a droid....a quarter of the droid should be hanging out the bottom.....hmmm
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I don't like the Starfighter designs for the Prequels with their impossible droid slots, not sure if Doug Chiang was completely responsible for the logic (or lack of) behind them.....maybe a designer with more respect for RALPH McQuarrie & Joe Johnston.....Doug Chiang has said when he first saw Star Wars, he went home and redesigned the X-wings etc....the way they should have been done
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Hmmm, Foodles?
STAR WARS EPISODE VII Set To Start Filming Next Month; Production Title Revealed
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Some more images of 'The Ghost'
This has been resized.......open in new window to see larger image
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The schematics of 'The Ghost':
In case you can't read Aurebesh, here's what it says:
Modified VCX-100 light freighter, Corellian Engineering Corporation, Metrics: length: 43.9 meters, width: 34.2 meters, height: 14.5 meters, 1. nose turret's gunner position, 2. forward floodlights, 3. main cockpit, 4 crew quarters, 5 port docking ring, 6. starboard docking ring, 7. dorsal laser cannon turret, 8. main cargo hold, 9. engine assembly.
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adywan said:
But have you noticed that, when ILM do effects for anything by Lucas/ Lucasfilm, they are nowhere near as good as when they do effects for other companies? By that i mean anything since the Special Editions. Look at the Rontos in ANH. they used the same model they used in Jurassic Park, yet they looked nowhere near as realistic as the dinosaurs in that film. All the additions just scream fake. They used the same Red 2 CG model for every CG X-wing in ANH. The CG R2 in the prequels looks like a damn cartoon, especially in ROTS. The rocks in front of R2, Jabba's new door, Jabba in docking bay 94, the monkeys in KOTCS, the jungle, etc etc all scream fake. Now compare that to their work on other films where their work is stunning. But there is one common factor in all of the bad ones though; George Lucas was in charge.
I've always noticed that, its like they knew the work for the boss was guaranteed, but to keep the client work, they needed to push boundaries.
It's a real shame....but now now SW is in the hands of a different customer, I'd say they'll deliver Disney effects that'll impress
J
Just watched Harmy's ESB today & noticed the stop motion Han & Tauntaun that appears through Ben's Ghost looks a bit odd....it looks a bit toyish, Han's head looks too big in scale to the Tauntaun.
Click image
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Ronster said:
Ok i am working up in bolton at the moment......
The company i am working for have decent cameras for hire... In fact probably higher spec than whar you had.... Anyway i am not sure i can pull any strings for you in terms of discount but i asked them about where to hire cheap cameras from up north.
I think you are near wigan or something???
Anyway try these guys for camera hire if it is a viable option
Savilleav.co.uk
and another company called provision
You work for Saville Ronster?
I'm in the Belfast Branch
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Good to see you back Bingo
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It is strange that our old friend, Mr Bingowings hasn't posted for a while.....does anyone know if he's OK?
J
EDIT: did find this:
I like the look of the Naboo Fighters but I don't like the lack of thought behind the droid slot.....I mentioned it here
Jaitea said:
Ryan McAvoy said:
Why did the Jedi design a fighter that required an Astro-Droid but was so low to the ground that the Astro-Droid couldn't get out (Except by using it's rocket boosters)?.................
Some of the designs of the Prequel craft were pretty good,.....but the Droid slots don't make sense on any of them, the Naboo fighters show clearly that the hole for R2's head is on a tube which has no provision for R2's legs/shoulders.....the cross section explination demonstrates that his head extends away from his body (Inspector Gadget style)....but then the ship doesn't have enough depth for his body.....also the hole for his head doesn't allow for the holoprojectors
How the designer made compromises like this is beyond me.....and did it again for the ROTS Starfighter....there is no room for an R2 unit in there, his lower body & feet magically disappear into the dimension warping droid slot......balls up
J
Na..... Bradley Cooper looks too much like Bono to me
Maybe someone like Stephen Dorff.....looks a bit rougher
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Ryan McAvoy said:
Why did the Jedi design a fighter that required an Astro-Droid but was so low to the ground that the Astro-Droid couldn't get out (Except by using it's rocket boosters)?.................
Some of the designs of the Prequel craft were pretty good,.....but the Droid slots don't make sense on any of them, the Naboo fighters show clearly that the hole for R2's head is on a tube which has no provision for R2's legs/shoulders.....the cross section explination demonstrates that his head extends away from his body (Inspector Gadget style)....but then the ship doesn't have enough depth for his body.....also the hole for his head doesn't allow for the holoprojectors
How the designer made compromises like this is beyond me.....and did it again for the ROTS Starfighter....there is no room for an R2 unit in there, his lower body & feet magically disappear into the dimension warping droid slot......balls up
J
Thanks very much darth_ender & Ryan,
The thing is I'm still working on the ship....but here's my entry photos:
My new thread for the final touches is here
The winner was the Grosser Hund 'Altair' by CheesyGrin
& Runner-up was 'The Rebel Transport' by John Simmons:
....any how, I'm still working on it, not much more to do
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I said:
Here's one that I'm working on at the minute for a competition.....less than a week left, I posted before on another thread,....I'm making The Millennium Falcon but as Ralph McQuarrie designed her:
You can see my thread here:
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Well the contest is over & results are in, I got 3rd place in the Sci-fi section & 3rd place in the best in show (out of 99 entrants)
The winners announcement here:
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The Haynes Death Star Manual coming soon:
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The same artist as the Spagetti Wars (Timothy Anderson):
^click to see more
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Ronster said:
Because Luke's is going distract the walker while Wedge comes from behind to launch a tow cable. It makes perfect sense.
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Yeah that is how i interpreted it which means that luke is flying "point"
If he has a rear gunner covering wedge is possible as he does not it does not make sense
If wedge was flying "point" luke would trail and provide cover
I think if Wedge were doing the run on his own there would be more chance of him being picked out by the advancing Walkers....with Luke leading the way & being the decoy, it increased the chance of Wedge doing his run successfully
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