The Golden Idol

Did you make Indy's hair brown on purpose?

I don't know if old Indy with brown hair would look too natural.

adywan said:

well the first thing i will be building is the Wampa. I want to get that out of the way so i can use the space for the model and set building. doing all this is going to be a bit of a tight squeeze in a 1 bedroom flat. i've almost got the mechanical design for the wampa nailed now so i will start the facial sculpture in a couple of days. pics and/or video blog will follow shortly after

 Sounds great! I'm itching to see it! How big do you expect it to be, Ady?

Janskeet said:

I never understood Obi Wan's little smirk after Han says, it's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, perhaps it could be removed:

 

Why does Han smile after Obi Wan says: only passengers, myself, the boy, two droids, and no questions asked? Always seemed to me like an inappropriate facial gesture for that moment. I always thought he should have given a serious look in that shot. 

 

 Why the f--- would you want to change this? That's brilliant, and it makes total sense.

Please, stop trolling.

So, will Ady be using your CGI, Serji-X Arrogantus?

Second one looks great. Thumbs up! I hope Ady uses that.

SynchG said:

vaderios said:

The whole scene will be replaced by new one so its settled.

-Angel

 

 

D=

Why are you sad? The entire scene will be refilmed so that it looks better than the original. The scene's content will stay the same, it will just be renewed.

Looks great.

Ripplin said:

The Golden Idol said:

Straws... ?

Grasping at...

 

 OK, got it. :)

Ripplin said:

Heh heh.

 Straws... ?

Janskeet said:

Enigmas said:

Sorry, I don't think that is a good idea.

Remember that after Luke gets away from being frozen in carbonite, the battle moves around the dark places near the base of Cloud City. This ultimately culminates in Luke's arm getting cut off and him falling to the weather antennae on the underbelly of the structure- Not the underbelly of the Executer.  

The background would need an overhaul, the background would have to be repainted to look like the belly of the Executor, but I think Adywan has the skills to make it happen.

Why do you want that? That is unnecessary in every sense of the word!

Thank you. I'm really not trying, my texting and messages seem to personify that image though. I knew asking Adywan about the credits would be a mistake. The fact that I was already walking on thin ice and then ask that really gives me the image of a sock, but I'm not. I wish I didn't fit the profile of a troll who used lurk around here.

Here's a tip: Think, then do.

For the ending, is it possible to keep the aliens as skeletons? The CG alien looked incredibly bad.

Janskeet said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Is that supposed to be funny?

Vaderios told me to contribute creatively in the ESB topic, so I did.

I think he meant contribute positively, not unnecessarily.

Seriously, Janskeet, you thought that was a good idea? I won't be surprised if Ady will be hitting a certain button soon.

Janskeet, I think you've just lost all chances of Ady not hitting the ignore button.

I've never said this to anyone on this thread before, but it has to be said now.

That is a HORRIBLE idea.

WHY would the chamber be on the Executor? There's no point!

Jedi Dark Knight said:

hahahaha I can't picture Yoda talking like that but funny indeed. This post office business is a real shame, it seems service only goes so far. I used to have that MF from back in the 80's, too bad it is all yello and old-looking now...it is still a great toy. Can anyone imagine how boring the ESB would've been if they had stuck with the original design?

 Original design of what?

HotRod said:

rcb said:

 me three.

P O

What's P O? Piss off?

So Ady, how far does the loss of the Falcon set you back? How soon do you think you'll be able to get another one?

 Also, how are the other models, like the Wampa puppet, coming?

adywan said:

well i have a bit of news about the Falcon, and it isn't good. Finally the seller has decided to contact me and Paypal. He said that it was posted 2 weeks ago and that the post office has mislaid it. He has sent proof of postage to Paypal and they are satisfied that he has indeed posted it and closed the claim. Now the bad news is that he sent it via uninsured mail which has really fucked me off because the post office offers almost nothing in compensation when sent uninsured. it doesn't mater how valuable the item is supposed to be all they will offer me is £30 for losing it. The seller had proof that he had contacted the post office prior to contacting me to find out where it is and they can find no trace of it. So that's it. the falcon is gone. I'm really pissed off at the seller for sending something so valuable without the postal insurance just to save a couple of pounds (which the amount in postage i paid would have more than covered this).So this has set me back a lot now.

 That sucks. How soon do you think you'll be able to get another one?

Also, this is kinda off-topic, but how is the Wampa puppet coming?

adywan said:

The Golden Idol said:

So, no one else noticed the bad compositing/outlines of Lando, Leia and Chewie on the balcony? I'm sure it's ILM's fault and not Ady's, but is there any way to fix it? It sticks out.

these are all problems with the original elements. there isn't much i can do without having all the separate elements and re-composite them i'm afraid.

But it it possible to just slightly tone down the blurriness, especially around C-3PO? I mean, you did add the blur, right?

doubleofive said:

The Golden Idol said:

Darth Solo said:

Has been montioned, with a strangely similar conclusion as to why in the post.

A lot of that going around lately...

(EDIT) vaderios beat me to it. And there is a lot of this going around lately too....

Is there any feasible way to fix it?

As you can see, the blurriness is the fix!  ILM cut out the characters with no level of blur at all (look at Lando's hair and Chewie's whole body).  Its just a matter of finding the balance between the cardboard-cut-out SE and the maybe-too-blurry Revisited Trailer.

Some blurriness would be fine, but there's too much in the trailer. This is especially noticeable when looking at 3PO's leg.

vaderios said:

I hate dead blacks...

Look at this sentence when taken out of context...

Darth Solo said:

Has been montioned, with a strangely similar conclusion as to why in the post.

A lot of that going around lately...

(EDIT) vaderios beat me to it. And there is a lot of this going around lately too....

Is there any feasible way to fix it?

So, no one else noticed the bad compositing/outlines of Lando, Leia and Chewie on the balcony? I'm sure it's ILM's fault and not Ady's, but is there any way to fix it? It sticks out.

I think it might work well if the ladies were holograms. Then there wouldn't be a problem with trying to match them into the footage.

Interesting idea, but don't you think the last pic is a bit mature for a Star Wars film? ;)