Episode Thirty Five

Star Wars would never be Star Wars without X-Wing




Okay, so that's pretty much how its going so far. I'm quite happy with the basic shape. The under part of the wing isn't done yet. The Redwing looks a lot like the old X-Wing but is actualy very different. And R2 will have his own gun turret to fire enemies. BTW, did you guys watch that new Hulk movie? The new Hulk looks so fake in some shots, and some environments look very fake. I'm not sure if I'll watch it. Guess I'll save my money for Hellboy 2. I'm sure the Toro dude will have a better story to tell and better visuals.

May the Force be with you guys...and girls.

Episode Thirty Four

X-Wing variant
I'm back after my long search for the Ark of the Covenant, didn't get it and neither did Dr Jones. Now I'm working on an X-Wing. Three types of X-Wings.Codenamed Redwing, Bluewing and Blackwing. Did some research and have begun the blocking and modelling process. Also trying to figure out how most things should work. This picture is of the Redwing's Laser Canon contruction. All three types of X-Wing will be different from one another and I've decided to clasify them as XF or X-Fighter.

May the Force be with you.

Episode Thirty Three

Droideka Legs Problem and other problems.
I haven't posted in a while, its because I'm encountering major problems. Yes, I had some problems with my hardware and will have to figure out a way to make the CG renderable minus the long render times. Also, I just stumbled on the droideka again, and wondered if I should've given it three legs instead. But my main goal was to make it believable, something running around with three legs would easily pass of as CG. Then agian maybe I should make one with three legs and show only its top part when its walking so people will think its real. Well, its still pre production so I guess its not too late to make changes and its okay to have doubts. Another reason is that in Terminator 3, the original terminators looks something like the droidekas I made. So I don't want it to have similarities with the T3 droid.
Another problem is a helmet design for Starlander's hazard suit. I drew pictures of them years ago and the current one was finalised last year, till Iron Man came out. Back then a friend of mine said the helmet I made looked like Iron Man. But I think the current comic Iron man looks different to it but in this new Iron movie, the similarities were very obvious. So now, I have no choice but to start from scratch. Heck maybe I'll just make an evolution of Darth Vader's helmet.
By the way, the second picture is a holographic image on the cockpit ceiling of a new X-Wing prototype.

May the Force be with that Audi car with the STARK number plate.

Episode Thirty Two

Nekid no more.
This is a relief. I'm glad the dude is no longer nekid. But still the cloth fx hasn't set as it is still being modeled. He still needs a hood on his head and he's still barefoot. I have some ideas for his boots and hopefully it'll work. Once everything is done I'll texture him in full and skin him and apply all the fx and animate. Of course saying it is easy but doing it isn't!!!

But whatever it is, I think this guy's progress is going pretty well, and I really can't wait to finish him and start with Luke Skywalker. Hahahaa! <--evil laughter.

May the Force be with us.

Episode Thirty One

Advancement in Sith Technology after more than 1000 years...duh

The Sithsaber for Darth Satanious is kinda long. There's no way to keep it in place without having it mess with his clothing. And carrying something big with him wherever he goes will cause problems. If I attach it to his belt, it'll pull that belt down. He might prefer to carry it in his hand but that won't look good if he's not gonna use the thing. So at some point I thought of making the darth pull the sithsaber out of nowhere like the Green Goblin. In the climax when Spidey was beaten, the Green Goblin pulled out a trident from thin air. Same goes with all his pumpkin bombs. But at some other point I decided against it and came up with the idea of making it transformable into the size of a standard saber. So, after a few hours of testing, I came up with this solution in the video.

Yes. Exactly like how we get erections. So now the saber has a default length of about 12 inches and extends mechanicaly when switched on with Force activation. Now the darth can keep it snuggly as a concealable weapon in his robe without having it get in his way. But this doesn't mean that all the other Siths will have the same saber because this is exclusively designed for Darth Satanious. Everyone else will have to carry their Sithsabers the old way. Satanious' has other modes as well like vibration for detecting other sabers, saber length selection for increasing or deceasing the length and a choice of red or green saber color. And another idea is several settings for other modes of combat like a special power move for finishing the enemy.

May the Force be with us all.