Started this a year ago, and noodle on it when I can. I just finished a long project and pulled it out off the cobwebs again. I still have a way to go. Someday soon maybe.
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Started this a year ago, and noodle on it when I can. I just finished a long project and pulled it out off the cobwebs again. I still have a way to go. Someday soon maybe.
It has been a week, and all the artists involved have put their work up, so here is my contribution. I was in the Art Dept., and worked knee to knee with the great Patrick Tatopoulos, which was incredible. He is truly one of the most supportive designers I have had the pleasure to work with. I did some digital sculpts of the Alien Queen, Patrick's version, which is a bit different than the direction they ultimately ran with.
A quick screen grab including some of his original design work. The school bus is for scale.
This was early in the design sculpt phase. This leg configuration was put through an animated walk and gallop phase. The rear legs were ultimately reduced by a third.
These Keyshot renders are of the final proportions.
The production was ramping up for an insane shooting schedule in New Mexico. The art dept. was moving into phase 2, and to location. I was a phase 1 guy, and the plan was for our group to stay behind in L.A. Our time was constantly being re jiggered, and I had to move on to other design work, which I will cover in the next post.
I also designed the alien skulls featured in the African scenes. Set dressing needed this turned around in 4 days. Did I mention the schedule was extremely rushed? They also needed the skull to have a complex interior like a real skull, complete with sinus cavities owing to the fact that there was a tight close up of a skull getting crushed under a boot heel and they didn't want it to look phoney, like a plaster slip casting. The master was to be output on a plaster printer to create a master that could be used to make a mold and cast dozens of copies in high density foam. Then the print would be cleaned up and painted and used for the close up shot.
Here are some interior views
My final post on my contribution. This is Patrick's concept of the "Inner Queen". He wanted to steer clear of her being just a monster. He thought she should be alien, but elegant, and almost frail. He gave me to 2D renders, and a picture of a ghost shrimp and a glass frog, and a few notes. 2 days later my unit was shut down and that was all she wrote.
The Inner Queen final render
Full body render
Transparency test render in Keyshot
Flesh and bones.
Zbrush screen grab
I did what I could in 16 hours. Thanks for looking!
hey there everybody,
Finally got my @%it together, started a cubebrush store, and have moved the Body Parts anatomy model to a final home.
So, no more dead links, or other annoying BS associated with this file. Free to all, as always. This is the most complete anatomy model I have ever seen. Compiled from CAT scan data, this was originally over 100 obj files. This is my attempt to make the model easier to interact with. So, for those of you that have never seen this model, go get it.
http://cbr.sh/9uqpme
http://cbr.sh/9uqpme
It only took about 10 years, but I finally squirreled away enough money to buy a 3D printer. I have been professionally preparing files for printing since about 2008, for other people, shows and whatnot. So it almost took a decade.
What's on my bench
Why Man Thing of course. My ole buddy
All of the moss is fibermesh. Yup, 3D printed fibermesh
He is app 14 inches tall. The image quality isn't the best. I am no photographer, and am using my phone. Anyway, the Form 2 is like a dream come true. No stepping in the parts at all, and this was printed on the medium setting.
Just wanted to share. Thanks for looking.
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Hi Derek, Long time no talk! I have been looking at the form 2 myself. I gather you are happy with the printer. Was that printed with one of the basic materials?
All the best, David
David,
How are, man? Its been like forever. Yes, the Form 2 is a sweet little machine. The parts are all printed in the new Grey material, which is superb for fine detail. The images don't quite do it justice. I was working with a desk lamp for lighting, and the specularity in the images is deceiving. It has a nice matt surface. The figure is five parts, except the little trees and plants on his back. The base was 4 pie slices. The best part is, there was no glue involved. I filled a little glue bottle with a metal tip full of the same resin, and used a UV flashlight to cure it. So, it is more like welding the parts together than gluing. It is all one material.
Great thread Carver
niceee workkk and lovelyy printt