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Funky stuff (Was: Max's Motorhome)
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Wed, 16 Feb 2000 18:10:40 GMT
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Barbara Sproat wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> > I used the same "wing" for a Land Rover model, BTW, but my model looks
> > much more "traditional" than yours. You've got a more "funky" look
> > with all those bricks put sideways:
> That "funky" stuff is rubbing off on to me from Jeremy. I forgot who he got it
> from, but it really opens my eyes to look at the bricks a whole new way. (sort
> of frustrating sometimes as well.)
I get most of it from Karim Nassar. He has an excellent description of this
"scuplting" style here:
http://www.etymon.org/kn/tips.html
The most important item (IMO) is #1 -- "Don't get caught up in the 'bumps-up'
way of thinking." There are just too many shapes you can get from ordinary
pieces to ignore this.
The hardest part about this "sculpting" process is trying to reach a point
where it all crystallizes for you. Before this point, you're going "huh?"
But one or two magical models later, and it's clear as day.
Cheers,
- jsproat
p.s. What I want to know is what the props for step #4 is called. Karim made
a note that ILM model makers would add tons of little but meaningless details
to all their space ships, bashing hundreds of automobile and rocket models to
add finishing touches to, say, a Star Destroyer. Is there a word for this?
p.p.s. (Everyone but Barbara close your eyes.) Hi, Sweetie! :-, (Okay, you
can open your eyes now.)
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
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| In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: [...] (...) Clutterfication? :-) I remember seeing something (years ago) on TV that talked about ILM: a model-maker was being interviewed, and demonstrated how they had attached bits from battleships and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
| | | Re: Funky stuff (Was: Max's Motorhome)
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| In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: <snip> (...) <snip> As I understand it, the word used by the model builders around the shops at the time they were building all those cluttered ships was "greeblies". But this is pretty much 3rd- or 4th-hadn (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Max's Motorhome
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| (...) That "funky" stuff is rubbing off on to me from Jeremy. I forgot who he got it from, but it really opens my eyes to look at the bricks a whole new way. (sort of frustrating sometimes as well.) (...) This looks a lot more of what I was aiming (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-00, to lugnet.build)
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