007 . Face off...

Just a quick posting to mention I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth. It's been an extremely busy summer so far and we're still working feverishly on the film. Currently we're up to the face off between Biggs and the Stuka. This is a little past the halfway point in the film and next comes most of the real meat/action of the picture.

This animation is nothing compared to the amount of work the effects animation will take to realize the dusty desert enviro and the some and other squib effects needed for gun play in the desert.

On a sad note I wasn't able to make it down to Comic Con this year. But hopefully I will be there next summer showing some prints of the finished film.

To the left is more screen captures from the initial face off. I'm hiding some of the cooler shots to save for the actual screening.

This is Christopher... signing off troops.

006 . Shading Reference

The stuka is now built and being added to the shots, replacing the stub previs one we've been working with. At the same time we are also looking at the surfacing and details of both the plane and Biggs.

Here's a quick look at some surfacing reference illustrations created by Greg. Greg is not only a killer art director and designer but he is also the king of finding cool reference and then amping it up in the art form and making it his own. I see this when I look at the design of our villain. The stuka is going to look amazing at it thunders across the desert, strafing our hero within an inch of his life.

... Christopher