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Is that 240 volts? | A shot showing the blue-screen strip where the city would be 'comp'd' in, trams travelling down the street. Vogons walking about. The whole set up was essentially one gag, a visual gag, more of a peculiarity than a laugh out loud gag...that the Vogons would have a docking mechanism that looked like a domestic human plug and socket. | |
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To the right a little | More of the sockets, where arcing would have been added. The Destroyer interlocked beautifully with the three pins and eventually comes to rest on the ground.What with the extra arcing, the trams, gash detail(see below)and the thing coming down on those pins, I thought that this would have been one of those few 'wow' shots that you get in sci-fi films | |
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Rumble....splat | The destroyer in position on the stage.You can just about see the lifting rig on the right. d inside1.jpg Tradesmans entrance Dont think Ive ever been inside a model before (he says innocently). This one was certainly big enough to crawl inside. Mostly for the rigging of the lighting. d more rust.jpg Even more rust please All the Vogon machinery was supposed to be very old, so lots of rust should be present. This was just paint - not real rust as with the tram, the 1:100 scale meant that that kind of texture would be invisible, so mottled patches of acrylic paint were dabbed on around the sockets...I had a look on the internet and found pictures of old rusted ships etc for reference. However much I put on, I was asked to put even more on...three times! | |
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Potatoe/potato... | ....Constructor/Destructor You can see the destroyer in the Vogon City...the taller buildings were supposed to be the 'Constructors'...yet it is those you see destroying the Earth at the beginning of the film. (?) | |
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Not to be | Maybe only good looking people find themselves gracing the pages of Cinefex. The laborious task of masking off areas for the spraying of different panel tones. | |
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A person?...2mm? | As is often the case with movie models..a maquette is made first, so that the art dept would know exactly what they were getting and we could make it look as big as it was supposed to be. A person was supposed to be about 2mm tall, making this about 1:500. Give or take. Original.jpg But is it art? A busy little panel for casting, that we can cut up and place in all the recesses. Just made up as you go along. A bit of fun. | |
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Not even in 'deleted scenes' | One of the giant plug pins. I think the scene was cut because the pins are based on the British domestic plugs and not the American ones and that the gag would be lost on the American audiences. No worries, it'll turn up on the DVD in 'deleted scenes'....wont it? | |
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Ouch! | On a building in the foreground an interesting gash was asked for at the last minute, where another vehicle had crashed into it maybe. Floor layers and internal lighting as well. Vinny applied the finishing touches. He has got a finishing touch - LoL! | |
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Tradesmans entrance | Dont think Ive ever been inside a model before (he says innocently). This one was certainly big enough to crawl inside. Mostly for the rigging of the lighting | |
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Even more rust please | All the Vogon machinery was supposed to be very old, so lots of rust should be present. This was just paint - not real rust as with the tram, the 1:100 scale meant that that kind of texture would be invisible, so mottled patches of acrylic paint were dabbed on around the sockets...I had a look on the internet and found pictures of old rusted ships etc for reference. However much I put on, I was asked to put even more on...three times! | |
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But is it art? | A busy little panel for casting, that we can cut up and place in all the recesses. Just made up as you go along. A bit of fun. | |
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Open wide! | You're definately NOT going to see this much detail, but it is quite close to camera, so better to be safe than sorry. What with the extra arcing, the trams, this detail and the thing coming down on those pins, I thought that this would have been one of those few 'wow' shots that you get in sci-fi films |
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