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Moving....What will Happen? |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Sunday, May 30, 2010 - 05:30 PM |
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Nope, Zombie Pirates isn't dissapearing! Actually there's possibly good news on the horizon that will effect the film.
An update as to why the film has stalled since two years ago, there are several reasons.
- Got Married
- Had a son "AJ" who I'm taking care of almost full time besides my work
- Cold winters and an un-heated garage makes for slow progress
- Re-made Animateclay.com from scratch
Now there's new news. We may get a new "most likely small to medium sized" home in the near future, so that's why I fealt the need to update the blog. This will effect Zombie Pirates, possibly in a very positive way.
Right now I'm living with my wife with my office and desk in our bedroom, plus AJ in his crib behind me "which he's outgrowing" and our stuff in a garage with my parents stuff mixed in...and packed boxes for when my wife and I could move out. That time is coming soon.
What that means is I will possibly have an entire garage "or room?" that I can customize to my liking and build my studio all from scratch - just for Zombie Pirates! If I should have a small office room I can also put all of my shop supplies and inventory, plus my computer in one place as well.
I don't know what to expect as we haven't house hunted yet, we were just pre-approved for money at a credit union. I will do my best to post pictures of the move in the gallery to keep everyone up to date when the time comes.
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Busy Times |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 - 12:30 PM |
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It's been a bit busy lately. My son had his first birthday and first haircut recently. Had to update animateclay.com with stuff most won't notice behind the scenes. My aunt will also be staying with us for two weeks in about six days. All these things mean less time to work on Zombie Pirates AARGHH!!
I'm thinking it would be great to have a large donation so I could put off working on animateclay.com which is my main source of income. Then I could most likely pay someone to watch my son while I complete the project. But in todays economy, that's not likely.
So it will be slow going. Even though I've made more progress, it's hard to get past the fact that I've got a son that needs watching 24/7 now. Unless I get help in that area, I might ask my wife to watch him one out of the two days she is off work each week.
I'd love to do daily or weekly videos like I was doing before my son was born. Not having a creative outlet as far as sculpting and animating means I've spent more time playing my guitar while watching my son any time I am not busy. If there was a way to bring him in the garage without him getting whiny from sitting in his high chair, I'd be set. But sculpting while he gets grumpy and lets out a big YELL....means it won't be possible to concentrate on what I'm doing.
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Foam Bodied Ruble and New Plans |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 05:24 AM |
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These past few days I've been sneaking in the garage when my wife and son are fast asleep.
I cast a new Ruble head and made a special armature part that will allow the cast head to lock onto the foam latex body. I melted it directly into the center of the head to get the wax flowing and hardening over the head armature and it seems nice and secure.
I also plopped in a pair of new eyes. I drilled them out and painted the dark areas, but need to make the light color next. When it's done it will appear exactly the same as Ruble and his all-clay body.
After I finish this I'll need to make a pair of long arms that will be mounted in front of the camera, and I might have to find an old rig I built to animate the camera as well. I'll post more info on that when the time comes. But I'm starting to make progress again!
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New Ruble Cast Head |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Monday, September 14, 2009 - 10:21 AM |
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Yes - I was going to make a video, but time has been short for me lately. Tonight I managed to make a new clay cast head of Ruble. I was going to just use the single head on the clay body as well as for the foam body. But the problem I realized was the armatured part of the head is different for each. Instead I'll make a new duplicate head and cut that up specifically for the foam body.
One thing I'll need to do is hollow out where the foam neck extends up into the clay head. I might have to trim the foam as well. I don't want to fit the new clay head onto it until right before I decide to animate those shots because oils destroy latex. So for now I'm waiting for the cast clay head to cool in the freezer after melting the clay and pouring it into Rubles silicone head mold.
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Hmmmm, do I Wanna do that Shot? |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 - 05:28 AM |
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It popped in my mind tonight if I want to animate a specific shot next or not. I opened up Sony Vegas and checked the story boards to see exactly how I wanted to pose Ruble on the set. The shot is long and a little complex, mostly pantomime and no dialogue. Ruble gets up, bumps the barrels with the mug of rum and picks it up. Not too tough, but timing will be everything.
Then I realized I have two Ruble bodies. One is clay and one will be foam latex "cast by Mike Strain" for full body scenes where he requires a lot of movement. Well I've only got one Ruble head made and it's on the clay body.
So the question is - do I want to animate the full body shot next, or use the clay body for the close-ups? I decided that I want to animate the rest of the close-ups with the current clay body because I will have to tear apart the current head to insert it on the foam body. Since I am unsure how well that will turn out, I might do the close-up full face views next and not the full body scene.
I will work on refining the story board shots and inserting a few new drawings tonight before I move on. Then we'll decide where to take things.
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