Valandar's War Of Steel

Discussion in 'Transformers Funnies' started by Valandar, Mar 9, 2007.

  1. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    Cast list has been moved to the first post and slightly updated.

    Also, not sure if this should go here or not, but I was playing around with the Special FX needed for combat scenes, mostly the blasters and stuff (I've made notes on what color and kind of FX would be needed for each character, so that, for example, Windcharger doesn't shoot purple beams one week and green lightning the next. Except Downshift, he's always changing things around).

    Here's a sample shot with the lasers and stuff added... Seven ghostly blasters hovering in the Hall of Fallen Heroes:

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  2. Sheba

    Sheba FF 1 Badman=Cyclonus

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    awesome! :D  :D  :D  :D 
     
  3. slugslinger2004

    slugslinger2004 TFW2005 Supporter

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    Can't wait to see more :) 
     
  4. surak777

    surak777 Autobot Musician TFW2005 Supporter

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    Uhm the biobed... it's familiar (whips out tricorder and scans) hmm no can't say hmm (if McCoy walks around the corner, I'm out) I love the idea you've got going here though
     
  5. Grimlock_13

    Grimlock_13 Currently facepalming at your post

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    Really digging this...great job so far.
     
  6. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    Heh, you got me. It was the first med bed I could find in my extensive collection of 3D props. :p 
     
  7. DilaZirK

    DilaZirK Is bullheaded.

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    Wow. Simply incredible.

    I love the characters and backstory you've so painstakingly set up, and not forgetting the awesome background CGs.

    Excellent! :thumb 
     
  8. surak777

    surak777 Autobot Musician TFW2005 Supporter

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    (chuckles) excellent use of props and imagery I'll say that! nice one dude!
     
  9. Seawing

    Seawing Lurker of the depths Moderator

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    Awwww fiddlesticks...you took my idea of cg backgrounds (you didn't think I was gonna have all of my characters on that white back drop for each and every scene?)

    Seriously, great work there Valandar. did you do the Autobot memorial statues in 3d? if so what 3D program do you use? how do you compost this strip? Do you import the pictures into the 3d program or just render out the back grounds and put it together in Photoshop? Also for a back drop, I use a white window shade that I bought pretty cheaply from Walmart. It is a bit more durable than paper.

    I am intrigued with how the story will pan out. Can't wait for more...
     
  10. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    Well, Seawing, first of all I'm using a combination of 3D Studio Max and Poser for the renderings. I render the BG's then photo the toys then composit in Photoshop. As for the Autobot statues...

    ...See, I play an old superhero RTS/RPG called Freedom Force, and I have made many, many meshes for it - mostly of Transformers. I simply took some of those game meshes, used the color texture as a bump map, and gave them a diffuse map of a tan marble. :) 

    And I just got four pieces of posterboard (white, black, neon orange, and neon green) I'm going to use to composite things, using whichever posterboard is appropriate for the shot. :D 
     
  11. Rattrap Primal

    Rattrap Primal Geek Overlord, Botbot Collector

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    nice use of the old Star Trek sickbay pictures! (am I the only one to notice?)
     
  12. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    Not pictures - those are 3D models of the sickbay beds, as was pointed out by Surak777 last page. :) 
     
  13. surak777

    surak777 Autobot Musician TFW2005 Supporter

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    hehe I just didn't come out and say it :)  yeah it's a Star Trek TOS biobed hehe.. I had one for a while.. sold it... for a long time I had a McFarlane 8 inch James Hetfield touching a coors bottle while laying on the bed
     
  14. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    And the next installment - with a twist in the action!

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    (And the guide in the first post is updated, too.)
     
  15. Seawing

    Seawing Lurker of the depths Moderator

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    awesome job there :thumb 

    wondering if g1 Ironhide is back, or Prime's reporting a personal lubricant issue...
     
  16. Andersonh1

    Andersonh1 Man, I've been here a LONG time Veteran

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    Very nice. That's one way to write Thrust out.

    So are they drawing sparks directly from the Allspark itself?
     
  17. Dragonwolf

    Dragonwolf dragon-bot

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    awesome

    great work so far
     
  18. Valandar

    Valandar Dilettante and Dabbler

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    Only Long haul knows, and he's dead. :ev: 
     
  19. Andersonh1

    Andersonh1 Man, I've been here a LONG time Veteran

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    Poor Long Haul. :cry :
     
  20. Sheba

    Sheba FF 1 Badman=Cyclonus

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    cool! :D  :D  :D  :thumb  :thumb