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Published: 2008-12-20 21:58:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 5367; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 234
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Wings... still more work yet to be done on the legs.Related content
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Hey man thats some awesome looking stuff
(Got to say this seems more spot on than the next version in my opinion)
I came across your work while hunting for illustrations of the 'old ones' from Lovecraft's 'Mountains of Madness'
As I'm doing a BA in 'CG Arts and Animation' and I'm just starting my minor project, which is to design and create the 'Old ones' ruined city in Maya
I threw some of your work up on my blog, hope you dont mind and I'll give you a link if you fancy a browse
Keep up the awesome work
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thanks!! I agree I like this one better too. send me a link. I need to get some of this stuff up on turbo squid.
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Its not such an incredible blog really, but hopefully that will be changing soon
I've done a fair amount of digging on the subject etc and I'm going to start attacking concept stuff tomorrow in theory.
But yeah man feel, free have a browse:
[link]
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I like this and the final equally. You really did a good job on this.
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Thanks, I still like this one too a little better, More alien qualities.
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BTW-I LOVE the wodowmanker. Very creepy! So inhumanly human!
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I think the wings are a little off from the descriptions. They are suppose to be fan like but right now they appear to me as serrated bone.
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I agree, the word "fan" can also refer to a sea animal found on coral reefs.
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I love it overall, you've really done a great job so far. From what I've read, I pictured the wings as more delicate-looking, or "membranous". That's really open to interpretation, though, as (from what I've gathered) the wings were more to aid them in transdimensional flight through space, so air performance wasn't really an issue I guess.
The Things were also able to fold their wings into slots in their body for easy storage.
Anyway, just my two cents, keep it up!
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I may be on to something new with that in mind.
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Thanks for your time and the input. I will be sure to get the folding thing worked in, once I can nail down the look! thanks again!
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My pleasure! Your HPL work makes me drool.
Just to confuse the issue even more: the wings were described as "fan-like", which many people envisioned thusly: [link]
I don't know what I think about fan-wings. They definitely make the Thing look very alien, but they don't look like they'd be very realistic aids for flight.
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fan like a Japanese hand fan or fan like the sea animals that Lovecraft dwells upon.
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That's a good point. I wonder if he envisioned a hand fan-like wing with accordion-style folds that folded itself away inside its body, or more of a sea fan (gorgonian) type structure. My bet is on the first type.
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Thanks! made my day. I'm not getting to much feedback on this because I think no one has ever heard of it on zcentral.
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Yeah I noticed you on zcentral too- not a big lovecraft community on there. One thing I wish I could do that you do is stay on a model as long as you do, I always get bored of looking at the same ol' pixols and switch to something new
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Tell me about that crap. I am immediately board. I may do a fiji mermaid for a break.
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Wow! Fantastic! I was kind of visualising bat-wings, but these are much better; really alien-looking!
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that was my feeling too. I'm a little indecisive on this guy about the wings.
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Maybe make them a tad bigger is all I'd say.
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really. interesting. did you take the 7 foot wing statement as vertical or horizontal.
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I'd say horizontal. They might be scale-perfect right now, but they just look a bit... small. But then this is compared to the mental picture I had when reading Mountains of Madness.
The model is still excellent!
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The first version looked cooler, but this fit the story a tiny bit better
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Did ya like the more bat-ish wings or anything specific.
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He is really taking on the concepts Lovecraft had! Gotta love insanity!
Oh, did you happen to download the other two files yet? FileFront said there weren't any downloads as of yesterday.
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yep, for a total of three. thanks again man! That was very kind of you!
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Sure thing! Anything for a fellow Lovecraft fan.
Oh, be warned, my textures are woefully small compared to what you are used to handling. Any bigger and I turn a game into a slide show lol.
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nope the elder things or old ones or elder ones from "at the mountains of madness" by H.P. Lovecraft.
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Nice! Do you have a suggestion for an all inclusive collections of Lovecraft's stuff? I REALLY want to read it all.
Keep up the good work!
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there is a hardback called Lovecraft Tales! thats the one to get!
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Thanks very much, and keep up the awesome work!
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