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[Telkin Vaga]

Two awesome battle scenes made with 3 physical custom painted 3D printed models.



A few months ago I posted a few photos of Valcrow's Gen 2 Atlas model with effects done with real lasers and a fog generator. If you missed that see here.

Since the unveiling of the Sarah Jenner project (a collaboration with NGNG), we have a few extra models to work with and naturally we just had to do a combat scene with them. (Lets face it, this is all we ever want to do with models and toys. Not to mention the pew pew laser noises we make when we're playing with it.)

We decided that 3 models were the max we could use for a realistic scene due to the scale difference between the mechs. The Sarah Jenner model is 1:60 scale and since the Atlas is not, they were about the same height physically. Photo for scale below.



The goal was to do as much work as possible on the front end with photography and then really enhance it with Photoshop since we weren't 100% happy with the results of the lasers from the previous shoot. After fiddling around with placements of the different models, we came up with 2 setups we liked that looked realistic and dynamic.

The background is actually a 50" plasma TV and the floor the mechs sit on is a piece of glass supported right up to the TV. Models were lit by a 1x1 LED panel as a key and smaller spot LED as a highlight. As before, we used the artic blue wicked laser and a green laser positioned on the mechs for realistic lighting. A painstaking process to ensure none of the light sources reflected off the TV screen.



The above are the straight out of camera shots. As you can see the final edits really complete our concept. Extending the floor, added blurring, and of course explosions, fire and lasers done in Adobe AE. As well as bringing out some additional details from the mechs in Pshop. All masterfully implemented by Valcrow as well.

Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the two sequences. Let us know what you think!

*** As a bonus and because these are too gorgeous not to be printed, I will be gifting out the 2 battle scenes in 8x10 prints hi-rez prints to a randomly selected person who posts a comment here. Winner will be selected by Nov 15th 5pm EST. Open to the Universe as long as shipping it to you doesn't exceed $20CAD ***

Edited by Telkin Vaga, 10 November 2013 - 04:28 PM.

[Colby Boucher]

Why are they standing on a mirror...

[Iqfish]

This more than awesome. I didnt realize this was not done in photoshop, before i read your post.

Please, please keep this up. I never saw staging in such a quality before, im a mediocre photographer, but this blew my head entirely off.

You just made my day, and therefore you earn this:

[Heffay]

Nice work, OP!

[Telkin Vaga]

Colby Boucher, on 08 November 2013 - 03:45 AM, said:

Why are they standing on a mirror...

Because it's an alien world where the temperature is so hot that salt and silicon has crystallized into perfect sheets which is completely see through but at the angle in which we are viewing the mech, plus the angle of the sun setting on the right causes complete internal refection giving you the illusion that it's a mirror. If you aim just right, you can shoot a laser into the ground, reflect it and hit another mech in the crotch.

[Pariah Devalis]

Telkin Vaga, on 08 November 2013 - 08:47 AM, said:

Because it's an alien world where the temperature is so hot that salt and silicon has crystallized into perfect sheets which is completely see through but at the angle in which we are viewing the mech, plus the angle of the sun setting on the right causes complete internal refection giving you the illusion that it's a mirror. If you aim just right, you can shoot a laser into the ground, reflect it and hit another mech in the crotch.

Or they are fighting on a shallow pool of water. That works too.

[Valcrow]

salt flats!

[Valcrow]

I forgot to mention, we didn't make the background, I searched for some MW BG's just as a test but ended up in the final shot. Can't seem to find it again to see who made it.

[Telkin Vaga]

Last chance to get in for the free prints draw coming up today. Only 3 comments so far so so there's still a really good chance!

[Iqfish]

Nooo I didnt get one Well, I have to print it myself

[kiriage]

Woohooo

[Nakamura Takeshi]

Or they are on Salt Flats like in Bolivia.

[Bishop Steiner]

wish I had somehow not missed this post before!

[kiriage]

Prints arrived, and they look every bit as awesome up close as they do online! Thanks very much guys, theyll take pride of place on the wall, appreciate the effort to get them all the way here.

[Bishop Steiner]

kiriage, on 12 December 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:

Prints arrived, and they look every bit as awesome up close as they do online! Thanks very much guys, theyll take pride of place on the wall, appreciate the effort to get them all the way here.

I think they need a King Crab to join the fray, don't you?

[Valcrow]

Glad you like 'em! Early mech Christmas.

Bishop Steiner, on 12 December 2013 - 07:22 PM, said:

I think they need a King Crab to join the fray, don't you?

I agree! And then we'll have a physical diorama of the image you see behind this forum!

Need someone to work on a dropship!

[kiriage]

Bishop Steiner, on 12 December 2013 - 07:22 PM, said:

I think they need a King Crab to join the fray, don't you?

It would be a fine little get together..and the sooner the better!

[Bishop Steiner]

Valcrow, on 12 December 2013 - 09:40 PM, said:

Glad you like 'em! Early mech Christmas.



I agree! And then we'll have a physical diorama of the image you see behind this forum!

Need someone to work on a dropship!

Float it by HanaYuriko or CarionCrows. Then we'll have a full on Art Forum 3D printed party!