25 replies to this topic

[matty686]

awesome

[Zeddicus]

I saw this movie in the theater when I was a child and it's still one of my top ten favorites. As great as CG is, there is still something to be said for doing it old school lol. Anyways I absolutely LOVE what you've done here with SkekUng. Beautiful coloring and the sculpt looks exactly like him. I'd actually buy it if it were available as a small figurine. Awesome work, Garagarape!

[Garagarape]

Happy you liked it Zeddicus!
It seems that you can buy a SkekUng figure; at least they sell some here in Japan:

http://blogs.dion.ne...es/3076219.html

[ajz3d]

Awesome model Garagarape, as always.

I saw this movie in the theater when I was a child and it's still one of my top ten favorites. As great as CG is, there is still something to be said for doing it old school lol. Anyways I absolutely LOVE what you've done here with SkekUng. Beautiful coloring and the sculpt looks exactly like him. I'd actually buy it if it were available as a small figurine. Awesome work, Garagarape!

"Dark Crystal" for me is one of those few films that have real magic in them and sadly this is also one of those that I barely remember from my early childhood. I really need to purchase the DVD and watch it again real soon. I have a big sentiment towards puppets, creature costumes and a lot of smoke pumped into the set. And while CG can do marvels, I think it's way too much overused nowadays. It's not only about CG characters, but the postproduction as well - e.g. film-theme-based colour hues or this damned high contrast. CG can either destroy the viewing experience or save it, when used wisely. My favourite example here being the new, non-Carpenter's "The Thing" flick after they decided to drop the animatronics they promised to the fans of Carpenter's "The Thing" and went all out with CG. Not a good move that was.

[Garagarape]

Totaly agree. But, bad taste rules! Well... not only bad taste.
But it's true that velvet cloth and rubber (latex?) puppets have a great charm that is hard
to reproduce in 3D (besides, I failed here, because the character looks like made of shinny plastic).
There's something too fluid in 3D animated characters, and often a lack of weight too.

[ajz3d]

Oh, just to straighten something up. I'm not saying that artists did a bad job with the new "The Thing" monsters, actually they did quite well. The thing is that there are some films to which CG simply doesn't fit at all, no matter what.

besides, I failed here, because the character looks like made of shinny plastic

It looks fantastic to me. And I don't see any shiny plastic anywhere.