Building the Pilkington

WIP for a storyboard from the second sequence I'm doing for the pilot. I'm not sure if I'm going to redraw over this, or tidy up the explosion and leave it as a photo.

Aaargh, apparently Tumblr resized that image weirdly. You can see a full-sized version here

On the plus side, that means I get to order more stuff from the Robot Shop, and buying from a place called "The Robot Shop" (robotshop.com) is pretty great.

Detail work on the Pilkington. The body is all done, so next I need to igure out the lighting.

It's looking pretty cool, I think.

I'll get this puppy painted just as soon as I finish my spray booth, which *hopefully* won't take too long, as I have figured out, I believe, how to wire it correctly.

Blogger Drone MK 2. I think this is a much nicer design, and will look appropriate when large swarms of them are moving around. Still haven't decided on a colour to use, though.

More storyboards! Only 11 left to colour for the first sequence. Then I can work on the second, which involves spaceships, and likely me making cardboard versions of all of the space ships, so that I can get proper photo reference so they look cool.

Most of their appearances on the show would be in swarms in the darkness of space. I'm not sure what colour they'll be, as a result. 

Kevin Smith! If you happen to see this, please email me at [email protected] so I can give you my spiel about you being a guest on my forthcoming podcast as Robot Kevin Smith! Or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-dhLkPu6KE to watch me beg for your time.

Making a TV show all by yourself is slow.

So I redid the body for Catarel, because the initial one was too blocky, and didn't look sufficiently like the concept art. I had hoped to use my new and saw to cut the foam, but the block I was using was too tall, so it wouldn't fit, and I didn't feel like cutting it in two, band sawing it, then gluing the two halves back together. So I went out and got a hot knife from Hot Wire Foam Factory (http://hotwirefoamfactory.com/-Crafters-Kits/). I've never used a hot knife before, but it was pretty handy. I had to be a bit zen with the incredibly slow but smooth cuts, however. I hacked chunks of foam away from the block (which was thicker than the knife was long, which added some time), and soon enough had a rough shape. The touch-ups were not bad, and when I was done with those I finished the shape with my palm sander. REALLY happy with the results of this second body: it looks exactly like the concept art, and actually looks decent in three dimensions. Next I have to buy more brushes to finish the sealing of Catarel. After that it'll be time to apply the plastic coat, and then she'll be more or less done!

Klingon chicks are hawt.

Colouring storyboards is fun!