FXWars! "Dracula's Castle" : Team PXC - HYBRID

#1

partially a re-incarnation of Team Rio from the “Big Freeze” challenge we have a couple of new members for this one.

Team-Members (in no particular order):
                           Kenneth Bonde
                 Robert Minkler
                 Dietrich Winter
                 Michael Rottke
                 Cris Palomino
                 Wm. D. Alexander
                 Valerio Landa
                 Marcel Izidoro
                 Andy S. Blondin
                 Andrew Taranto
Philipp Weckerle
 Jörg-Mark Kasassoglou
 Al Curatolo

Rich Levy

Special thanks to Debra Ross & DAZ

Synopsis:

In a dark forrest, a mystical looking castle towers at the edge of a dauntig cliff. a narrow bridge leads up to it’s large entrance. For two strangers, the castle seems to be the only place to stay for the night and seek refuge from an approaching thunderstorm … if they only knew what they are getting themself into.

#2

ok, we’ve been quiet the last couple of days, while we figured out the detailed story, set up our project management and asset list.

the leads for the different major assets (landscape, bridge, castle, style) started producing concept drawing and prototypes while other team members started working on detail assets.

here are a couple of images showing the work:

bridge model :                     Valerio Landa
landscape and master scene setup : Michael Rottke
castle concept drawing : Wm Alexander
gargoyle model :                     Andy S. Blondin (based on concept drawings by                     Cris Palomino)

all models are work-in-progress … more stuff to come soon !

enjoy !
#3

second post, because of the 3 attachment limit :wink:

#4

Looks awesome so far guys!! I’ll be watching this one like a hawk. :smiley: I’m missing being in the pxc right now. :confused: Looking forward to coming back soon.

#5

Yes I think it’s coming out really great. Keep it up guys!:smiley:

#6

ok, we’ve been quiet for a couple of days. Our team-members are busy at work creating all the different assets that we will need for our submission. Here a couple of tests we did over the last couple of days to streamline the pipeline and investigate different technical approaches.

[b]Comp-Tests for combining CG with live-action plates[/b]
Pan :

http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/pxc.muc3-austria.com/draculaPublic/dra_brg_test_pgw_v002.mov
Push :
http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/pxc.muc3-austria.com/draculaPublic/dra_brg_pushtst_pgw_v001.mov
Match-Move Test :
http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/pxc.muc3-austria.com/draculaPublic/dra_s01_mmcomp_pgw_v001.mov

[b]Foley Test[/b]
[http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/pxc.muc3-austria.com/draculaPublic/dra_cof_audiotest_pgw_v001a.mov](http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/pxc.muc3-austria.com/draculaPublic/dra_cof_audiotest_pgw_v001a.mov)

Enjoy !
#7

Working our little bones to death…a feat I am sure Mssr. Dracula would be proud of…so long as blood was involved as well. :wink:

We miss you, Patrick.

Cris

#8

Looking forward to seeing some updates. :smiley:

I’m always a mouse click away on AIM/Ichat Cris. You seem to be sleeping when ever I’m online anymore though. :wink:

#9

OK … while we -kind of- ran out of render time, we’ve posted a version to our server that will be slightly revised and mirrored tonight … it time for the deadline.

Mirror 1: http://pxc.muc3-austria.com/public/draculaPublic/TeamPXC_FXWARS_480x270.mov
Mirror 2: http://pxcdracula.rminkler.com/TeamPXC_FXWARS_480x270.mov

thanks,
ph.

#10

Just so you know Philipp… Roberto stated that the voting thread will go up Wednesday… so until then, he’s not looking.

d’ling now :slight_smile:

Edit… came out pretty well. Another good job. :slight_smile:

#11

Good job guys. :slight_smile:

#12

well done !!:slight_smile:

#13

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#14

Our image for the voting thread.

#15

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