discussion Life Size Model

[Guest]

I thought I would share a couple of picture with you all of what is basically a life sized model.

I was built as a film prop and now resides at an Island in the Bahamas where it forms a backdrop for picture taking. I was lucky enought to be able to get a couple of shots of it recently and I have to say that I was staggerred at the attention to detail evident in its manufacture. It is a fascinating construction and makes you realise where all the money goes in a modern movie. In this particular movie there are actually two of these vessels, the other one being actually capable of sailing.

Enjoy the detail.

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[wonwinglo]

Richard this is a great replica,I can see from your excellent pictures the amount of detail,when you consider the amount of work that goes into these lifesized models it makes you realise also the amount of raw material that is consumed in the process,it certainly looks period ! thank you.

 

[Guest]

The closer you look at it the more detail you can see, the gargoyles at the gun ports, the bodies incarcerated into the structure, the jaws at the bow are all made superbly. It is even covered with barnacles and seaweed to make it look as though it has been at the bottom of the sea for a long time.

I could enjoy looking at it for a long time!

 

[Guest]

This looks like the flying dutchman sip from the film "pirate of the carribbean, dead mans chest" .

not a bad film actually , and is still in the pictures just now.

 

[Guest]

Well spotted, it is!

 

[Guest]

it is awesome, i love stuff like this..... amazing prop, awesome workmanship....

 

[wonwinglo]

***I could see you working on a project like that Guy,just think of it as one big model.

quote=new to trains]it is awesome, i love stuff like this..... amazing prop, awesome workmanship....

 

[Guest]

oh yes it gets the juices flowing !!!!

i remember making gotham city at pinewood as a junior / rookie set builder !- for the batman returns film,

the Gotham city backdrop was mostly made from ply boards and other timbers, fairly quick and cheap to produce, the set then took on a whole different light and look when rendering like the stucco stuff in the USA was added , then with painting hey presto you had a city that only took 7 weeks to build ) this quick build method ( shit and twigs as we affectionately called it )also used cleverly painted effects eg marble and similar to really add detail and bring it all to life.... at the close of filming it was moved and stored for use on the next batman film several years later, it needed alot of TLC but it was reasonably servicable.... i used to love that sort of stuff...

just hated the periods in between with no work or no money, such is the perill of freelance film work/ setbuilding/ prop/modelmaking......

 

[Guest]

As you say I could thoroughly enjoy a profession making items such as this ship. Not only the fact that it has to look right but also the fact that it has to operate in a certain way. The workings are just as clever as the external effects.

Unfortunately I could not imaging waiting for the next project to come along though to start earning again.