I’ve a bit of time available now, so I’d like to go into a couple of things thrown up recently.
Firstly, things are looking great on the WAMPA front adywan! 😃
After your ‘amish’-looking shot a couple of pages back, I was really looking forward to the next preview as you get ever-closer to it’s final, finished form with darkened bags under it’s eyes, gnarly nose, and ice-covered fur…in a way that’s somewhat similar to the original puppet -
(Note: that top shot above seems to be reversed the wrong way round, however)
So thanks for your latest sneak peak at your progress.
However, I have a couple of queries I’d like to ask at this point -
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Are you going for the same look, in the sense that the Wampa puppet’s horns are heavily covered by it’s hair fur? (as seen in this shot above)
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Are you going to make one of it’s horns slightly BROKEN OFF at the end, just like it was on the puppet too? (we can just see it sticking out in the shot above, and personally I liked that little detail…and the makers had a broken horn on Luke’s TaunTaun too, which I liked also)
…and this is just a little observation, and not at all a biggie…but as the original puppet rises up initially (as seen in this shot above), it looks like it has no arms attached to it’s shoulders I reckon! However, when looking at the original filming puppet in the shot below, it does indeed look as if it has no arms attached -
…as I say, this is no biggie, and the initial ‘shoulders’ of the wampa are only seen momentarily onscreen at the start of the second shot of it roaring (as seen at 04:03 secs near the end of this video clip) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGsAxG0r9wQ
However, I just wanted to mention that because of how it looks in that shot…that I currently like to look on this mass of fur as being somewhat like a big furry ‘mane’ which kinda overlaps it’s arms which are somewhere below…in a somewhat similar fashion to the ‘mane’ seen on this pic of X-men’s ‘Sabretooth’ character. 😃 -
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Lastly, whether you wish to show a bit more of your horns compared to the original puppet’s appearance, or not…if you DO end up going for something more like the look of this fella below, then it’s certainly still a HUGE step up from the ‘lunging’ wampa shot you’re intending to replace! -
Well that’s it on the ‘wampa’ front from me, but I’ll try and get a chance to comment on a couple of other little issues raised recently, over the next couple of days.
(and please, if anyone wishes to respond to ANY of this with a one line comment…please do so WITHOUT ‘quoting’ the whole of this post as well, thanks!) 😉