SinKing Blog

0 comments by SinKing on Jul 12th, 2008 digg this super bookmark

Hi modders of all kinds!

I'm posting a little update on our project MechOverride, which has been joined by some excellent people in the field of mapping and animations, lately. So, what's going on behind the scenes?

- the new, and final, script will be released in Episodes. I'm about 40% done with it. First three Episodes are written.
- Concept Art of our first biped Mech, nicknamed "Ike" has been approved of and gone into blueprinting
- Modeling on said Mech will be done by Toast, starting next week
- Texture Artist Kraphik3d has taken up his work on Rodas face texture and delivered stunning results
- Citizen_J is remodeling the characters head, because the WIP has some geometry problems
- Fábio has finished both versions of the gun and is working on the LOD model
- while waiting for the final head version, Kraphik3d is texturing the gun
- Angelo and NPX have been busy creating environment sketches and moody takes on our cityscapes,. I'm updating our image gallery soon
- Xenobite is rigging and animating the first models
- Brian Shipp is creating the sandbox map for all our testing needs
- Andrew aka Baldemyr is creating a corporate look for a evil empire (in clothes) and also designs our female lead's stealth-suit. After that he's on to Character concepts (General Aecius).

That's what's happening in the background and we steadily work towards a first release in November. I hope you'll enjoy watching this project a lot in the future, when you get to see details of the production process and come to understand our film's philosophy. We want to entertain you the best way we can. So order your MechOverride Popcorn - Maker, today!

0 comments by SinKing on Apr 18th, 2008 digg this super bookmark

Hi! Unlike Captain Oates I have returned from the cold outside world, turning back on this ModFilm's development. 

Sometimes you only have a split second for decisions to be made. Turns out, with our machinima, we have plenty of time. Development is slow and I keep having to remind me, how important it is to keep going. However, things fall into place when necessary and we are making progress on all fields. Here is a resumee:

 Mech Override - Status update

- WIP male character model

- WIP female character model

- WIP Level 1/Scene 3 (it's the first map we are building, but the third scene from the script)

- finished Realtime Rotoscope Shader

- bought Motion Capture Equipment

The models are good to have and are essential for a test run with the shader. They are rigged to the scaled Unreal skeletons and use Unreal's own animations at this time. 

The Motion Capture Studio we collaborate with has recently upgraded it's gear and is now running on brand new equipment, which eagerly awaits testing. Thus it's a perfect situation to create some animation sequences.

I am most grateful that the shader is completed. We keep it quietly until it's public release, but once that happens, you will surely see a first media release by One Team.

 We are really happy about giving you the opportunity to see this project come about. We hope for the future that a new brand of filmmakers go out and do just the same like we do: present their own stories, their own intellectual content, to an audience all over the world.

This is a team endeavor, much bigger than what one person could do alone. We still need a hand with mapping, as we have too much work ahead to lay it down on just a few people. Our models are really turning out great and I am much in debt to our 1st modeller Citizen J, who created the male and female mesh. 

 Of course my thanks go out to everyone supporting us and to my team, who are wise in their patience and savage in their actions ;).

All the best!

SinKing 

0 comments by SinKing on Nov 26th, 2007 digg this super bookmark

Certain things always take longer than you'd expect. Writing a script, for example.

I don't recall when I started work on the first draft of MECHOverride. I don't even recall the reason, why I picked an apocalyptical Sci-Fi setting. I don't write this kind of story usually, but several years of literature study and a keen interest on the writings of Philip K. Dick and other futurologists, have left an impression on me.

I wrote at least four full drafts of the script and took several rows of correction about each of them. I must have written thousands of words on hundreds of page, yet what I came out with are sixteen pages, in essence.

The script is finished. It doesn't resemble the first draft, but this final draft is a good example for a script apt for machinima. This final draft took a lot of deep thinking on the team's side and decisions were made by us, in unison. The team greatly helped improving the script and I'd like to say thanks here: Thank you, friends!

Finally, the first day of production is drawing near. It will be the 30th of November and I can hardly wait for it. The long days of preparation are over and the feeling of letting go off the script, liberates me to turn my head to other issues with producing this film.

Until next time!

SinKing