Sunday, March 5, 2017

'Characters/Scene from' KyleC, ClintB, IanW, SimonM - 'Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?'


So with this years entry figure being a group collaboration, ClintB was kind enough to set up a small group of us to put together a set for Curt!

After batting around a few ideas, it was agreed that a few of us would paint up some Sheep. But what to do with them from there was going to be the question. Should we just base them separately or in mini groups, and then ship them altogether? Or should we do a larger scene?

I was not really in the mood for painting sheep ( cause the rest of the guys were doing a fantastic job on them already ) so offered up putting them all together onto a larger base and make a small diorama out of it!



I had no idea what I was going to really do with them so began to work on a few ideas first.. penciling in some scenes or theories of what could be done.

It was while chatting with Clint about how I had some robots kicking around that the idea of Philip K Dick book "Do androids dream of Electronic sheep?" came in... was more intrigued when I found out it was the inspiration for Blade Runner.. 



So off I went trying to find the most appropriate socket to fit this all on. And in the end I actually used 2! One for the main base there, and the other to help create a ledge/cliff for the robot to sit on. 









I think that the work that ClintB, IanW and SimonM put into the sheep to make this happen was really what pushed the project forward. And I was lucky enough to receive them to put together such a scene. Their faith that I wouldn't botch it all up at the finish line was great to have!

Now final photos are being taken, and the package being boxed up ready for the long trip to the Prairies, Canada to sit at its new home!

11 comments:

  1. This is absolutely amazing! What a collaborative triumph. It's funny, as I was just thinking of reading Dick's book again in preparation of the new Blade Runner movie. Thanks very much guys!

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    1. Very cool that your reading that, and also a bit of why we went this route also ( the new release coming not you reading the book... would have been weird to have known that already... ). And from the tracking codes, it has almost arrived to Toronto.. so now just needs to get through the snow to reach your place!

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  2. Wow - looks cool, is whacky and makes my mind bend all at once...excellent work guys!

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  3. Really clever, what a lovely collaboration.

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    1. Thanks mate. Was great fun to work with the others on this, and hope to do something like it again in the future!

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  4. "I was not really in the mood for painting sheep" - may go down as one of the classic lines of this year's AHPC. You did a lovely job basing these, and the entry has tons of cleverness about it. Well done. Someone please explain the robot's sign to me?

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    1. Thanks.. as for the sign.. um.. it has significant Scientology relevance? Yeah.. let's go with that.. sounds better than I had it lying around and such... :D

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  5. Excellent work on the base and great painting by all in this collaborative effort :)

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  6. Brilliant and fantastic work - and a just terrific submission to the Challenge. Really inventive!

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