Lost Toys : CA4 Project
 

Hi, its about time i got this thread started. This is the most important project of the year and it will be progressing alot over the next 4.5 months.

The name of the project is called Lost Toys .

Story: I’m sure a lot of ppl on this thread lost a lot of their favourite toys growing up... I defiantly did and I never found them. I thought like most ppl, maybe I just misplaced them. But what if it wasn’t your fault and they had been stolen........

The story follows 2 small cockroaches that are caught in the act as they drag a young boys toy down under the floorboards. We also follow them to there lair were they reveal a lot more than we expect.....

Here is a pic of the 2 main Characters Slim and Noodles, Slim is the much older and wizer of the 2, Ex millitary and really tough. Noodles is his small but silly sid kick, he might get alot wrong but what he does right is invaluable to the collection of toys.

Here are the toys ive been modelling mostly for set purposes, the characters are still beeing tweeked on paper, ive had a few ideas i want to try out, but character modells will be comin real soon !

And more toys, there are alot more to come !! ...........:hug: ( good fun though :attn: )

Good work so far - and a nice concept for a project as well. Best of luck with it.

Wooooo!!!!!! Good to see this up!
Not been much activity from us lot in a while, I'll get my final VE stuff up soon.
Should the Cat in the Hat hat not be a bit taller and/or thinner though?
You gonna have the buckaroo accessories lying around the horse? Also, I can't see it's back legs!
But, yeah, cool stuff. Not sure if I mentioned it before but the plot reminds me of an episode of Eerie Indiana where a guy who lives underground has every lost pen lid, sock etc. ... there has ever been in his layer!
Also, your sig image aint workin!

P.S. Happy New Year everybody!

Thanks for the reply guys, as for the coments about the hat, remember im making the toys/real version and not the movie versions or there illustration counterpart, Yes in the books the hat is huge but the hat u buy is shops is the size of the 1 i modelled, if was from a photo i got. And the buckaroo thingy, the back legs have fallen off, in the final scene there will be buckets and stuff hanging from some of the handles and also on the ground ;)

IM workin on the Jurrasic Park car the now, tryin to get the hardest, well maybe not the hardest, the most time consuming out of the way 1st. Ill try and get it done for 2morrow night, im starting on the characters on monday, so i want the car and also the snes controller, pocket-game thingy, tamagochi and also some snes/and classic cames done :p

Well thats the plan :attn:


Happy New Year to all Simply members, i cant believe i didt say earlier :beer:

*my site is down, so my image wont work*

i think ill call it a day on modelling, here is my jurassic park truck about 15min in, im not to bothered about the mesh for these modells seeing as they are backbround elements, but i think the mesh is still ok with only a few triangles. I should rattle throu it 2morrow hopefully and get it done :)

I had a problem at the back of the car, ive got round it now, but hopefully i'll have it done 2night :p

I managed to dig out my Toy version from my attic 2day, its amazing the amount of this that are different between the 1 in the film and the toy, im goin to combine both type and get the best result :p

Some fun models you have there. :-)
I'm curious about the buckaroo horse too but I wonder if it would be less interesting with the other parts.
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yeah, i was thinkin that 2, once all the models are made they will be imported into 1 bit model files where ill get everything in the right position ect... then ill see whats missing and needs added :beer:

Jurassic Park Car done... :attn:

Ill do the front bull bars later, after ive textured it and see what its like....

Yeah, lookin good! ;) What's next then?

next is the state puff marshmallo man, then its onto the characters and main set things. while im doing this ill work on all the other we toys and stuff

The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's a popular choice here these days!
Can't wait to see your characters modelled!

another update :p

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more :p started on textures. Im just goin to work on sketches of the set the next we while to help make it clearer to myself the way i want these toys layed out.

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Well, you seem to be putting these models together really quickly so far even if they are a little less refined than they could be. Keep it up.

Very nice man.
Although I don't think the Rubix Cude should be solved, they never are unless just bought new, maybe just two sides should be solved or even one of them is solved bar 1 square. Or has he taken off the stickers and stuck them on the right sides? ;)
What's broken about Postman Pat's van?

Have wondered the same thing every now and then.

Doing a great job there. All the models look great.

Cheers

Cheers for all the replys, this scene with all the toys is under the floor so the scene will be very dark, and it will only be lit by a line of christman lights. So im not refining the models till i know exzactly what is seen on camera.

As for the rubix cube, yeah ur right , its rubbish having it solved, ill make it all jumbelled up :p

*the post man pat van, only has 1/2 a bumper on back and front, its also got a big bash in it, u will se this better once i get the textures of the actual toy :p I used to love this this growin up

this groin up where? are you allowed to say that in here?? :p


(sorry :eek: )

Note: For those reading this after the fact - there was a dubious spelling mistake that has now been corrected

lol, that about all u every say on these boards now a day kris..... its not a spellin board ;)

Ooooooooo!!! That sounds like a challenge to me! Pity I don't have any CA4 to post or I might've just taken you up on it :P

Damm, Get back 2 work kris, i want to see ur CA4 develop :p

And when are we gettin 2 see ur character anim, ur spending more time on that, than CA4 :eek:


Here is the model of my boiler room, this is where the camera goes down into a crack in the floor into there lair :p

You'll see it at the same time as anyone else that happens to be in on Friday - I warn you though, Its ropey as hell - I don't even know if im going to have time to put sound onto it.

come on MSN and u can send me it, ill send u mine

here are some more toys :p

IM gettin there.....slowley :hug:

you are firing through those models man!

You must be doing them for weeks and then post them all at once to look good!!

I like the kenny one!

I on the other hand am still finishing off stuff from this semester. Who knew that you have a 25000 point limit per layer with sasLite and only 8 layers allowed. Buggered my whole forest scene.

just a wee note on the Kenny; no sure what kind of Kenny toy your going for but someone at my school had a keyring of him and the hood was extended quite far out front on it.

sorry about the lake of posts, ive been workin on my art class stuff the last wee while :p

but im back with a bang, here are some new models, the Harley is a model i did a wee while ago on simply, i think its in the gallery so i thought i may aswell turn it into a Terminator 2 toy :p

Same with the watch, this was a challege i did for a Website 3D thingy, Nes controller and Tomy-Tronic were modelled 2day :p

More comin soon :attn:

Here is the finiahed Jurassic Park car....... I cant really do anything else until its in the scene, it will be a bit more shinnier but u will see this more when its in the scene and has stuff to reflect / cause highlights :p


Well, i think ill go back and texture some of the other stuff that need texture maps like this 1, most are fairley simply, but the postman pat car will be a bit tricky


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Cool stuff- you really are modelling like a trooper there aren't you - not *quite* convinced by the watch strap, but other than that, things are looking good.

Yeah, lookin good man! I'll get some more of mines done next week or so! Canny wait to see a start on one o' your characters!

Im just starting to build the scene up. Working on lights and also small details the now. more coming soon

Cool. Your still to sort that Rubix Cude though!;)

nothin fancy, just defualt lights and shadows, just wanted to see how the toys looked in their positions and also get a feel for the depth and the feeling of claustraphobia.

More comin soon
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Great work there Davie...those must some strong cockroaches...wouldn't want them messing around my house.
:beer: cheers

lol, yeah..... Well i suppose with Ants beeing able to life their own bodyweight x9, then i guess some over grown coackroches would be a real pain ;)

They would just drive the cars thou, 1 pushes while the other steers :p lol

Here are their Bio's, thought u might want to see what their like

Certainly gives a feel to the story right away just by reading the bio. A job well done!

some more toys, some of u guys might remember my R20D2 thread, i started it after i finished my imperial walker, but i never got past the legs, well i finished it of last night. I was going to model all the detail on the main body but i found a good image map on the net that i adjusted into a cylindrical map that works well, expecially with a bump map :p

The other models on the pic are mostly toys that will be used to fill in a few gaps here and there, some might even be in the background with only a tiny bit visiable, so the actual models could be a bit rough around the edges :p