SW – ANH (5 Foot) - Studio Scale Millennium Falcon Build

[joberg]

Oh yeahhh!!! My wife was looking at me funny with my cardboard 3-D glasses from CBC...good stuff seeing that Falcon move that way:cool

 

[sonicscrudvr]

Just found your thread, awesomeness

 

[VFX Freak]

Okay, it took me a while, but here's the link to 102 photos I took of the 5' Falcon at the Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination exhibit in Los Angeles in 2007. There are lots of other photos of the Falcon around, but the deal with these is that I got away with using a handheld flash so the lighting really helps you see the details. Also, I posted them at full size (It was 2007 so it's only a 10 megapixel camera, but they're still pretty detailed.) Right-click on the image and then select "View Original" to see the full size photo.

You're welcome to use them, but please don't post them on other sites. I left off any watermarks because they just get in the way of details you might want to see!

I opened a One Drive account and posted the photos there. I think your downloads are limited unless you sign up for an account, but it's free.

Here you go, enjoy! https://onedrive.live.com/?gologin=1&mkt=en-US#cid=2562E103EE4C3F24&id=2562E103EE4C3F24!107

Hopefully that worked...

 

[maruska]

You da man, A!

 

[vfxsup64]

Beautiful...thank you!

 

[GKvfx]

Andre,

Are you trying to make this better than the original....?

Gene

 

[vfxsup64]

Oh my god, no...;-)

But, I am learning volumes about extremely good design and execution.


Love this ship.


Apb

 

[vfxsup64]

The most recent solve:




239 camera stills used.



Regards,

Andre

 

[maruska]

Drool drool drool

 

[imurme]

And the textured mesh in the 3D environment:

View attachment 304336


Andre

GREAT renders Andre, would love to see the same shot as above (showing all sides orthographic) in high quality when you get it fully scanned in...I'm so excited by this!


Gratefully,

imurme

 

[joberg]

Man, this is not a thread anymore, it's the "Incredible Falcon Show":cool

 

[vfxsup64]

Thanks again, everyone, for the latest comments...I appreciate it!

Please find, at the following link, additional exhibit images of the 5' MF:

http://1drv.ms/Qj4qBr


Feel free to reference, as needed...



Regards,

Andre

 

[imurme]

Thanks for the exhibit images Andre, more reference is always appreciated...looking forward to more of your updates on the photogrammetry and plans

 

[joberg]

TFS Andre, there's no such a thing as "too much refs"

 

[vfxsup64]

Amen to that!


A

 

[ChrisGFX]

great ref photos, thank you very much!

 

[Jaitea]

Love the photography Andre, a lot of the reference photos in the past were taken using a flash, yours shows all the shading.......and all of the underside shots allow brightening with photoshop:

......I've got some photos of the model's underside before TESB modifications:

ANH Underside Photos by jaiteastu | Photobucket

John

 

[vfxsup64]

ChrisGFX - you are welcome!

 

[Guy Cowen]

I would kill to paint one of these

 

[vfxsup64]

Jaitea - Nice color correction! A curves adjustment layer or...?

I shot CR2 Raw that day so one could dig into the extreme ends of the exposure curve.

The lighting on the MF in the exhibit while dramatic to the human eye really challenges recoverable camera latitude.

Glad it worked out!


Regards,

Andre