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mrdna
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 Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: Some new pictures of our current project |
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More to come soon. Should be done in a few weeks or so... |
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DeityCreations
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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  WOW this is really a great great post. I was loving the jelly fish and was going to say how amazing they are, then I kept scrolling down and more goodies. those dinos are awesome! I love everything in this post. amazing work! (I feel kind of like paula abdul right now) haha thanks for sharing all this! |
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Issak Reeb
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: re |
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| That jelly fish is beautiful! |
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DahOne
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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speechless!
wow!
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SKB Studios
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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I love jelly fish light so smooth
What damn show your studios
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Peter Murphy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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I have a couple of questions. Did you have to sculpt and make molds for those enormous creatures, or if not how did you build them? And, how do you transport something like that giant octopus? What is all this stuff for? Its pretty darn amazing if you ask me.
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arturo
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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So, so beautiful,
every thing really well done, bad the Jelly fish, Outstanding.
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sculptridge
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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Dope...those Jellies are beautiful, and everything else is awesome too. Are you sculpting in foam? And to second the above question, are you molding all this stuff, or are the sculpts just coated? If just coated, what do you use?...fiberglass? ( chop gun? ) Urethane?
great stuff!!!
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Cat
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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Very very cool, triceratops used to be my favorite dinosaur. 
What's this stuff made of and is it for a museum or something?  |
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mrdna
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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Thanks for all the kind words. We have really put a LOT of work into this stuff, but it really seems to be paying off... They are fairly unhappy with the rest of the work being done by the other companies like us, but are over the moon about us. As a result, we should be getting most of the work from the subsequent projects in the future instead of the 25% or so that we got on this one.
| Quote: | | Did you have to sculpt and make molds for those enormous creatures, or if not how did you build them? And, how do you transport something like that giant octopus? What is all this stuff for? |
This stuff is all for a new themed restaurant called T-Rex Cafe'. This is just the first of about 10 of the being opened by the originator of the Rainforest Cafe. Our studio produces mosly stuff for large themed restaurants, nightclubs, retail stores, theme parks etc...
The octopus and nautilus were sculpted out of EPS, foiled, fiberglassed and hollowed out, then cut into sections. There was a lot more to it than that, but that's the simple version Transportation is definately a big consideration, not to mention that everything has to go through a 7' x 9' door onsite! The tentacles were molded since we are making moving rubber ones... We were planning on molding the whole octopus and nautilus, but we ended up not having nearly enough time, plus the next one might be even bigger! The second location is to be in Pleasure Island at Downtown Disney, Orlando.
The jellyfish were sculpted in urethane foam, fiberglassed and finished. Silicone molds were taken then the casts were produced using our rotational casting machine and clear resin, I think I even threw in a shot of one of the body molds in full flight.
The Trike, ribs and Pterodons are straight up foam and fiberglass.
The big shell booths were foam and glass, fiberglass molds were produced, then laid up in gelcoat and glass.
Once we get a bit closer to the end of this thing, I'll try to post a bunch of "in progress" photos. I've been taking tons of them. |
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AndrewHosmer
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:22 pm Post subject: Great stuff! |
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This is fantastic stuff!
I love seeing all the behind the scenes of how this stuff is made. Foam and fiberglass fabrication has been a bit of a mystery when done on this scale...a lot like building a boat!
Please keep us posted!
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Fang
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| Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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| Incredible! Amazing job my friend. |
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Onyx-Fx
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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Great Stuff, glad I have a quick connection.
All of it's really nice, in particular I love the Jellyfish.
Can't wait to see more.
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knightfx
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| Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 10:32 am Post subject: Dino-Couch |
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Sorry - this post has been deleted by the user - knightfx is no longer a member of this board.
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frosty
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 1:30 am Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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| great work, love the jellyfish, everything is so cool looking and big! |
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yron34
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| Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:34 am Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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| would you mind telling us more how you did the jellyfish ?? |
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alienfactory
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mrdna
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| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Some new pictures of our current project |
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Well, the first 2 semi-traliers pulled out on Saturday to deliver the Octopus, the nautilus, jellies and a few other items. My "away team" starts the install today. I stayed behind to finish up the next wave of stuff and start a few extras they threw our way. Now they want a 12' jellyfish to go over one of the booth. That should be AWESOME. We'll also be doing a 30' "lava wall" and a 35' tall tree.
Right now I'm working on getting the tentacles' pneumatics dialed in and just starting on the programming. Got a faulty driver board and had to send it back, so I'm already behind a week on that...
I'll try to get another round of pictures up soon. It's been so crazy that I haven't even had a chance to look at any of the pictures, much less post anything.... |
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