June 21, 2008

I was trawling for good inspiration at this point for more buildings including the essentials like the Summ Bar

Well found some pics of the Secret of Monkey Island SCUMM Smile BAR



not the most detailed pic in the world, it's much easier to find pics of the inside. Am I the only one to notice that the interior and exterior do not match. Oh well.







It's surprising how much the look changed between games though. Makes it a tricky choice what look to go for. The above shots were all from Secret of Monkey Island

Monkey Island 2 LeChuck's Revenge looked like this





Curse of Monkey Island (3) looked completely different and was done like a cartoon




makes it hard to decide on a look. I do quite like the whitewashed MI3 look though.

I recently saw this great animation called PYRATS done as the opening to a French film/animation festival

http://www.pyrats.net/movie_fr.html

there's some great concept art and the background paintings here

http://www.pyrats.net/gallery_fr.html



June 20, 2008

Building 3 & Palm Trees

Here's the 3rd building all done apart from paint, though some areas are painted before assembly.






I tried a different look for the front here with coffee stirrers glued on the front and pillars extended with offcuts of mdf then the rail added using match sticks.

I've also put some effort towards the lighthouse using an old clear plastic container and some 1cm wire mesh. Getting it attached at the join and lined up was a bit tricky.




and lastly some much needed palm trees thanks to a cake decoration suppliers I found online. I've based these on washers with some knead it putty to form some roots and hold em down.