Hey everyone! This week, I wanted to share with you some images of one of the “featured props” from The Price: the night vision binoculars which the narrator of the story uses to find out just what is menacing the benevolent Black Cat…
As I’ve mentioned before on the blog, Mr. Neil Gaiman surprised me during my enchanted visit to his incredible abode by presenting me with the actual article and allowing me to take them home to use in fashioning a CG version.
During the Kickstarter campaign, I received several emails from talented individuals offering their services to help the cause; one of these was an up-and-coming 3D artist named Zack Dembinski. He was both patient & persistent, and because of this, when the time came around to taking him up on his kind offer, I wanted to give him something special to create — and thus, our NV binocs were created!
Here are some of the reference photos I took of the real thing to help Zack with his task:
I had him make some changes for aesthetic & technical reasons, like leaving off the straps and lens caps, and adding a custom label (which I may address in a later post…heh, heh, heh…), and here is the incredible result!!!
I remain completely blown-away by the kindness and generosity of people (the majority of whom I have never even met), and their willingness to help bring this dream-project to fruition.
I hope you enjoyed this tasty tidbit, and I’ll see you again next Friday!
A most excellent tidbit indeed! I love it when even inanimate props have character.
Thanks Trevor — and yeah, that is so true (especially of this strange little device)!
Looks fantastic! I’ve been so excited about this project from the very beginning, and I love to read/see what you share with us whenever you are able to. Can’t wait to see what’s next.
Thanks Knox! Stay tuned as I will be posting/tweeting something every week!
Good to see this project is still alive and kicking. I love these more regular updates. It doesn’t have to be weekly. A bi-weekly or monthly update is fine. It’s just fun (and reassuring) to get a little insight.
Alive and most definitely kicking! Thanks for the kind words, Sheeb!
Wow, they look amazing! So very real.
Glad to see the fires are still burning. Looking forward to your next update.
And I’m glad you are liking what you are seeing; great to hear from you, Sherezada!