Custom Jason Lee/Earl and Ethan Supree/Randy My Name is Earl Comission from C. Howes.

[Adoptedscot]

I will now move this to the customs area

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[BlindVoyeur]

Yay a move Ok quick update on my end the Prototype Earl outfit is complete and I should have it together and some pictures up by this weekend.

Thanks Again,
Ryan

 

[eighthsamurai]

can't wait!

methinks the recession is having a big effect on the popularity of this thread. personally, i've had to cutback a lot of stuff, especially as prices here in the uk have gone up. i think in better times more people would lap this up in an instant, especially if by chris.

anyway, i really hope this project goes ahead. then maybe there's hope we'll get another famous fat-notsofat chilled comedy duo - walter and the dude.

 

[BlindVoyeur]

Ok guys as promised. The prototype Earl is assembled and pretty close to what the finished outfit would look like. I still may try to chose a printed t-shirt later, I just have to see which looks better. I printed out a picture and stuffed in in the neck for the "head" (If only we could print in 3D)

Thanks,
Ryan

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

Ok guys as promised. The prototype Earl is assembled and pretty close to what the finished outfit would look like. I still may try to chose a printed t-shirt later, I just have to see which looks better. I printed out a picture and stuffed in in the neck for the "head" (If only we could print in 3D)

Thanks,
Ryan

Fantastic! I can't wait to get him sculpted...... Start spreading this image around to drum up interest!

 

[eighthsamurai]

woah! BV, that is incredible. i love it. me wants me an earl figure for sure. did you do the boots too?

btw, if we could print in 3D, we'd be putting a lot of sculptors out of a job!

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

woah! BV, that is incredible. i love it. me wants me an earl figure for sure. did you do the boots too?

btw, if we could print in 3D, we'd be putting a lot of sculptors out of a job!

Actually, we can print in 3D.... there are a number of techniques. First one was called Stereolithography or SLA. A Laser is projected into a vat of liquid resin. Where the laser hits the resin solidifies. The piece is built layer by layer based on a 3D computer model.

It was hailed as the future of the industry..... but it sucks, frankly. Some studios (who will remain nameless) promote the scan and print technology where they scan the actual actor using a 3D scanner then output the scale head using one of the 3D printing techniques like SLA. But it never comes out fully finished. You always need a sculptor to finish the piece. And there is something "wrong" with heads made that way. They lack soul, if you will.

I think we will always need that certain undefinable artistic touch to give it life. It needs passion, not just cold digital reproduction.

I once had a GIGANTIC job for one of the biggest movie franchises of all time (yes I'm being purposely vague due to the sensitive nature of this info). I was all set to fly to the movie location to get photos of the actors and makeup for reference. I was hired to sculpt all the heads for this fabulous movie(s). Would have been a helluva portfolio piece. Then, at the last minute, someone high up in the company that was making the figures was wowed by this new scanning technology that another studio was offering. They thought it would be a good marketing move.... "Scanned from the actual actors!", or some such BS.

They took the job from me and gave it to these other people. Cost them 5 times what I was charging.... And guess what happened? The figures sucked. Sales were very poor. That company nearly died and has never recovered.

So! You can see why I'm skeptical that such technology will ever work correctly for organic shapes. Works great for mechanical parts, though!

 

[BlindVoyeur]

Thanks for the kind words! On the boots I just modified and exsisting boot.

Thanks again,
Ryan

 

[BlindVoyeur]

As for SLA , I have never really been a fan of fit. Esp like you said the amount of cleanup and re-work envolved after the fact.

 

[icruise]

Actually, we can print in 3D.... there are a number of techniques. First one was called Stereolithography or SLA. A Laser is projected into a vat of liquid resin. Where the laser hits the resin solidifies. The piece is built layer by layer based on a 3D computer model.

It was hailed as the future of the industry..... but it sucks, frankly. Some studios (who will remain nameless) promote the scan and print technology where they scan the actual actor using a 3D scanner then output the scale head using one of the 3D printing techniques like SLA. But it never comes out fully finished. You always need a sculptor to finish the piece. And there is something "wrong" with heads made that way. They lack soul, if you will.

I think we will always need that certain undefinable artistic touch to give it life. It needs passion, not just cold digital reproduction.

I once had a GIGANTIC job for one of the biggest movie franchises of all time (yes I'm being purposely vague due to the sensitive nature of this info). I was all set to fly to the movie location to get photos of the actors and makeup for reference. I was hired to sculpt all the heads for this fabulous movie(s). Would have been a helluva portfolio piece. Then, at the last minute, someone high up in the company that was making the figures was wowed by this new scanning technology that another studio was offering. They thought it would be a good marketing move.... "Scanned from the actual actors!", or some such BS.

They took the job from me and gave it to these other people. Cost them 5 times what I was charging.... And guess what happened? The figures sucked. Sales were very poor. That company nearly died and has never recovered.

So! You can see why I'm skeptical that such technology will ever work correctly for organic shapes. Works great for mechanical parts, though!

I agree with you completely, and I'm struck by the parallels between this and my own field of translation. People often ask me if I'm worried about machine translation making translators obsolete. But the fact is that, aside from some relatively limited applications, machine translation sucks (especially for a language like Japanese). Even when it can be used, you still need a translator to come in and clean it up. Sometimes companies try to save some money by relying on machine translation, and it pretty much always comes back to bite them in the end.

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

I agree with you completely, and I'm struck by the parallels between this and my own field of translation. People often ask me if I'm worried about machine translation making translators obsolete. But the fact is that, aside from some relatively limited applications, machine translation sucks (especially for a language like Japanese). Even when it can be used, you still need a translator to come in and clean it up. Sometimes companies try to save some money by relying on machine translation, and it pretty much always comes back to bit them in the end.

Ain't that the truth! The suits always try to cut corners and end up paying more in the end to get it fixed. I've seen it again and again.

 

[eighthsamurai]

Actually, we can print in 3D.... there are a number of techniques. First one was called Stereolithography or SLA. A Laser is projected into a vat of liquid resin. Where the laser hits the resin solidifies. The piece is built layer by layer based on a 3D computer model.

It was hailed as the future of the industry..... but it sucks, frankly. Some studios (who will remain nameless) promote the scan and print technology where they scan the actual actor using a 3D scanner then output the scale head using one of the 3D printing techniques like SLA. But it never comes out fully finished. You always need a sculptor to finish the piece. And there is something "wrong" with heads made that way. They lack soul, if you will.

I think we will always need that certain undefinable artistic touch to give it life. It needs passion, not just cold digital reproduction.

I once had a GIGANTIC job for one of the biggest movie franchises of all time (yes I'm being purposely vague due to the sensitive nature of this info). I was all set to fly to the movie location to get photos of the actors and makeup for reference. I was hired to sculpt all the heads for this fabulous movie(s). Would have been a helluva portfolio piece. Then, at the last minute, someone high up in the company that was making the figures was wowed by this new scanning technology that another studio was offering. They thought it would be a good marketing move.... "Scanned from the actual actors!", or some such BS.

They took the job from me and gave it to these other people. Cost them 5 times what I was charging.... And guess what happened? The figures sucked. Sales were very poor. That company nearly died and has never recovered.

So! You can see why I'm skeptical that such technology will ever work correctly for organic shapes. Works great for mechanical parts, though!

sounds like i opened up a can of worms there! oops i meant it as a joke (the idea of a canon home printer churning out 3D paper heads was quite amusing to me), but you do bring up an interesting point. i think you hit the nail on the head with the "lack of soul" thing. DCD's joker is a case in point - looks good but has no emotion in it at all. then you look at yours or HT's and it just comes to life. no art is art without an artist to put something of himself/herself into it.

and the same goes for translation. i know it's supposed to be standard but it's not. different people have different ways of expressing themselves in their own language. you can see it when you watch foreign films (and you understand the foreign language). the translations always tell you something about the person who did the translations, however minor.

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

(the idea of a canon home printer churning out 3D paper heads was quite amusing to me),

Interestingly, this is one of the possible good applications of the tech. Inkjet tech, modified to squirt out molten plastic dots, has been designed to produce 3D objects. It's been suggested that a home unit would allow a consumer to download plans for a product, like a tool, or a teacup, or jewelry, whatever, and send it to the 3D "printer". 30 minutes later, PRESTO! You've got the product. Not long after such a machine is on the market, I bet people will be putting bittorrent files on the net for any given product! Pirated virtual teacups. What a world we live in....

 

[eighthsamurai]

is that really for real? man, you're starting to freak me out with all this sci-fi craziness!

 

[BlindVoyeur]

Not Scifi at all

https://www.objet.com/alaris.aspx?c...printer&at=4&gclid=CL3xi9vos5cCFQpknAodyThdjQ

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

is that really for real? man, you're starting to freak me out with all this sci-fi craziness!

Well, it's a long way from being able to buy one at Wal-Mart, but it's proven technology.

Another version uses wax rather than thermoplastic. There's a system that shoots a laser into a pile of powder, fusing it a layer at a time to make the object. Another cuts layers of paper that are glued together..... I'm sure there are many I don't know about.

But the thermoplastic jet printer seems to have the greatest promise for home use to me.

Are you old enough to remember the idea of a home computer seeming ridiculous? I am!

Freak away, my friend, freak away.....

 

[C.Howes_Sculptor]

Not Scifi at all

https://www.objet.com/alaris.aspx?c...printer&at=4&gclid=CL3xi9vos5cCFQpknAodyThdjQ

Can Wal-Mart and Best Buy be far behind?

 

[eighthsamurai]

AAARRGGGHH - it's really true! what if someone clones my face??!!!

that is absolutely nuts. it's all gone a bit darkman in this thread (granted that was skin grafting). i never thought i'd see this in a commercial printer like the link BV sent. that is sooo cool. the technology is just insane. the laser + technology seems like a nice idea, and depending on the granularity of the powder, the moulds would probably allow for much more intricate detail than paper, or maybe even wax. this is just crazy!

 

[BlindVoyeur]

Yay! welcome aboard Cocoboloboy !

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Yay! welcome aboard Cocoboloboy !

I can't wait! I love this show and that prototype Earl outfit is killer.