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SPACE & ENVIRONMENT:

Secret LairsOnline Greenlight Review

Danny Rollings

6th November 2013

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Contents1) Secret Lair of an Insectoid SoldierThoughts and decisions that impacted my chosen direction for the project

2) The Influence Maps (Insectoid Soldier)

3) ‘Insectoid Soldier’ Character Profile 

4) Secret Lair: Thumbnails So Far

5) Secret Lair: Visual Concept and Key Thumbnails

6) Hero Prop: Visual Concept and Influence Map

7) Hero Prop: Designs and Descriptions

8) Chosen Hero Prop: Production Art Studies

9) Blog Links

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Secret Lair of an Insectoid SoldThoughts and decisions that impacted my chosen direction for the pr

In the earliest stages of development, before even creating my Influence Maps related to“Insectoid” and “Soldier” I thought considerably about ways to avoid my insectoid soldier

generic. I disregarded the concept of the character being of the future, modern times or apocalypse because all three of these have been depicted time and time again by the follow a path already so often trodden by the videogame, film and television industries win character and lair designs that are simply too generic.

Moving further into the past with examples of warfare such as World War One and Two arperiods that have once again been used many times before. Thinking about military histoeven further in the past such as the American Revolution (1775 –  1783), I remembered thayear it was brought even further into the public consciousness by the popular Assassins Cr

series, a series that has plenty of secret lairs of its own.

It was then that I decided I‟d take a big step back to soldiers of ancient times; knowing thancient civilizations have also been depicted in games, movies and television series, they much less over-used than more modern examples. The militaries of ancient times have beon even less by such industries so for these reasons I decided to focus on three ancient civmy “Soldier” Influence Map –  the ancient Greeks, ancient Egyptians and the Aztecs. I decavoid the Roman Empire due to how well it‟s become known by the general public as a rdifferent forms of media, once again Assassins Creed being an example.

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‘Insectoid Soldier’ Character ProNemhisect the first, born as the hidden son of Akhenaten, lied to since childhood about his right to the throne of Egypt anhis own father when he discovered his rightful destiny. His father was claimed to have met death in battle before his birth claimed to have died bringing him into the world, it was years before he realized his destiny. Nemhisect was forced into tEgyptian military for a decade and began as a common peasant, yet he rose through the ranks to be above all but the becoming a General due to his skill and resolve to serve the Gods.

Everything changed during a night-time raid on a camp of their wretched Nubian enemies; he rode at the forefront of anhundred. The vile war chants of the Egyptian warriors boomed across the desert, however flaming arrows prevented theirmaking their escape. Nemhisect commanded his own magnificent blue and golden chariot, a sight only beaten by the cPharaoh himself –  who at the time was bedridden with illness.

It was on thi s night, after slaying many Nubians and staining the desert red that as he searched for the camp‟s leader, hewoman crawling through the crimson sands away from the attackers; in pity he commanded the others to leave her be, from his blood spattered chariot to question her. When he grabbed her by her wet, gore-stained rags and looked into hethe colour of Papyrus reeds; eyes much the same as his own –  he knew he could not kill her.

Staring into his eyes with powerful intent and wisdom she spoke quickly to him with parched words, claiming to be his moAkhenaten - his true father - had exiled, calling Nemhisect by name and whispering its meaning; bringing forth powerful m

seemingly from his birth –  “Apprentice to Horus, the god of war. The one true king of Egypt.” In his heart, Nemhisect knewdestiny.

Angered by this almighty knowledge he journeyed for days back to the central point of the Kingdom of Egypt, with his mon the floor of his chariot. He challenged the recovering Pharaoh, who proceeded to call the guards to restrain him and Akhenaten‟s own hands, slaughtered his mother in front of his eyes.

To avoid the t ruth escaping, Nemhisect is locked away by his father and experimented on by the Pharaoh‟s servants withinstruments as Akhenaten tries to reach closer to the sun god, Ra and become ruler of the Gods. Embalmed alive with anmystical oil of insects of the desert and the blood of the damned, Nemhisect began to mutate, breaking from the embabindings.

A mutated insectoid Nemhisect escapes, vowing revenge but knowing he does not yet have the power to defeat the Ph

men, he retreats underground and plans hi s revenge.

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Secret Lair: Thumbnails So Fa

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Hero Prop: Visual Concept and Influence Hero Prop visual concept, underlying principles:It must not be too complex to have existed in ancientEgypt. For this reason I decided upon a sword becauseNemhisect‟s purpose is to attack in revenge for hismother‟s murder rather than focus on self-defense via a

shield. As a result I researched ancient Egyptian swords.

Aspects of it must relate to the Insectoid nature of thesoldier, Nemhisect. There are millions of insect species inthe world, so I narrowed it down to insects of AncientEgypt. In cases such as the Scarab beetle and the honeybee, these were considered sacred insects. The desertlocust is also a well known insect of ancient Egypt, partlydue to the „Book of Exodus‟ story involving Moses in the

Bible, in which an Egyptian Pharaoh and his people areattacked by 10 forms of plagues, one of which is a swarmof locusts.

The Hero Prop can also be related to other aspects ofancient Egypt such as mummification, hieroglyphics, plantlife or their gods such as the most suitable, Horus –  the godof war, protection and the sky.

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Chosen Hero Prop: Production Art StudieDue to positive feedback on my second Hero Prop design and personal preference I have chosen to use the „Scarab Sword‟ as my

Original sketch Line art Pos

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Blog LinksCG Artist’s Toolkit:Autodesk Maya Tutorials• Tutorial 01: Modeling (egg cups)http://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/autodesk-maya-practice-tutorial-01.html 

• Character Part 01: Modelinghttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/autodesk-maya-practice-character-part.html 

• Texturing Part 01: Common Shadershttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/autodesk-maya-practice-texturing-part.html 

Animation and Character• Lesson 01: Praxinoscopehttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/animation-character-lesson-one.html 

• Lesson 02: Character Morphinghttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/animation-character-lesson-two.html 

• Lesson 03: Face Morphinghttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/animation-character-lesson-three-face.html 

• Lesson 04: Bouncing Ballhttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/animation-character-lesson-four.html 

Drawing –  Still Life and Life Drawing• Lesson 01: Assortment of Objectshttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cg-artists-toolkit-drawing-lesson-1.html 

• Lesson 02: Cardboard Installationhttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/cg-artists-toolkit-drawing-lesson-2.html 

• Lesson 02 Homeworkhttp://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/cg-artists-toolkit-drawing-lesson-2.html 

[Drawing lessons 03 and 04 to be uploaded ]

Film Reviews:Cinematic Spaces• Le Voyage dans La Lune (1902)http://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/review-lela-lune-trip-to.html 

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Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920)http://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/film-reviecaligari-1920.html 

• Metropolis (1927)http://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-sci-fifilm-review.html 

Mise-en-scène• La Belle et la Bête (1946)http://dannyrollings.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/la-belle-ereview.html