Battlestar 2015 The Arrival-wip update

[Thunderstruck]

My apologies ..i looked thru the threads and did not see one for this one,,and I also have noticed,,
I have made a lot of posts in this section...

no,,I'm not gay.but I am mental...

Thought you may like a gander at what's up with this personal project of a remake.

FINAL UPDATED! VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcgjUqrmdQ


All previous videos are obsolete.


Video Details/Description
Current state of the creating of this remake of a short..based on TOS
with a blend of current events(past).
"of all the thoughts that could possibly exist in the vast cosmos....
I am trying to have them all"


Some of why I like BSG..prefer TOS Cylon of Alien origin.
"it is the result of being less stellar than Star Wars..11-12 yrs old..and having season 2 cancelled.

And some of the Scifi aspects..but the story....a Human Holocaust..an Exodus..a Journey to far away and unknown places..and more and what really got me then,, was..they were coming here.

and....asks...Are we a race worth saving?"

Story of survival and facing the possibility of annihilation and extinction.Story of hope..that we are worthy.
That there may be others who ,like us,,struggling to cope.
That humans may indeed advance enough to explore the heavens.
Are we worthy? ready?
And what will happen if they did arrive here.....this one has been stuck in my mind since season 2 was cancelled.....

Classic good vs evil..only good and evil is Humanity itself.
Adama and Apollo...(tos) being of good nature and character and wisdom,,while another human is opposite(Baltar).
Humanity being what it is and struggling to be what it would like to be.
then you throw in Cylons......man its just a perfect platform to
tell stories that relate in so many aspects to these things.
--Richard Hatch was so right about BSG--
RRR.

[Thunderstruck]

I Dislike long threads,,and here I am making one.....

Here is a look at the new render...

Somehow .I got twinkling stars and some not twinkling stars. This is turning into a big job...and I thought i was
going to make a quick remake.


Latest to Date Updated Video....

FINAL UPDATED! VIDEO!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcgjUqrmdQ



Hope you enjoy it so far....as time keeps tickin',tickin'tickin.....into the future......

RRR.

[Thunderstruck]

Have thought of trying to make some new scene clips and some added dialogue,,and already fraps'd some
original show footage that I may use in editing.....


I had to restart these ships from raw and re-tex/mat. I think I got the raider just about where I like it.
the Baseship looks I think good enuff for these clips.
This is the 1st rendering of this scene animated..needs a lil tweeking and some lighting adjustments and be ready for
another render run.

https://vimeo.com/147244993








Wip/Video Description
did not use scaling,,,but the Z-Axis F-Curve to slow the raider down....scene needs
some tweeking and lighting improvements.
I restarted the TOS Raider by David Kerin from the raw original...found some missing ploys on the other I was using to reskin the model and began with the original raw file.Tried to get it as close to as I had it and did some more improving I hope.
I also been re doing the Basestar by Raffs from original raw file also. The only original mat/tex is on the top half of the top Mast. Had a helluva time trying to get it to fit right..and I think I used 2 others for mat/channels.
There is more can probably be done to it..but I think it does not look too bad as it is now.
Found this Electricity material,,and cannot find where I got it from to share.
Made a few changes and applied to the globes on the model.
-even thought of adding it to the Raider Pylons-


This is part of - The Arrival Battlestar 2015 short I am trying to make.

Hoping to add some new dialogue and scenes to what I already have planned..and this is part of it.

Thank you for visiting my post.
Randal R

[GoldCylon]

Good concept, looks like a flashback 1980 style via the Vipers lurking around the moon without landing on Earth like it is 2015 real time.

[Thunderstruck]

Good concept, looks like a flashback 1980 style via the Vipers lurking around the moon without landing on Earth like it is 2015 real time.

quite often,,I get an idea rolling,,it takes on it's own life.
Actually,,it is more likely due to many many moments watching a frame render and just thinking about what
is going on in the scene....then I think of another,,,and another...till we have a video!

Thanks Cylons...your Imperious Leader approves.

[Thunderstruck]

The final incomplete man made episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGcgjUqrmdQ