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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Triple F on May 14, 2012, 12:40:19 pm
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I noticed there was one or two B5 fans here. ; ) There’s also no easy way to introduce this subtly, so.
After contacting Ron Thornton, to find out who designed one of the ships on Babylon 5, one thing led to another, and a quick exercise in learning how to code up a web page turned into a unique reference site. (5 years, 15 FX artists and one producer later). Among those contacted included Steve Burg, Everett Burrell, Eric Chauvin and Kevin Kutchaver.
The site isn’t going to stay up forever, It was just a hobby, a one off, so I made it downloadable for anyone to keep – no strings, popups, adverts or anything else attached. Just a lot of frank, revealing, wide ranging and occasionally funny interviews from a bunch of artists with enough Emmys between them to field a couple of football teams (that answer a lot of questions and bust a few myths) and a fair bit of previously unreleased concept art, like this.
(http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb358/Triple-F/ArtSamp.jpg)
It’s not so much about the show, but the artists, the art and the technology. Steve Burg (who recently designed the Prometheus for the Ridley Scott movie) described what we talked about as the most in-depth examination of his methodology and approach to design ever carried out. Which, considering Steve’s career, came as a bit of a surprise.
This is a link to a facebook page highlighting the site.
http://www.facebook.com/B5Scrolls
If you read the top post you’ll see why I joined FB and set it up, and why I’m pointing there. It’s far from ideal (a lot of folks aren’t on facebook), but it was the best idea I could think of to let as many know as possible, before the site disappears.
If anyone’s interested, and ain’t on facebook, here’s a link to the website itself. Though if you can ‘like’ that Facebook thing, that would be helpful.
http://www.themadgoner.com/B5/B5Scrolls/B5Scrolls.htm
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Fascinating site, thanks :) Been reading through some of the hate generated by the changing size of the Whitestar, it's pretty depressing when people get that anal.
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Interesting that the Badger isn't actually a Badger...
...Unfortunately, Muskrat is a terrible name. :p
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Hell yeah. You've obviously not got to the Killer Pretzel (view from a gallery) destroyer. ;)
RE: The White star thing. Your not wrong, some of the stuff I read from back in the day was pretty bad.
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Thing is, as someone pointed out about the latest Star Trek movie, at one point Kirk and Spock get onto a turbolift in the Shuttle bay, and manage to have 3 seconds of conversation before arriving at the bridge at the other end of the ship. No-one minded because it was what was needed to present the story in the style and pace required. Always interesting that people will happily accept jump-gates, psychic powers and the first living creature in the Galaxy still being alive, but make a ship a bit bigger and all hell breaks loose ;)
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Thing is, as someone pointed out about the latest Star Trek movie, at one point Kirk and Spock get onto a turbolift in the Shuttle bay, and manage to have 3 seconds of conversation before arriving at the bridge at the other end of the ship. No-one minded because it was what was needed to present the story in the style and pace required. Always interesting that people will happily accept jump-gates, psychic powers and the first living creature in the Galaxy still being alive, but make a ship a bit bigger and all hell breaks loose ;)
"My carefully created deck plans they are ruined! Hate for life!"
Anyway cool site Triple F, thanks for putting it together.
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This site is dangerously awesome. I wasted a lot of time today. God damn it, don't you have any consideration for others? Make it less interesting right now
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Page 9 under "Earth - other" is NSFW. I have no complaint with well-marked NSFW content, but unexpected NSFW images aren't generally appreciated by people who don't want to get fired for surfing your site during their lunch break.
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Oh no I won't gonna go look at it now, I have stuff to do.
No...
NO...
... ok, maybe a bit later... damnit.
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I downloaded the site yesterday - thank you for that.
:)
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Cheers.
The site ended up nothing like I originally intended, and it seemed stupid to let the info/images go to waste.
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I like the concept pic of the Hyperion.
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Fascinating site, thanks :) Been reading through some of the hate generated by the changing size of the Whitestar, it's pretty depressing when people get that anal.
Reminds me of www.hard-light.net
:P
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Just a FYI type thing. Those hosting the site renewed their agreement last year, so it should stay up for the next two. Plus I just added an update, new interview as well as new production concept art.
The links at the start of this thread still work. ; )
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This looks awesome, thanks! Now to see if I can get any work done tonight...
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Those ship descriptions in the model view mode still crack me up. :lol: