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[[Image:Originalclaymodel.jpg|thumb|left|Prototype home for [[Ron]]]]
 
[[Image:Originalclaymodel.jpg|thumb|left|Prototype home for [[Ron]]]]
 
[[Image:Creaturesdisplaycase.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Background to Creatures. Scale: 4 1/2ft high, 6ft long.]]
 
[[Image:Creaturesdisplaycase.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Background to Creatures. Scale: 4 1/2ft high, 6ft long.]]
Believe it or not, most of the background imagery to [[Creatures]] was the result of actually creating a '''model''' with suitable additional decoration and digitally photographing it; subsequent touchups were made by [[Jason Riley]] and [[Colin Swinbourne]] to adjust the image to the technology of the time. The entire model fills three large display cases! Initially the idea of [[Steve Grand]], it was drawn up by [[Mark Rafter]] and created by ''[[Complete Fabrications]]'', a team of local model-makers who were used to making models for museums. It cost around £15,000 to make. The model did not include the desert island or mini-waterfall.
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Believe it or not, most of the background imagery to [[Creatures]] was the result of actually creating a '''model''' with suitable additional decoration and digitally photographing it; subsequent touchups were made by [[Jason Riley]] and [[Colin Swinbourne]] to adjust the image to the technology of the time. The entire model fills three large display cases! Initially the idea of [[Steve Grand]], it was drawn up by [[Mark Rafter]] and created by ''[[Complete Fabrications]]'', a team of local model-makers who were used to making models for museums. Each case cost around £5,000 to make. The model did not include the desert island or mini-waterfall.
  
 
'''Did you know?''' The model had fairy lights (as shown) because there was originally intended to be a day and night in ''Creatures''.
 
'''Did you know?''' The model had fairy lights (as shown) because there was originally intended to be a day and night in ''Creatures''.
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Two models - the [[Statue of Nornity]]/[[ocean]] scene, and the [[garden]] - were [[Forum:Creatures Display Cabinets|auctioned in May 2010]], and won by [[Spoony]] and [[Dylan]] for £38 and [[Don]] for £225 respectively.
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.cyberlife-research.com/cyberliferesearch/Creatures/claymodel.htm Steve's initial ideas on the model (originally to be in clay)]
 
* [http://www.cyberlife-research.com/cyberliferesearch/Creatures/claymodel.htm Steve's initial ideas on the model (originally to be in clay)]
 
* [http://gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1085&page=2&pp=11 Post about the model] on the Gameware [[forums]]
 
* [http://gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1085&page=2&pp=11 Post about the model] on the Gameware [[forums]]
 
 
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Revision as of 17:40, 13 May 2010

Prototype home for Ron
Background to Creatures. Scale: 4 1/2ft high, 6ft long.

Believe it or not, most of the background imagery to Creatures was the result of actually creating a model with suitable additional decoration and digitally photographing it; subsequent touchups were made by Jason Riley and Colin Swinbourne to adjust the image to the technology of the time. The entire model fills three large display cases! Initially the idea of Steve Grand, it was drawn up by Mark Rafter and created by Complete Fabrications, a team of local model-makers who were used to making models for museums. Each case cost around £5,000 to make. The model did not include the desert island or mini-waterfall.

Did you know? The model had fairy lights (as shown) because there was originally intended to be a day and night in Creatures.

Two models - the Statue of Nornity/ocean scene, and the garden - were auctioned in May 2010, and won by Spoony and Dylan for £38 and Don for £225 respectively.

External links