Like other participants, my submission for March focuses upon Spock. But I opted not for a "memorial" styled composition, but something in his "prime", demonstrating the character will always be with us. I decided to try recreating the scene depicted in the AMT/Aurora figurine plastic assembly model kit. Or maybe I should say "interpreting" as it is not an exact reproduction of the assembled kit or the box cover art.
Allow me to credits the people who made this composition possible.
Michael 2 P4...DAZ.com
Face morph...Porthos
Uniform tunic...XCalPro
Uniform pants...XCalPro
Uniform boots...XCalPro
Tricorder...XCalPro
Phaser...MechMaster
Communicator...MattyManx/Sgreco
Spock hair...Mylochka
Dragon's Keep...AntFarm
Twister sky-dome...AntFarm
RDNA XenoFlora...Traveler
Hydra...MallenLane
Enterprise...MattyManx/David Metlesits
The "hydra" has a bit of a story behind it. The original figure is sold as a "hydra", but one quite different from the creature in the model kit. It had a sauropod (brontosaurus) type body with three totally separate necks emerging from the torso. I "hid" all body parts except for the central neck and head. I positioned and posed it in a "rearing" stance. Then I duplicated the existing "partial" figure twice, making each one "lean" outward from the original, thus making it look a bit more like the model kit monster.
Spock is based upon a mesh that is very old by many users' standards, being well over 10 years old (maybe 12 or 13) and 4 releases behind. However, the based shape of the face lends itself to Nimoy's sharp angled features more easily than the newer meshes.
I suspect several of us here built that kit when it was first released. When Round2 acquired the rights and found the original molds I was thrilled because some accounts claimed the molds were destroyed in some sort of accident. Round2 carefully undid the changes made around 1980 when the kit was reissued, tying into the "Motion Picture" and even reprinted the original "long box" cover art. Did I purchase it again? Shoot, you bet! I even purchased two "after market" sets meant to "enhance" the diorama. One contains hands holding a far more accurate phaser and communicator along with a replacement head based upon a Maya or Zbrush sculpt looking like Nimoy in make-up to an insane degree. The other package is the same except it has Kirk's head, one that actually captures Shatner's features (which a lot of other reproductions tend to "miss").
Anyway, here's my submission.
Sincerely,
Bill
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