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[kruge99]

I decided to create a "Pacific Rim" theme since I worked on the movie and it has cooler stuff (giant monsters fighting giant robots).

And was shot in Toronto.

Looking forward to seeing how your redraw/halftone art turns out.

Guillermo said he really enjoyed the food in Toronto while he was here.

[antropus]

Guillermo is an awesome dude! So funny. This is a pic of me with him at the end of the show celebration a few months back. Second time I work in one of his movies. Always an honor.

-Kris

ps.: dude's hand is twice the size of my face

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Edited by antropus, 20 June 2013 - 03:20 AM.

[Nemo]

Hmmmmmm, i think a pacific rim theme fits the pin just fine, looking forward on how this is going to pan out !

[antropus]

Thanks Nemo!

Hmmmm... bummer

The artwork I picked was censored by my wife yesterday night, after putting many hours of work on it already

We have a 2.5 year old boy and another one on its way and her argument makes sense: a robot with a giant knife, explosions and collapsing buildings like in a war zone and a scary monster on the corner might not be the best images to show children at this point of their lives... so I'll be restarting the artwork, trying to show only robots, without fighting or monsters, but still trying to make it badass as much as possible.

 

-Kris

[Nemo]

Whoeps !   Yeah that's what nightmares are made of, indeed for that age it's way too much, but how to tone it down ?

Maybe you could still incorporate the monsters, but now they too are playing pinball, and a robot leans against the cab (just a thought).......

 

  i have a vivid imagination....... 

 

 

And you know the misses is always right ! 

Edited by Nemo, 20 June 2013 - 05:00 PM.

[naboodiver]

Antropus,   Can I ask where you bought the aluminum screen material to cover the fan holes?   I am getting ready to install my fans and can't find material to keep fingers out of the fan blades.

 

Thanks for the help.

[antropus]

Sure: http://www.onlinemet...ep=2&top_cat=60

 

I just don't remember which one I got, but it was from them. It came beautifully packed.

 

-Kris

[naboodiver]

Sure: http://www.onlinemet...ep=2&top_cat=60

 

I just don't remember which one I got, but it was from them. It came beautifully packed.

 

-Kris

Wonderful...  Thank you.

[antropus]

Hi,

here are some studies for the artwork. I had to change it from my original idea. My wife doesn't want images of monsters. Too scary for our little kids she said

Some elements will change, but this is the overall idea:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited by antropus, 24 June 2013 - 03:18 PM.

[antropus]

Here's a render of my 3D model showing a preview of the current artwork:

 

 

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-Kris

Edited by antropus, 24 June 2013 - 03:15 PM.

[Nemo]

OHHH YEAH !! Now you're talking !!    you know the red weapon/power-ish thingy on his torso just screems

for a LED or neon or strobe build into the cabinet, would look SO awesome hooked up on LED-wiz......

 

Just LOVE that 3D render  

[Gamester]

Love it!  Even though you're not using it, I'd love to see your first concept that included the scary stuff.  

 

This movie looks visually stunning.  Kudos to your contributions.  I'm just really hoping it's as good as it looks in the trailers!

[antropus]

Thanks guys
I'll post the old concept some time soon. For now I just wanted to share the progress of this project in a single place, reason why I created this Flickr gallery:


Here's the updated artwork:

SideLEFT5 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr
 

BackboxSideRIGHT5 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr


FrontPanel3 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr

And here some more 3D renders:

PacrimPinballRender1 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr


PacrimPinballRender2 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr


PacrimPinballRender3 by KrisAntropus, on Flickr

-Kris

[neohusky]

Looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished.

[MTPPC]

I was scammed into thinking Atlantic Rim was Pacific Rim:

 

I had the opportunity to watch Atlantic Rim and it seemed a disjointed series of character development separated by some pretty awful CGI scenes. Probably the most disenchanting  segment I saw before turning it off was when the tattooed operator was running through hundreds of dead people laying on sidewalks in pursuit of the lost daughter who he randomly found hiding behind a second floor bar in the decimated french quarter. It was simply ridiculous.

 

It's just a shame that such a wonderful concept was destroyed by terrible acting and worse plot lines. Now I realize this is just a scam to get people to rent this thinking it is Pacific Rim at Red Box.

Edited by MTPPC, 04 July 2013 - 05:01 AM.

[antropus]

Oh yeah, you watched the SPOOF movie!

I went to see Pacific Rim with my pregnant wife over the weekend. The movie looks GORGEOUS and it's an awesome summer blockbuster. My only complaint: VERY LOUD!!!! So much so that our unborn baby was flipping like crazy in the belly :/

So, if you or anyone you know is pregnant, go watch something else... BUT, if you are like me, a Monster/Robot lover, you shouldn't miss it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very proud of the work we did...

-Kris

[mountaingamer]

Fantastic work.........  I just stumbled across your post - it was a pleasure to read through!  I built my cabinet over about 3 months and wish I would have recorded the build like you did.  Looks like you had fun building and designing things - the journey's supposed to be the best part, but playing that machine has gotta be so rewarding!   I just wanted to get mine done, out of the garage, and into the game area.  Hope your wife is proud and loves pinball!

[nickbuol]

I'm sorry, MTPPC, but I chuckled a little when I watched the IMDB.com trailer for Atlantic Rim.  Sorry that someone fooled you.  I remember when one of the Transformer movies came out and a coworker wasn't paying close enough attention and watched a movie called Transmorphers.  Completely different.

 

I saw Pacific Rim the other day and enjoyed it.  I am not a "monster movie" kind of guy, but the action and fight scenes were great.  The acting was good, etc.  My only real complaint is that there was nothing, absolutely nothing unique or unexpected (as in it was predictable) with the movie.  Everything has been done so many times before.  I still enjoyed it, and I am sure that some of the clips will show up on one of my future blu-ray demo discs, but I won't buy it.

 

***Potential spoiler alert.  Do not read any more if you plan to watch the film***

 

 

 

The pieces that I am talking about that are re-hashes or predictible are things like:

Top pilot has tragic event, runs away, hiding from his past, gets found doing manual labor that nobody else wants to do (3 guys just died, we have 3 new job openings like was cliche), gets found by the government, goes back into service, is called an old man by a guy who is about his age that happens to be a pilot with his father, has people competing to be his co-pilot, the asian girl (who we knew all along was the "adopted" daughter of the head military character) competes, is clearly the best, told she will NOT be it, but is it, test happens, bond (despite being the "strongest bond ever") fails, fight ensues, everyone is angry with them and they are outcasts, the biggest monster event happens, and they bench a critical chunk of the team, other Jagers get destroyed and thus thrusts the benched team into action, who manage to kick butt.  Oh don't forget that they "seal up" the robots before going to the bottom of the ocean, but the main character Jager has an arm ripped off, and a leg almost gone, and yet there is just a little spray of water on the pilots.  And when the monster body-part broker guy gets killed, it was so obvious that it was going to happen. Back to the predictable story line, Mako's life support is failing as O2 is dropping fast... REALLY fast, as in it would only drop that fast if there was a leak in her suit, but our hero give her his oxygen and life boats her.  Why couldn't the "son" and "general" life boat away?  I mean, it is fairly easy to do, and they still had power.  OK, so one of them needs to push the button, fine, lifeboat the son and let the dying general die.  OK, back on target, then they drop into the tunnel, and while the instructions were to blow up INSIDE the tunnel, because on either end wouldn't work, they wait until they are face to face with the aliens on the other side, and blow the nuclear core.  If it didn't work on earth, it wouldn't have collasped the tunnel/bridge.  Of course, no pulse, but that was expected, and then magically "poof" he is breathing again, but not out of breath. They are now heros, and there isn't a tear shed for anyone lost... Son, dad, friend...nothing. 

 

Anyway, I focused on the predictable from the main character's perspective, been there, done that, part of the film.  It still was enjoyable.  Just not original.

Edited by nickbuol, 17 July 2013 - 01:14 PM.

[russdx]

Love this , looks just like a production machine!!!!

[T-800]

Wow, great job on the cabinet decals and the 3D render.  What software are you using for that? - it's really impressive realism.

Edited by T-800, 17 July 2013 - 03:23 PM.