It’s Worse

While hiding, Snafu tries to quietly explain to a skeptical Sprocket the gravity of the gremlin Worse’s appearance.

Several weeks ago, I outlined the scenes and characters that I was planning to build with the 3D program, Blender.  Here an update to that list.

Scenes

Elmo’s Garage: The garage is the scene that I started with and it is finished.  …Or as finished as something like this is likely to get.  It has been appearing regularly as a background but it gets a few small changes every time that I use it.

Elmo’s TV & Stereo (Entertainment Room):  All of the models have been collected for this room.  Need to draw up a floor plan and then it will be a quick matter of simply placing the items.  The cabling mess that I envision behind the TV and stereo equipment might be somewhat of a challenge.

Computer Desk: Most of the models for this area have been collected.   Still need to find a good chair.

Kitchen: The Kitchen is also finished.  Here is a picture of how the kitchen appeared in the strip several years ago:

It was kind of a time-consuming effort to draw all of the cabinets and kitchen furnishings.  Which is why the gremlins didn’t often venture into the kitchen.

…and here is the CGI version of the kitchen as it now appears.

Here are a couple of other in-progress shots of the kitchen.

Elmo’s House-Exterior: Elmo’s house has been started and is coming along well. I thought I had everything that I needed for the scene, but as it turns out, there are a few items that I am missing (like porch lights). Here is how Elmo’s house is supposed to look …and here is an in-progress shot of Elmo’s house in-progress.

Obviously, it still needs LOTS of work.

Characters

Lucas: The Lucas poseable 3D model is about as good as I can make it at this time.  It isn’t perfect, but it is much better now that it has been reworked several times.

Snafu: Snafu has been started and is coming along. The initial mesh (aka skin) has been completed but will probably take lots of tweaks to get it to look and operate correctly. Here is a shot of Snafu being modelled:

Fubar:  Fubar has also been started but is not nearly as far along as the Snafu model.

Elmo: Not started.  Need to figure out how to do the wrinkly clothes thing.

Sprocket, the Dog: Not started

Trouble, the Cat: Not started

The scenes should be completed by the end of this month.  However, the characters, especially Elmo, will take more time.