Randy,
I think what you have done so far is very good. I like the idea of a 3D version of Zephyrus. When you are done with it, what type of media would the final project be made of?
You have put a lot of time and effort in the project and I wish you the very best at getting this project completed. And I hope you have made time to continue doing some modeling on the side as well.
Regards, Ray Bedard San Jose CA > To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 21:00:42 -0500
> Subject: [CBQ] The West Wind [2 Attachments]
>
> Several years ago, in answer to a request of mine, Ray Bedard sent me
> a nice scan of "The West Wind" artwork that was used in early Pioneer
> Zephyr promotional materials.
>
> Well, it's been almost 3 years, but the 80th anniversary of the PZ
> service introduction is coming up the 11th of next month and I've
> finally gotten to working on the 3D embodiment of Zephyrus.
>
> I'm attaching a rectified scan of the artwork (which never existed as
> an actual sculpture) and a very poor rendering of the work in
> progress.
>
> It's been an interesting project so far. I've been studying Art Deco
> bas relief sculpture, and my main references are the "Morning,
> Present, Evening" triptych at Rockefeller Center in NYC and
> "Transportation and Industry" on the facade of Cincinnati Union
> Station, neither of which I've ever seen in person but ample images
> online. Also a large array of photos of Third Reich eagle badges I'm
> using to help with the wings.
>
> The artist of Zephyrus has presented several logical conundrums in
> realizing his sketch as 3D. Zephyrus is behind many layers of
> clouds, but is still overlaying the surrounding ring. This has made
> the ring recede into the background, which I'm not entirely happy
> with.
>
> I'm not sure how I'll end up rendering the clouds. Art Deco
> precedence is to stylize them as I'm showing, but I might end up
> puffing them out somewhat. The forward section of the wing also
> needs some work--it is sloppily rendered in the sketch.
>
> Anyway, I'm blocking out the elements for now and keeping them
> separate so I can tweak them individually.
>
> I'm not sure if I'll be able to do an actual machined piece by Nov.
> 11, or just try to do some renderings. We'll see how the effort
> progresses in the next couple of weeks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
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> Randy Gordon-Gilmore
> http://www.prototrains.com
> randy@prototrains.com
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