Friday, April 29, 2011

Why do we flop? So we can bounce back up to flop again. Someone's Movie Dad said that...

Well, the old design was a total flop. I just couldn't get half the design elements up to good enough standard. In the process I started watching Enterprise finally and really got into the set design, art direction, and CG involving Doug Drexler. Many episodes and much re-designing later and I came up with the following redress of my 3/4 Architects scale model of my office done ENT style.

The little black squares on the wall across from the doors are where square brackets will hang holding up some pipes going along the ceiling. These pipes will likely hide some lighting.

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Also here are the panels I made to put in the room. I am currently working on getting them printed. FYI I [i]do [/i]have the real 3M bumpon buttons, the ones in the images are just for cool image reference.

[img]http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv352/boozee2/TEMPLATEPANELSa.png[/img]

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Problems & Major Redesigns

I have hit a solid and unpleasant wall in my ready room project. Some serious design flaws and a few test materials I had hoped to use have been found to be of far less quality than I had hoped. Especially since my budget is non-negotiable and virtually non-existent. I have to abandon some of my cost-saving design ideas and figure out some new ideas.

I am starting a complete redesign of the room (still using the desk I made and the TV-set up.) The changes to my room should be a major surprise, one which will have to wait until I have something significant to show you... I am re-doing a scale model too. :D

So until then, keep patient and vigilant.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Major Construction On Hold

Construction has been on hold due to the cold winter (my shop is in an un-heated garage) among other things. Been focusing on my droid and a few other projects.

I also am working on a re-design of my wall replicator to incorporate a stand-alone design element, standard wall-plug power for the lighting, use of existing materials re-purposing of existing elements, and extra storage beneath. More details to come as I finalize the design.