Our creature work for the Volkswagen Star Wars Superbowl Commercial
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DAVIDYR1
Official Licensee
Too awesome for words!
I watched the commercial knowing only that you guys had done 'something' for VW....and as it's playing I was thinking "OK, that food they're dropping on the floor for the dog...and he's not eating it. THAT must be Tom's work." ...LOL!
Then of course, the Dog part ended and BAM! We're in the Cantina from Star Wars...and that's when it all came together. :lol
Brilliant work bud.
Crazy time line too....wow, but you guys KILLED IT!
Congrats yet again.:thumbsup
David
I watched the commercial knowing only that you guys had done 'something' for VW....and as it's playing I was thinking "OK, that food they're dropping on the floor for the dog...and he's not eating it. THAT must be Tom's work." ...LOL!
Then of course, the Dog part ended and BAM! We're in the Cantina from Star Wars...and that's when it all came together. :lol
Brilliant work bud.
Crazy time line too....wow, but you guys KILLED IT!
Congrats yet again.:thumbsup
David
Looks like you sculpted all new masks!
Were you able to repurpose any of the old masks from you've made and collected from before the job?
Nick
Were you able to repurpose any of the old masks from you've made and collected from before the job?
Nick
Thanks guys!
David, I told you that you'd know it when you saw it
Nick - for a 3 or 4 characters, we drew upon molds we had, but even for those, we made fresh casts, then modified for fit/shape, wearability, visibility (and in some cases, improved accuracy to boot).
Snowmann - those ARE indeed original, screen used Planet of the Apes pieces, reused for the commercial. We sourced them for the production from a client of ours who's a big apes collector. In the original film, they re-used apes wardrobe as well, so it was a nice touch!
best,
Tom
Tom
David, I told you that you'd know it when you saw it
Nick - for a 3 or 4 characters, we drew upon molds we had, but even for those, we made fresh casts, then modified for fit/shape, wearability, visibility (and in some cases, improved accuracy to boot).
Snowmann - those ARE indeed original, screen used Planet of the Apes pieces, reused for the commercial. We sourced them for the production from a client of ours who's a big apes collector. In the original film, they re-used apes wardrobe as well, so it was a nice touch!
best,
Tom
Tom
BTW - we've put up a behind the scenes gallery on our site today...
Creature Design for "The Dog Strikes Back" Volkswagen Super Bowl Star Wars Ad
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best,
Tom
Creature Design for "The Dog Strikes Back" Volkswagen Super Bowl Star Wars Ad
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mrsmartypants
Well-Known Member
Well done! :thumbsup
Skaught
Sr Member
They found all the IG-88 heads at my house! I had two nights to make eight of them. My arms were killing me.
Scott
Cyberman
Sr Member
Blimey!!! Saw this ad just the other day and though to myself how authentic they all looked... I wondered, at the time, if Lucas film had actually allowed the film company involved the use of their molds to make this... But honestly, only Toms company could do this justise and it certainly is justise that they got the gig as they are the best when coming to the Star Wars Aliens.
Tom, when I saw the pics pop up in my fb stream my first reaction was - of course - "Wow, that is some really tight work."
My second, and almost immediate follow up thought was, "How in the HELL did manage not to break that non-disclosure without exploding?" I can't even imagine what that must have been like! Cloud City Torture all over again!
My second, and almost immediate follow up thought was, "How in the HELL did manage not to break that non-disclosure without exploding?" I can't even imagine what that must have been like! Cloud City Torture all over again!
I'm so glad they did! Those heads made such a huge impact on the set... great stuff!
Phil, I can't tell you how much this means to me (especially coming from you). We were honored to have been a part of it and just grateful for the opportunity.
LOL! It helped that we only had a few weeks and a ton to do! We were so busy we didn't have time to tell anyone (but MAN did we want to!)
Thanks again all!
best,
Tom
Sirnfet
New Member
make that a go for me as well!! XD
Ghost Host
Sr Member
Awsome! Must have been a great feeling coming full circle. Congratulations.
Congratulations.
Ha! Thanks man. Yeah, I think it's safe to say we've heard of the rpf around here
hehe... better get it now before I start charging :love
best,
Tom
Awsome! Must have been a great feeling coming full circle.
Thanks so much man. Yeah, definitely a good feeling to go back and revisit these characters! Definitely a dream project for me personally (and a lot of the folks here).
best,
Tom
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