As you probably know (because you've been following the LAN'ded blog as well), Dr Cortex and Wally will soon officially be unveiled! We decided to keep the final outcome a surprise for the cast and crew in Pittsburgh... which unfortunately means that no final pictures can be posted until next week (but believe me, it will be worth it).
As Dave mentioned in his post, we both have similar, yet drastically different styles of process and product. My design phase in this particular project was based on researching wallabies (quite interesting) and tracking down as many pictures as I could to create a profile of characteristic images.
One of the reasons Wally has been my undertaking is because I have had more experience in creature creation, while most of Dave's projects have been more humanoid oriented. With that differentiation in characters, we ran into the challenge of matching styles - especially in the eyes. Judge for yourself next week if we accomplished it 680.22 miles apart!
This project is also the first time I've ventured into the use of gasket rubber and a new type of wire for the hands. In addition to that I decided to recycle some old arm rods that I was unable to use until now... so, huzzah!
In other news...
Long story -> Short:
In addition to building Wally, I have been working on reclaiming Yancy (the blue guy - I'll formally introduce you next week) from the bus company from our trip earlier this week... The bag he was in got wedged out of view and in his rush, the bus driver took off without checking. So... In order to obtain him, I now must meet up with the bus driver on the side of the highway outside our hotel as he passes through Syracuse on his way to NYC with a high school band!
