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Took a break this week and traveled to South Carolina and Georgia.  While preparing to come home, I received a phone call that my Grandpa had passed.  It had been a long struggle for him starting with a stroke 11 years ago.

A favorite hymn of his contained this verse:
"And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace."

May the long winding path lead to a bright clearing for all of us.  

Lighting tests with a 50mm lens.  

After 5 weeks and having to constantly move my useless assistant (pictured above), the modeling of the city is done!  Above are the parts where the city is deconstructed, the place we end on and the climax of the film.  As soon as I acquire a macro lens, shooting will commence!

Building, painting, building, painting, building.... painting.  Finally some progress with the cityscape.  The film starts with conventional buildings but as we move down the streets we start to see something amiss as buildings collapse in on themselves with some falling across the street itself.  The grey primer helps the buildings feel more homogenous and massive, getting the glass in the windows will finish the look.   

3 buildings completed, 6 more to go.  All of the buildings, streets and sidewalks will be painted a primer gray.  I'm going to use a reflective opaque black plexi for the glass in the buildings reinforcing a hinterland-esque kind of world (I hope).  I love cheap chipboard; easy to cut, homogenous in look, forgiving at the edges, one of the best modeling materials ever made.

The grand studio in all of it's glory on the left.  The white foam core box protects any modeling from my 3 cats playing Godzilla with my set.  On the right, the base is done (you can see the street curbs), one of the first building facades started along with the mini-slider I bought for the camera - just a cool DIY piece of equipment.