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crazy... I want more.

Wahoo!

Nice im assuming its golden throne as in 40k lore so be cool to see custodies runing around it.

"Good dramatic bs" - Ridley Scott

I hesitate to use the phrase just as Mr. Scott did in the interview I have seen so many times over the years. He didn't mean to make light of the work or thought put into the visual work of his legendary 1984 Apple commercial, he was simply commenting on the process. His reluctance was from an understanding that an average practical mind would want to understand how things work.

If you take any of my loves and influences - assemblage art, science fiction model making, creature effects - the truth is that there is much more fretting over the look than practicality. Many people over the years have taken the famous Star Wars lightsaber and Millenium Falcon and tried to back-engineer them with their imagination. It is a true testament to the intricacy of these models that it can be done, but there wasn't as much a question of "how would this work?" when making a model as a statement of "this looks good visually, and it could work."

This has been true through all the great science fiction movies of the past, from Metropolis to the new Star Trek; good design is a mix of aesthetic and a great deal of skill in improvisation. The answer to the question of "what does this hose on the Millenium Falcon do?" might sadden a professional Engineer, but it doesn't stop his imagination from creating it's own story, and that is the essence of"good dramatic bs."

Damn. You take this to amazing and just keep running....
I am in total awe.

Wow!

Updates look good. Are you leaving the left hand disconnected from the torso like that?

I love your stuff, GMMStudios. It's all so insane.

Remind me to the works of Kuksi. So awesome! I've got some new, weird ideas for some city terrain...

Oh, I got to see this, I GOT to see this!

This is amazing. I cannot wait to see it finished!

AHHHH! Keep it up. This is really coming together nicely.

can someone explain what im looking at?

Wow

That's really all that can be said about this. Its one hell of a work of art.

I see you reference Giger as being an inspiration of yours, and I was wondering if perhaps the small "cityscape" rising from his loins was something of a homage to him. The Emperor giving rise or life to his empire, in a subtly phallic manner reminiscent of Giger (who was way into phallic art, although I'm sure you know that)

I was first introduced to Gothic architecture at around the same time as miniatures. In High School I was part of a class "knowledge bowl." Sort of a spelling bee but for facts. I joined the Gothic section, which was the arts offering, and began to memorize different architectural elements of different cathedrals. What ended up being more fascinating however, and would always slowly take my attention away, was the visual message and the "why" behind them more than the "how." I have over the years expanded upon that, and also come to understand something - these buildings are very much taken for granted.

This is also coming from a New-Worlder. I am sure those of you from across the pond who pass these massive and elaborate structures on a regular basis must become accustomed to Gothic era architecture. More than any other style of architecture this is intersesting. The Gothic feels almost manic in it's need to get it's message to you. The message the encrusted, stretching towers scream silently from their rooted positions, is also the reason the Gothic is more than any other style inspiration for so much science fiction:

"Behold, a grand place of love and worship of a true god; which if crossed, can annihilate you."

The threat is the key. The duality of love and destruction is not present in many other forms of architecture, if any. Why this was introduced when it was is an essay in itself, but consider if it could be an outward threat, or a new understanding of human nature and the society underneath the men who built these very expensive and labor intensive buildings. Regardless, the Gothic cathedral has influenced modern science fiction. The beloved Nostromo, to the less considered Event Horizon.

Event Horizon the movie was unfortunately a dud in revenue, despite the efforts of the visual department behind the movie. The 90s weren't the greatest decade for science fiction; Fifth Element and The Matrix would come a year or two after, and not much before. If you could sit through the movie though, you were treated to some of the best model design of what was released: Event Horizon the ship.

The ship was made digitally, by taking and stretching out Notre Dame cathedral while keeping it's basic elements. Keep all the arches, add a locomotive undertone for the industrial feel, and then greeble the heck out of it, and you have one pretty impressive ship model. It wasn't just great for it's design in a vacuum (no pun intended) but within the movie it built upon the existing themes in the writing. The scene becomes a cross over Neptune. Duality of this religious symbol of saviors becoming the doom and living hell of the rescue team. Watch it again with this is mind, and one can see why Notre Dame and the Gothic style was chosen. Life and death. Salvation and doom. This duality is important in the Throne as well. The Emperor protects, burn the heretic.










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Gingalain wrote:Damn. You take this to amazing and just keep running....
I am in total awe.

lliu wrote:Wow!

Warboss_Waaazag wrote:I love your stuff, GMMStudios. It's all so insane.

The Wise Dane wrote:Oh, I got to see this, I GOT to see this!

wearywarrior wrote:This is amazing. I cannot wait to see it finished!

JeffyP wrote:AHHHH! Keep it up. This is really coming together nicely.

Thanks, your comments keep me motivated. Glad you are enjoying it.

Logan wrote:Remind me to the works of Kuksi. So awesome! I've got some new, weird ideas for some city terrain...

Definitely. I wrote a post last page about Kuski, if I recall right. Love his stuff.

Bi'ios wrote:Wow

That's really all that can be said about this. Its one hell of a work of art.

I see you reference Giger as being an inspiration of yours, and I was wondering if perhaps the small "cityscape" rising from his loins was something of a homage to him. The Emperor giving rise or life to his empire, in a subtly phallic manner reminiscent of Giger (who was way into phallic art, although I'm sure you know that)

You know your Giger!

Johnnytorrance wrote:can someone explain what im looking at?

My WIPs require an inverse relation of alcohol to level of finished.

Darth Bob wrote:Updates look good. Are you leaving the left hand disconnected from the torso like that?

Thats correct.

 GMMStudios wrote:

 moonpie wrote:
Have you read the old, old BL book called Draco? At one point the main character actually goes to see the Emperor, who is crazy as a fox.

I have not. Would you recommend it? Who was crazy, the emperor or the narrator?

Im always up for old 40k novels. Most of my favorites are 2nd- 3rd edition era.

Great book, by Ian Watson who did the first 40k Novels (a trilogy called the Inquisition Wars+ one called Space Marine) reprinted in an omnibus a few years back.

Watson's whole idea was that by 20th/21st C standards the Imperium is completely insane and he wrote it like that.

In the key scene an Inquisitor after literally years of efforts and deceptions sneaks into the throne room to inform the Emperor of a plot and that the Emperor has in fact guided him to this point.

To which the Emperor says "huh?" but then back tracks, basically saying 'oh maybe I did, I mean I am watching over a million worlds"

Only it's better than that.

Yeah I recommend it.

I don't know if this is totally crazy, super awesome, or a chef d'oeuvre!
But I'm sure that I love it and will keep an eye on it!

I love this, but I have one question... Where do you actually imagine the Emperor sits in this?

I have nothing to say you haven't already heard.

Just amazing, simply awesome. So OTT and it isn't even done yet, and each post is worth reading even without the work shown.

Lot of thought put into this, please keep going.

Absolutely godlike!

Where do you find the time to do things like this?

And the white pipework on the bottom of the left hand side is that a resin cast or all seperate plasticard? if the latter you must truly be a wizard.

The golden Toilet, so the emprah is huge, or is his rotten corpse somewhere in there?

Amazing work! Following you on Twitter. I love to sit down and look at the pictures you have posted on Twitter, such excellent work!

Your work is amazing buddy. Keep it going!

I really like your project. What army are you building for this? Some kind of Custodes/Marine combo?

I get an odd feeling that Gulliver has landed in a Lilliput Science fiction nightmare.

Yeah, that first picture gave me nightmares.

This is awesome. Subbed for sure!

Slightly confused, is this meant to be a life size model of the throne or is it the entrance to the imperial palace and is 40k (1:56) scale

Xca|iber wrote:This is awesome. Subbed for sure!

nflagey wrote:I don't know if this is totally crazy, super awesome, or a chef d'oeuvre!
But I'm sure that I love it and will keep an eye on it!

Stormwall wrote:I have nothing to say you haven't already heard.

Just amazing, simply awesome. So OTT and it isn't even done yet, and each post is worth reading even without the work shown.

Lot of thought put into this, please keep going.

Kelly502 wrote:Amazing work! Following you on Twitter. I love to sit down and look at the pictures you have posted on Twitter, such excellent work!

angelofvengeance wrote:Your work is amazing buddy. Keep it going!

Thank you!

40kFSU wrote:I really like your project. What army are you building for this? Some kind of Custodes/Marine combo?

There is no official army for it.

SJM wrote:I get an odd feeling that Gulliver has landed in a Lilliput Science fiction nightmare.

The idea of "Gulliver" could also be expanded to the whole universe. He is a powerful guy tied down by all these little people.

Matthew wrote:Yeah, that first picture gave me nightmares.

Good!

the clone wrote:Slightly confused, is this meant to be a life size model of the throne or is it the entrance to the imperial palace and is 40k (1:56) scale

It is the throne in Warhammer scale.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 GMMStudios wrote:

 moonpie wrote:
Have you read the old, old BL book called Draco? At one point the main character actually goes to see the Emperor, who is crazy as a fox.

I have not. Would you recommend it? Who was crazy, the emperor or the narrator?

Im always up for old 40k novels. Most of my favorites are 2nd- 3rd edition era.

Great book, by Ian Watson who did the first 40k Novels (a trilogy called the Inquisition Wars+ one called Space Marine) reprinted in an omnibus a few years back.

Watson's whole idea was that by 20th/21st C standards the Imperium is completely insane and he wrote it like that.

In the key scene an Inquisitor after literally years of efforts and deceptions sneaks into the throne room to inform the Emperor of a plot and that the Emperor has in fact guided him to this point.

To which the Emperor says "huh?" but then back tracks, basically saying 'oh maybe I did, I mean I am watching over a million worlds"

Only it's better than that.

Yeah I recommend it.

That sounds great. I will definitely be buying it after the convention. I like the notion of everything being bonkers, with the Emporer being mortal, only taking so much. The background behind my version has a lot to do with it breaking down and limited lifespan, so this story also adds to the lack of sustainability/burning more psykers.



It makes perfect sense he is taking in so much information at once it must be driving him mad literally, and down to the neuron.

aka_mythos wrote:I love this, but I have one question... Where do you actually imagine the Emperor sits in this?

Jehan-reznor wrote:The golden Toilet, so the emprah is huge, or is his rotten corpse somewhere in there?

I have always envisioned him being more of a mass of cells or a soup; maybe just a head and stem. So he is contained somewhere in the head.

badkamer1 wrote:Absolutely godlike!

Where do you find the time to do things like this?

And the white pipework on the bottom of the left hand side is that a resin cast or all seperate plasticard? if the latter you must truly be a wizard.

They are all bent plastic piping.

So the golden throne is huge. AI thought it looked like this.