Dear Wreckers & Iron Sky people, we need your help!
One of the biggest challenges in the production of the Iron Sky demo has been creating the Nazi Moonbase. Although we've had some pretty wonderful submissions by great artists from all over the world, we also want you ideas.
The Nazi Moon Base itself is pretty much ready (although texturing and detailing are still work in progress), but we need you to help us with designing the surrounding of the base. Everything from a few-line idea description to a full 3D model are appreciated!
This task is open until 30.11.2007.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK
Design elements for the environment surrounding the Nazi Moon Base. Submit your ideas and textual descriptions to this forum; pictures can be submitted either here or directly to us via email.
TASK REFERENCE
The Schwartze Sonne, the secret Nazi stronghold located on the Far Side of the Moon, is a huge complex built to house thousands of Nazis and their war machinery. The central structure is the fortress built in the shape of a swastika. Surrounding the main construction, many smaller elements have been built to support the everyday lives of the Nazis and the preparation of their return to the Earth.
The technology is pretty much 40's style, since technologically the Nazis have not been developing much since they came to the Moon. But they've had plenty of time to build big, strong elements, tools, vehicles and weapons. You may think of this as a crude steampunkish world, but please keep a touch of realism to your designs.
The fortress is located in a shadowy crater, about 2 kilometres across, and the main building is about 1.2 kilometres in diameter, making it about twice the size of the Pentagon. Around it can be pretty much anything, from barracks and construction platforms to whatever you can come up with - you have the freedom to invent anything there, use your imagination.
SUBMITTING IDEAS / PICTURES / 3D MODELS
We accept anything from short idea descriptions to detailed documentations, from raw, hand-drawn sketches to detailed 3D models.
We accept the most common 3D model formats. Please note, the final resolution of the demo will be 1920x817 so detail level must be quite high.
Material can be posted to this forum by replying to this thread, or by sending them to our email address at info@ironsky.net.
Ultimately, we make the decision on what elements we use in the demo.
COPYRIGHTS & CONTACTING
All the rights to the material submitted must be in the possession of the contributor. The contributor must allow the worldwide, royalty free commercial use of the material in the production of the film "Iron Sky", and other material related to it (mainly: the demo and promotional material).
REFERENCE MATERIAL
Here you can find some reference material to help you understand the scale and form of the surrounding area and the fortress. You may download these and start working on them, or just use them as a reference - whatever suits your methods best.
Nazi Moon Base overview: This is a draft render of the scene. The camera angle & picture framing quite close to final.
Pentagon embed: To understand the scale of the fortress, here's a quick mockup of surroundings of Pentagon.
Other images for reference can be found at:
http://www.ironsky.net/gallery.php
WHY TO DO THIS?
We like to believe that the community can be an active producer of quality content, and would like to use this as a test platform for the idea itself. Your help will be crucial and your participation highly appreciated!
If you produce something that can be utilised, your name will be mentioned, of course, in the thanks. If you produce art that can be used to create a 3D model, you'll be credited as a 'preproduction artist'. If you produce a model fully usable in this process, you'll get the title of 'modeller'. And naturally, you still hold the moral rights to the material, just as long as you grant us the rights to use it in Iron Sky.
Get creative!
Timo Vuorensola
Samuli Torssonen
& the rest of the Iron Sky production team
- try something softer next time.
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