Spore Creature Creator - Land Strider from The Dark Crystal
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The landstrider was indeed a stuntman(men) with crutches and stilts. They practised for days befre the shoot & wore a safety cable in case they fell. For the external running scene, the cable was fixed to a massive tower crane with a huge extended jib overhead, whilst a citroen CV with it's roof cut off, was used as a tracking vehicle.
Basic, but clever stuff in those days before CGI
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The Landstrider has never been more flexible! lol
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@Steamrollergirl71 completely agree
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nice work!
you did a really good job on the face and whiskers. I have the spore game (I'm sure a lot of people do) It's really handy for creations like this. You've done an amazing job, and for that, I congratulate you!
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Nice! Now for an even greater challenge... can you create one of the characters riding it's back???? Great work!
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Great job! Very close to the movie.
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AWESOME!
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I imagine you're right about the options, good eye about the ears though. Excellent craftmanship.
The Landstrider in the film was a man in a suit on stilts and crutches. Strong enough to carry a small person able to run and fight. It worked brilliantly without the use of CGI. Yes there's a place for CGI. But Don't let Animatronics Die. Or the Magic will be lost too. Green Screen is a soulless way to make a movie
Steamrollergirl71 2 years ago 4
this was made using a video game's creature creator tool. it was an exercise in using a free-form video game tool to re-create a recognizable creature. It is in no way intended to "replace" the classic, in fact, it's more to pay homage to it.
MAUL0r1 2 years ago
Danm thats good, I hated the part when they died :(
odin557 3 years ago
me too, such cool creatures. fighters to the bitter end!
MAUL0r1 3 years ago
Spectacular! You got the face exactly right. I can has creature data?
tanatoes 3 years ago
I used the "share" feature so technically it should be available to all... though I am skeptical. if you can't find it gimme your e-mail in a PM and ill e-mail it to u or something.
glad you like it!
MAUL0r1 3 years ago