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Posted on 24/10/18 10:09:40 AM
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"Castaspella" ...gotta love Halloween! Well done Anna.

Posted on 24/10/18 10:10:40 AM
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Posted on 24/10/18 11:22:39 AM
josephine harvatt
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Hello and welcome back Sophie!
Anna that is truly magical!

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Posted on 24/10/18 6:17:21 PM
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Beautifully done Anna.

Looking forward to seeing you back in the chair Sophie.

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Posted on 25/10/18 09:05:52 AM
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Lovely Anna. Not sure I understand why the ship in the bottle but it's beautifully done. Very clever the way you have dealt with the tree problem for the move in.

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Posted on 25/10/18 12:51:21 PM
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Posted on 25/10/18 1:03:13 PM
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Welcome back Sophie! It's been a long time.



Posted on 25/10/18 2:34:56 PM
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Nice work Anna, and very nice Michael

I should be back to normal next week, but I have still managed an animation.




Posted on 25/10/18 8:03:35 PM
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Just got back. interest and well done entries.

Welcome back Sophie hope alls well.

Late getting this in, probably helpfully as had a couple of ideas that were aligned with your earlier entries.




Posted on 26/10/18 06:26:45 AM
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Thank you Michael. May you live a long and healthy life.

Posted on 26/10/18 07:53:24 AM
Steve Caplin
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Re: Challenge 728: The fifth plinth
First to fill the plinth was Ben Mills, with a splendidly portly Trump sitting neatly on top - great that you managed to find such a good angle, looking up at him. Perhaps add a touch of green to match the mould on the plinth?

More politics, this time from DavidMac - with our own Theresa May in proud Boadicea mode. I like the staining on the text - very appropriate. Very gloopy melting in the second entry; shades of Planet of the Apes, I feel.

A fine spinning logo from lwc, with a neat pumpkin-headed man next to it. Spooky stuff! And that’s a great angel on the side. And I enjoyed the second entry, with its rain-beaten Trafalgar Square. Four horsemen, indeed. That’s a rather grisly scene in the third entry - I recommend pepto-bismol.

A glorious image from Ben Boardman, featuring Trump and Putin in Brokeback Mountain mode. I wish I could read all the text on the plinth!

Nostalgic fun from GKB (I used to prize my Thunderbird 2 model as a kid). A splendid opening top on the plinth, and great to see International Rescue taking on the Death Star. I like the guest appearance by Scott Tracey. Fantastic! And I promise not to mention the dodgy perspective when the rocket is inside the plinth. Oops.

A zombie-ridden entry from Josephine Harvatt, using a neat trick of inverting the original to make it more spooky. What, is it Halloween already?

I liked Deborah Morley’s entry, mainly for the magnificent Damien Hirst sculpture - one of these days I hope to get to Ilfracombe to see it. It is vast, you know, and seems magnificent.

Another pre-Halloween taster, this time from tooquilos, with an overgrown square and a thoroughly nasty-looking witch. A great intro to the animated version, continuing with a glorious clock (love that pendulum). A very fine parallax effect on the track-in to the plinth. Is there a significance to the ship in the bottle?

A beautifully renovated plinth from Mariner, celebrating the demise of Big Mac. Have you been tinkering with 3D modelling for the logo? That’s a very neat technique.

A scene of much charm from michael sinclair, with a well-placed Buddha and a very neatly breathing tiger. Love those ripples. Most enjoyable, Michael.

A First World War memorial from Jota120, with someone rather improbably climbing it. Surely that right hand needs to lift up so it’s gripping the ledge above him? A good angle on the statues, though.

Looking forward to your next entry, Sophie.

Posted on 26/10/18 08:45:06 AM
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Thank you Steve.
Steve wrote
Have you been tinkering with 3D modelling for the logo? That’s a very neat technique.

No, I just grabbed it off the net and cleaned it up a lot.

Posted on 26/10/18 09:06:52 AM
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Thank you all for your great comments

Thank you Steve In regards to the bottle, I recall some years ago, seeing on the news a ship in a bottle on the plinth in Trafalgar Square. I used that as my inspiration.



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Posted on 26/10/18 10:01:32 AM
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Thanks Steve. Simple but fun.

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Posted on 26/10/18 10:10:03 AM
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Thanks Steve

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Posted on 26/10/18 10:19:48 AM
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Thanks Steve,
with modern slick climbing shoes its amazing what small deviations you can climb on, but after finished it, I also think moving the arm to pull up on the platform would have helped to be more convince and dynamic.


Posted on 26/10/18 10:22:19 AM
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I think we will have to agree to disagree about the statue. I saw it in Ilfracombe this summer and it is truly horrendous. It really does look like something from Alien. If I had been arriving there by boat I would have turned round and left having seen that.
And lowering the plinth and rebuilding the background worked?

Posted on 26/10/18 11:49:38 AM
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Re: Challenge 728: The fifth plinth
Deborah Morley wrote:
I think we will have to agree to disagree about the statue. I saw it in Ilfracombe this summer and it is truly horrendous. It really does look like something from Alien. If I had been arriving there by boat I would have turned round and left having seen that.
And lowering the plinth and rebuilding the background worked?


Have to agree Deborah. I saw it in June and even nice weather didn't do anything to enhance it. Your 'Alien' analogy sums it up for me.

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Posted on 26/10/18 11:52:04 AM
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Thanks Steve. I had such a great time putting this one together. I got to be 10 years old again for a while.

Steve Caplin wrote:
And I promise not to mention the dodgy perspective when the rocket is inside the plinth. Oops.


Oops indeed ... but then, what does a 10-year old know about perspective?




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Posted on 26/10/18 1:45:57 PM
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Re: Challenge 728: The fifth plinth
Deborah Morley wrote:
And lowering the plinth and rebuilding the background worked?


Ha! It was so well done I hadn't even noticed!
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