Skutter glove puppets

[Somebody]

After watching the “Making Of…”, anyone wish that they’d just used a skutter glove puppet, ala RD I, for the closeups? They were distractingly shiny in BtE1, and since they pseudo-puppeteered them anyway for a guide…

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[Ben Paddon]

Didn’t bother me in the slightest. What bothered me was that the CG skutter seemed a little… well, chunkier than its mechanical counterpart.

[ChrisM]

I thought the CGI skutters looked really good. The only real indication I got that they were indeed CG was the smoothness of the movements… which is hardly a bad thing.

No doubt if I looked closely I’d see some kind of disparity with the background, like most CGI, but I don’t really see the ‘poor CGI’ people speak of.

The diving bell scene did look like a CGI animation (which it was.) A very good CGI animation. I’m certainly not complaining, it did the job, looked wonderful in fact. I just thought the skutters looked more realistic, while I get the impression for most people it’s the other way round. (Maybe it’s my eyes…)

[si]

The head of the Skutter looked great, it was just it’s claws that looked too chunky, like Ben said.

[Nakrophile]

It only looked a little too cgi, so to speak, when it was holding the hammer.

[Danny Stephenson]

It only looked a little too cgi, so to speak, when it was holding the hammer.

There were a few scenes which looked particularly out of place. I particularly liked the out of focus shot with Rimmer in the foreground, that looked fantastic, excellent motion trackin there, but I have to say that for the budget they (didn’t) have, the majority of the shots were unbelievable!!!

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