Sunday, November 04, 2018
Wardrobe trunks
In old radio shows, drifters and carnies are always described as living out of a trunk. I didn't understand this. I'd seen old trunks; my parents used one to store winter clothes. Trunks were just big flat boxes, too heavy to carry around easily. What's the advantage?
While making this set of railway scenes, I decided that a trunk was necessary to make the platform look active.
Checking details for wardrobe trunks, I found the advantage. Wardrobe trunks were complex gadgets with drawers on one side and a pullout frame with built-in hangers on the other. A complete portable closet and dresser. You could in fact live out of a trunk!
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I'm considering moving Polistra into one of these railway scenes. A few years ago I moved her out of the original setup, which was easy to use and easy to render:
The next scene was harder to use and didn't have a mill:
But the Homette's interior is ideal:
I've been trying to use the Electric Village:
but it's ENTIRELY too large and complicated. Hard to place things, hard to get the camera into position, long render times. No proper interiors at all. Result: very few narrative scenes in the last two years.
This railway scene is easy to use and render. It has seasons, a street for car action, a railroad, and a creek. Could add a dam and mill.
The house (interior above with wardrobe trunk) is just large enough.
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Checking details for wardrobe trunks, I found the advantage. Wardrobe trunks were complex gadgets with drawers on one side and a pullout frame with built-in hangers on the other. A complete portable closet and dresser. You could in fact live out of a trunk!
= = = = =
I'm considering moving Polistra into one of these railway scenes. A few years ago I moved her out of the original setup, which was easy to use and easy to render:
The next scene was harder to use and didn't have a mill:
But the Homette's interior is ideal:
I've been trying to use the Electric Village:
but it's ENTIRELY too large and complicated. Hard to place things, hard to get the camera into position, long render times. No proper interiors at all. Result: very few narrative scenes in the last two years.
This railway scene is easy to use and render. It has seasons, a street for car action, a railroad, and a creek. Could add a dam and mill.
The house (interior above with wardrobe trunk) is just large enough.
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