Everything's Under Control

I've got a lot of work to do but i'm fairly confident i will finish it all on time. Machan is now fully rigged, skinned and ready to roll. Theres a bit of wonkiness going on with the skinning but i'm fairly sure it's an easy fix. I know it's a weighting problem but i just can't quite remember how to fix it. Oh conscious incompetence my old friend. I have also thought of what i will animate Machan doing. I think 3 jumps over 3 objects in his rush to get to the door but in his vigour he ends up running into it instead of opening it. The filming of my video block went off without a hitch but due to the changes i have made in the story recently i got a little confused. I have written a quick breakdown of the new shots and now it is all clear in my head. I'm still planning on doing a revised version of the Anamatic for my bible. Time is indeed running short and i am disappointed to say i don't think i will end up completing as much concept art as i had originally hoped but all the necessities will be fully completed.

Onwards we forge towards the finish line. Or at least the halfway point. I have realised just this week passed that i will probably have to model and rig my guard robot alone. I feel half confident, half terrified because if i have one of those little slip ups where i have no idea what i've done and yet the character is not working for some reason there will be nothing i can do. The bug doesn't worry me so much. I'm a little worried about the rocks in my scene and especially of my lack of knowledge about combining the objects, the back ground and my two characters in the one setting. I remember last year the 3D guys had lots of issues with shrinking or enlarging characters or sets. I hope none of these problems surface for me because as i said before i would have no clue how to fix them.

I'm not panicing. I have concerns and questions, i have plans and lists and for some reason (possibly because i feel there is still room for error) i feel fairly calm. I'll be happy when my Bible is handed in.

Over and out.