Scan the man!

One of the many benefits of our creative partnership with face and full body scanning guru's Plowman Craven, was having our very own technical manager Mike Hedges immortalised for all time in 3D!

Sadly, his wish to be scanned naked was refused. Something about there not being a zoom.
Once the scan was complete, the model was re-topologised (nice long word, not sure what it means) and rigged so we could apply facial motion data and really bring our virtual Mike to life. God save us all.

The huge amounts of radiation involved caused Mike to loose all his hair.

Look at the size of our small balls.

Clearly unhappy.

Teetering on furious.

Ninja Theory visit!

Stuart Adcock and Andy Serkis from Ninja Theory (of Playstation3 hit Heavenly Sword fame) came down to visit the studio.

While chatting about the live face pre-vis demo we had put on with Andy, I kept losing my train of thought. Was it bad form to ask for an autograph and have it signed 'to my precious'?

From left to right, me, Phil, Andy, Carol, Stuart, Dave and who else but Mike in the suit.

Neigh lad...neigh

Centroid undertook it's own horse shoot at Sparsholt College in Hampshire! Not only did we come away with lots of amazing data, but thanks to the sterling efforts of the horses involved, my rhubarb is now thriving.

With a four man team and fifty two cameras, we captured three horses and four riders over the course of a day performing a wide variety of moves, tricks and set pieces. Immerse yourself in the sights (and smells) of the Centroid horse shoot!

Sparsholt Equestrian Centre - it smelt funny.

A view of the action from the control shed.

French stunt gentlemen Gilbert and Franco scrapping on horseback.

They agree to disagree and peace is restored.

The horse didn't like a marker taped there.

Creature feature!

When Brian said he could do something amazing with crutches and a pair of Poweriser stilts, the first thought was to involve the authorities. However, when it became apparent that what he really meant was to put his extensive experience in creature performance to use, we unlocked the door and let him in.

The results were great, and really expand the potential for motion capture to be used to drive weird and wonderful creatures! And what a great excuse to bound around in Poweriser stilts all day!