"False Maria" robot from 1927 silent film "Metropolis"

emerald15

Was going to include a bunch of background stuff but that seems to bore some people.

Wohoo! Brilliant, as ever! ... & we do want to background stuff ... we must be 'edumacated'!!!

pbacot

I'm dumbstruck. You've made the transition (in an elegant choice of subjects) from cars to the female form and there shouldn't be anything you can't go on to. Also people don't know. You don't use many plugins or Artisan...and these are Sketchup images right? Great movie too.

I agree. Just because movies are "modern" art form, we tend to let later styles of work and technology devalue some of the earlier works. We don't do that so much in the other arts. You have to let this movie run and immerse yourself in it, and it's a great experience.

Bryan K

I see nothing wrong with the face.

Incredible work! Absolutely incredible.

Mike Amos

I thought I was looking at screen grabs from the film, Steve, you perform wonders mate. Who needs rendering when someone can export from sketchup the way you manage to, simply stunning and a great example to anyone wishing to learn the art.

hellnbak

Sorry, been really busy

Thanks for all the kind words, much appreciated

Did some work on the shoes, possibly the strangest shoes I have ever seen. Not finished yet, still lumpy, but they're getting there

I want to finish the preliminary work on the body so I can concentrate on her face

I am considering an actual sculpture of her, and to that end I've started building an armature for a two-foot model. It's been a while since I've done any sculpting, kinda anxious to get back into it. But first I think I'll do a life-size bust of her, I think that might help me with my model.

So much to do.

Bryan K

Simply incredible. One for the gallery and then some.

roland joseph

That is exceptional and inspirational!! Thanks for showing us.

solo

Document Moved

(www.turbosquid.com)

Yours is on par, well done.

hellnbak

@solo said:

false metropolis max

Metropolis Style Robot 3D Model available on Turbo Squid, the world's leading provider of digital 3D models for visualization, films, television, and games.

(www.turbosquid.com)

Yours is on par, well done.

yeah, I saw that one. Had to laugh, but shouldn't have, he only calls it a Metropolis Style Robot and it's obvious he never intended it to be a true representation of the real one, just his interpretation of something similar. And nicely done, I must say.

hellnbak

Well, she's standing

JQL

Will you build the whole city beneath her too? Please do! I think you should give her some ground to step down!

hellnbak

@jql said:

Will you build the whole city beneath her too? Please do! I think you should give her some ground to step down!

She never existed in the city, only in the lab, and only until she was transformed into the False Maria.

JQL

@hellnbak said:

She never existed in the city, only in the lab, and only until she was transformed into the False Maria.

Faithful to the original as possible... nice!

Bryan K

dale

A really stunning piece of work. My total respect.

hellnbak

Although I referred to her as "False Maria" in the title of this post, I shouldn't have. I did so only because a majority of people, for whatever reason, refer to her that way. I do not feel it is an accurate description of the robot.

The way I look at it, until the "essence" of Maria is copied to the robot, it is just a robot. It's only after the essence is copied, and she takes on the physical form of Maria, that she becomes the False Maria.

To me, it's sort of like calling an empty glass a glass of milk before the milk is poured in.

It just bothers me.

Actually, the robot was never supposed to become the False Maria. Rotwang built her with the intention of somehow infusing her with the spirit of his long-dead love Hel, but Joh Frederson, fearful of the real Maria's efforts to instill an uprising among the workers, convinces him to turn the robot into a False Maria to undo all her efforts.

Now, if someone can explain to me why I bothered explaining all that, I would really appreciate it

Yesterday I finally received my copy of Fritz Lang's Metropolis, a very large and thick hardcover book that is supposedly the definitive resource for all things Metropolis. Well, I'll never know, it's all written in German. Sadly, it's going back

JQL

@hellnbak said:

Now, if someone can explain to me why I bothered explaining all that, I would really appreciate it

Couldn't explain it, but can understand...

Daniel

Rotwang, the robot's inventor, refers to it a maschinenmensch, which translates to "machine-human." A lot of people (myself included) probably find "Maria" easier to remember and pronounce. It's been ages since I saw the film is school - you make me want to see it again.

Are you going to texture it?

dtrarch

Hellnback

MY copy of the film has music (later version re-created and patched)
An amazing vocal by Pat Benatar.
PM me for source if you want.
Any chance for your super model to be available.?
I will beg.

dtr

hellnbak

Sorry, I've been super busy, will post some more as soon as possible.