While playing Mario kart on the Wii I thought two of the leves would be a good source for kittys room. One of the leves GBA Shy Guy Beach is set on an island with plam trees, blue sky, fluffy clouds etc. The other GCN Peach Beach is set part on a beach and on land, which also has palm trees, blue sea, blue sky etc.


GBA Shy Guy Beach

GCN Peach Beach

The difference between stalactite and stalagmite are mites go up tites come down. Stalactite hang from the "C" ceiling and stalagmite "G" grow from the ground.

Here is a little experiment that someone has done. It show how stalactites are formed.
Nice little reference.

A stalactite (Greek stalaktites, (Σταλακτίτης), from the word for "drip" and meaning "that which drips") is a type of speleothem (secondary mineral) that hangs from the ceiling or wall of limestone caves. It is sometimes referred to as dripstone.

Stalactites are formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate and other minerals, which is precipitated from mineralized water solutions. Limestone is calcium carbonate rock which is dissolved by water that contains carbon dioxide forming a calcium hydrogencarbonate solution.

A stalagmite (from the Greek stalagma ("Σταλαγμίτης"), "drop" or "drip") is a type of speleothem that rises from the floor of a limestone cave due to the dripping of mineralized solutions and the deposition of calcium carbonate.

Lavacicles are geological formations resembling small round-tipped stalactites that are found in lava tubes, the name comes from their resemblance to icicles.

Lavacicle is really a generic term that encompasses several different types of stalactites found in lava tubes.

Before I knew that we might not be doing the medieval room I was watching Scooby Doo the live action film (2002). Within the film there is a little section where they go into a haunted house which is medieval themed. This had some great references that would be very nice for our animation.
I was hoping to show you a video clip of the film, but due to it not uploading to YouTube have taken some screen shots to show you what I mean.

An exterior shot of the haunted house that they enter.Suits of armor within the room would have been include in this section.Goblin like features of on the wall adding extra details which would have been nice.
More axes and suit or armor/ knights on either side of the track.The brick work style is very nice which would have worked well, possible little figures in the wall.
Here was a section like in our film where axes are swinging from ceiling across the path where the cart would go.

Maybe if we find time among our busy plan this medieval section could get done. Possible ??

I was looking at some picture from the Internet to look at the facial line where they lie on the face. I marked out what I wanted to look at in a white line.



Theses were really helpful in looking at the facial detail and all the wrinkles with in the face. After looking at these pictures I changed Kitty's face to look more human like. From the picture in the past post you can see the difference between the two.

Here are some peoples renders of lava that they have done, which I have tried to simulate in Maya but still working on that.

Here got some black and white mine research picture for reference that are really good and two fence pictures that can be used for the graveyard design.

Well since ive had the day off today ive been working at home doing some more concept art work. While having lunch and watching TV, flicking though the vast amount of channels I start watching Scooby Doo.
You may think this has no relevance to the project what so ever and so did i, till there was a mine cart scene in an old gold mine where a miner was scaring people away from the town.

So here the clip from YouTube.
Enjoy, I did ! hhehe

Just getting ideas on different cart designs and looking at mine carts.


Got to have Lego ( just the best)

The one below I quite like as there are two two tracks joining up together in what looks like a cave/passage way, with rusty cart wheels on the track.

What idiots below ! lol

Here I was looking into how the cart can detach from each other and join back up easily. So here are some pictures of how trains link up together.



From looking at these pictures I started to come up with a design that would suit our cart on the ride.

These were taken from the Summer holiday to Crete (2008) in Zeus cave.


The contrast in colours and the way the rocks have fused together have a nice appeal I think, These could be used in our cave for the part of the ride.


Stalactites in the pictures above
These can give us great inspiration for modeling the cave and the type of textures can be given to the walls.