20 July 2013
Song by Modest Mouse (here)
"And as we're headed down the road
towards tiny cities made of ashes
I'm gonna get dressed up in plastic
gonna shake hands with the masses.
Oh no!"
Modest Mouse is a homeboy. He grew up a few miles from where I live and I have worked with his brother. So inevitably a song would make it to the list. Originally, I had more of a devil woman on a car driving fast down an endless road towards a city running in my head the whole time.
When it came time to build I just could not get it to work, fresh inspiration came in the form of a poster Ender* found of the 50's B movie classic The 50 Foot Woman. He is always teasing me about being super tall so he hung the poster in my skybox. Synchronicity, for the win. For the look I went all Daryl Hannah and the 80's movie version since I could not quite find what I wanted in the retro style.
When it came time to build I just could not get it to work, fresh inspiration came in the form of a poster Ender* found of the 50's B movie classic The 50 Foot Woman. He is always teasing me about being super tall so he hung the poster in my skybox. Synchronicity, for the win. For the look I went all Daryl Hannah and the 80's movie version since I could not quite find what I wanted in the retro style.
So from there I just had to make a tiny city. Aly's Freebies is a blessing in so many ways, has saved me L$ on builds. I had a lot of fun making this one, but I will tell you it was tedious shrinking 759prims. Definitely my biggest set ever, but the smallest at the same time.
Fifty foot tall women must have a good stash of...
- Five foot wide bandages
- Twelve inch wide duct tape
I loved doing the choreo for this one, the energy in the music just kept me going.
I had some post-act fun with the set.
Picking up Noobs and getting them to the subway
Helping trucks get to the loading docks
*Ender used to be a real man/dear RL friend of mine, and long story short, I took his account over before his boyfriend destroyed it. Now he is just my minion.
