Whew! This took a bit to get through. You never know what’s going to create a long thread.
“I want some personality too. Which could be quite hard during the movie.”
Please get a copy of Kaze Ghost Warrior and watch it. Tim Albee can make our WWs very expressive. And beautiful. And extremely believable.
http://kazeghostwarrior.com/flash/index.htm
I’m sorry, Excelsia, but I don’t see a hunched look being in Freeborn.
And Anubis, I looked at that site. Pretty cool. I notice there is a newer version of our own "What should a werewolf be?” on that site. I’m flattered. I’m going to be reading it to see how/if it differs from our own forum. You can never get too much info.
I’m going to go over some of the things we’ve already discussed and pretty much reached a consensus on. This doesn’t mean we can’t re-hash, but this is how they stand now — as I remember.
Regeneration: We DID decide on this one, pretty much. A WW regenerates much faster than a human. He can heal a bullet wound in a matter of hours, but he can’t survive six bullet wounds. Superhuman, not Super Man.
We have also discussed that WW do NOT have violent tendencies, or strongly aggressive natures. Since humans are the more aggressive and violent of the two species, WWs would be no more violent than humans- and I guess if you think about it, humans are pretty violent. WWs are stronger, quicker, more agile, and perhaps to a frightened human that could LOOK violent.
AND we’ve already discussed Gestalt form. It’ll be larger than the base human form but not significantly so. Sorry, no three meter Gestalts. Low fat to muscle ratio, but more like a wolf than Arnie baby - specifically because speed and agility are lost when you’re muscle bound. It will also vary a bit depending on the base human form of the WW. After all variety is common in both human and wolf.
Wolfbound’s version seems to me to be the closest I’ve seen to the consensus. Though the head is a bit large so it seems short. Still, it’s the closest thing I’ve seen to what we conceive the Gestalt form to be. Well done, Wolfbound!
The bottom line for Freeborn, however is A. Brownrigg, and of course Mr. Albee. Since we are lucky enough to have him on the project, most of the base design for the Gestalt form will be his. We will also be using some costumes and some prosthetics (though I’m not the veteran film maker my husband is so I’m not sure how all this is going to work). Again, they’ll be based off Mr. Albee’s and Brownrigg’s designs. Look at some of Albee's work. I hope you be as anxious as I am to see what he does for Freeborn.
CGI/costume/prosthetics DO cost money. A lot of it. Which is why A. Brownrigg is doing other projects first. He can show his skill at feature films in the horror genre and increase his chances of getting the funding he needs to make Freeborn a really good film. It takes time if you’re not working for a big studio, or have a big name —but he’ll get there. It’ll be worth it.