More Space Hero Upgrades & Laying down Playblast

With the alt angles and new mini animation out of the way, Alex and me are now fully committed to Encounter 3! I've animated a few additional scenes for the intro in the recent two weeks and now I'm joining in on animating the scene where Space Hero meets Chloé, which is the main focus of the first Encounter 3 half and a more proper introduction to Chloé!

We've also put a bit more work into upgrading Space Hero a little further though. Alex gave his model some proper pockets and a belt, while I improved his looks with fur-based fabric for his vest, which can also accumulate sand in it for the desert scene. I'm sure this should put him more in line with the rendering quality of Chloé.

Here's another playblast that has been animated by Alex for the time being. For August and the next months onwards, we're fully focused on the meeting scene, which is quite BIG and should help flesh out Chloé's character quite a bit!

In the meantime rendering of the first scenes has already started as well, so expect that some of these shots will find their way into future updates. Note that once we have 2 - 3 minutes of material rendered, I'll compile these into the first full preview, which should be ready somewhere in early autumn.