He didn’t think that wasn’t light enough, until Tony Jaa, who plays the film’s unnamed Hunter, walked in for a fitting. “Lighter” is a bit subjective though - the finished prop still came in at around 33 pounds. After initial setbacks, his team went back to test a new material, a “brittle biscuit foam” that made a lighter greatsword. Van Lillienfeld hit a snag in the pursuit for accuracy when the rubber greatsword came out weighing too much for anyone to use. “When we had so many different chest pieces and leg pieces made of different materials, doing a fitting was a lot like playing the game.” Knox says the armor Jovovich wears after her character gets sucked into the Monster Hunter dimension was made of lots of different materials, including leggings made of puff paint that would blister under heat to resemble reptilian, dragon-like scales. His work provided gameplay capture anytime they needed to see a weapon in action or a 360-degree view of the game’s detailed armor sets. Instead of getting direct insight from Capcom, Van Lillienfeld and costume designer Danielle Knox describe working with a “young, brilliant gamer” the crew hired to tour them through Monster Hunter: World. Jovovich learned to spin them while they were lit, and he said about half the shots were the real deal. And the “reality” is everywhere Milla Jovovich’s dual blades, another weapon seared into fans’ brains, were actual swords that could be lit on fire, Van Lillienfeld says. Anderson, who the prop master worked with on Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. He attributes the crew’s attention to detail to direction from director Paul W. “I’d never tried to stay this close to the source material in my whole career,” Van Lillienfeld says. That’s what Van Lillienfeld attempted to replicate, while also faithfully maintaining the outlandish scale to its wielder. While it can take many forms, depending on which gigantic monster parts it’s crafted from, one of the most often referenced looks like a long, curving jaw bone, complete with oversized pointy teeth.
The greatsword is one of Monster Hunter’s most iconic weapons. “It’s soft, but it will crush you to death.” “I could hardly pick it up,” Van Lillienfeld says. The resulting model weighed “between 30 to 40 kg,” or around 66 to 88 pounds. His team first tried to make a “soft” version - a pliable, lighter version made of foam and rubber - in a 3D printer.
Monster Hunter prop master Kerry Van Lillienfeld tells Polygon the sword presented a huge challenge during pre-production, especially when they approached it like they would any other prop. Monster Hunter movie review: Shockingly, bombastically faithful to the source material
0 kommentar(er)
