Thomas Character Update!

Hey Everyone,

Well, I've been working on the movie the last couple of days.

Specifically, the Thomas character.

Now, this is one of the biggest changes in the new script.  Thomas, in the new script, isn't 10.  He's 16!

There are all kinds of reasons for the change but the main reason is that in the original script, Thomas joins the good guys at the end of the film.  The problem I had with that was as I was writing the new script, the new Thomas was a real jerk.  I mean to say, he does some really terrible things and the more I wrote him the more it made it difficult to believe this new version would ever turn to out to become a good guy.

After much consideration, I decided not to have him switch sides at the end of the film and because of that, I didn't want him to be a 10 year old boy.  That just seemed wrong.  As I said, this new Thomas is a real, genuine bad guy.  He's never going to change and he's going to always be Xam and Power Dog's biggest enemy.

So, I had to make a new Thomas. Thomas 4.0. And here he is, standing next to Thomas 3.0.

I think I'm gonna actually miss the little guy. :(

Now, Thomas 4.0 isn't done. The colors on him are just basic colors.  I haven't color mapped him yet. I also need to rig him and set up his phoneme shape keys for lip syncing.  So, I still have quite a bit to do.

I just wanted to let you know I'm working hard on the movie.

Talk to you later!