04-07-2010, 11:47 AM
Quote:I have to disagree with you on this one: I think that we're all fantasy modellers, with each version unique in some way to its creator. We borrow and share techniques and ideas, but use them in the fashion which best suits our particular vision.
I have to disagree, based on the practical definition of fantasy modeling and my own experience as a fantasy modelers in the past.
Real modeling is defined as a miniature version of the real world, in which the rules are already determined. Freelancers still follow the same rules as everyone else and model prototypical machinery, buildings and so forth.
Fantasy modeling occurs when the modeler first has to make up his own rules, and then follow them. For example, I once designed a model ATV for four-armed humanoid life-forms, complete with interior. There are no prototypical models for that sort of thing. This was part of a large diorama featuring five different "layers" of alien cultures, all different, and each based on a different premise.