Broadcast Beat Magazine 2017 BroadcastAsia Special Edition | Page 28

lot of flexibility in approach for the
back to Relic for signoff.”
deep paintings we wanted to cre-
us to use a ‘thick’ atmosphere of
smoke, fog, and haze inside 2.5D
ate, and could decide on composi- Once the rich, tactile designs
compositions.
tions that allowed the camera to were ready, each conveying the tell a story.” painterly style the Warhammer “We also had a lot of content to
40K franchise is known for, Axis render, which always poses a chal-
Indeed, the similarity between sto- worked to give the images subtle lenge on projects of this scope,”
ryboard sketches and final output motions and a delicate season- he adds. “We streamlined the
can be witnessed in lead story- ing of effects, then meticulously pipeline to a point where we saved
board artist Paul Coulthard’s com- planned the camera movements time by re