Interview With Doom Model-Maker Greg Punchatz

[david_a]

The website Develop has an interview with Greg Punchatz about the work he did on the iconic Doom monster models. An interesting aspect that he covers is how stop-motion models for games improved over time before being phased out by computer-generated models. One tidbit at the end stood out:

“At one stage id offered me points on the backend to take $500 off the price of one of the characters and I turned that down," he says.

Ouch!

[david_a]

I had no idea this guy worked on stuff like RoboCop. I also assumed all the Doom 64 models were CG renderings.

[Chezza]

I bet Greg could make a "rejected" Doom model and make thousands off it. Wouldn't be ethical though. That is, if he even has the rights to sell any if he did.

P.S. I loved RoboCop and its stop motion. This man is talented.

[princetontiger]

What does he mean by points on the backend?

[purist]

A percentage of the profit

[princetontiger]

Makes sense...

I think Obi Wan (Alec Guinness) did something like this, but was screwed out of the verbal deal.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Star-Wars-Producers-Screwed-Alec-Guinness-Out-Millions-67483.html

[fraggle]

david_a said:

I had no idea this guy worked on stuff like RoboCop. I also assumed all the Doom 64 models were CG renderings.

This seems like a great opportunity to shamelessly plug the Artwork of Doom article I wrote for the Doom wiki a couple of months ago.