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Just a heads up for those that have downloaded B5Scrolls or have been following the interviews and articles. The next update should be in the next month or two and will include orthos of a handful of the original Lightwave 3D models used on the show. The above image has a background of the production sketches which Steve Burg sent over – and are already on the site – along with a foreground showing the original 3D Thunderbolt model made in Lightwave, with a bit of the wireframe showing through. :) If you have been following the site, the current update is dated 26th October, 2014…. And includes a new section that looks at the N’Grath character and an interview with Jim McPherson who largely designed the big guy. There’s even some previously unreleased behind the scenes video from the co-founder of Optic Nerve, Everett Burrell, along with the artwork and photos. This is just a small sample of the new stuff added in the last update. BTW. Since I’m still deciding which of the original Lightwave 3D models to add in the next update (the orthos should be very handy for anyone wanting to do an accurate scratch build of them), let me know if anyone has any preferences. Dropping a note here or better yet on the Facebook page would be handy – as the addition of the model images is a one time deal and will be limited to a half dozen or so. As always, all the new content from the guys who worked on the show will be included in the download of the website. B5Scrolls Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/B5Scrolls B5Scrolls Website (free to download) http://www.b5scrolls.com/

Just a FYI type thing for anyone who has downloaded the B5Scrolls website in the past. The last update is now finished (and included in the downloadable zip file). The final numbers are (and this surprised the bejesus out of me when I actually checked on them). 549 pages covering 18 (sometimes very) revealing and wide ranging interviews with the likes of Ron Thornton and Steve Burg explaining various technical and artistic stuff, along with additional contributions from Syd Mead and Wayne Barlow. Over 100 pieces of production concept art which the ‘guys’ who worked on the show sent over, much of which hasn’t been released before, 143 flash animations showing the ship designs seen on the show, as well as links to some other online B5 content that hardly anyone knew about – Like the Novo Babylonia audio drama which has apparently been kicking around since 2008 (the same year B5Scrolls went up)! It’s also been downloaded over 50,000 times! (Which is pretty cool : ). Anyway. Here’s the link to the sites front door (still free, no ads or any other nonsense attached.) http://www.themadgon...s/B5Scrolls.htm The download page. http://www.themadgon...tm#Screen4_01_5 And the facebook page set up last year to let folk know about it, when it looked like those hosting the site weren’t going to renew their server agreement. Just in case anyone reading this is unfamiliar with the site. https://www.facebook.com/B5Scrolls

A bit off topic, but I don’t fancy starting a new thread on this with just having joined the forums. But on the off chance anyone might find this of interest (and don’t already know about it). There’s a collection of some very frank and revealing interviews over on the B5Scrolls websites with a lot of the FX artists who worked on the show, along with a fair bit of previously unreleased production concept art. 3D World did a small article on it last year as the whole thing is downloadable as well. http://www.3dworldma...ws-and-artwork/ Front door to B5Scrolls http://www.themadgon...s/B5Scrolls.htm And the facebook page where there’s a fair bit of new stuff as well. https://www.facebook.com/B5Scrolls Anyway. Just a FYI type thing.