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To Celebrate the release of Gears of
War 2, Epic Games and Triforce announced that the Locust Drone
Bust is completed, Press release below:
TriForce Releases Final Version
Of 1:1 Scale ‘Gears of War’ Locust Drone Design
Maquette
Sculpt By Epic Games Art Director Chris
Perna; Paint Work By Jordu Schell
(November 7, 2008 New York, NY) - TriForce
Sales, LLC announced today that it has finalized work on its
1:1 scale Gears of War Locust Drone design maquette. The piece
was sculpted by Chris Perna, art director, Epic Games, and
painted by highly respected special effects and creature creator
Jordu Schell. The bust stands 19 inches high, weighs approximately
15 pounds, and will be available to ship by the first quarter
of 2009. View us on the web at www.projecttriforce.com.
“We wanted to give
fans a chance to own a true piece of video game history,”
said Drew Seldin, a spokesman for TriForce. “By using
a design maquette created by Chris Perna, we knew we were
giving fans the truest version of the Locust Drone possible.
To complement Chris’ design, we brought in Jordu Schell,
a special effects master who has worked on some of Hollywood’s
most memorable creatures.”
”It’s been a pleasure to
collaborate with Jordu Schell and TriForce on the full-scale
Locust Drone sculptures,” said Chris Perna, art director
of Epic Games. “We hope Gears fans and science fiction
enthusiasts alike will be pleased with these pieces, as we
put great effort into every last detail.”
"The opportunity to work with
Chris Perna, and TriForce was a unique and exciting one, said
painter Jordu Schell. “I pulled out all the stops with
the coloring; after all, it's not every day that you get a
chance to be a part of one of the biggest games ever created."
Gears of War 2 tells the story of humanity's
last stand against the nightmarish, underground Locust Horde,
and is the follow-up to one of the most popular Xbox 360 games
in history. Gears of War 2 blends best-in-class third-person
shooter action with unsurpassed high-definition visuals, all
layered on top of an engaging story of survival, loss and
retribution. Gears of War 2 will be available worldwide on
Nov. 7 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment
system. For more information, visit http://gearsofwar.com.
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