Miniatures Used In THE AVENGERS, SPIDER-MAN 3 & X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

Miniatures Used In THE AVENGERS, SPIDER-MAN 3 & X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

Yesterday, I showed you some amazing miniatures that, New Deal Studios, created for Christopher Nolan's Batman films. Now, I want to show you what they conjured up for The Avengers, Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: The Last Stand. Hit the jump to check it out.

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By nailbiter111 - Aug 19, 2013 06:08 PM EST
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For Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3, New Deal Studios built and photographed a 1:6 scale crane boom ripping through a building, that in the film is a modeling location for Gwen Stacy (Bryce Dallas Howard). So next time you watch that building facade crumble, know that's thanks to miniatures.





As for Joss Whedon's box office smash, The Avengers, New Deal Studios helped with the opening scene that involved Loki (Tom Hiddleston) stealing the Tesseract. During that seen Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) in hot pursuit, in a helicopter, but it is shot down and just before it crashes Fury jumps out.



Lastly, New Deal Studios also worked on Brett Ratner's X-Men: The Last Stand. Their work was vital for making the scene in which Jean (Famke Janssen) kills Xavier (Patrick Stewart). As you will surely remember, Magneto (Ian McKellan) and Xavier both confront Jean at her old home, and encounter her new wicked persona, Phoenix. At this point she unleashes her power, lifting her home off the ground. That was made possible with the help of miniatures.



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BlueArcher98
BlueArcher98 - 8/19/2013, 6:45 PM
Is that the Incredible's theme during that XTLS behind the scenes?
PsychoManiacJacky
PsychoManiacJacky - 8/19/2013, 6:46 PM
I repeat, two of the worst comic book films in history Spider-Man 3 and X-Men 3.

Cartoon22
Cartoon22 - 8/19/2013, 7:05 PM
This is how the effects need to be done ! Not cgi everything
TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 8/19/2013, 7:20 PM
Yeah I think CGI can work for great action scenes however the green screen totally isn't necessary for EVERYTHING! lol

So I leave you all with this question....

"CGI Thing or Non-CGI Thing for Fantastic Four reboot??!"
JDUKE25
JDUKE25 - 8/19/2013, 7:22 PM
DEFINITELY like the practical approach over the CG. Obviously CG needs to used in some format, but not overkill it.
Indy
Indy - 8/19/2013, 7:26 PM
I enjoy Spider-Man 3 for what it is. Lot wrong with it but I feel like we didn't need to reboot Spider-Man so soon.
JoeMomma29
JoeMomma29 - 8/19/2013, 7:31 PM
That is why the first three Starwars stood out they filmed in actual locations etc... the prequels sucked way to much CGI, had such a fake and cold feeling to those movies.
write33
write33 - 8/19/2013, 7:41 PM
love that miniature work is still in play i thought it was 100% CGI...'happy to be wrong on that!...'great article Nail.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 8/19/2013, 7:45 PM
So weird how I thought all of that was CGI.
ScottMontgomery
ScottMontgomery - 8/19/2013, 8:25 PM
@Alonzo just give the Thing to WETA studios and we will get the Thing everybody wants!
Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 8/19/2013, 8:58 PM
I remember when we called them midgets.
maninfinesuit
maninfinesuit - 8/19/2013, 10:15 PM
I love practical effects.
Ichaos
Ichaos - 8/20/2013, 3:38 AM
@TheJacky clearly you have some bad movies to catch up on. Batman and Robin, the 1990s captain America, Cat Woman, and a Swamp Thing sequel I forget the name of are all FAR worse than Spiderman 3 or Xmen 3
Ichaos
Ichaos - 8/20/2013, 3:41 AM
@Supercat For the Fantastic Four practical effects would not work well for Mr Fantastic and they are essential for the Human torch unless you want to light a guy on fire for a good part of the film. CGI is fine n moderation. More use of motion capture has helped the tech a lot.
xinstituto
xinstituto - 8/20/2013, 5:56 AM
I watched Spiderman 3 again, and I realised even that one is better then The Amazing Spiderman
EpitomeofAwesome
EpitomeofAwesome - 8/20/2013, 8:13 AM
Holy hell that's awesome
macfint
macfint - 8/20/2013, 11:49 AM
Ratner Rules!!!!
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