Interview With Doom Model-Maker Greg Punchatz

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!

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

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.

What does he mean by points on the backend?

A percentage of the profit

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

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.