Ratchet, Clank & Qwark Vinyls!
October 28, 2009
by the creatures
Filed under Articles, Artwork
We had an awesome opportunity to create this year’s Insomniac Games employee gift for the Ratchet & Clank Future Games. We’re huge fans of vinyl toys and wanted to do our own take on the characters we have come to know all too well. Dave handled the concepts, I sculpted them digitally and we both did crate inspired boxes for the set. We worked with Gentle Giant for the production. They arrived in the North Carolina Studio today and they are so cool! Qwark is 15 inches wide!! Not sure if these will ever be released to the public, for now they are just for employees. But it was such a cool project! Hope you like.
DAMN!!!
I want a Clank!!!!
The WEIGHT!! The weight of the arms!!! Love it.
The boxes they came with were incredible as well. Loving them so far. <3
And yes, the Qwark one is HUGE!
That’s awesome…I want ‘em.
Count me in! Those are awesome. Insomniac really needs to do some merchandising… or I need to send in my résumé.
NOOOOOO! I want them… I NEED them. **drool** You can’t show these to me and tell me I can’t have ‘em! Will Insomniac hire me for a day?? Howsabout for no pay? I won’t even show up to bother anyone. Just hire me for a day, send me those gifts and fire me. That’s all I ask.
Seriously, awesome work, awesome game, awesome company. Nuff Said!
by the way, I would love to see what the boxes look like as well!
Can’t find a word to describe how much I liked them.
Awesome concept and awesome product. Fantastic work…
Of course they won’t release them to the public.
Cause you know, a CRAP load of people would actually want them.
*sigh*
I want these so bad… ;_;
Dave, nice Christmas gift….You know my address. Great work you guys. Pops
Anyway you could post some renders of the digital sculpt? Really interested in seeing that. Zbrush or Mudbox?
Measured, from on shoulder to the next, Qwark is 16 inches wide.
Uh…. wow.
Those are not only must have because they are Ratchet & Clank based vinyls, but Very well done too, it looks like. My kid grew up with them and would love these!
So tight! Love Love Love these!!
Wow, these are AMAZING.
The shapes are so cool. I am so jealous. O_O
Concept art is adorable too.
Make sure you post the box art!
We’re really glad everyone likes them so much! It was a long haul, we worked with GG for over a year trying to orchestrate these mo-fo’s. We’re hoping they can do a public run of these things someday soon.
We’re not going to show any more process of these guys. If you want to see the box art, Insomniac’s main site has some pics here and there.
As far as the digital sculpts, I can say that they were 100% sculpted in Maya. I do all my clean edge sculpting in Maya these days. It’s not as intuitive as ZBrush for free sculpting, but setting up production ready anything on the tail end of a sculpt is much easier in Maya, and being in a constant production environment, I really prefer having that assurance of clean usable models from the very beginning.
Well, while you are waiting for these beauties to be mass produced… check out these coming in January: http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DC86877AA
Tight! Love them.
Any words of wisdom for folks interested in having their own vinyls made on a limited budget? Gentle Giant’s work is tops but a little out of reach for most. Are there forums or groups for people interested in going from digital sculpts to vinyl?
Again… can’t say enough about your work. Amazing.
Where the clank concept art?
Wow, no sure what else to say. I would pay ANY price to get one of those Ratchet’s.
OMG! I WILL PAY YOU MOOOONEY FOR THESE!!!
I will give you everything I own (TV, PS2/PS3 and Ratchet and clank games excluded) in exchange for a set of these figures!
I’ll even throw in what little money I have! I’LL EVEN WASH YOUR DISHES!
Wow, I want these so badly. I’ve been thinking for a while that I’d love to see vinyl toys designed by you guys, and now I have.
ooohh myy goodd!!!!!
when i opend up the window my heart forgot to beat for a few second..
before they are all sold out 
these are the coolest ever!!! im a HUUUUUUUGE ratchet and clank fan and secretly i have an eye on ratchet *blush*
i’d do anything to get these figures O_O
if you ever get these in public and reachable for lill ol’ meh, my gosh id be the first to TRY and buy
THESE ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw i print these for my collection >.<!
love it love it love it!