Vol 3, Page 21 – The Workshop
It’s has been a LONG time since we last saw JC. You may remember him as the blond kid who broke into the catacombs with Jane when she stole the cursed necklace. He’s been working for Jane’s father and had gotten engaged to her former friend. Ah, good times!
Trivia
“Ahoy-hoy” or “ahoy” was the greeting Alexander Graham Bell wanted people to use when answering the telephone. You can thank Thomas Edison for the more common “hello”. Source
Workshop Wallpaper
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Nice workshop! It was fun looking around trying to recognize things.
The lathe looks like an enlarged benchtop model, from the 70’s no less. To make modern machinery look old, just round off all box shapes and put large fillets in the corners. Some curvy legs could lift the lathe to working height. A victorian lathe would likely have exposed belt wheels and drive belts going up to the ceiling and off to a steam engine somewhere.
Just a few tips, it’s a special interest of mine. 🙂
😀 Sharp eyes! I wasn’t sure what type of machine that was, so thank you. You’re absolutely right about more exposed parts and drive belts, but even with cover on everything this page took forever to finish and the lab looks way too tidy for a steampunk prototyping shop. I’ve also hidden a CNC in the background of an upcoming page. 😉
A punchcard cnc I guess? No reason they couldn’t have that. 🙂
Some inspiration if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WXHNBMLZZM
It’s quite long, slow-paced and a lot of talking, so just skip ahead until you see something interesting.
And most skilled machinists keep their workshops tidy.
Cool, thanks Bleke. 😀
Usually when something like this occurs, where an inventor or visionary is suddenly given greater resources, said inventor or visionary spends most of the time dealing with administration and paperwork, and much less time creating new things. ><
You, on the other hand, seem to have found to whole new way to overtax your drawing arm, eschewing architecture and crowd scenes in favor of detailed mechanical contrivances. "Simple" isn't high on your list of priorities, is it? 🙂
That’s so true with most creative fields: you either create what others tell you to make, or you get to tell others what to make and don’t have time to create anything yourself.
This comic is a direct result of the latter; a creative outlet and push to learn new skills.
This scene took awhile, but it needed a good establishing shot. The rest won’t be too bad because I built a scale 3D model for the background and most of the techs are wearing the same outfit.
I’m surprised Lewis is surprised. I mean, Jane’s father is married to the crown princess after all. Pretty sure he can afford all the workspace he could ever want.