The brief
Swipe Right PR, who support Coffee Stain Gaming, gave us a budget to work to and asked what we could make for the upcoming 2022 Gamescon gaming expo. They wanted something eye-catching and asked for some props as giveaways to hand out to the first 500 people at the stand. With 7 weeks until the show, we worked alongside them to produce an 8-foot-high fibreglass goat, Pilgor, the main character of the game Goat Simulator 3, and a selection of giveaway promotional props, which included masks, wearable comedy udders, edible grass, bell necklaces and stickers, each of the 500 presented in hessian drawstring bags with the Goat Simulator 3 logo printed onto the bag.
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The Process
We had only a few weeks to make 500 giveaway gaming props in presentation bags, each bag including wearable comedy udders, a goat mask, edible grass, art worked stickers, and a bell necklace. We also had to create an 8 feet high fibreglass sculpture of the main character of the game, Pilgor the goat, who had a jetpack with silk flames and lights coming out of the end. We sculpted the goat in clay, then moulded and cast in fibreglass. It was then painted and lacquered. The jetpack had a metal frame that was bolted to the back of the goat sculpture, and wiring had to run through the body of the sculpture, down the legs and out at the base so that the fan and light for the silk flame could be plugged in.
For the 500 giveaways, we sculpted a goat face in clay, moulded and cast in plaster, and then vacuum-formed these with a 1mm thin plastic to make the masks. These were then painted and lacquered. The udders had to be sculpted in clay, moulded and cast in a 2-part polyurethane foam, which was pigmented an udder pink colour. We sourced the edible grass and added Goat Simulator 3 logo stickers to the bags. The bell necklaces were made in-house and the stickers were printed and placed into clear bags. The hessian sacks were designed and ordered from a specialist and all items were placed in these, boxed up and delivered on time to Germany along with the Pilgor the goat sculpture, a logistical challenge indeed, given the amount of different items and short amount of time.
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The Result
Our client loved what we made and we were happy that another project was executed in time and to the high standards we have come to expect of ourselves.