That's very cool. Though I am sat here thinking about the ways production and advertising use 3D modelling as rending and thinking "bet Liv is glad he didn't have to texture any of that"

LivDiv wrote:

Cheers guys.
Yeah its pretty cool to have it in such a high profile place.
Like Dino says its just a shame it is mid covid. I could hop on the train and see it but its probably not worth the risk.

And yes Tempy I'm glad I didnt have to render it all although it did do some displacement trickery on the Arc de Triumphe mouldings, that was a challenge because bump and normal maps are out the window if 3d printing.

If you can go during the weekday then the tube is dead. If you go at 11am or wotevs then it will be very quiet.
Literally 3-5 people per carriage and this is at rush hour times. Also the few tubes I’ve been on I’ve been pleasantly surprised that 99% of people are wearing their masks.

Dude that looks amazing, awesome work!

Just got told I have to remove it from my Instagram by the client.
No idea why as its there for all to see and they have posted it everywhere.
Apparently it is part of their NDA with the main client.

Don't really want to jeprodise future work from them.
I'll get some shots and request to share down the line. It is a joke though anybody here, my friends, family, a perfect stranger can whack it on their Instagram saying what a nice window it is but if I do it its breaking contract.

To be honest it was on Instagram long enough to drop off feeds anyway.

It is annoying though especially as a freelancer. Too many studios are overly cautious and even when I put in a request the answer is nearly always no because its easier for them.

Livdiv, take it down from your insta. Dont burn bridges in your fledgling career. Get all the photos etc of for later though. If you can go down to harrods safely and get pics then do it.

David Beckham endorsed my mates book.
He was chuffed and stuck it on Instagram. The publisher demanded he take it down because they wanted to ‘break’ the news themselves.
The thing was when Beckham said what he did it was just in a general announcement. So it was all over the Internet before my mate put it on Instagram.

A lot of companies just say no by default now.

Here's one for yous... Just wanting to gauge opinion on how I handled it, cos it's a tough one. As ever, I'll try and be brief, and also protect myself.


Had some agency folk when the pandemic hit the first peak. Of them, there was one guy who took to this job/the people/the building like a duck to water. Proper cheery auld guy as well, just looked like he loved being here. Yeah we all joke like "ah, just wait!" etc, but fair play to the guy. It's been refreshing for me at least, having someone beside you who isn't a complete fucking moan bringing you down all the time. Good Rangers Man™, too.

I actually helped him get in here full time. He ended up taking a pal for a ultrasound when she was in, and she messaged me asking who he was as he was so lovely. I passed that onto my bosses who ended up using it as praise for him and also justification for him going full time in here. He thanked me so graciously too. Hey, no probs man. Glad to help a sound one. Lets call him Boab.


So fast forward to last week, I'm taking a guy for a endoscope. So we're chatting away on the way down, usual small talk stuff, but when we get to Endo, it takes a much weirder turn...

"So mate... Is it gonna be you that comes back for me when this is done?"
"Sorry mate, I'm due to finish shortly so I highly doubt it will be.."
"Oh...its just... I don't want a particular porter."
"Eh?...Who?"
"Boab..."

He then goes on to explain they used to be neighbours, and Boab made his and his wives life's misery for years. Said he'd spit on their parked cars, key them too. He'd shout at them from his window, and also as he'd pass in his taxi. He'd put his speakers to the walls and crack up his Elvis records. Just nasty stuff. He says it got to the point he was going to "speak to someone about sorting him out". Bloody hell.

Boab had actually taken him for a scan the day previous. Said that all he did was do a double take, then act like he was any other patient. Fucking weird eh.

So I was conflicted. This absolute peach of a guy? Being a neighbour from hell? Surely not. But why would a stranger tell me all that?

I told him I'd speak to my chargehand and make sure his return to the ward wasn't given to Boab, and I done so. All good. I went away thinking hmm, well, he was in for a scope, maybe he'll be home over the weekend while I'm off. Job done.

Job done? No. Just today, I'm finishing dropping a guy off at CT and what do I see? Boab, pushing that same guy, on a chair. The intensity in the eye contact (you get to tell more after a while with these masks, I feel) was palpable. So fuck. What do I do? I'm just thinking, if that was me and I was in hospital, already unwell and stressed, then a figure from a traumatic period in my life shows up, I'd fucking hate it. So I have to act on what's best for the patient. I went further and alerted my actual bosses instead of a chargehand. They say not much can be done unless the patient tells the staff in the ward. But I also can't say anything to Boab. Maybe he's acting pretty nastily by just trying to kill the guy with kindness and hoping no one says anything. Maybe they've had words. I dunno. The patient, I found, was also telling the staff in MRI last week about him.

Fuck, it's tough.

Anyway, not much else to add just a "bloody, bloody hell mate" story.

Yep, that's what I'm gonna do next time I find myself in that ward. Bloody hell, why me, etc.

Not.... Really, I don't think. This is where we get into what's "our" (ser*o) issue and what's "theirs" (NHS). It's all a bit murky to me.

It's both a ser*o and an NHS issue. There should be a mechanism in place for patients to raise concerns, and all patient facing staff should at least be aware of what that mechanism is. The fact you are not aware highlights that either no mechanism exists, or if it does it isn't being communicated well-enough to all employees.

The patient raised a concern with Gav. Gav escalated it to his bosses, and … they’ve done fuck all. That sucks.

You’ve done your job Gav, but I’d hazard an opinion that your bosses have not.

Agree with the comments that you can only do so much - you can't be the one to do all the patient's speaking - though the bosses definitely should have acted on the initial warning.

Thing is, you can't do much else because Boab's past is irrelevant to his post unless he's actively covered up something that would prevent him from doing his job.

And as Liv says, you can't take the patient's word as gospel. I'm on the sidelines of something similar at work at the moment - allegations of bullying and racism. If that's taught me anything is that both sides can have unreliable narrators.

Yeah. Thanks for the responses folks. Good to gauge opinion.

And thanks for joining me in the asterisk use

"demoralised, undervalued and under constant attack"

I can certainly see that sentiment being reflected elsewhere.