Plastic Wax
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| Industry | Visual effects, CGI animation, Motion pictures, cinematography, cutscene, animated movies |
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| Founder | Nathan Maddams, Roger Maddams, Dane Maddams |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Website | plasticwax |
Plastic Wax Studios is a visual effects, 3D art, animation and production studio specializing in content for video games, film and television.
Based in Sydney, Australia and established in 1997; Plastic Wax has produced a wide range of award winning animation content. Some notable works include The Hunger Games 2, BioShock Infinite, Saints Row IV, Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Tomb Raider, Civilization V: Brave New World, Fallout: New Vegas and Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.
The company boasts a state of the art 24 camera Vicon MX40 in house motion capture system, a cutting edge IBM idataplex dedicated render farm and over 60 veteran team members.
In 2013 GameSpot peeked behind the scenes in an interview with Plastic Wax, for an in-house look at the studio and its talent.
Projects of Note
| Date | Brand/Title | Agency |
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| 2015 | Homefront: The Revolution | Deep Silver |
| 2015 | Gears of War: Ultimate Edition | Epic Games |
| 2015 | Dirty Bomb | Splash Damage |
| 2015 | LEGO - DIMENSIONS | WB Games |
| 2015 | Magic The Gathering | Wizards of the Coast |
| 2014 | LEGO - Jurassic Park | WB Games |
| 2014 | Tyranny of Dragons | Wizards of the Coast |
| 2013 | Warhammer 40k REGICIDE | Hammerfall Publishing |
| 2013 | Infinite Crisis | WB Games |
| 2013 | Lego Batman 3 | WB Games |
| 2013 | Skylanders: Giants | Activision |
| 2013 | War Commander/Vega/Battle Pirates | KIXEYE |
| 2013 | Little Big Planet | Sony |
| 2013 | Neverwinter | Perfect World |
| 2013 | Lego Marvel Superheroes | WB Games |
| 2013 | Lost Planet 3 | SEGA |
| 2012 | Saints Row IV | Volition |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games 2 | FUEL |
| 2012 | BioShock Infinite | Irrational Games |
| 2012 | Xbox Launch Commercial | mccann erickson |
| 2012 | Civilization V: Brave New World | 2k Games |
| 2012 | Inversion | Namco |
| 2012 | Epic Mickey 2 | Disney |
| 2012 | Darksiders 2 | Vigil Games |
| 2012 | Saints Row: The Third | Volition |
| 2012 | Edge of Twilight | fuzzyeyes |
| 2012 | Civilization: Gods and kings | 2K Games |
| 2012 | VW GTI Launch Campaign | Volkswagen |
| 2011 | Discovery Channel TVC | Discovery channel |
| 2011 | Warhammer: Kill Team | THQ |
| 2011 | Epic Mickey 2 | Disney |
| 2011 | Dawn of War 2: Retribution | Relic |
| 2010 | RIFT: Planes of Telara | Trion Worlds |
| 2010 | Green Lantern: Rise of the manhunters | WB |
| 2010 | GhostBusters the videogame | ATARI |
| 2010 | Real Racing 2 | Firemint |
| 2010 | Mafia II | 2k Games |
| 2010 | Fallout New Vegas | Bethesda |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Activision |
| 2009 | NBA2K9 | 2K Games |
| 2009 | Borderlands | 2K Games |
| 2009 | Silent Hill: Shattered memories | Konami |
| 2008 | Ultimate Band | Disney |
| 2008 | STALKER: Clear Sky | GSC |
| 2008 | Dawn of war 2 | Relic |
| 2008 | BioShock | 2K Games |
| 2007 | FULL AUTO | SEGA |
| 2007 | BECKS Beer TVC | BECKS |
| 2007 | STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl | GSC |
| 2007 | Tomb Raider: Anniversary | Eidos |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider | 2K Games |
| 2007 | The Darkness | 2K Games |
| 2006 | Hitman: Blood Money | Eidos |
| 2006 | Justice League Heroes | WB Games |
| 2005 | JUICED | THQ |
| 2005 | Constantine | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| 2005 | Hitman: Contracts | Eidos |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Konami |
| 2004 | Crash n' Burn | EIDOS |
| 2003 | Broken Sword 3 | THQ |
| 2003 | The Wiggles: Space Dancing | |
| 2003 | Backyard Wrestling | Eidos |
| 2003 | Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown | Capcom |
| 2001 | Ultima Online: Third Dawn | EA Games |
Awards
| Plastic Wax | Australian Export Awards | NSW Winner - Creative Industries Award | 2015 |
| Lego Dimensions - Announcement Trailer | PROMAX BDA Awards | Gold - CG Animation | 2015 |
| Warhammer 40,000: Regicide - Campaign Opening | AEAF Awards | Special Merit - Game Cinematics | 2015 |
| Dirty Bomb | AEAF Awards | Silver - Game Cinematics | 2015 |
| Infinite Crisis (video game) | SIA Summit Creative Awards | Bronze - 3D Animation | 2015 |
| Neverwinter (video game) | Communicator Award | Silver - Animation | 2015 |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Communicator Award | Silver - Animation | 2015 |
| Civilization V: Brave New World | Communicator Award | Gold - Animation | 2015 |
| Neverwinter (video game) | TELLY AWARD | WINNER | 2015 |
| Civilization V: Brave New World | TELLY AWARD | WINNER | 2015 |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | ANNIE Awards | Nomination | 2015 |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | MARCOM Awards | Gold - Animation | 2014 |
| Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | PROMAX BDA Awards | Gold - CG Animation | 2014 |
| Infinite Crisis (video game) | MARCOM Awards | Platinum - Animation | 2014 |
| Plastic Wax | Australian Export Awards | Finalist - Creative Industries Award | 2014 |
| Lego Marvel Super Heroes | MARCOM Awards | Gold - Commercial Animation | 2013 |
| Neverwinter (video game) | MARCOM Awards | Platinum - Game Cinematics | 2013 |
| Neverwinter (video game) | OMNI Awards | Silver - Animation | 2013 |
| Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | AEAF Awards | Gold - Came Cinematics | 2013 |
| Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | OMNI Awards | Silver - Animation | 2013 |
| Saints Row: The Third | E3 EXPO | First Place, Game Trailer | 2011 |
| Civilization V: Brave New World | AEAF Awards | Gold - Game Cinematics | 2010 |
| Civilization V: Brave New World | OMNI Awards | Silver - Animation | 2010 |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (video game) | AEAF Awards | Gold - Game Cinematics | 2009 |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II | AEAF Awards | Gold - Game Cinematics | 2009 |
