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Jan 20, 2014 16:28:56 GMT
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Over the past year I've been lucky enough to make acquaintances with a guy who works on the movies. We've actually become quite good friends and he's trying to get me some work on a film this year. That would be AMAZING! He's a special effects guy who has been doing this thing for nearly 30 years. That incredible opening scene in Saving Private Ryan? He did all the explosions. The same on the ending set in the town. He's worked on a LOT of stuff including Terminator 2, Alien 3, Robin Hood, Prometheus (to name but a few). I was helping at this workshop in Pinewood Studios for a few days last week: The first thing that immediately strikes you about his workshop (apart from all the cool SFX gear he has) are the massive doors that lead from the main workshop area into the office/stroage area behind. The best bit, they actually slide! He got them from the Prometheus set as they were dismantling it, complete with the runners and rollers. They need to have the rubber 'draught excluder' seals re-glued, but other than that, they look brilliant. The LCD screen is missing from the right hand door (most of the screens were removed at the end of filming) but he hopes to fit another one soon to give the full effect. SO COOL! Looking through the window of the right hand door ^in that shot^ you can just make out a head on one of the shelves. That shelf holds a few little gems: The mould on the very right is the one for making the 'peel off face' from 'Mission Impossible II' (I can't remember which of the faces this one is supposed to be) The white cast laying flat on the shelf is Michelle Pfeiffer and was someting to do with a film called 'Stardust' The scorpion stinger is a close-up model used in either the Mummy or Scorpion King The other two moulds are the original ones from the Terminator 2 film where Arnie has part of his face ripped away. One mould is the positive cast, the other the negative. Here's a close-up of the original mould of Arnie's face. I'm actually very lucky to be getting a cast made from this sometime soon! Once I've got the cast, my friend has offered to ask some of his colleagues if they will be willing to finish it to look like it would have done in the movie! That means I should end up with something as cool as this (but with hair too) There's more cool stuff to come!
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grumpy
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Jan 20, 2014 17:44:18 GMT
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Hi , thats really cool ! Could you get me the michelle pfeiffer mould ha ha . I used to work with a another tig welder and he used to do this sort od stuff . I cant remeber which thing he said he made , the tank from indianna johns and the last crusade or the vehicle from Alen or Aliens . It was made out of one of those really low tow vehicles they have at airports .
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Jan 20, 2014 18:25:08 GMT
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I cant remeber which thing he said he made , the tank from indianna johns and the last crusade or the vehicle from Alen or Aliens . It was made out of one of those really low tow vehicles they have at airports . That'll be the APC from Aliens which was built around an old airport tug. I'd LOVE to build one like that to use on the road, but somehow doubt it'll ever happen (legalities for a start!) I'm just uploading a few more photos then I'll be back with more details.
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grumpy
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Jan 20, 2014 19:11:51 GMT
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You wouldnt need legalitys - you would be the law .
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Jan 20, 2014 19:58:29 GMT
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Some of the other bits he's got sitting on the shelves (only a few of the many bits he has) Various daggers, swords and knives from films such as The Mummy, Prince of Persia and Robin Hood: There's also shields, arrows and other bits of armour. Including various parts from Russel Crows gladiator armour from Gladiator. This is the mould for the head of the sceptre from The Mummy Other moulds that make up the rest of the sceptre: More to come....
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Jan 20, 2014 20:07:15 GMT
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been past there many a time as a mate is from Windsor way and stores a few of his vehicles down Langley Park Road, did you know how close you were to the Crooked Billet? always wondered what one would find inside
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Last Edit: Jan 20, 2014 20:08:43 GMT by welshpug
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Jan 20, 2014 20:21:06 GMT
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Cool stuff :-)
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mungo
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Jan 21, 2014 13:39:34 GMT
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"Ripley you've blown the transaxle, you're just grinding metal. Ease down, Ease down." !! sweet!
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56' bug 2332 +ida's 56' lowlight ghia 72' bus 1600 devon 67' type 3 square - gone 83' gti - gone 90' gti 16v - gone 82' chevette - gone 70' GP1 Beach buggy -gone 78' lightweight landrover 3L v6 -gone 89' gti - gone 83' gti - gone
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Jan 22, 2014 13:37:20 GMT
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I was tres excited when I first spotted this, but on closer inspection, it turns out not the be the actual 'real deal'. I was then informed that this was the mock-up prototype for the Prometheus helmets. Basically the 'rough sketch' The final ones look like this: Another thing I spotted amongst the shelves was this massive lump of GRP: Which is from the RT01 Transporter. More precisely, the air intake from behind the cab which you can see in this shot here: There are other parts of the transported dotted around in the shelves but I didn't get any photos of them. I will do the next time I am back there. My mate actually built the transporters at a cost of around £1million each! He did most of the fabrication and I am hoping to get a load of photos of the build to post up here. I've seen some of them and it's truly amazing! Another small item which I thought was quite cool was the Weyland Peli case. It's just a standard Peli case, but with the Weyland Corp logo applied. This one was used in the RT01 transporter as part of the 'kit' that was carried. It actually housed a load of electronics for the lighting and has various holes drilled into it. I'm hoping this will be coming back with me after my next trip? One of my favourite things is this entry system. It's from the main ship (I think, I need to research this side of things) and has two illuminated buttons as well as a button display and an LCD screen which would have shown some graphics. When I got this home, I cleaned it up a bit (still got more to do....) ...and powered up the buttons and button display. They are a lot sharper/crisper in real life. I'm going to spend some time to get the main LCD hooked up to a computer (some friends have suggested a Raspberry Pi or an Arduino) then try and recreate whatever graphics the screen would have displayed. It's going to be a fun little project although I've never done any kind of computer graphics/animation before. I do love a challenge. If anyone does know which ship/vehicle this as from in the film, please let me know so that I can start to research the proper graphics more easily. Thank you. Oh, and the best bit is most definitely yet to come.....
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Jan 22, 2014 16:53:14 GMT
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when you said today you might be at a filming studio i didnt actually realise, what you were on about til i found this thread LOL , some cool stuff there and your very lucky to get in around it !! great that your sharing it too
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That apc is way beyond cool. You are one lucky man.
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Toyota mk3 supra. retro goodness.
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Frankenhealey
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I know you're a very busy man but any updates?
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here
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Yes, apologies, I do need to update this, and update it I will. Tomorrow, in fact, which will be the first day I have had to really sit down at a comuter. Some exciting stuff to come hopefully?
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Frankenhealey
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To get away from cars and family I join up with some friends down the pub every few weeks and their interests and jobs are very much aligned with this thread so they will be delighted that an update will be forthcoming.
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here
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Having another look at the photo of the Arnie 'Terminator' mould, behind the desk you can see something large, shiny and with a copper finish on it: Then look again at the RT01 Transporter. Yep, it's one of the huge wheel covers from it. ^that photo^ is one I found on the internet but I've posted it up because I'm 99% sure that's my friend in the cab. A) it looks exactly like him from what I can see in the pic and B) he built them, so it wouldn't be a surpise at all. Anyway, here is a slightly better shot of the wheel which is just propped up behind the desk. So what's the big deal? They're just some wheel covers from a movie vehicle right? Well, yes, that's right - but I now happen to have a handful of them sat in my garage. Straight off the RT01 Transporter and all battle damaged from being used in the film.
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A quick wash to remove all the dust from them and lay them out to dry. These have all been well used and as well as having the usual 'weathering' paint to dull them down for filming, to make them look more authentic, they also have the battle scars from being used on set. Some have cracks and chips in, most have scuffs and scratches. All of them look cool! They are made from thick GRP from an original mould and have dense foam/rubber spokes to allow them to flex when mounted on the wheel. Apparently, on set, the trucks were driven over rocks and boulders which caused the tyres to flex enough to crack the surface of some of the wheel covers, despite them having the flexible rubber spokes. My friend who built the trucks (as well as the quads) has plenty of stories to tell about them as well as quite a few cool photos as they were being constructed. I'll try and get my hands on some of the build photos. The covers were centrally bolted to the wheels with M16 bolts (with 4mm thick spreader plates each side) and then had a cast centre cap which sat over the bolt head and was velcro'd onto the outer spreader plate. Four of the covers lined up under the house to dry: ...and the other four covers:
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will930
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this is awesome! i worked on the set for derek and its nothing compared to this!
not sure if i missed it but what are the vehicles based on?
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