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Hi Geek1128 That is a very interesting copy that you have done with more texture than the original, I like it Just for your information the picture of 4LOM head is one of my photos, taken in the Archives building, when I was at Lukas Film. The prop was a fibreglass shell that had all...

Yes - Ep' 2 and 3 were shot at Fox Studios Sydney Australia. There was a lot of props built for Ep' 2 and not as much on Ep' 3. A lot of sets and props were made from found things but I don't remember a formula one car being used. After we raped, "The Matrix" people wanted to use our leftovers...

Hi GEEK1138 The quality and the turnaround of your creations is breath taking. I have worked on many shows over the years and very few people have the output to match you. congratulations I did look through my old photos and only found one more shot of EV-9d9 It is next to its...

Wow! you have done an incredible job of recreating the medical droid. It's great to see him in the configuration he was in during the shoot. He never had feet made for him until much latter. I had planned to do a recreation of 2-1B, but alas, I never got around to it. I have...

sorry guys, I am having some problem doing up loads

An Old School way I have used in the past is to brush a sealing layer of wood working “PVA”. This has zero reaction on the Styrofoam, this has worked on many of the job I have done in the past. Polyester Fiberglass can be layed over it with no problem. Although as Spyhunter2k has stated, epoxy...

Some years ago I was using an aerosol paint that was heat resistant, made for painting car engine blocks, to pain some props for a show I was on, that gave a good metal finish as the paint had a lot of aluminum powder in it. When dry I could buff it up to get a nice metal shine on the props. I...

Acetone is the perfect adhesive to use on styrene as it welds the plastic together rather than just gluing it, any excess liquid just evaporates leaving a very clean joint, and the weld is much stronger than the plastic around the joint. I have used Acetone or even automotive paint thinners to...

Hi Dr Talyn I joined the production on season two, when they had moved out of Fox Studios Sydney to a bunch of warehouses near the Sydney Olympic site, that gave us more stage space as we had many standing sets. From memories I think there was 19 stages to hold all the sets. The guns were...

Hi guys I just found this thread and am delighted that there is still interest on the props from Farscape As I worked in the Farscape prop shop , I can give some back story's of creating some of these props I still have many warm memories of this show and the truly great crew to work with...

Hi guys I just found this thread and it brought back some great memories . Sith lord, your construction is impressive .It's pretty close to how I built one back in the early 80's. veektohr , the original Mouse Droid for Ep' 4 was about the size that Sith Lord has made his. They were made by...

I agree with the above suggestions In fact I did a commercial about ten years ago that was set in ancient Rome and all the detail on the sets were made from caved styrafome. We brush painted over it with a thick paint that was a sealer and the base coat colour and then sprayed over the half...

Your parts look great Scifitodd But the original Hero prop nozzles (as I was told by the guys on the show) had a six sided base that was all the same height on each nozzle (to be put on with a spanner) The hole in the center got smaller for each nozzle Now there may be some confusion with the...

Hi guys From what I was told back in the day, the original stun gun prop was made from an off the shelf staple gun with some redressing The nozzles were from a pop rivet tool. I got one in the 80's and still have it somewhere in my workshop It came with four nozzles for different size shafts...