bodhicitta7
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BrundelFly - Would you happen to have a higher res image of the blueprints?
Gizmo from the My science project movie
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Very nice!!
we do not....sorry, The Production Blueprints were not followed exactly though.....as is usually the case in Hollywood.
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Its all here for the reading!
ziddersroofurry
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Found this digital render by Hex3D
It's pretty amazing.
Any update? This looks GREAT!!!No kidding. That interaction started to give me the vibe of 'I've got this stuff and I'm just here to let you know, see ya!'. Just my feeling, but I've seen it before.
For what it's worth- I have been chipping away at this in my spare time, between screen caps, flattened images of the blueprints here, and some other reference materials out there. The above blueprints do vary from the main sceen-used Gizmo in a few ways, including some base and body details. I know they would have been a great asset to have when working up the design, but I feel at least a little bit better knowing that there are more accurate details to find on-screen than what the prints show lol.
Any who, no timeline on this as I have my regular work schedule to contend with, but I can say that at least one of us is still trudging away on it
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Metalalien
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I will be making one after I finished my fullsize Alien which means next year at least..lol
I am going to make it out of foam and use a real plasma globe so it won't strictly be 100 percent movie accurate. I just gotta see those plasma fingers dancing.
BTW I love that movie... Fisher Stevens is awesome in this! That movie poster is one in my collection.
I am going to make it out of foam and use a real plasma globe so it won't strictly be 100 percent movie accurate. I just gotta see those plasma fingers dancing.
BTW I love that movie... Fisher Stevens is awesome in this! That movie poster is one in my collection.
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Metalalien
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I was checking out the movie today and noticed it is not just a modified plasma globe... I think it is a double ended modified plasma globe. It has an electrode coming in from both ends.... very fancy and I bet it is very rare.
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Metalalien
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I had noticed that too when I went looking for appropriate-sized globes. I see the typical ball electrode, but then there's that second electrode unit opposite that is interacting with the plasma filaments coming off the first ball. I am thinking that it's a practical effect we're seeing, and not anything done in post because it's so clean? Anyways, I've never seen a novelty ball with two fittings inside like that. You could hack into a ball and add a second mock electrode, but that opens a whole other can of worms.
Metalalien
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Oh yes I bet there is a good story to go along with the gizmo globe. Bet it's still out there too. No way they just throw something like that away.
I wonder if it is two power supplies or just one with two wires going to the different electrodes?
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The Globe was custom built specifically for this prop by Larry
Metalalien
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Larry?
Larry Albright pretty much ANY thing neon or plasma that was in Sci-fi movies in the late 70’s onward Larry did.
Trek, Close Encounters, My Science Project, just to name a few.
He was THE Master of Plasma and Neon.
Metalalien
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HA! Looky what I found goggling Larry!!
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Yeah...Larry was in a rest home last I heard.
Larry passed away Jan 2022……..
