Professional prop builders amongst us?
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I think that date is the date from one of the site moves or something.
anubispro
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I have done some work in the "biz".
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1498489/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1498489/
DrStranglove
Sr Member
I heard somewhere a while back that one of the Bicentennial man suits went "missing" at one point. Was that true or just a rumor?
anubispro
Well-Known Member
I think one may have gone out to for a stroll, but it came back.
zeratul
New Member
My break was first sales of a couple of my oringinal designs, Modern Props was looking for some ray guns to rent to film and TV productors.
But it was my electronics that was the real engine that drove my getting work, model makers were a dime a dozen, but working light and LED systems were rare back in the 70s and 80s, I did a lot of winky blinkies.
The job would come in for the electronics and I would sell the fact I could also make the housing/case/prop.
My life in Hollywood peaked with Star Trek Four, where I worked directly with the propmaster Ron Greenwood, and it started down hill on ST5 & 6 where I was working for Greg Jein.
With CGI doing most of the hand held props I do not think there will be my kind of electronic work needed in film and TV any more.
It was a fun 15 years, I walked on the sets and saw my work on the Big Screen...
Rich
But it was my electronics that was the real engine that drove my getting work, model makers were a dime a dozen, but working light and LED systems were rare back in the 70s and 80s, I did a lot of winky blinkies.
The job would come in for the electronics and I would sell the fact I could also make the housing/case/prop.
My life in Hollywood peaked with Star Trek Four, where I worked directly with the propmaster Ron Greenwood, and it started down hill on ST5 & 6 where I was working for Greg Jein.
With CGI doing most of the hand held props I do not think there will be my kind of electronic work needed in film and TV any more.
It was a fun 15 years, I walked on the sets and saw my work on the Big Screen...
Rich
Roger Ramjet
Sr Member
And just think Rich, I remember when you were running around the cons in your Black Beard swatch buckler costume in the late 70's.
Are we really that old? :confused
Roger
Are we really that old? :confused
Roger
00MrNotWrong00
Sr Member
Thank you for sharing that with us. I would like to be there one day. That was inspirational and touching and a little sad.
Not sad... 30 years for prop building and still going...only 1/2 was in Hollywood...
I am starting to feel like that Engerlizer Bunny....I keep on going and going and proping and proping....
Almost beats working for a living, but I am no shirker and that kind of job would be too easy and boring....
Rich
I am starting to feel like that Engerlizer Bunny....I keep on going and going and proping and proping....
Almost beats working for a living, but I am no shirker and that kind of job would be too easy and boring....
Rich
00MrNotWrong00
Sr Member
Oh no I didn't mean you or your career. GOD NO. I mean the death of quality. When you said there wont be much need for that type of thing anymore. That's the sad part, with all this CG crap you have holograms floating around and silly looking things that can't be made. I think quality props that work on camera, and the light hits them and does unexpected things, well that's something that the new star wars movies didn't have.
That you got there and saw your work on "THE BIG SCREEN" , well there just isn't much that can compare with that. I wasn't thinking you were near the end of your run or anything like that, and I sorry it may have sounded that way. I got nothing but respect for you and every one else that's come before me. I just feel like it's a terrible loss for hollywood and the fans.
ROCK ON my friend
Thanks I did kind of misread that...
I agree even space ship models look more real than a lot of CGI...
Little replaces real..
Rich
I agree even space ship models look more real than a lot of CGI...
Little replaces real..
Rich
CTF
Sr Member
Yeah, those lightsaber handles that they were using weren't really there, eh? :rolleyes
00MrNotWrong00
Sr Member
Yeah, lightsaber handles :rolleyes The first starwars movie were a huge undertaking by a huge part of the art community. There were hundreds of artists working on every little detail. In the new movies they didn't make a single set of clone armor, none of the guns, no animatronic robots or monsters. If there isn't something very wrong with that than at the very least it seems lazy and disrespectful to the fans.
Look at "The Dark Crystal" Everything was made by human hands and it was spectacular. You can't be trying to make an argument on behalf of this CG stuff, are you?
There's always this fine gentleman... http://www.freewebs.com/ricksprops/
Mr. Rick Gamez, also known as ricksprops.
Mr. Rick Gamez, also known as ricksprops.
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