Propship Melies (or fun with sprinkler and plumbing parts)

[puddingwrestler]

Well, it's the time of the year when a Victorian year eleven media teacher's thoughts turn to special effects (teaching about the impact of technology on the movie industry), and so I've decided to have a shot at making some with my class. Therefore, I've been building a very quick and dirty filming miniature. It's really fast because I only have to detail those parts the camera will see. I've spent about four hours total on it I guess (a lot of that being staring at it and thinking about what detail to add where). I'll be starting to paint over the weekend, and I'll get some film of it as soon as one of my Year 12 students returns the video camera they've borrowed to film thier massive assessment projects (even had to lend out my personal camera this year...)






Who is this Melies dude?
Look upon his works ye mighty and dissapear!

[nev]

What would Sci-Fi prop builders do without tank model?

[puddingwrestler]

Weep quietly into thier beers and then go and invent tanks I guess. I tried to work som aircraft parts in, but I'd already put a lot of detail on when I found them, so there was no space...

[puddingwrestler]

<David Attenbrough Voice> And here we see the Melies as it plays and disports before the green screen... </David Attenbrough Voice>



All film footage will be shot using better lights, no camera flash, and careful framing to hide my kitchen...

[jcf]

Will your Méliès have a crew of gossamer draped space women?

[Sisko]

Man pudding that looks really good!

I really like the "real" nature of the design

[puddingwrestler]

Will your Méliès have a crew of gossamer draped space women?

Yep. And they will dissapear in puffs of smoke, play all the parts in an orchestra simultaneously, and inflate thier heads with bike pumps until they explode.

[lancer]

Will your Méliès have a crew of gossamer draped space women?

Yep. And they will dissapear in puffs of smoke, play all the parts in an orchestra simultaneously, and inflate thier heads with bike pumps until they explode.

Won't that make the insides of the ship a tad messy??

[puddingwrestler]

Nah, they turn into confetti or smoke at that point. Have you not watched any of Melies' trick films?

[Taiidantomcat]

That is excellent! how long did it take you?

[puddingwrestler]

About six hours all told including staring and thinking time. Only one side is detailed and painted cause the camera never sees the other.

[Weaver]

That's an excellent piece of work - well done!

[pyro-manic]

Superb!

[Ed S]

Looks good.  Now to see it photoshopped into some backgrounds.

Ed

[Brian da Basher]

Absolutely astonishing modelling, PW! Utterly convincing and the paintwork is most impressive!

Brian da Basher