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Quake II (1997) Blaster Design Planning
Quake II blaster replica prop series This is part two of the series. See the other parts below: Part 1 – Quake II (1997) Blaster Research & Dimensions Part 2 – Quake II (1997) Blaster Design Planning (this one) Introduction From the last post, now I’ve got the blaster proportions about right I need to…
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Making a Jack Sparrow ‘Talking’ Compass
Summary Each year for the last several years Michael Bergeron of the RPF organises a Secret Santa on the forum. People who sign up are allocated a fellow member to whom they send a small gift (~USD20). In turn each member receives a small gift. I’ve enjoyed following along the threads for the last few…
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Choosing a soundboard/module for your project
So you want to add sound to your project I’m working on a project to which I’m planning on adding sound effects. In the past I have used BigDawg Greetings sound boards, but this is a smaller project so space is limited. As such I started looking around and was surprised at the number of…
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Quake II (1997) Blaster Research & Dimensions
Summary Quake II is a first-person shooter (FPS) video game created by id software and released in 1997. It’s the sequel to Quake (1996) and while the games exist in very different universes I still love them both and played the heck out of them at the time. In Quake II you are a space…
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Marty’s Media Roundup – February 2019
FILM – GHOSTBUSTERS: ANSWER THE CALL (2016) With the arrival of Ghostbusters (2016) to Netflix I thought I’d finally give it a go. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (2016) is a remake of Ghostbusters (1984). The 2016 film basically follows the narrative created in the original, where paranormal researchers attempt to use science to discover ghosts and other supernatural…
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Robocop (1987) Auto 9 Prop Information
Introduction I’d really love to have a replica of Robocop’s pistol from the 1987 classic film by Paul Verhoeven. It’s on my list of props I’d love to have. The Auto 9 was built on a Beretta 93R, an automatic pistol created for the Italian police and millitary. The pistol was modified a great deal…
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Props I really want to build
I have some dream props that I really want to build/own/play with. This is a list of some of them. I’ll update this if I make any progress towards achieving these dreams… Jack Sparrow Compass (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003)This prop didn’t feature too much in the first film…
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Marty’s Media Roundup – January 2019
FILM – TOTAL RECALL (2012) Yes, I saw this film years after release. Total Recall is the story of Quaid, a factory worker who has (troubling) dreams of being a secret agent. Bored with his existence, he visits a company called Rekall to have some fantasy secret agent memories implanted. During the procedure the Rekall…