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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
