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Owner : The_Noid
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Rope detailing, Rope Rigs and Shelf |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 07:01 AM |
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Mike Strain, Mike Weldon and I got together for a few hours of some ship building fun today. I managed to cobble together a simple rope rig which we'll attach to the ceiling of the garage. The rig will allow the wire ropes to slide up and down and be animated. The tip of the tubes which are made out of tent posts "thanks Mike" have rubber tips that came from the little plastic vials of flower holders. If you ever bought a flower for someone you would know what that is. It keeps the water in the vial while the end of the flower goes into it.
Mike Weldon helped with that rig and touched up some of the ropes while Mike Strain spray painted more aluminum wire ropes flat black for other areas of the ship. He also made a little shelf with pegs to hold ropes on the side of the ship where the animation takes place.
All in all it was a productive day. We are starting to see a silver lining at the end of the sea.
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Zombie Pirates - Sailing Much Faster |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 01:56 PM |
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Zombie Pirates, along with our other sites are now on a much faster server. You should see things moving much quicker around here, with thanks to Andy who has done a lot of technical work. Go ahead - click around and see for yourself!
As for the progress on Zombie Pirates the film, Mike Weldon, Mike Strain and I should be meeting this Sunday to get more work done on seveveral aspects of the ship. Each of us were too busy this past weekend to get together. Especially with this site being transferred around.
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More Accomplishments |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Monday, April 14, 2008 - 03:52 AM |
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Today was productive with both Mike's stopping by for a few hours. It wasn't productive as far as building the rest of the ship or making puppets - but we did accomplish a lot of planning.
We worked out what we need for the contract between us. Basically outilining what is fair, such as we each get a percent of the film if it should make money based on the percent of work we put into it.
Mike Weldon made some plans to machine some aluminum parts for the rig to hold two puppets above the set. Mike is an expert machinist and really eats up any information about various armatures made by the masters. He can pretty much explain how any joint is constructed and out of what materials.
Mike Strain made notes so we could have a rough schedule to work by. He has been around the block when it comes to taking charge of special effects work and pyro jobs. He is also a positive guy who doesn't let the fact that we live in the middle of nowhere and noplace here in Missouri. Check out his MySpace page here to read more about him.
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More Pictures Added to the Gallery |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 05:45 AM |
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I added quite a few more pictures to the gallery which you can see here. The ship is really getting large!
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A Fun Weekend |
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Posted by: The_Noid
on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 08:02 AM |
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Last weekend was a lot of fun. Mike Strain brought over his son Madison plus Mike Weldon stopped by to work on the Defiance ship. Weldon did some trim around the double doors. Madison cleaned the lower deck with a brush and helped his dad cut up some slats for the sides. They also twisted up a lot of wire for more ropes on both sides of the ship, and for some rigged parts.
I painted the double doors, the 2nd tier railing, essembled the stair sections and a few other things. I'll upload more pictures soon.
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