Props - Blog Posts

oh the show that my high school theatre company closed 2 months ago had over 200 props if we're counting set dressing (it was a teenager's bedroom so it was MESSY)

[The show contains three props]

Production Manager: what do you think about the props?

Stage Tech: felt over indulged. A little much.

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may or may not be making an alternative sona

𝓜𝔂 𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓽 𝓫𝓸𝔁𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝔂 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝓭𝓲𝔂 𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓹𝓲𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶

Just so happy with this, honestly 🌈🥣

(Video under the cut)

Struggled a whole lot with timing but I managed to post a video this week too! 💜🔮🪄🧙🏻‍♀️ I'm pretty happy with how it turned out in the end as well. Check it out if you want to (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

⚜️💛✨ Stuff I've made the past few years. ✨💛⚜️

Because I'll hopefully make something better for a YT video tomorrow, I just wanted to share these today. (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

BG3 x Hades school project

Had to pick 2 medias and make one in the art style of the other... So here is BG3 in the Hades artstyle !

Had to draw characters, backgrounds, props and illustration !

Props design project !

In a post apocalyptic world, living creatures "merged". These are tools and a boat that a half human half shark fisherman uses, living in an icy environment.

I had thought about specific animals that would have been caught but the tools but I completely forgot about them oops...

The boat ! Tried to make something that could break ice but also small enough for only one person to use ?

Something is hiding beneath the surface...

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...it's a squid-whale

Props design work

Sword design, maybe for my OC Hunter ? Tried to make a BIG SWORD that could fit for a monster hunter specialized in werewolves...

And now a bike... It was the first time I ever drew one !

I’m surprised no one ever noticed this Lucina Easter Egg earlier.

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Just sharing my new work "Reasearch in Antarctica" hope you guys like it and give some feedback to me..

for more: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/QXwZXZ

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Biological research and study workshop interior design, Mars NX-Z

A group of biological scientist came to Antarctic to do some reasearch and experiment on paleontology and other creatures, here is their wor

HI all, share my recent work, workshop interior design

Part 2

I just need to sand everything down and then get this baby painted! It's a little sad but it won't be a usable gun. Just for show. ;n;

DISREGARD THE MESS MY ROOM IS TURNING INTO.

PART 1

This is the anti-rifle so far folks. :3 The body is a Nerf Gun. I am totally customizing this shiz up! The scope's a bit small but it is the best I could do. 

I'm a little sad it won't be as accurate as I would have liked it to be.... But it'll do!

Comic con is gonna be fun

So today marks the day I continue dealing with a Fl4k cosplay for my younger brother. This is one of Fl4’s side pockets, second picture for reference, and the pockets are super cute! #borderlands3 #borderlands #borderlands2 #borderlandscosplay #fl4k #fl4kcosplay #fl4kthebeastmaster #cosplay #cosplays #prop #props #foam #foamprop #foamprops #evafoam #evafoamprops #evafoambuild #evafoamcosplay #crafts #craft #crafting #handcrafted #handmade #cosplayers #cosplayersofinstagram #inprogress https://www.instagram.com/p/CCFG9ReJ349/?igshid=1l2px5b7x5cyp

So my Zarya gun has finally taken some sort of shape, a shape that at the moment is an combination of duct tape and eva foam 😂. But the shape is finally there!

i havent played life is strange in a while. it was a fun game.

The Coraline photo gallery is finally available at last! 100+ images of Coraline maquettes, props, dioramas and more! All 5 LAIKA film photo sets have been uploaded to my IMGUR for easy viewing (linked below). It took many hours of photo editing, but I'm so glad these are all available for sharing online now. There are many other parts of the exhibit available to view on my imgur, such as Kubo and the Two Strings, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, and The Missing Link, so please feel free to check those out as well! Please enjoy! ^_^

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LAIKA Hidden Worlds Exhibit: Coraline (2024)

Discover topics like cartoon, movies, animation, art, laika, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment desti

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Top five best acted scenes in glee in no particular order.

↳ 3.20- Dot Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste - Props.

Props timetravel pocketclock

This sounds like an awesome job...how does one get into props?

This is Kelley and Lee from the props team on the TFiOS film. They researched everything from Hazel’s oxygen tank to ambulance license plates.

Without spoiling anything, they used ideas and designs from young cancer survivors, tracked down or fabricated an astonishing variety of props, and generally made Hazel’s world look and feel real.

SQUID prop (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device)

from Strange Days (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1995)

Photos of my Corrosive Actualizer for my Maya cosplay ^^ some close-ups and a gif just to show how nice it glows :D It was my first cosplay gun, but I’m so satisfied with it :)

Dog-a-matic.... New series???

Matt Smith (Prop Designer): 

“A Dwarven pipe was one of the first things I got to draw on The Hobbit and I was imagining what it might be made out of. When it came back from being made it was stunning: beautifully crafted out of carved walnut wood with ivory and silver. I suppose I thought it would be carved in polystyrene or something, so my expectations were blown.”

Alex Falkner (Weta Workshop Props Model Making Supervisor):

“Counting all the various doubles, we made something like 500 weapons for Thorin and his companions, far more than we made for all the hero characters of The Lord of the Rings a decade earlier…”

Emily-Jane Sturrock (Armour and Weapons Lead Stand-by):

"With Dwalin’s axes, for example, we had heavy versions for hitting with; mid-weight versions that gave an adequate sense of heft for an actor to hold in a scene, but which you wouldn’t want to carry for a long time; a flexible, lightweight pair to be worn on the back for stunt work; and a lightweight pair for the actor to wear on his back or run with in his hands. Graham McTavish could tell the difference between them instantly.”

Graham McTavish:

“I remember when we had our initial discussions with the Weta Workshop design team about dreaming up weapons for our characters to carry. It was marvellous in that abstract context and you found yourself thinking, ‘Oh, I want this gigantic thing that can crush people!’ Of course, a few weeks later when you’re shooting the eighth take of scene 88 the ideal weapon you want to be running with is a pen knife and you can’t help wondering, 'Who was the genius that suggested I carry a giant hammer?’”

Richard Armitage:

“Thorin had a royal Dwarf sword that represented his birth-right and past, the past in which he began the journey to re-claim Erebor. It was called Deathless in reference to Durin the Deathless, father of the line of Durin to which Thorin is heir.”

Aidan Turner:

“Thorin can wield a bow as well, but Kili seemed to have cornered the archery angle for most of the films as far as the Dwarves were concerned. Rumour around Middle-earth has it that he’s a better shot than that Legolas guy or Bard what’s-his-name.”

Dean O'Gorman:

“Fili unloads a lot of gear to Bilbo when we first arrive in Bag End. It’s quite funny because he’s a walking armoury, but in reality he’s more of a specialist. He might have his other blades as some kind of back-up, but his main weapons are his paired Dwarven swords and it’s them that he relies upon. Fili is a swordsman.”

Stephen Hunter:

“I  got to learn that my character wasn’t about these high-tech weapons. Like all the boys in his family, Bombur is more of a scrapper and that shifted my understanding of the character. This Dwarf isn’t a trained fighter like perhaps Fili or Kili might be. He hasn’t had the kind of life experiences of someone like Nori and he hasn’t been to war like Thorin or Balin and Dwalin. He is a working guy. He has a ladle and a pot, which can be effective weapons when push comes to shove, but they’re tools. […] I think Bombur considers himself a bit of a weapon. He’s not fussy. He picks up a few things along the way.”

William Kircher:

“Even in our fight training I said to myself, I’m just going to go crazy and keep punching and stabing until someone pulls me off. That’s Bifur–when he gets into it he loses himself completely. He’s fearless and relentless.

Contrasting that, he’s also a craftsman of astonishing skill. He makes toys that are intricate and beautiful. I love that.”

Peter Hambleton:

“Gloin carries a set of axes that anyone who has watched The Lord of the Rings and paid attention will recognize as Gimli’s. It’s another of the many links between the trilogies that we have established and it makes perfect sense for the character, given how much family means to Gloin and to the Dwarves.”

John Callen:

“I forget where the idea came from originally, but the suggestion of a fighting stick seemed to be a good one to me. Putting a leather strap on it meant I could lean on it or rest it on the ground and hang on to the strap. It could be used for ligting, carrying or whacking. It turned out to be a wonderful weapon.”

Adam Brown:

“We looked at the World War Two new recruits and how these young men with fresh faces had no idea about the war they had just signed up for.”

Richard Armitage:

“I rather like that Ori’s slingshot is the kind of weapon that doesn't really look like a weapon. A kid could buy a replica and it’d really just be a good old-fashioned, wholesome pea-shooter.”

Mark Hadlow:

“Speaking to Dori’s eccentricity is his choice of weapon. His signature weapon is absolutely extraordinary. I’m only sad we lost the bolas at the Goblin caves. I loved my bolas!”

Jed Brophy:

“I’m not sure Nori even knows who his father is. His father was probably some travelling Dwarf who came through and stayed the night and left. I’m not sure what that says about Dwarf society. There aren’t as many women, so there aren’t as many opportunities!

I settled on the notion of a fighting staff. It was based on a Maori taiaha, a long wooden weapon with a pointed end and a flat, bludgeoning end. I imagined a weapon like this might actually be a tool that could be used by miners to dig out rock with one end and smash it with the other. If it worked on a rock it’d work just as well on an Orc’s skull.”

  Next pages: Weight, Heat, Safety & Comfort; Barrel Escape Dwarf Costumes

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Notes: These photo excerpts are meant to be used by fans as references for the creation of The Hobbit fanwork (cosplay, art, fiction, nonfiction, etc.) Feel free to repost, use, and edit any of these photographs as you wish. Credit back to me is unnecessary. 

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Dwalin’s Regal Armour by Edward Denton

“With the green theme in his armour Peter looked at Dwalin’s battle axe and suggested that we should give it blades that were made out of greenstone, or jade. In New Zealand it is called pounamu and it has cultural significance and value. The Maori people, native to New Zealand, carve it into jewellery and also make weapons out of it. It’s a beautiful stone, translucent and with flecks and veins of colour through it, so it made for a very eye-catching weapon. People from outside New Zealand probably wouldn’t catch the reference, and the films are fantasy after all, but for those of us who know what greenstone is and its specialness here it was cool to see Dwalin wielding an axe made of it.

A dagger for Dwalin came through as a fairly late request, but having just designed his greenstone axe it made sense to have it match“.

- Nick Keller, Weta Workshop Designer (The Battle of the Five Armies Chronicles: Art & Design)

Pizza Tower props I made for TF2, now available on the garrysmod workshop, and tf2maps website! TF2Maps: https://tf2maps.net/downloads/pizza-tower-props.15614/ Gmod workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2983251401