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  • White Dragon (guest) wrote on October 29, 1:04 am

    Is their any way to smooth out the motion. It looks really jerky.

  • black panter wrote on October 25, 6:38 am

    #70 lol
    great episode eric
    bfx rock

  • seanyoman wrote on October 4, 6:24 pm

    That was great but were can do u the digital cockpit?

  • Cory Green (guest) wrote on April 30, 7:54 pm

    this had some weird voises but ok

    very useful

  • mightyjedi14 wrote on March 10, 5:55 pm

    This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Nickey (anon) wrote on February 29, 4:23 pm

    Great space ship, no you fucking imbusul, i'm your friend thata doesn't even make sense!! XD so funny, any way, you should have put green lights inside the thurmus to make it look eery, other than that. a wonderful DIY!

  • ShadowOps.Ninja91 wrote on January 28, 3:36 pm

    Wow, that was awsome! i'm thinking you should redo that ship thing with a good coat of grey paint or go over it with some layers to make it more real time spacy! like alitte more shadowing, but i know that you guys were only showing us how not taking all of your life to make it look good. Another great DIY Eric!

  • Arun wrote on January 27, 1:00 pm

    1st

  • Hejhog101 (anon) wrote on December 27, 9:00 pm

    kinda cheesey... I was disapointed.

  • Kyle Dunn wrote on November 13, 3:37 pm

    I'm making an army movie, and I need to make a safe, realistic and easy explosion

  • haloblast wrote on October 7, 3:22 pm

    that is a cool 1

    how did you make the hemet

  • liger wrote on October 2, 7:48 pm

    hey i am really having trouble finding a digital cockpit can u tell me where i can find one

  • Blake wrote on September 30, 1:06 pm

    Nice episode! With some careful camera movement this could be really cool. I didn't realize it'd be that simple to make a model of a spaceship. Thanks for the tip!

  • mikev37 wrote on September 30, 1:02 am

    for those who don't know, Mano y Mano spaceship y spaceship is a fancy name for rock paper siccors.

  • iraboy wrote on September 28, 6:06 pm

    great ep!
    in response to other comment:
    my two cats died reccently. :( RIP Ira Gershwin, Hotdog.

  • iraboy wrote on September 28, 6:04 pm

    wow. cool episode.

    Q. For halloween how do you make a viscious head bitting off man killing bunny rabbit?
    elmer fudd: What have i done-i've created a monster man eating bunny wabbit.

    EVILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!! world domination!!!!

  • Eric wrote on September 28, 4:57 pm

    WHY WONT IT LOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • asse wrote on September 28, 11:50 am

    How did u guy's make the virtual cokpit???

  • chris2468 wrote on September 28, 1:21 am

    and nice spaceship eric :)

  • chris2468 wrote on September 28, 1:20 am

    lol. no u f*kin imbecel im ur friend and im 2 years younger tan u it deosnt even make sense! rofl. wat do u want? i challenge u 2 monosemonos spachepy space a duel. ok. and prosterous a duel. SHOOM SHHOM KABOOM! LMFAO.

  • Andrew wrote on September 27, 11:59 am

    Great to see a site dedicated for low budget film makers

  • Weker1 wrote on September 27, 3:56 am

    Well It's 2:55 Am, Wheres the new Q and Erik?!?!?!lolj/k

  • boingboingproductions wrote on September 26, 7:13 pm

    is there a certain site to get green screen backrounds?

  • FishstiK wrote on September 26, 5:58 pm

    The cockpit was awsome. My only question is where you found the picture of a cockpit looking back. All of this aero-space talk has inspired me to make a fighter pilot war film.

  • Cityscape Pictures wrote on September 26, 1:31 pm

    Very cool, but instead of fishing wire may i suggest using a pole underneat the ship thats covered in the same green screen material, you can move the ship that way and avoid it rocking back and forth on wires. Still, its a neat effect

  • MacevoyProductions wrote on September 25, 11:39 pm

    For halloween you guys should do an episode on how to make a stunt dummy cat that I can beat up for my new comedy. That way PETA doesnt come after me.

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 11:19 pm

    scratch master cheif, zombie master cheif costume!

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 11:18 pm

    hey erick plz check out my superhero e-mails

  • ashogo wrote on September 25, 8:24 pm

    uh..."Tell us about your dead cat"?

  • ashogo wrote on September 25, 8:19 pm

    To be honest I didn't think it would work too well, but your test film didn't look half bad. I'm going to try this with moving stars in the background (think it'll give it more depth/feel of motion). Good episode.

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 7:37 pm

    dude what you should do is be the flying squirrel and you have to fight a demon, oh that reminds me, can you make a demon costume or a master cheif costume.

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 7:31 pm

    hey dude can you do the multiple head effect cause i really need it.

    ps im ctually devinrules101, but i forgot my password

  • tommy012345 wrote on September 25, 3:30 pm

    erik, when you did the wheel you did it in reverse you can notice it if you look close enough ........ and belive

  • BYFX Fan wrote on September 25, 1:59 pm

    Can you please do skeleton pirates or ghost pirate for the Halloween episodes?

  • Boneskully wrote on September 25, 1:01 am

    You guys rock, Keep up the good work.
    show us how to do the old camera effect like in Elf to make someone look like a giant.

    Later
    Boneskully

  • ST.anger115 wrote on September 24, 11:16 pm

    yay 31st!!!

  • icpjuggalo wrote on September 24, 9:07 pm

    ya great episode and i also agree that a water monster would be cool

  • etentertainment wrote on September 24, 8:06 pm

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

  • animeking527 wrote on September 24, 7:58 pm

    And I thought that maybe Tread Banger could help out with the show

  • hayden wrote on September 24, 7:57 pm

    Awesome! You rule indymogul!

  • Pete359 wrote on September 24, 7:55 pm

    These are the voyages of the Starship Miscellaneous Coffee Containers. Great episode guys!

  • animeking wrote on September 24, 7:09 pm

    Oh and I have an idea for a new show for Indy Mogul, the host makes costumes and character props, like from movies, anime, games etc. This will help BFX do more effects and not waste an episode on a costume although a Master cheif suit would be awsome so Erik does BFX and Steve does weekend extra, so you'll have to find another host.

  • animeking wrote on September 24, 6:53 pm

    Great! My frist movies were little star wars movies I made with the action figure when I was like 9 now I can be in the space ships! And the test films are geting better & and funnier I have a suggestion could you guy make the episodes a little longer, like 8 or 9 minutes, I know you guys do a lot of stuff and you have 3 shows on but this is the internet so there's no time limite ( I think), so you can just not edit the show so much. Thanks.

  • DJ Andy wrote on September 24, 6:25 pm

    No Erick. NO. The wheel has to be spun on the ROOF.

  • Phillips film wrote on September 24, 4:43 pm

    dude that had to be the best short i seen you guys make so far

  • kennythecrackhead wrote on September 24, 4:23 pm

    As always nice job Erik and crew. I was wondering ig you could do a lake monster for one of the halloween shows.

  • Kevinaz wrote on September 24, 3:22 pm

    When is the d*mn wheel doing to land on trip-2-jersey!

  • liamblackere wrote on September 24, 3:05 pm

    whats the red nek goth shoot out 4 cash film called

  • Weker1 wrote on September 24, 2:59 pm

    Erik Stop Killin your friends!lol

  • The-Creator wrote on April 1, 4:52 pm

    i have been meaning to comment on that too!

  • bridboyross wrote on September 24, 2:59 pm

    great episode, also i would like to give a special mention to my dead cat, she was a pretty awesome cat but she did die a few years ago :( RIP toffee

  • pat wrote on September 24, 2:30 pm

    Nice. But a ship interior set would have been really kick ass. Maybe you should do some special episodes on different sets.

  • felix78 wrote on September 24, 1:57 pm

    one of the best ones ever! and ur funniest test film so far!! XDXD

  • mac_millz wrote on September 24, 1:53 pm

    great erik just what the doctor order i just requested about a cockpit.

  • daydreamer1 wrote on September 24, 12:59 pm

    Nice test film!!

  • trebor117 wrote on September 24, 11:52 am

    LoL the BeCk mobial

  • trebor117 wrote on September 24, 11:42 am

    10th!!!!!

    oww what thats not good:(

  • billcammack wrote on September 24, 11:36 am

    Great Episode! :D

    Justin needs to do less talking, and more shooting! :D

  • Jacob-ne-a wrote on September 24, 11:08 am

    Damn you science!!!!! great episode!

  • killerone wrote on September 24, 11:07 am

    wow that is soo cool

  • Jason wrote on September 24, 10:29 am

    Not a bad episode. I didn't learn anything I didn't already know, but the test film was pretty good. Where did you get your backgrounds?

    Water monsters would be a great episode, seconding or thirding the idea.

  • Okdud Productions wrote on September 24, 10:28 am

    hahahahahahahaha
    no you fucking imbicil
    lol
    best part ever

  • Scumriser wrote on September 24, 10:23 am

    Nice .. this will keep me busy till Fireside chat

  • hotelfboy55 wrote on September 24, 10:16 am

    hey indy mogul! great episode! for my halloween episode, could you make a realistic costume of the creature from the black lagoon?

  • matthiasdeo wrote on September 24, 10:08 am

    father? im 2 years older than u that dosent even make sense!???

  • toppie34 wrote on December 27, 6:39 pm

    it says 2 years younger

  • matthiasdeo wrote on September 24, 10:02 am

    awsome tut erik u rule da world
    a crazy 11year old aka matthias

  • matthiasdeo wrote on September 24, 10:01 am

    1st

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