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  • matthiasdeo wrote on September 24, 10:01 am

    1st

  • 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, 10:08 am

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

  • toppie34 wrote in reply on December 27, 6:39 pm

    it says 2 years younger

  • 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?

  • Scumriser wrote on September 24, 10:23 am

    Nice .. this will keep me busy till Fireside chat

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

    hahahahahahahaha
    no you fucking imbicil
    lol
    best part ever

  • 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.

  • killerone wrote on September 24, 11:07 am

    wow that is soo cool

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

    Damn you science!!!!! great episode!

  • billcammack wrote on September 24, 11:36 am

    Great Episode! :D

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

  • trebor117 wrote on September 24, 11:42 am

    10th!!!!!

    oww what thats not good:(

  • trebor117 wrote on September 24, 11:52 am

    LoL the BeCk mobial

  • daydreamer1 wrote on September 24, 12:59 pm

    Nice test film!!

  • mac_millz wrote on September 24, 1:53 pm

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

  • felix78 wrote on September 24, 1:57 pm

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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Weker1 wrote on September 24, 2:59 pm

    Erik Stop Killin your friends!lol

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

    i have been meaning to comment on that too!

  • liamblackere wrote on September 24, 3:05 pm

    whats the red nek goth shoot out 4 cash film called

  • Kevinaz wrote on September 24, 3:22 pm

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Pete359 wrote on September 24, 7:55 pm

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

  • hayden wrote on September 24, 7:57 pm

    Awesome! You rule indymogul!

  • animeking527 wrote on September 24, 7:58 pm

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

  • etentertainment wrote on September 24, 8:06 pm

    AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

  • icpjuggalo wrote on September 24, 9:07 pm

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

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

    yay 31st!!!

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • ashogo wrote on September 25, 8:24 pm

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

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 11:18 pm

    hey erick plz check out my superhero e-mails

  • devinrocks33 wrote on September 25, 11:19 pm

    scratch master cheif, zombie master cheif costume!

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • boingboingproductions wrote on September 26, 7:13 pm

    is there a certain site to get green screen backrounds?

  • Weker1 wrote on September 27, 3:56 am

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

  • Andrew wrote on September 27, 11:59 am

    Great to see a site dedicated for low budget film makers

  • 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.

  • chris2468 wrote on September 28, 1:21 am

    and nice spaceship eric :)

  • asse wrote on September 28, 11:50 am

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

  • Eric wrote on September 28, 4:57 pm

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

  • 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!!!!

  • iraboy wrote on September 28, 6:06 pm

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

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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

  • haloblast wrote on October 7, 3:22 pm

    that is a cool 1

    how did you make the hemet

  • 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

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

    kinda cheesey... I was disapointed.

  • Arun wrote on January 27, 1:00 pm

    1st

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • mightyjedi14 wrote on March 10, 5:55 pm

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

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

    this had some weird voises but ok

    very useful

Backyard FX: Spaceships

In this episode of BFX, Erik shows us how to make a miniature spaceship that YOU can fit inside (with a little Indy Mogul magic of course) and fly through space with! And it's all for under $20!! That's less than a set of Little Mermaid Drapes.

Tags : mogul, indy, filmmaking, DIY, backyard, FX, miniature, spaceships

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