Posts tagged prop

• 15 Oct

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Grenade Launcher

      Grenade Launchers, what do I have to say? When you really need to have your hero blow something up, and he doesn't want to actually take the time to throw a grenade. Seen in classic action films such as Terminator 2, it's a classic "heavy artillery" weapon. Here is one I created for less tha

• 01 Oct

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Prop Landmines

   A common prop from War movies landmines have been a part of a lot of tense and dramatic moments on many many war films. Now, i'm going to show you how to make a type of landmine today that you can fit into your film.   First, I started with a styrofoam ball that I purchased at my local hobby an

• 24 Sep

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Prop Chains

   This week is Chains. A very simple prop with a lot of uses, whether you want to have a dungeon scene and need to have some prisoners chained up, or if you want to restrain a monster onto a table, or even if you just want to make a movie about gangs and need a "street weapon" that you can wave arou

• 21 Jul

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Build a Fake Wall you can Smash

  Here on BFX we do what we're told, and this week you want us to build a fake wall you can smash through! This episode has it all! Smash Walls, monkeys, detectives, and murder. Detailed Build Plans:  http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fake-Wall-You-Can-Crash-Through

• 11 Jun

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Starwars.com likes the Duct tape Indy Whip!

  You guys might remember a few weeks ago, I made a cheap prop whip out of duct tape, in celebration of the release of Indy 4. Well the design's been getting passed around the internet, with some fantastic results.   Well the guys over at Starwars.com liked one of the iterations so much that it

• 22 May

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Bullwhip

  So you've been watching the Indy 4 Trailer , or simply have an impertinent need to tame a wild lion, and would like to have a wicked looking whip to wave around, but don't really want to go to any questionable stores to spend questionable amount of money on whips you might just be using once or tw

• 11 May

  Episode: Backyard FX

  Break-Away Furniture

  This week on BFX we teach you how to build break-away furniture, because if you break one more real chair over your friend's head, he's never going to act in your movies again! This week's test film is guest directed by Anthony Carboni and Jonathan Rivera of Evil Primate