Posts tagged wesley's weekly how to

• 13 Feb

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Blood Spray

  So you loved Erik's Chainsaw Arm, but you also want to know how to get a nice blood spray coming off of it when you're slicing up zombies with your handy-dandy chainsaw arm? Well fear not because I am here to show you how to get a really simple basic blood spray for almost nothing. Get a simple wate

• 30 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Impact Strikes

  Many questions have been asked how to make it look like bullets are hitting the ground and walls, and while there are a lot of ways to do this, there aren't a ton of options if you unfortunately lack a budget, and a pyrotechnian to rig up hundreds of little charges for you in a fake wall. Well than

• 16 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: The Helmet-Cam

  We've gotten requests on how to do "First-Person" shots, and specifically how to build your own Helmet-Cam, so this week I decided to tackle it. The Helmet-Cam is similar to the Snorri-Cam, in that it is a camera support that is built to be attached to your actor. A support like this would, like I s

• 02 Jan

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Futuristic Armor, Part I

  Don't throw away all of your useless cardboard boxes from the holidays, because I'm back for the New Year with a request that we just can't seem to dodge, FUTURISTIC ARMOR.We all (most of us at least) love the stuff; from Robocop, to Halo, to Star Wars, to Heinlein's Starship Troopers, futuristic ar

• 05 Dec

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Eye Tear

  Almost everybody one day wants a dramatic Kill Bill-style eye grab in their own film. It's just too cool to pass up, so I'm going to show you how to do a similar effect for almost nothing. For this you'll need:A Small ball, either a gum ball, a super bouncy ball, or a Pingpong ball Some Liquid Latex

• 29 Nov

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Sugar Glass Molding

  So you want a bottle to smash over your friends head, but you don't want to kill him? Easy solution, use our old friend Sugar Glass. Today I am going to show you how to make a basic Bottle Mold, that can be used to mold a fake bottle that can be safely broken over another person's head. &nbs

• 21 Nov

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Camera Stabilizers

  So your shots are bouncing all over the place? So the Steadicam episode made you cry because you lack the 8 grand investment required to own your very own Steadicam rig? Well don't fear much longer, because today i'm going to show you a couple of ways to make cheap Camera stabilizers that won't make

• 07 Nov

  Blog: Indy Mogul

  Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Basic Mask Making

  A lot of people have asked about how to make reusable masks and other various questions about Latex Molding, so I finally decided to try to help all of those budding mask makers out there by showing some basic mask construction techniques. The first thing you will need that will really make formin