My movie "d-day plus 6"

tallman_house_pictures · Wed May 05, 2004 4:00 am

lol...Yep
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:cuss2: :sniper:

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:mssoldier: :mosh:

That was fun Making!

tallman_house_pictures · Sat May 08, 2004 3:35 pm

Yesterday, I took the time to make a BAR, Thompson, and mp40.
The thompson and mp40 are made from 1.8cm wood, and the BAR is just cardboard

Tell me what you think!

Tobbger · Post by **Tobbger** » Sat May 08, 2004 4:44 pm

UFProductions wrote:I loved that! To make the casings fly up an out though (Instaed of just dropping) is more of a challenge. One method I've discovered is to hold the casing against the gun (Much like in Epsilons tutorial) with two fingers, and squeeze it so it slips up and flys upwards. Really works well, except only one at a time.

I've tried that! Works very well!

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Mon May 10, 2004 12:27 am

Good looking guns Tallman, however your Thompson seems to be missing the end of its' barrel! I'm assuming you meant 1.8 inch, not 1.8 cm thick wood, otherwise you might want to consider laminating two or three pieces of it together to gain some thickness.
And glad to be of help, Tobbger.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Mon May 10, 2004 5:13 am

The BAR's barrel should be thicker, longer, and doubled. They are huge weapons. The thompson does look a twinge short like UEProductions said. Also, it seems to me as if the stock is bend down a bit much. Overall, not too shabby!

tallman_house_pictures · Wed May 12, 2004 4:41 am

Okay, today I felt like updating everyone on my props situation, here is my array of props as of today (more are still coming).

This included,
2 Offercer shirts
1 British shirt
2 American Helmets (one is from a dollar store, really small)
1 German Camo helmet cover
1 BAR
1 Thompson
2 Mp40's
1 Colt 1911 (two more to come, just have to paint them)
1 P38 (luger soon to come)
1 British Pistol
1 British/Amercan Web belt
1 U.S. hand grenade
1 British Pistol holster
1 American Canteen holded
1 Paratrooper's First aid kit
7 American Sargeant badges (can be made into corporal or private by coloring over a stripe or two with a marker)
3 U.S. army patcher.
(2 U.S. 82nd airborne patches (to come))
1 air force badge

Thats it for now, what do you think?

Oh yeah, Epsilon and UFP, I added to the thompson's Barrel as you can see, I am going to change those red patches too)

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:31 am

Some notes (if you care, that is!):

- Those tan nylon army tabs came out around the Gulf War era when the desert uniform came out. They average around 20 cents each. I got like 200 of them for $7. Stores that sell them more than 50 cents are ripping you off.

- Your airforce patch is a woman's enlisted senior airman rank, men's are bigger.

- The ranks are staff sergeant, vietnam era and later, ww2 are silver in color. Modern ones have the glue on the back!

- Your BAR is still a bit small, they are huge 22 pound rifles!

- Your German helmet cover looks American! Maybe it's just the angle.

- A large outstand for ww2 soldiers is the huge amounts of junk and ammo pouches they bare! Load em up with packs!

Chris_film · Post by **Chris_film** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:39 am

geez epsilon...you sure like to stress the details!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:16 am

Chris_film wrote:geez epsilon...you sure like to stress the details!

sometimes you have to because there are views who will.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Thu May 13, 2004 6:39 am

Chris_film wrote:geez epsilon...you sure like to stress the details!

I am here to help.

lukeprausnitz · Post by **lukeprausnitz** » Thu May 13, 2004 7:20 am

some of the weapons look a bit smal tallman, but otherwise it all looks good

SgtPadrino · Post by **SgtPadrino** » Thu May 13, 2004 3:06 pm

The weapons look incredibly fake... but otherwise looks alright.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat May 15, 2004 3:43 am

If you figure the final movie will be compressed down to a midget, choppy compressed mpeg, they look authentic!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:07 am

Epsilon wrote:If you figure the final movie will be compressed down to a midget, choppy compressed mpeg, they look authentic!

True but why think for the comprestion, do you ever watch your movie in WMV format, God knows I don't. I try to make everything look good no mater the format, but since you did make them yourself, the fact that they look a bit cheep is exspected.

tallman_house_pictures · Sat May 15, 2004 6:28 am

They dont actually look that bad when people are holding them, especially if there is a battle scene, people running everywhere, explosions, shaky camera.....

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:50 am

See, heres my feddish with these guns. To me they look 2D, carved out of flat wood, these weapons did have depth, dimension, give that a go.

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:02 am

Try rounding out the corners and carving in some gadgets and misc. parts into the wood.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:19 pm

Get some very thin pieces of plywood (craft store stuff, like 5mm thick) and cut out some embelishments from that.

SgtPadrino · Post by **SgtPadrino** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:20 pm

Both the Thompson and BAR are way too short... and the MP40 way too long. As Gyro said, they look way too 2D and blocky. I don't think I'll have this problem with my next WWII movie; we've got a real M1 Garand, and two blank firing guns - an MP40 and a Thompson.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:23 pm

Lucky a***, where did you get the Garand? I do research on all my prop guns before making them. I draw out a template on poster board scaled up fom a picture to the known dimensions of the gun.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sat May 15, 2004 8:23 pm

UFProductions wrote:Lucky a***, where did you get the Garand? I do research on all my prop guns before making them. I draw out a template on poster board scaled up fom a picture to the known dimensions of the gun.

Garands are not hard to come by we have four or five at my house, the only problme is that they are expensive, usualy around $400.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat May 15, 2004 8:47 pm

I've seem two Garands up here in Canada, they've both cost well over a thousand, I guess I'll have to make a trip down to the states, 'cause I'd love one of 'em.

SgtPadrino · Post by **SgtPadrino** » Sun May 16, 2004 4:54 am

I'm just lucky to come from a famlly full of people who can truly appreciate firearms.

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sun May 16, 2004 5:29 am

SgtPadrino wrote:I'm just lucky to come from a famlly full of people who can truly appreciate firearms.

Isn't it a good thing, though as many guns as we have, and I could make a WWII flick from what is in my house, I don't think I would ever be alowed to use them for more then background, and that is with begging, or them not knowing (the guns in the closet in Retribution) but oh well.

tallman_house_pictures · Fri May 21, 2004 11:03 pm

Okay, heres a pic of my newly finished british commando uniform

It includes
Britich webbelt
British shoulder bag
British Holster and pistol
Brown shirt
Brown pants
British commando beret
British ammo pouch

Tell me what you think...................

P.S. In our movie, the commando is met after losing his primary weapon, so thats why I don't have a sten gun or Lee-enfield