Hello Moonbasers!
Trying to be a one man Gerry Anderson is a hard slog. Sure Gerry had the big ideas and the money, but he also had a lot of "little people" fulfilling his dreams.
Apart from my ex-film pal, who is building a 1/3 scale Spitfire cockpit, acting as my tech bro, 3D mesh fixer, script and research consultant, it's just me, trying to do it all, on my onesies!
Recently I found I also have a Producer living inside my head, who threw all my existing plans onto the back burner! I had filming models almost ready to go and they are all now in storage, while the peripheral "Bunker Scene" gets full attention.
Before any rivet counters get their knickers in a twist, I've done my research and chosen to ignore it!
This is a test layout for part of the Bunker set. It still needs more weathering and furniture added.
Certain details and motifs have been removed. This isn't a love letter to fascism and I'm not giving those bastards any free advertising, apart from the satirical Joan of Arc style painting and the carpet pattern, which is a visual reference to the carpet in The Shining... 1/12th notable civilian figure for scale.
The logic is unarguable. My central character isn't featured, but this scene has established historical characters that an unfamiliar audience can instantly relate to. I've just about completed the filming model set and I'm FINALLY getting on with the actors!
All my hard work with designing puppet bodies is finally getting an acid test. I need at least three Wehrmacht Generals, their Boss and his opposite number...
My 3D printed puppet bodies are threaded together with window blind cord.
So I'm sewing up pants, or more specifically, jodhpurs! Sometime soon, I'll have to add the wide red line down each leg! The sewing machine my mother bought for me as a gift, 26 years ago was really spitting the dummy until I did some maintenance. Thank the Lord for WD40!
The test patterns, sewn from old flannelette bedsheets worked out fine. I've had a lot of trouble sewing the thin Poplin fabric I'd chosen for the costumes.
The black especially has been very thin and difficult to seam.
After five full sets of 1/3 scale 2001 spacesuits, I thought this was going to be a doddle...
The full black pants will have to be totally redone, but the dark grey trews are passable, so I'm feeling a bit more encouraged.
Hmm, don't remind me I still need to sculpt five character faces onto that underskull!
This puppet film is my dream,
but the film story structure is itself a dream. - and this bunker scene is a another dream within that dream...
Oooooh! My head hurts!
Looey,
Oz Base
P.S. in Australia in the early 70's there was a clothing outlet called General Pants. This has absolutely nothing to do with them!
An amazing amount of work. Well beyond mere mortals, such as I. Good luck.
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