The Sum of its Parts
March 5, 2018
After weeks of sanding through the evenings on this thing, the antiquated murgleis is finally coming together! We fully assembled the prop, which is not something I actually planned on ...
This Baby is an Antique!
January 28, 2018
We were presented with the fun-yet-daunting prospect of recreating the Antiquated Murgleis from Final Fantasy XIV. This weapon (and the orb that pairs with it) is the signature equipment of ...
Of Mesopotamian Supermen
December 16, 2017
The title’s not a typo, and I’m not drunk. This post’s about one of my guilty pleasures, and it will require a bit of explanation! There’s a lot of text in ...
Riding Small-Scale Lightning
December 14, 2017
I regret how long this has been taking me, but work has been driving me nuts lately, and I’m also doing my best to teach myself how to design the ...
Animation and Other Tricks
December 3, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWyCw7mRVhs I’ve been busy the last few days with the programming work on the portable Voight-Kampff scanner and I’m happy to say I have some decent results to show for ...
Profiles and Production
November 23, 2017
Giving thanks for Thanksgiving, at least for the time off it gives me. Profile pages are coded up and done now. I’ve made things easy for myself here by setting ...
Code Switchin’ Replicants
November 15, 2017
Alright, here is that post I’ve been owing for a while, and it’s going to be as dumb as technical as the rest because I promised that’s how I was ...
A Bit of Screen Time
November 7, 2017
A few weeks ago I sent Doug Harlocker, the props master for Blade Runner 2049, a message asking for information about this prop. I never got a response. That’s totally ...
Prototyping the Scanner
November 1, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwlVqF_BDNE I had time to rig up a quick test of the initial Voight-Kampff electronics setup. I have had a bunch of projects where I have prototyped something on a ...
Blinded by the Light
October 31, 2017
Over on TheRPF.com, a user named simply ‘stan’ shared some interesting numbers – measurements, apparently, for the screen-used Voight-Kampff prop? I don’t know where these dimensions actually came from, as stan’s responses ...
Time to Raise my APM!
October 30, 2017
One of our friends was bound for Blizzcon and was initially going there as a World of Warcraft Shaman. Was. About two weeks ago, they sent us a message letting us know that ...
Just Look Up and to the Left
October 21, 2017
So I’ve been bitten by the Blade Runner bug thanks to the new movie and I wanted to make a couple things from it for my own collection. Everyone in ...
Titanfall Pilot Battery
September 15, 2017
I had a few requests to model up the Pilot battery from Titanfall and figured I’d take a crack at it, so I’ve been working on this in my spare ...
Arcadia Quest – Miniature Remodel
August 23, 2017
Something a little different for today. A friend of mine, knowing that I’m all about 3D printing, asked if I could print him a miniature off of Thingiverse – the Arcadia Quest ...
Jump Kit Ready for Liftoff!
August 10, 2017
I have been getting a ton of e-mails lately from people asking when and if I’d be pushing files for the Titanfall Jump Kit I showcased at the beginning of the year ...
Custom Data Knife Boxes
August 8, 2017
I wanted to share what I hope is a nice little surprise: We’ve made collectible boxes to ship the finished items out in! We ordered dielines from Packlane for boxes ...
Sheath for the Data Knife
July 28, 2017
I’ve got a lot of updates to add to the site, but my time to do so has been limited by my day job, so I’m going to start with ...
Sanctified Frost Witch Regalia
July 12, 2017
We occasionally do some commission work upon request, and a friend of ours contacted us regarding something they were working on for Blizzcon. They were aiming to do a World ...
Star Lord Earpiece Revisited
July 1, 2017
A few years ago, right after the debut of the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, I banged together a simple 3D model for Star Lord’s earpiece in Sketchup, before ...
Data Knife 2.0
May 31, 2017
While I was happy with my older dataknife versions, I kept having a nagging feeling I could do better. This, I think, is better. This knife is the result of a ...