Meet The Stranger

Filming is about to happen for the Into This World Short Film and I am finalizing the other character in my cinematic tour de force to end all tour de forces. After my ITW short film comes out, it will pretty much make all other tour de forces before and after feel worse than watching Birdemic with a disapproving parent that doesn't "get it". Sorry Alan.

The other character in the short is known as The Stranger. In the game, he will be your local arms dealer and also upgrade your gear. He is very handy to have around but he is also not be trusted. While doing his usual scavenging, I think he might have found Ol' Uncle Willy's secret stash of meth and other recreational drugs.

Wow, this post apocalyptic wasteland sure does look like a well kept apartment building in the background. Hmmm... I'm calling shenanigans.

Pre Production Photos

I just wanted to share some photos I whipped up for the Into This World short film I'm directing. It's coming soon for the Kickstarter campaign. This is the concept behind the film: Drea versus pixelated enemies. This will be easy to make. Right? RIGHT?!

And a quick look at Drea's gun. No prop building behind the scenes on this piece. I really didn't want to take the time to explain it all. I think iI was busy watching Cinema Snob reviews at the time. Let's see... Foam, parts of a Nerf gun, flexible thin foam, misc screws, plastic bottle top, other stuff, etc.

Drea's Costume!

And there you have it. The final costume. The actress couldn't fit her arm through the wrist portion of the prop anymore so her robot arm looks a lot longer. It will be a quick fix (I'll tell her to lose some weight in her fat wrists, duh).

And I call her "the actress" but she actually is my lovely girlfriend. That's how she got the part for the film. Me being the director, I put her through the sexual gauntlet of the casting couch. Wink wink! Either that or she's an amazing actor and I wouldn't want anyone else playing her. 

Well... maybe Fran Drescher. That voice of her's is so soothing and angelic. 

More Costume Stuff: The Hat!

The main character of the game, Drea, wears clothes. I know, I know, it's a stretch. Strong women characters in any medium should be butt ass naked. But alas, I thought I would try a spin on a classic here and give her some clothes. One of those articles of clothing she wears is her hat. It's that thing that goes on top of people's heads.

Eh... sort of like that.

Drea works for the United Drilling Federation on Mars. And she wears her company's uniform. This build was equal parts easy and difficult to make. Kind of like sexing it up with a really big fat chick. She's got nice cans but good lord, the rest of her could use a tune-up.
Sorry any fat friends I might have offended. What am I talking about? I'm handsome and only hang out with pretty people! Mwah ha ha!
No seriously, sorry.

First step, bam! Get a hat. I went to second hand clothing stores for a perfect olive drab trucker hat. Couldn't find it anywhere. So once again, bam! Went to ebay. Found hat. Ordered. Finally... KABAM!

Second step, bazoom! I proceeded to cut out the shield shape emblem. I carefully cut into the emblem (the difficult part) the UDF logo. Sloppily I might add. Then I cut the foam in half revealing the negative space from the top layer.

Last step. I cut out another shield shape and glued the carved out piece onto the new shield piece of foam. I spray painted it silver then took a black sharpie to the outer rim of the emblem. I colored the inside too to make the lettering "pop". Then I glued that bastard on and I was done, KADOOSH!
Then my cat asked to get some face time on the blog so this happened.

ITW Kickstarter PreProduction: Making the Vest part: TWO!

I'm back, bitches and bitchettes. I got the vest all done and purdy-like today. Let's dip our toes into the jacuzzi and get started.

The first step was to spray paint the vest in a black primer...

"Did someone say Black Slimer? Ah yeah."

No damn it. A black primer. It allows me to cover the vest in an uniform color then I can add other colors on top. Any how. I covered the entire vest in a BLACK PRIMER.

I added some old Korean War pouches onto the vest. Pretty easy. Glued them on and primed them too. Bam!

Step three, or actually 6 or so... Lost count. Step three of part two was to spray paint the body of the vest in an olive drab color. I covered the armor part in masking tape and paper. Make sure to get in every little crack with that tape. I then used a camouflage spray paint and satin olive spray paint to color it. 

Hmmm. Satin Olive sounds like a fancy French restaurant. I'll make reservations for this afternoon for two. I'll see if my mom is available to go. Or maybe the mail lady. I'm so alone.

I did the opposite for the vest once it dried and spray painted the "armor" portion with a metallic silver color and a bright shiny silver for the edges. I brushed off the paint with a paper towel to distress it. I also threw on a nifty little pin for some character. I pinned my own body with hundreds of these pins to give me character. Apparently it still hasn't worked. Maybe nipple piercings will do the trick.

I threw this painted beauty into the dirt and rocks to rough it up a bit and there you have it, the battle armor vest. Stay tuned for the hat! That's right, a hat! It's a thrill a minute here at the Into This World blog, ain't it?