Holsters

So last night during our photosession, the idea that Foxwell carries a mini-shotgun on her hip came up. Today I was doing some research on that -- a long-ish gun on a thigh-holster is a tad might impractical. But Zoe on Firefly has one, so I figure the problem has already been solved if we only knew how they did it. I screen-grabbed a couple pictures of Zoe from Firefly and wondered "How does that rig work?" Then I had an epiphany: "I bet some ueber dorkmeister has already worked out how that holster works." And I was right.
Apparently the whole rig is based on Steve McQueen's Mare's Leg holster from his TV series. But it seems to me that Zoe's is more suitable to quick draw.
I feel that I like Foxwell without the extra lines that a hip holster will create on her. So the whole issue might be moot. But I thought it was worth looking into.

Because I Can, That's Why

I can publish any pictures I like! Wheee! ;-)

Virginia practices her moves for the big dance number at the hoedown scene in Robowar. 

Low On Robots

I mean, we have a robot. Here she is. With laser sword and all. So I guess we're not low on them at all.

Sarah-Doe Osbourne as Yurra-1 in Robowar.

The cast and crew on this show has some real issues with doughnuts. Specifically they have some wrong ideas regarding Krispy Kreme. Unless they're warm, I just don't find KK edible. Sure, Dunkin' Donuts aren't much better, but they're better. We're all going to have to sit down for a long talk. About doughnuts.

Closer and Closer

Joe Chapman sent me this sketch of what he'll look like with his cyborg eye.

Shooting Some Stellar Stills

Virginia Logan as Foxwell.

This is, by the way, what happens in my apartment every single day. And yes, that's a half-drunk screwdriver in the bottom right of the frame.
Pleather pants? From Trash and Vaudeville, of course.

Blogging Guns

This is, apparently, only half our arsenal. These are pellet guns modified by Brian for us. They look very real. And their weight is right too.

We are ready to defend against the robot uprising.

A Couple Parts.

Today was costume day in the Pandora Machine. We coulda/shoulda/woulda taken more pictures. But we didn't.

Juanita Arias in some Cage goggles!

The Queen of Mars models Brian Schiavo's communication device.

Joe Chapman

Joe Chapman gets his costume ready for Robowar.

Pray you're not a robot.

Ha! No.

We got our rejection from the London International Sci-Fi Festival:

I want to thank you for sending us your film, it is always a tough thing to put a movie in the No pile after the shortlist pile - we never have enough screening slots, or we simply have too many movies in one trope or sub-genre (22 zombie films this year and 3 called H1N1).

Eric Ian Steele and Andrew Bellware.

The joke is, of course, we only sent our picture in so that we could get our IMDB credit. And, of course, that didn't work. It seems they've changed the rules. The fact is we're not going to get into any film festivals, even though objectively Day 2 is one of the best science fiction features of the year (subjectively second only to Interplanetary).
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Eric Steele came to New York a few weeks ago and this photograph is proof. As it turns out we're the guys your parents warned you about in Washington Square Park (his mom took the picture).

Text Deliverables

Here's the place I'm putting my list of extra deliverables for Battle: New York, Day 2

EPK or standard press kit or production information stats; synopsis, trt, aspect ratio etc etc. Any quotes, any festivals, any write ups, anything? Who's in it? New art will be up in June.

We don't actually have an EPK but we'll come up with... something. And of course there's no festival play. Ooh. But we do have some extra and groovy pictures of Tina Tanzer (in front of a blue screen) we should send them. 

Oh but wait. That's not the really exciting part of the coming week. Our sales rep wants pictures of Robowar before we begin shooting!

And then we also need to finish with the visual effects shots for Earthkiller... soon. Like in 2 weeks.

"Would be great to get a few stills of the robot(s) in the next week or so for the teaser artwork.  Maybe one or two of the lead actresses/actors.
Can I get all /most of the Earth Killer finished efx shots by mid april for the trailer?"

OK. I'm on it!

I can has robots?

Ian came up with a couple sketches of robots for Robowar. This first fellow with the round head is your standard-issue combat robot.

Next up is the "big bad". It's an arachnid-type bot with an unusual head.

New Schedule

OK, so now we're down to an 8-day schedule for Robowar.
Actually, we're lying. There's a hidden 9th day of robot fighting.
Does this mean we get to keep 8-hour days? Nope. It means there's going to be a couple 12-hour-days. I see them. In my mind's eye, Horatio.
But we do get to take Easter weekend off.
Anyway, our schedule looks like this now:

Saturday	Sunday
Chamber C/Chamber C Airlock (4) Saturday April 9 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone	Offices/Elevator and Lobby Sunday April 10 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone 5. Tango 6. Cage 8. Doc Ponce
Guardian Corridor (2) Saturday April 16 1. Foxwell 3. Yurra	EXT Newark (7) Sunday April 17 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 5. Tango 6. Cage 7. Moony 11. Arkady 12. Beckett
Easter weekend off	Easter weekend off
Corridor B (7) Saturday April 30 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone 5. Tango 6. Cage 8. Doc Ponce	Fabrication Shop (5) Sunday May 1 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone 6. Cage
Robot Rooms / Welding Shop Saturday May 7 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone 5. Tango 6. Cage 8. Doc Ponce	INT Ulysses, EXT Compound (8) Saturday May 8 1. Foxwell 2. Hammermill 3. Yurra 4. Rathbone 5. Tango 6. Cage 8. Doc Ponce 9. Bellware

Costume Notes II

Millennium Crisis -- Foxwell?

1. Foxwell -- F

Pleather pants

Boots

black top

Nehru-collar jacket


2. Hammermill -- M

is dressing himself -- 


3. Yurra

I think we may end up going with a wig and black tights with accessories -- the "Solar Vengeance" look. We have all the costume pieces


4. Rathbone -- M

I have no idea


5. Tango -- M

No idea


6. Cage -- F

We discussed a dark body suit with mock turtle collar

boots (she owns a pair of chamois black boots)

A red collar, perhaps some sort of red wrist accessories? 

A short "Ike" jacket with epaulets?

A flashlight on her shoulder

7. Moony -- M

Is dressing himself

Solar Vengeance -- Yurra?

8. Doc Ponce -- M

You got me. We do have this tan flight suit. 


9. Bellware -- M? F? 

No idea at all

Robowar bible

A simple android assassin.

I love the arm-thingies on this. Perhaps Cage has these sorts of things.

As always, nice armor.

So I'm working on some ideas for costumes for Robowar.
Spoke to Juanita Arias about Cage today. She suggested dark blue tights with a red collar. I like the idea of maybe a kind of stylized Ike jacket, big red chronometer on her left wrist, and a light on her left shoulder.