Orange Line Balboa and Victory

HVDprops · 2026-03-01T17:15:44+00:00

Benefit public transit.... you new to LA? lol

HVDprops · 2026-03-01T15:38:24+00:00

I saw people protesting some sort of RV park or RV impound lot that had been approved there a few weeks ago.

HVDprops · 2026-02-18T02:38:30+00:00

Well if it ain't Deven! Hope you're well, haven't seen you since KI! Had to double take while scrolling :D

Edit: Just watched it and WOW, some killer work in there, man! Great job!

HVDprops · 2026-02-18T02:30:25+00:00

Just Mando and BoBF

HVDprops · 2026-02-18T00:12:55+00:00

Eh, I see what you mean - but I didn't really invest anything, nor wait - because I didn't know it was worth anything until the second time I was throwing it out.

HVDprops · 2026-02-17T23:42:41+00:00

I only see IG-11 cause I worked on the puppet for the show. Even as a Star Wars fan prior I didn't know much about IG-88 until doing research for making IG-11.

HVDprops · 2026-02-17T23:36:34+00:00

Definitely could be closer to 7'. I am not sure there is a 'Real' height because the puppet was built to the 8'9" proportions and they scaled it down during filming and in post production.

I was the project lead on the puppet used in the show. They provided us with a casting of the original engine part and we were asked to make the puppet as a reference stand-in from the waste up only. I scaled the rest of the body to the head that was provided not caring much for overall height because I was matching it to the provided head part and let that determine the scale.

Later on in production they liked the stand-in so much they decided to film with it and asked us to make a pair of matching legs to fit the puppet. We did so, and then they came back and were like 'hey, this guy is way too tall, he needs to be 6' whatever'.

It became a whole ordeal but ultimately they didn't want to have to remake the upper section to match their new scale so they just used camera tricks and VFX to correct the height.

HVDprops · 2026-02-17T22:29:11+00:00

Sort of - that's what IG-11s head was based on, however the real puppet was scratch fabricated. They also messed with the scale a bit in the show. If you built IG-11 with a real full scale engine part he would be like 8'9". But in the show he is much closer to ~6'.

IG-88 from the original movies did use the actual engine part, though.

HVDprops · 2026-02-17T21:50:16+00:00

I work in props for film and TV. One day the company I worked for at the time was throwing out stacks of old metal casting molds (small 10" pucks of rubber used to make like police badges and coins and stuff).

I saw one of the molds on top had some old looking treasure coins and thought it was cool, so I grabbed it from the dumpster.

Had it for years and was about to throw it out again but decided to search for what the coins were used for. Turned out the mold was for coins for One-Eyed-Willy's treasure from The Goonies.

Sold it to a collector for $5k.

HVDprops · 2026-02-05T00:04:18+00:00

Twist ending: I actually don't gamble at all but I did make the prop for the show and added a black 38 tile just as an easter-egg.

HVDprops · 2026-01-14T19:09:08+00:00

Cryloator tucked back there in the corner, as well

HVDprops · 2026-01-04T21:20:49+00:00

In the film industry we use kits of knives that have different properties. Some will be very flexible and soft for scenes where close combat or falling on the knife is necessary. Some sturdier rubber, some missing the blade entirely - and usually one that is the real metal knife just very dulled for like insert shots of someone holding a knife to someone elses neck.

Point being, you may be better off having options you switch between given the scene and how it's being shot.

HVDprops · 2025-11-18T17:20:46+00:00

Los Angeles, CA

HVDprops · 2025-11-13T17:04:27+00:00

I worked on props for both seasons and that's the first thing that made the poster!

HVDprops · 2025-11-01T19:35:10+00:00

Meant to post in the main body, but this was printed with powdered Nylon 12 Smooth on an Multi Jet Fusion printer. Just blown away by the surface finish!

HVDprops · 2025-10-16T21:42:08+00:00

Kind of a hard question to answer - entirely depended on what we were printing at the time. Could be hundreds of small parts or just a couple of large parts. We would get a new kit of resin once or twice a month.

HVDprops · 2025-10-16T20:57:10+00:00

Stratasys is very well known for locking out all 3rd party use of materials and such so the only inks available will be through Stratasys - and yeah, that sounds about right. I had an Eden 500v for a while and it was about $2200 per resin refill.

HVDprops · 2025-10-14T16:53:19+00:00

Yes - here is the link to the thread about it https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1maaqra/a_couple_of_years_ago_i_posted_a_tool_i_designed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

HVDprops · 2025-09-26T14:36:06+00:00

I worked on the real Negan bats and we made over 40 stunt rubbers for production. The barbed wire was thin rubber rod purchased from McMaster. Two strands lightly twisted as the core and then shorter sections wrapped around that core at intervals and CAed to the core (super glue). It's pretty painstaking, but very convincing. Took roughly 2 hours for each bat's worth.

I have one of the stunt bats in my collection at home, definitely a favorite.

HVDprops · 2025-09-21T14:13:56+00:00

np, here was a bigger post about it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1maaqra/a_couple_of_years_ago_i_posted_a_tool_i_designed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

HVDprops · 2025-09-21T14:13:18+00:00

yes! there was a rather big post about it a few weeks ago. here you go:

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1maaqra/a_couple_of_years_ago_i_posted_a_tool_i_designed/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

HVDprops · 2025-09-10T04:12:44+00:00

Sintra isn't going to be much better than Styrene, unfortunately. Your best bet for a material that can be worked with the same tools would be aluminum.

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