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Here it is: the long-awaited guide to making your own Cardboard Gear!

Cardboard Gear was built upon an older costume called Unit 01. The costume consisted of motocross armor, football pads, and a bumblebee helmet, all painted black.

To create Cardboard Gear, we duct-taped and glued cardboard all over Unit 01.

If you want to create an identical Cardboard Gear, here’s what you’ll need:

MATERIALS:

1. Transformers Bumblebee Helmet

2. Motocross Armor
(This is the same motocross jacket we used … Read the rest

Happy Halloween from the Beat Down Boogie crew!!!… Read the rest

We head to the Octagon Gym in Greensboro with fight coordinator Matthew Sumner and stunt coordinator Brian Lee to start working on fight scenes.

Special thanks to Specter Studios for the sweet sledgehammer and wrench seen in this video! Check out their props and costumes.… Read the rest

We’re gearing up for Mario Warfare, and we’ll be dropping sneak peeks so you can get a taste of our film-making process. In this sneak peek we check out the costume design and guns of Mario Warfare.

Music is “Akira vs Konono” by Dan Hendriks.

Mario = Matt Sumner
Luigi = Jarod Kearney
Toadstool = Brian Lee
Peach = Alena Koch… Read the rest

We recently got together to toss around some fight choreography ideas for our upcoming series, Mario Warfare. We’re getting Jarod (Luigi) used to screen fighting, Micah (our Director) just ran around and hurt himself and Matt and Brian were amazing as usual. We’ll have pre-production in full swing after we get back from Dragon Con this year.… Read the rest

Today Modern War Gear Solid Part 1 hit 1,000,000 views. We would like to thank our amazing Youtube family for all of their support. It’s a huge milestone for us. Thanks to our amazing cast and crew who worked so hard on this project to make it a success. … Read the rest

The next series from BEAT DOWN BOOGIE! We begin filming after DRAGON*CON 2011! We’re currently in pre-production – raising the budget, getting the props and costumes, etc. … Read the rest

More announcements about our future projects coming soon. Stay tuned!!!… Read the rest