Recently our stuntman pal Emmanuel Manzanares from the film group LBP visited from Chicago. Whenever our friends from LBP or The Stunt People pass through, we always jump at the chance to learn from them.

This was a fun one-day shoot, and Brian Lee learned how to fall on stairs from Manny. Hopefully we’ll be able to team up with him again in the near future!… Read the rest

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(New posters inside!)

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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

Snake, Ghost, Naomi, and the Mario Warfare gang swing by the world’s biggest sci-fi convention.… Read the rest

Here’s the first of our Dragon Con 2011 videos. We saw so many cool things – it was really hard to select what to put in our 4 minute video! So now we’re working on a longer video (over 20 minutes!) which will launch soon! Special thanks goes out to Digikid84 and Youngunz Ent for allowing us to use the track “Supernature Love” for the video. If anyone is looking for the track, here ya go! here in Itunes.… Read the rest

THE TIME-TRAVELING MEMORIES OF BRIAN LEE (Ghost, Toad, Drunken Master):

It was the best of times, it was the…wait. No, it was pretty much an epic adventure the entire way through. Ever since my first D*C, I’ve looked forward to Labor Day weekend like a 5 year old waiting for Christmas. For 5 days my extended family consists of almost 40k geeks, nerds, fan bois/grrrls, Trekkies, wookies, and Storm Troopers. And just like family, I don’t have to like all … 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