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About Me

First off check out my friends Flickr account........
........then come back here ;0)
So about me..........well, I work in the film industry which is handy since I'm a big film fan. In my spare time I'm a sculptor and occasional film maker and spend most of my time sculpting and making models. I have a major interest in film special effects and when I can I work on effects for independent films.
My main areas of expertise are prop making, sculpture, prosthetic make-up effects, physical effects such as bullet hits, life casting, costume work and creature effects. I have also produced scale miniatures and stop motion animation puppets for several projects. I mainly work on no-to-low-to-medium budget films.
Please click on the pic to go to the effects section of my website.
What else - I play the guitar and can usually be found punishing the poor piece of wood with abit of Metallica or Carcass.
I also collect film related models (Spawn, Neca, Hot Toys etc for those in the know).
They look abit like this:
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My Interests

Current plans involve trying to find a flat I can afford which isn't too crap! I also wanna start selling some sculptures. Preferably for money.

I have a website (below) which is an online portfolio of all my models, sculptures and film projects. I've also uploaded my latest stop motion animation in the videos bit if you wanna take a look (actually, it seems to have appeared to the right).

A couple of recent (ish) models.

And here's one I'm currently working on (click on the pic for further details):

I'd like to meet:

The below film Real 10 is mainly an exercise in model making and visual effects and is thus designed with a specific aesthetic in mind (ie, there's little or no story!). The minimal plot involves a knight searching for the tomb of his long dead grandfather, Asmodeus. He stumbles upon a ruined, abandoned castle, but finds more than he bargained for there-in.........

Music:

Mostly evil stuff....My Dying Bride, Anathema, Cradle of Filth, Opeth, Metallica, Megadeth, Carcass, Bullet for My Valentine, Fear Factory, Kill 2 This, Killswitch Engage, Nine Inch Nails, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Lacuna Coil......I also really like film scores, in particular lord of the rings and gladiator

Movies:

Too many to list 'em all! The terminator (1&2), Aliens (1-3) AVP, Predator, Fight Club, The Matrix (yes, even the sequels!, Lord of the Rings...hundreds more......

Television:

24 ............The Shield......Battlestar Galactica - probably the best show out there.......Family Guy.....Brasseye, The Day Today, Jaaaam....anything with Chris Morris in really.

Books:

Hannibal, the Da Vinci code........Special Effect - the History and Technique.....The Winston Effect.......

Heroes:

Jack Bauer!

My Blog

Account of latest illness.

As suggested by the above title, I was recently ill. It went abit like this:'Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrghhhhh, fuck, not the nose............ ssssssscccccccaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr.....whhhhhhhoooooooooooar , caargg...
Posted by The Dark Power on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:44:00 PST

Clair is not the supreme leader of the Decepticons

On the way back from London, both me and Jon agreed that we could not agree with the first half of Clair's statement.Firstly it seemed inconceivable, to us, that she should have any chance of stockpil...
Posted by The Dark Power on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 08:29:00 PST

Steel skin clips, Forceps, grooved awl, retractors, needles, Gouges and saws, Intestinal clamps

No not a Carcass song (if that means anything to you...)I went to a film shoot in North Acton today. I had to produce some prosthetic makeup effects to make it look like this bloke had plastic tubes e...
Posted by The Dark Power on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:16:00 PST

There's something in the water......

No I'm not ill again.Been meaning to write this for a while, but it's clear to me there's something wrong with the people of Romford.(anything in brackets think of as subtitles)A couple of weeks befor...
Posted by The Dark Power on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:48:00 PST

Amshterdone

So I'm back from the 'dam, back at work too.Still sodding ill though.Not as bad as I was luckily though. The aching head and limbs have gone (not literally, I mean I still have my limbs and my head. ...
Posted by The Dark Power on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:10:00 PST

Amshterdamn

Right, so I left sunny Romford this morning and am now in Amsterdam. Seems very nice so far, there are millions of bikes. Like more than oxford and cambridge combined.There's this massive multistore...
Posted by The Dark Power on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:40:00 PST

List of people I would happily machine gun to pieces without a shred of remorse

Russell Brand. What a fucking wanker.
Posted by The Dark Power on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:37:00 PST

The Miasma

For the 'gist', please proceed directly to the end.Driving home (well, returning the car to mums as home is now in romford) on monday a strange ailment overcame me. Suddenly I found myself slump...
Posted by The Dark Power on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 05:51:00 PST

Harsh Times

Just saw Harsh Times.It is, in a word, and as you may have guessed, harsh.Christian Bale is excellent as always but the film is a little slow at first and the american vernacular is laid on a little t...
Posted by The Dark Power on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:21:00 PST

Romford and slugs

Right.So I'm now a Romfordite. Nothing bad has happened yet, but I'm sure it will. Only the other day i popped into some fast food shop to get a bottle of water (I may have been a little pissed) and...
Posted by The Dark Power on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:32:00 PST