Tech Works FX Studios

01/01/2023

Don’t forget to take care of the animals - fireworks scare them and they could run away. CBD for dogs works well. Happy New Year, Cheers

01/01/2023

Happy new year from Tech Works Studios. Last year was crazy busy- let’s hope this year is even better

12/31/2022

I used to be at 18 packs a day in college, it was almost 6 bucks a week habit

12/31/2022

Happy birthday to Val Kilmer, I was happy to know that when I was designing and sculpting the mask and helmet for Blunt-man, they finally got Val for the role. I know it was hard and uncomfortable wearing the costume and mask but he looked great.

12/31/2022

Learning to replace my Autocad for Lightburn for 2d files for laser cutting. Lots to learn on this one, it’s a 2fer, it’s both for 2d design and every aspect of laser cutting. It’s very thorough! Loving it.

12/31/2022

Good one, name.

12/31/2022

I was asked to make a set of drums for Tommy Lee after I made some for Neal Peart from Rush, ( I don’t make the drums DW does, I make the cool stuff around them) but I said no on Tommy’s, they’d have killed him. Drums on long robot arms that explode & fly out over the crowd , spin in space and fly back to him so he could play them in the next beat. Nope! Giant mechanical arms holding actual drums moving very fast in and out of Tommy’s space, basically his crotch. Had to explain why I said no and yell about safety. I’ve lost many jobs by refusing to do unsafe things and I’m good with that. I sleep well knowing no one gets hurt or killed by my designs, creations or Fx

12/31/2022

Another gentleman I had the pleasure of meeting was Peter Faulk at a friends trendy restaurant in Beverly Hills. My parents came to visit so we went for lunch and he and his family walked in. My mother who is a huge fan as am I, was so excited. We ate well and as she carried my baby daughter to calm her he asked if he could hold her so of course when Lt. Columbo asks, and we talked and let him know we were all huge fans. He was absolutely gracious and an old school gentleman

Peter Falk as Columbo.

12/31/2022

Someone was talking about sir Anthony Hopkins on here, it reminded me of the time I talked to him once in Vegas, I was doing an installation of animatronics I built for the Bellagio Hotel and noticed a couple people being let into our area which was generally not allowed since there was cranes and large equipment there and it’s was the great Mr Hopkins there to see what we were doing and installing. Very nice gentleman and a legend of course.

12/30/2022

I got to meet and talk to Michael Jackson when I was working for Stan Winston. It’s was surreal lol, he came for a visit with some kids so I puppeteered some animatronic gorilla heads for them. He was so happy like a kid and very nice, would have loved to build something cool with him.

12/30/2022

Just need to replace the brakes from drum to disc and a new master cylinder and she’s out to rule the streets and clear that bay of the shop.

12/30/2022

I was listening to Shatner Claus, William Shatner’s Christmas album ( I have all of his albums) and it reminded me of when I worked with him, he was quite the gentleman for a living legend.

12/30/2022

I’ll be getting rid of a lot in the shop after the new year. The pontoon boat will be finished, the 72 javelin will be done and both removed from the shop to make room for something big and unique.

12/30/2022

E A Bay!

http://threestoogespictures.info/violent-is-the-word-for-curly-starring-the-three-stooges/
New Years Eve at 6:20 pm Pacific time on MeTV, enjoy the in "Violent is the Word for Curly" - famous for the Stooges' "Swinging the Alphabet" routine ("b a bey, b e bee, b I bicky bi …")

12/30/2022

I have a soft place in my evil heart for this film, not so much the sequels lol

12/28/2022

Violent Night!
Best movie I’ve seen in a while.

12/28/2022

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12/28/2022

I’m not a huge fan of 3d printing but it’s a tool and it has its place in fabrication. It’s been very helpful in some ways. The other side of that coin is that it makes many think they are on the same level as we are as prop makers, fabricators etc. They are not. 3d prints even the resin ones are not ready for filming usually. We take great pride in our work and someone who simply prints out something and painted it is not on our level. The issue is that it makes our job harder when they say they can do what we do for much less and deliver crap. It hurts us when we don’t get the job and it hurt’s production, and usually we then have to come save the day with much less time. We always deliver quality and we have been doing this for over 20 years so we have old school and modern experience. And it makes the difference. We love what we do so if you need a professional for your projects - call Tech Works Studios, creatures, makeup fx, props, set pieces, costumes, puppets and animatronics. We do all of it.

12/28/2022

Did a prop for this film as well at our fx/ fabrication studio. We also worked on other Will Smith films such as I Am Legend and Men in Black II, I remember talking to Will ( were both from Philly) and showing his kids the animatronics I made.

12/28/2022

Lol did a prop for this as well. It looked delicious.

12/28/2022

Looks like our props and fx keep popping up, the new show Mayfair Witches is showing off our work on their promos. The key they wear was something we made at tech works studios my fabrication/ props and Fx studio.
We made more things of course for that show but it’s nice to see our work on the posters. Production gave us the design and we did the rest. Just another of a long list of credits we have.
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12/27/2022

Lol

12/26/2022

Worked on the Mayfair witches, just saw the promo and it looks good.

12/23/2022

12/18/2022

Love this

The perfect toy doesn't exi-
(3D art mock-up by Kibooki)