Recent content by LXQuito

OK, folkies, I'm still editing the video of the final combustion (we ended up stuffing volcano-style pyro effects into the dorsal spines - when the show went sideways the dragon went to the community league for final say, and they wanted sparks to fly!), but here's a still from the...

I might just combust the dragon for my own personal enjoyment on the 31st, though. It's traditional to burn the old year in effigy, and it *was* the year of the dragon....

I'd look in thrift shops before buying a new machine - everything "domestic" or "portable" in the past 10 years that I've bought out of the new lines (Juki/Bernette/Bernina, Pfaff {this one was particularly disappointing, given the cost}, Singer, Viking) has been absolute drek. I keep going...

It looks like Mother Nature just scuppered us. Volcán Tungurahua kicked off a major eruption this morning, and if history's anything to go by it will be raining ash here for the next month or so. There is absolutely no way we'll be able to run any of the effects, or really even the lighting...

Just to update y'all - the coffee creamer in airbrush delivery system is working fantastically in the trials, and has required nothing more complicated than a double-lining of industrial aluminum foil in the mouth to prevent head ignition. (although I'm probably going to layer the whole head in...

I'd think that small incandescent chandelier bulbs would generate enough heat for that. You'd also get the light effect for the candles from them....If not, try an MR-16 or similar mixed-reflector lamp. Those throw more than enough heat to spin chimes, and if you need to disguise the light...

OK, with an airbrush-style setup how hard is it to direct the flow of the coffeemate? I'd assume that with controlled air supply I can control how much creamer is dispensed by this sort of setup, but this is an outdoor production (no way would I even consider a full burn indoors!) in an area...

In terms of the show, wizard's fire will be the agent for igniting the dragon - I had initial objections to this as well in terms of Reality thinking (since like you I initially assumed that dragons are fireproof by their very nature). Other than that, the only thing that makes any sort of...

Ooooh, I hadn't even considered this! I like it, though - I can remotely activate the compressed air/powder mixture and use something like a small butane lighter as my flame source, then I can do a secondary burn with an installation underneath the dragon to provide the final combustion source...

It's six of one, half a dozen of the other. I'm a licenced pyro tech for Ecuador, and the large paper object will be burning in a space that's surrounded by concrete for at least 100 meters on all sides, equally about 25 meters from the audience. So it's as safe as I can make it, but the...

Hi folks,I'm looking for ideas for an outdoor show, specifically to make a large papier-mache dragon breath real flames. This is a one-off effect, and the dragon actually needs to combust as the finale of the effect (hence the papier-mache). I'm a little flummoxed as to how this should work...

On the other hand, lighting for live music at festivals is normally punted by the LD (I know this from personal experience as an LD) - instead of cues, what I've normally done in that situation is set up preset positions and colour effects, then run on the fly. The oddest show I ever did it...

Generally, I try to call from the booth (I've only very rarely worked in houses that don't have one), but on several memorable occasions with collaborative improvisational theatre pieces, I've called from the wings. Then again, I was the only tech/sm/anything on those shows, and my duties...

David, do you have Photoshop? If so, you can create smaller "thumbnail" images optimized for web viewing, and use those as your hotlinks into the full-size images. This way, too, you can create "teaser" images using a portion of the full-size to entice people to click and view the full-size...

It's a valid concern, sstolnack. As a graduate of a BFA theatre design program (a the University of Alberta, one of the few programs in the world that doesn't force a major in one of the four types of design), I worked alongside with BAs but their hands-on time in the theatres was very limited...