Steve Weintz's Lounge Discussions

Steve Weintz
Hello again, he wrote

Hi everyone; I've been quiet and away from Stage 32 for long and long, apart from some pitching and webinar viewing. Although I'm primarily a writer I enjoy acting and welcome the chance to perform. The world of classic visual effects - matte painting, miniatures, stop-motion, optical tricks - conti...

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Maurice Vaughan

How are you doing, Steve? Stop-motion is my favorite animation.

Best to you on your projects. I really like the title "Little Fuzzy."

Steve Weintz

Hi Maurice! I'm doing well, thanks, and thanks as well for connecting!

Alas, I haven't done any stop-motion filmmaking in years; however, while excavating my stuff in storage I found many of the puppe...

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D Duckie Rodriguez
Any animatronics parts sourcing out there?

It's a bit late for this project, but I'm doing my first animatronics for a microbudget film and a lot of local filmmakers are very interested in using animatronics in their projects. Most of my pricier materials and equipment come from the RC hobby stores, some electronics warehouses, and a LOT of...

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D Duckie Rodriguez

As an example, I'm stripping 7 strand wire for the nice, smooth core wire, and I don't understand why I am unable to find the exact wire I need...

Steve Weintz

Hi Duckie -- check out Blue Point Engineering: http://www.bpesolutions.com/

D Duckie Rodriguez

Oooh, shiny! Thank you very much!

Tom Williamson

Sparkfun is a great place to spend way too much time and money on shiny objects: https://www.sparkfun.com/

D Duckie Rodriguez

Sparkfun is always a standby, and definitely gets the shiny part... I will continue to use it for breakouts or when I want to try a new microcontroller... but the bpesolutions is what I'm really looking for for this. Thank you, both of you.

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