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Fantastic Four IMDb For much of the fall of 2004 I built a wide range of props for the big screen adaptation of the classic Fantastic Four comic book series. A computer console for Victor Von Doom's shuttle cart. The cart was seen in the trailers but didn't make the movie. I built this out of multiple layers of plastics and aluminum and it featured a gel able lit display panel. |
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Reed Richards' holographic projector. I designed this in SolidWorks based on supplied artwork, and CNC machined the components out of 6061 aluminum. The projector featured a radio controlled moving arm, flip out keyboard and a pulsing projector beam. |
SolidWorks model showing internal construction |
1.1MB AVI of the R/C features of the unfinished unit. |
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Reed's holographic projector: take two. Art revisions called for the projector to be heavily modified, and this is the piece that ended up in the film. |
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Crushable cordless phones. These phones were to be crushed by Von Doom hand, unfortunately they weren't used in the film. Made of thin lead shells cast inside a CNC machined mold, these phones had actual working lights and were virtually indistinguishable from the real units. A challenging project to say the least! |
SolidWorks model of the phone and mold components |
1600 x 1200 Heating the machined aluminum mold |
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Von Doom X-ray Arm Scanner. This piece was made from start to finish in a very rushed 3 days. Designed in SolidWorks based on supplied art it featured white LED lit tracing silicone pads. |
SolidWorks model of the arm scanner |
1600 x 1200 Main upper part in the CNC machine -- it is made from a single piece of aluminum! |
1600 x 1200 Finished product A 3.2MB AVI of me using the scanner |
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Von Doom Freeze Tank system. Using off the shelf and custom machined components we created a formidable tank rig. I made some extras to go along with the tanks in the form of a hose splitter and arm restraints. |
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1600 x 1200 Arm restraints |
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H.E.R.B.I.E -- the fifth member of the Fantastic Four! Marvel and/or Stan Lee wanted to get some old school Fan-4 stuff in the movie, so we built a few different pieces straight out of the comic book that would take a spot in Reed's lab in the film. These pieces were supposed to fall off a shelf, so they were made of vacuum formed styrene plastic so that they wouldn't endanger the actors. H.E.R.B.I.E. was a challenge to model, but I feel that I captured all the essentials. From the model, I designed and machined over 20 separate Renshape vacuum form plugs. |
SolidWorks model H.E.R.B.I.E. |
1600 x 1200 Comic book panel I based the design on |
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1600 x 1200 ..and his head comes off! |
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Vacuum formed styrene Fantasti-cars. The modern ships were based on art department supplied artwork, but the classic bathtub ship was based on the original comic artwork. |
SolidWorks model of the modern Fantasti-car |
1600 x 1200 Finished Fantasti-car |
1600 x 1200 Delta-wing modern Fantasti-car |
1600 x 1200 Classic bathtub ship |
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Another classic Fantasti-car -- the next generation after the bathtub ship. This is one of my favorite builds ever. I designed it in SolidWorks directly from the original Jack Kirby art found in the "Essential Fantastic Four Volume 2". There were a variety of drawings of the ship in the book, but they were very loose when it came to design consistency. Extrapolating a three-dimensional object from a group of drawings that have massive variations was a fun challenge, and I think that the finished product turned out really well. I CNC machined the model out of solid Renshape modeling plastic with aluminum details and it was finished with base-clear automotive paint. |
SolidWorks model of the retro Fantasti-car |
1600 x 1200 Finished Fantasti-car |
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1600 x 1200 Underside details |
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Derek Young Home - Film and Television Work - Fantastic Four |
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