Batman The Dark Knight replica armor prop.

This is the latest version of my DK style armor. It is all latex with acrylic lenses in the pecs lined with Kevlar. The bicept armor is also lined with KEvlar that is visible through clear plastic.

"Weird Science" 1950's Transformer Test animation

I posted the first test animation of the 1950's Carbot seen in a school project at the Art Institute of Colorado for VFX Field Production. Model and animation performed in 3d Studio Max.

Alien prosthetics created for short film "Weird Science".

Alien mask created for short film
I spent a total of one week making two masks to be used in my VFX Field Production class at Art Institute of Colorado.
The masks were worn by fellow classmates John Rupe and John Franks. Latex provided by my teacher Todd Debreceni

Car-bot created for AIC film project.-"Weird Science".

I created this in 3d Max earlier this week. It's currently being rigged to hopefully be able to transform on screen.

Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow Battlecruiser.

Did some renders tonight of the low poly Buck Rogers Battlecruiser model created for the Buck short.

Early VFX shot using sculpture

New film project in the works

At AIC I'm currently involved in a new film project. In addition to the animation work(I'll be creating a 50's Hot Rod that changwes in to a robot), I'm creating several costumes and prosthetics.
Here is a sneak peek at my work in progress "Ikar alien" that will make an appearance in the film devouring miniature humans. More info to come soon!

Becomming Commander Data

I spent the last few weeks putting together a Commander Data costume for Star Fest here in Denver. I ended up buying a Voyager pattern and adapting it into a First Contact-Nemesis uniform.

I bought a Nemesis "Dolphin phaser kit from Roddenberry.com, and painted it with gunmetal grey automotive paint



For the makeup I put on several layers of white water based face makeup by By Nye each sealed with a sealant, followed by a layer of gold metallic powder.
And of course yellow contacts


Starfest 2009
It was an amazing experience meeting Brent Spiner as Data. He loved the costume and we had a very funny conversation about white/gold makeup and yellow contacts. Brilliant guy, turns out we are even from the same neighborhood in Houston, Texas.

1939 Golden Age Batman Cowl

Here's a photo I took for my lighting for video and film class of my Golden Age Batman cowl of which I'll be doing a short run of soon. The cowl in this pic is a bit rough and unfinished since I had to present the pic 12 hours later.
As some may remember, Bats wore short purple gloves when he first appeared.

Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow on Fan Cinema Today!!!

Clive Young, author of the book HOMEMADE HOLLYWOOD: FANS BEHIND THE CAMERA, has featured my retro short on his site FanCinemaToday. Check out his site for up to date coverage on fan film culture!
Thanks Clive!

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Atomic Disintegrator pistol prop!

I just finished up this Sky Captain Atomic pistol prop from Wilco Models.
Kit composed of two parts made of pressure cast resin. Being pressure cast means no bubble holes, therefore a kit with very easy cleanup. The only thing that needed sanding was the mold seams. After glueing together with a combination of superglue and Smooth-On's Metalset A4, it gets sprayed with Krylon ultra flat black. Then it gets lighty sprayed with silver aluminum paint to give it texture. Then it gets finished with silver Rub n' Buff and the accents painted with Testors copper enamel.
Then a minimal amount of weathering to make it look worn and used, aloung with a sealant to keep the Rub n' Buff intact.











Paramount Pictures production art

Buck Rogers short featured on Dark Roasted Blend!

Dark Roasted Blend has some nice things to say about my short, even giving it the name Buck Rogers and the World of Tomorrow. I like the name as it gives it a means to stand out from the other incarnations coming.
Thanks DRB!!

Patrick de Leon's Buck Rogers short is featured on Cinematical!

Cinematical featured a story on their site about my little Buck Rogers student film, and had some nice things to say! It was cool being mentioned in the article as Frank Miller.
Nice!

Buck Rogers short featured on The Awesomer!

The Awesomer is a spectacular site that features trailers, games, gadgets, clothes, toys for young and old and just plain awesome stuff!
Thanks Awesomer! You make this Space Cadet happy!

Atomica poses for book cover!

Atomica from my little 2 min short Gimme Three, posed for this illustration I designed for the front of an art book I made for my dad for Christmas. The film she was in was thrown together in only 5 days, so her talents were barely used. But she is slated to appear in a future project. Is Atomic going to be more than an art book? Only Atomicboy5 knows.....

Buck Rogers short film now on Fanfilms.net

I just got word that fanfilms.net has put the Buck Rogers short on their site. Atomicboy5 is proud!!

Walking Tube characters from Buck Rogers short

Someone asked me about the walking characters briefly seen in the walking tube during the rocketship return home scene. These were the first characters I made back in 07 for one of my 3d modeling class. For the movie I just gave them a simple Biped pre-programmed walk cycle. The Martian was actually a project to see if we could creat an interesting character with only simple shapes and nearly zero modeling.
The female I called Maria from my fav movie Fritz Langs Metropolis, and the robot in need of a bath I called Patbot. I do plan to make a toy out of the Martian one of these days soon.

Buck Rogers short featured on Toysrevil!

Thanks to Andy from Toysrevil for the kind words on my little short and on the raygun used in my logo!!! I submitted the X-66 atomic exploration pistol for Gohero x Toysrevil raygun contest, but missed the deadline.
Check out his blog at www.toysrevil.net for the most up to date news on toys,movies,comics and cool weird stuff!

Custom Henshin Cyborg 99 Kikaida 01

I made this fig using a Cyborg 99 base body with parts from the Medicom R.A.H. figure. Custom chrome innards in the arms and legs are kitbashed from some Microman figures.
also in the works is a custom Henshin Cyborg Hakaida figure coming soon!






Image Gallery with PicTiger

Patrick de Leon's Buck Rogers short is on Youtube

After four weeks of slaving over a hot computer monitor, the Buck Rogers in 25th Century short was finished in time for the deadline. This movie is a homage to Buck as he appeared back in the 1930's with nods to 50's B-movies complete with bad acting and cheesy effects. You might see some Sky Captain influence too. Still plan to do some tweaking, but here it is along with some screen shots. Everything was shot in front of a green sheet tacked to my living room wall. All animation was done in 3dstudio max 9, and compositing was executed in Adobe After Effects. I recommend going directly to the youtube site and clicking "watch in high quality".