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Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 06, 2019, 12:03:32 AM
Quote from: SiL on Feb 05, 2019, 11:34:55 PM
Definitely, but I still think the Mumakil is bigger than a lot of the examples you gave. Thing was feckin' huge.

I think the Rambaldi Kong gives it a good run for its money. 

(annoyingly, trying to find out "biggest prop" just tells you about ones that sold for the most at auction)

Hmm. You may be right. Out of all my comparisons, Rambaldi Kong may be its greatest challenger. It's hard to be certain without dimensions.

Off the top of my head, I believe I've seen a couple massive practical Trojan Horses built for the silver screen that might well rival the Mumakil. Hmm. There's been massive exterior spaceships only designed for boarding and unboarding. There's Cameron's Titanic. Those statues in Raiders of the Lost Ark were extremely large but don't have the mass. Hmm. It's interesting to brainstorm.

*Edit - Pic added

Posted by SiL
 - Feb 05, 2019, 11:34:55 PM
Definitely, but I still think the Mumakil is bigger than a lot of the examples you gave. Thing was feckin' huge.

I think the Rambaldi Kong gives it a good run for its money. 

(annoyingly, trying to find out "biggest prop" just tells you about ones that sold for the most at auction)
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 05, 2019, 11:29:11 PM
Quote from: SiL on Feb 05, 2019, 10:33:43 PM
A dead one, which makes it a prop.

I know that seems pedantic, but on a call sheet that would be listed under props, while creatures would be under effects and cast depending on how the creature is realised.

The giant dead Kong at the end of the '76 movie would be a prop, for example, while Rambaldi's full size animatronic is an effect.

(Also keep in mind I've no idea if it actually is the largest prop, but I wouldn't be surprised.)

If we are being pedantic, I've seen enough call sheets in my time to see animatronic creatures, especially small ones, referred to as props. I have also seen situations that large pieces like the dead Mumakil, are built on set wagons and listed under set and/or set dressing. I've seen props like large rocks appear under both. There's so much call sheet variation to conclude in design and content that it is all left up to discretion and situational.

Alas, regardless, I doubt the OP was looking for such a tangent we went off on. :)

Posted by SiL
 - Feb 05, 2019, 10:33:43 PM
A dead one, which makes it a prop.

I know that seems pedantic, but on a call sheet that would be listed under props, while creatures would be under effects and cast depending on how the creature is realised.

The giant dead Kong at the end of the '76 movie would be a prop, for example, while Rambaldi's full size animatronic is an effect.

(Also keep in mind I've no idea if it actually is the largest prop, but I wouldn't be surprised.)
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 05, 2019, 09:06:31 PM
Quote from: SiL on Feb 05, 2019, 08:59:14 PM
Prop, not character, though.

That picture is of a Mumakil.
Posted by SiL
 - Feb 05, 2019, 08:59:14 PM
Prop, not character, though.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 05, 2019, 08:17:29 PM
Quote from: Gilfryd on Feb 05, 2019, 08:05:15 PM
Quote from: SiL on Feb 02, 2019, 11:13:27 PM
Literally all of the prosthetics, weapons, armour, suits, etc. They made a driveable Warthog for Blomkamp's ditched Halo movie. There are ten foot tall hyper realistic sculptures of WWI vets in Wellington's museum that they painstakingly made.

... yeah, they've done some props!
The largest film prop ever in fact


Nah, your forgetting the old King Kongs, Jurassic Park, etc.





Posted by Gilfryd
 - Feb 05, 2019, 08:05:15 PM
Quote from: SiL on Feb 02, 2019, 11:13:27 PM
Literally all of the prosthetics, weapons, armour, suits, etc. They made a driveable Warthog for Blomkamp's ditched Halo movie. There are ten foot tall hyper realistic sculptures of WWI vets in Wellington's museum that they painstakingly made.

... yeah, they've done some props!
The largest film prop ever in fact
Posted by AhabPredator
 - Feb 05, 2019, 03:59:02 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Feb 05, 2019, 02:55:27 PM
Hicks! We need a podcast with someone from Stan Winston's team please. We need to know! :)

Speaking of Stan Winston designs...that one thread has been updated with new pictures.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 05, 2019, 02:55:27 PM
Hicks! We need a podcast with someone from Stan Winston's team please. We need to know! :)
Posted by The Old One
 - Feb 05, 2019, 02:47:54 PM
No, I don't think so- I only assumed as much due to it's position.
Posted by Voodoo Magic
 - Feb 05, 2019, 02:41:48 PM
Quote from: The Old One on Feb 05, 2019, 01:14:10 PM
Stan Winston's sculpts for the Predator 2 City Hunter show ears underneath the dreadlocks.
So, they're about the same place as ours.

Has that ever been confirmed as ears by Stan Winston's team?

Why I ask is I read someone claim the function of those holes were not for hearing, but for breathing, not only so the Yautja isn't limited to breathing through its mouth (especially with the mask on), but work as gills as well, so it can breathe underwater.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything to confirm this either way.

Posted by AhabPredator
 - Feb 05, 2019, 02:39:11 PM
Quote from: The Old One on Feb 05, 2019, 01:14:10 PM
Stan Winston's sculpts for the Predator 2 City Hunter show ears underneath the dreadlocks.
So, they're about the same place as ours.

Really? Is there pictures? Because I know for certain via predator 2 when he speaks to Harrigan that he has a forked tongue.
Posted by Whiskeybrewer
 - Feb 05, 2019, 02:11:13 PM
No wonder he blew himself up. He lost his Air pods
Posted by Corporal Hicks
 - Feb 05, 2019, 01:24:38 PM
They've got little ear buds that are connected via bluetooth to the helmet...

:P
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