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deoju posted:Super happy with it. Just waiting for my phone to ring. Wow! That's amazing work.
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deoju posted:After 4 years of working on it, and 30+ years of wanting one, I've just about completed my baby. Thats fantastic! The weathering looks great, and it looks like you used real clippards which always adds some class. I didn't see them in the photo, are the belt gizmo and walkie talkie still some of the parts you're working on or was it just not in the image? My brother has been in that same boat, all his life wanting one, and then deciding last year to buy a 3d printer and start building one. He's not the kind of person that has toys on his shelves or anything, just a mild mannered teacher, but theres just something about the proton pack... I've been helping him for the last year and a half so I know way more about the details than I should at this point (enough to be able to tell at a glance you made a GB2 pack  ), but it never gets old seeing someones project. I don't know what it isI'm curious what you did for the lights (and sound i assume?), as theres a lot of kits around, and my brother's while aesthetically finished still doesn't have any lighting.
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deoju posted:After 4 years of working on it, and 30+ years of wanting one, I've just about completed my baby. Astonishing. Absolutely beautiful and you should be super proud of it. Great job.
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With Sigourney Weaver confirmed to be returning in this, is there a chance of a reunion with Zuul. Presuming it is Zuul and/or Vince in the trailer. Could be cool to see Dana get her own back after being pretty harshly victimised for two films.
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Dawgstar posted:Wow! That's amazing work. Tom Guycot posted:Thats fantastic! The weathering looks great, and it looks like you used real clippards which always adds some class. I didn't see them in the photo, are the belt gizmo and walkie talkie still some of the parts you're working on or was it just not in the image? For the weathering I followed a lot techniques I learned from watching Adam Savage's One Day Builds on YouTube, and another channel, Punished Props. Those clippards aren't actually real, but they do look pretty close. This actually worked in my favor. I modified the one on the wand to work as the volume knob, and also house the rumble motor. I'm not sure about getting the walkie talkie or belt gizmo. My belt is overloaded with stuff as it is. Maybe I'll try to put on some weight to increase my circumference... I got the lights/sounds/rumble kit from a site called Rabid Prototypes. It was pricey but worked right out of the box. I'm pleased with the functionality, but getting the delicate circuit boards mounted so that the lights were oriented the right way was difficult. I had to make my own housings for each of them. Violator posted:Astonishing. Absolutely beautiful and you should be super proud of it. Great job.  Thanks.
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deoju posted:After 4 years of working on it, and 30+ years of wanting one, I've just about completed my baby. That's a nice build. Right now, mine is a Spirit pack on an Alice frame, with the Mattel wand attached. I'd like to weather and add to it, but I don't want to ruin the one solid pack that I have. So, you've inspired me to buy another Spirit/Rubie pack so I could play around with it. I like keeping the packs somewhat cheap, so when I spill beer on them I don't cry.
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text me a vag pic posted:So, you've inspired me to buy another Spirit/Rubie pack so I could play around with it.  I dig this youtube channel on making props and other stuff. They did one video on modifying that pack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnYYqBu-Wkg And another on the technique I used go get the scratched, worn look on the edges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9QhOABTGoM&t=14s If you decide to go that route I found silver paint was too bright, and gun metal looked better. There some upgrade kits out there for those packs too, like this improved sticker sheet. https://www.etsy.com/listing/716174...=sr_gallery-2-2 deoju fucked around with this message at 02:12 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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deoju posted:Thanks! Cheers! I'll have to let my brother know about that light kit site to have a look at it. Maybe he can still finish it before afterlife comes out, lol. As far as the belt gizmo and walkie talkie, do you have a 3d printer or access to someone who has one? If so there are fantastic 3d models out there for them, and it looks like you already have the leather pouch on your belt for the gizmo. This is the belt gizmo and walkie my brother printed and painted to give you an idea:   text me a vag pic posted:That's a nice build. Right now, mine is a Spirit pack on an Alice frame, with the Mattel wand attached. I'd like to weather and add to it, but I don't want to ruin the one solid pack that I have. So, you've inspired me to buy another Spirit/Rubie pack so I could play around with it. I like keeping the packs somewhat cheap, so when I spill beer on them I don't cry. Speaking of 3d printing, if you have one, there are whole file sets for printing off more accurate parts to strap onto the spirit pack, in addition to the sticker packs that were linked above. This is the spirit pack my brother did for his wife (there was no way she was going to wear an accurate one with how heavy it is). He replaced most of the hardware, like the hose fittings, crank knob, etc, stripped it, masked off parts, texturized it, then painted and weathered and it came out really well with that extra movie accurate hardware:  And just for the peanut gallery if anyone has a 3d printer and wants a pack, the current models out there are really fantastic. The best one thats been getting constantly updated and revised to make it assemble and print easier, and be as accurate as possible is this one: https://github.com/mr-kiou/q-pack?fbclid=IwAR1nuS4VuiigjP9GHctwbSt3QMoo8HkjK87mO1JAMF5pwVHJjLPSFjaKZro. Also, yeah i know its facebook but... the same guy maintaining that blueprint has a group if anyone decides they want to try printing one and is stuck somewhere or needs some advice: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3DprintedGBprops/announcements This is the one my brother spent his pandemic year printing, sanding, filling, sanding, painting, sanding, and sanding: 
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A belt gizmo would be fun to make, but my problem is that I'm pretty skinny and I can't fit a lot of stuff on my belt and wear the pack at the same time. There are two leather things on my belt. The higher one is a holster for the pke meter that I made. The other one is a mount for the trap. You can see one on Peter's belt in the scene where Winston gets hired.
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Ah my mistake then, i thought the one on your left was the leather belt gizmo pouch
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deoju posted:There some upgrade kits out there for those packs too, like this improved sticker sheet. Thanks for the videos and link. I've found a few sellers on Etsy or eBay that have kits to make a Spirit pack more accurate. I think I've got myself a Fall project. As for belt gizmos, I found that a tool pouch and a flask go a long way.
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Violator posted:Hmm. The original cast of Ghostbusters (and folks like Chevy Chase) were a big deal to me as a little kid growing up because I loved their movies so much, but I'm guessing the folks from SNL weren't considered A-listers even though SNL was a bigger deal back then. Who would be similar caliber stars today? People like Chris Pratt? And if you returned to television in any way not meant to promote your next movie? Hooooo boy, did you just destroy your career. I like things better the way they work now. 8one6 posted:There has never been a time when I've seen Peter McNichol in something and my first response hasn't been "You are like the buzzing of flies to him!" Used to quote that one a lot with my ex-wife and it always has us in stiches.
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Count me in as a GB2 lover that hopes for a Janosz cameo in the new one. However, from listening to Jason Reitman talk, it sounds like he's just considering the first one to be canon and GB2 to almost be like EU material. I wonder if Oscar will even be in the movie or get a mention.
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It's got Ray's book store, which is only introduced in GB2. The game will probably be ignored though, mainly because it expands a lot on Shandor/Gozer, even going as far as to say Shandor has subsumed Gozer if I'm remembering correctly. I feel this new film will not want to bend over backwards to be consistent with that in terms of its own expansion of that story.
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I'm guessing they just won't bother talking about stuff like the statue of liberty walking around or specific plot kinds of stuff, but considering theres a lovingly crafted Ray's Occult Books already showing up, I could see offhand mentions as well to other GB2 stuff, slime, oscar, a love toaster, etc. They don't really have to directly acknowledge everything, but I doubt they would outright erase GB2 as well by doing something like Oscar having never existed. Tom Guycot fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Aug 2, 2021 |
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Aug 1, 2021 23:33
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I desperately need to see more GB2 deleted scenes, like the car ride from hell, and the Statue of Liberty ending scene. Also, every single Janosz take. "Just put that by the arch... by the arch. No one listens to me."
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Karloff posted:It's got Ray's book store, which is only introduced in GB2. The game will probably be ignored though, mainly because it expands a lot on Shandor/Gozer, even going as far as to say Shandor has subsumed Gozer if I'm remembering correctly. I feel this new film will not want to bend over backwards to be consistent with that in terms of its own expansion of that story. There's no reason for Reitman to give a poo poo a the video game.
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Timby posted:There's no reason for Reitman to give a poo poo a the video game. I'd say the same, and I don't expect him to, but it's still significant because it is quite literally the 3rd and final time each of the actors got together specifically for the purposes of Ghostbusters material. Like that in and of itself is huge. But I agree, it likely won't exist in the canon of Afterlife.
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Just from an audience perspective, it would probably make things confusing. Although it was a popular game, the vast majority of people seeing the film won't have played it. I really should get the PS4 remaster though, I remember enjoying it quite a bit. The atmosphere was good, and although getting you to relive all the stuff from the film was a bit contrived, it felt permissible in a video game context. Plus, some of the ways it connected GB1 and 2 were pretty cool if I recall.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:I'd say the same, and I don't expect him to, but it's still significant because it is quite literally the 3rd and final time each of the actors got together specifically for the purposes of Ghostbusters material. Like that in and of itself is huge. Sure, but it's not like it's anything resembling a canon entry. There's no reason to be beholden to it.
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It’s a shame Sigourney passed on it until it was too late. Her being related to Ivo Shandor would have been an interesting twist. Her absence is strongly felt in the game.
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I imagine there might be at least a passing reference to Oscar since one of the twins who played him has sadly passed away since.
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As regards the game, I admit i had a ton of fun with the ghostbusting mechanics and really loved my whole first run through except for one thing basically. Your Ai buddies were awful and they went down all the drat time, so it felt like a massive chunk of my play thru was running around and picking people up from the ground.
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remusclaw posted:As regards the game, I admit i had a ton of fun with the ghostbusting mechanics and really loved my whole first run through except for one thing basically. Your Ai buddies were awful and they went down all the drat time, so it felt like a massive chunk of my play thru was running around and picking people up from the ground. Time Square is a particularly bad bit for this. The gargoyles knock over the GBs in one shot, and you spend so much time running around and/or waiting for them to come get you.
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The perfect Ghostbusters game involves the following: - great busting gameplay - free roaming city area - the ability to drive Ecto-1 and any other GB related vehicle - business sim mechanics - co-op multiplayer - story-wise, you should be starting up your own franchise, with guidance from the originals  GB2009 got the gameplay down, plus the characters were welcomed in it, but goddamn, I wanted to drive Ecto, plus I wanted it to be like we're being called out for random jobs. Ah well. Maybe Afterlife will kickstart new interest in a Sim Ghostbuster game.
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phasmaphobia but competent and with an extra phase at the end where you get to bust the ghost
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A heavy story based Ghostbusters game sounds like a nightmare with a low chance of being good, I'd much rather play the idea above.
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Elebits for the Wii kinda nails at least the ghost wrangling portion of the GB formula
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Sockser posted:Elebits for the Wii kinda nails at least the ghost wrangling portion of the GB formula I remember this coming out and it was a BIG deal. The moment everyone saw the Wiimote for the first time, there was a huge buzz for "first person shooter". Turns out it wasn't that great for that genre, but Elebits was a drat fun game, fun physics, and it was kind of a nice "fps-lite" sort of game.
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remusclaw posted:As regards the game, I admit i had a ton of fun with the ghostbusting mechanics and really loved my whole first run through except for one thing basically. Your Ai buddies were awful and they went down all the drat time, so it felt like a massive chunk of my play thru was running around and picking people up from the ground. Ghostbusters is a game I recommend playing on easy. It's much more fun that way. The time it takes to stun a single ghost on hard is loving donkey brained.
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The cherub enemies in the cemetery near the end of the game 
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Armacham posted:The cherub enemies in the cemetery near the end of the game Yup. I couldn't get past them so that's where the game ended for me.
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my favorite thing about the game is the slime tether. bookcase meet chandler, rare artifact meet filing cabinet. when in doubt, slim tether!
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Am I the only one old enough to have played Ghostbusters on the C-64? https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Ghostbusters
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PhotoKirk posted:Am I the only one old enough to have played Ghostbusters on the C-64? There was an NES port of the game and I'm old enough to have played it but young enough that I had zero loving clue what was going on or what I was supposed to be doing at any point.
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PhotoKirk posted:Am I the only one old enough to have played Ghostbusters on the C-64? Not at all, I still have my copy. it was one of my most played games during the C64 era.
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__________\ Tried them for murderrrrrr! Gave em the chairrrrrr!
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That's a ghost popping out right? Definitely a ghost, not something else.
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