Hi All. I know I’m not on here much, but I have been getting involved again with the Aliens Franchise on the Facebook pages (USS Sulaco and Weyland Yutani corp)
For those of you who don’t know me I was one of tne first colonial Marines at Alien War london from Sept 1993, I became friendly with Harry Harris who was working there and a year or so later Harry asked if I would travel to Colchester on a day off to wear his screen used Hudson costume and Armour. This was for the Colonial Marine Technical manual by Lee Brimacombe-wood.
I stayed at Alien war until May 1994 just after my Father passed away , Terry English asked if I would like to travel to LA to help him at tne San Bernardino Renaissance fair while his son Glenn was racing at the Isle of Man TT.
I realised I should be doing something else and after a couple of months got work and AnyEffects ( then in Wimbledon) I worked on London’s burning, soldier soldier, commercials , pop promos ( videos) and some
tV films such as 20,000 leagues under the sea, doing atmospheric, physical and mechanical effects , this led on to some very big films freelancing, as well as 7 years as senior technician at Artem in Perivale . I retired from Film Special effects and Armoury in August 2017 to be house father for my two younger daughters but still teach part time at 2 universities on their Special Effects and Model making degree courses. I no longer have my marine armour made in mid 1993 and sold the last of my kit to two of the main guys in the lGerman Coloial Marines. I still have my repro frost T shirt from 1994 that we sold at Alien war for stephen Lane of Propstore and an original that was from a Bapty’s Armourer ,he told me that the Peace Through Superior Firepower shirts were made by them for the Bapty’s Armoury crew and James Cameron loved them and had Rico Ross wear one for the canteen scene .
Any way I do still keep my ear to the ground from time to time. It’s great you guys keep all this going. Well done to all of you!
All the best
Doug
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