Arms Race
Released in 2010, Arms Race has been a big success for us and we’re thrilled that it’s found such an enthusiastic, steampunky audience.
You can find a bunch of behind-the-scenes info over on the Arms Race sister website.
ARMS RACE WILL RETURN.
Spiffing Goes Haywire
In this episode of Spiffing Review Simon and Wayne take a look at the latest Steven Soderbergh offering, Haywire, and also a look at the following trailers:
- Seeking Justice
- Michael
- Darling Companion
- October Baby
- Jeff, Who Lives Here
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suggestions for the Trailer Park can be emailed to us at simonandwayne@spiffingreview.com
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Spiffing Impossible
Back for series 3! Simon and Wayne return with a look at Tucker & Dale vs Evil, a return to the Trailer Park for such classics as:
- The Turin Horse
- The Broken Tower
- The Front Line
- Girl in Progress
- Middle of Nowhere
The featured review this episode is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Listen here:
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Remember, we welcome your feedback, any comments or
suggestions for the Trailer Park can be emailed to us at simonandwayne@spiffingreview.com
For twitter based updates, click here
It’s A Trap’s 2012
If the Mayans were to be believed, 2012 is a trap for us all. Assuming that to not be the case, we’re going to be busy this year on several exciting projects.
Arms Race web series
It’s been a long time in development but the Arms Race web series is finally going to happen this year. Following on from our 2010 short film we’ll tell the continuing adventures of soldiers in a steampunked Crimean War. This time out we have better equipment, a more experienced crew and a fantastic multi-episode script from Chris Burdett. We’re doing everything we can to up the scale and excitement, while keeping the fun, tongue-in-cheek style of the original short.
To get a sneak peek at what we’re up to, check out our recent weapons test.
We’ll also be updating the Arms Race website soon with pre-production diaries, so keep an eye on that.
Arms Race comic
Bridging the gap between the end of the short film and the start of the web series, our first foray into comics will be a 3-issue adventure with all-new characters and a few returning faces.
The comic will be released online for free and will expand the backstory and universe of Arms Race considerably. A preview of some work-in-progress panels can be seen above.
The Ravenskil Chronicles audio drama
This remains something of a working title for our brand new Cthulhu-inspired horror-detective series, from the producers of Jack Steel. Set in the 1920s in the aftermath of the Great War, Captain Alistair Higgins must face his past if he is to survive an encroaching threat from beyond the known world.
This multi-part audio drama was written by IAT members Chris Burdett, James Harvey and Simon Jones with guest writers Tom Butterworth, Nadia Jones, Mike Fortey and Amy Lyall. It’s the biggest audio project we’ve ever attempted and paranormal mystery fans are in for a treat.
Spiffing Review returns
Your hosts Simon Jones and Wayne Bolt are back this weekend for the third series of their decidedly irregular movie review podcast. They even intend to release episodes on a regular basis this year, though we’ll believe that when it happens. Episode 1 will be online soon featuring reviews of Tucker And Dale Versus Evil and Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol.
Weapons Test
Here’s a new IAT short film, directed by Nigel Clegg. It’s primarily a test for some of the new props we’re building for the Arms Race web series.
Talking of which, we’ll have some exciting news about the Arms Race web series and web comic soon – stay tuned!
Build a steamtech battle mask!
Continuing our series of steampunk prop building tutorials, this week we have an amazing guide to creating a steamtech battle mask from It’s A Trap prop master Nigel Clegg.
How to build your own harpoon gun
Nigel returns with a new “How to…” video
How to build your own Tesla Canon
Nigel Clegg with another instructional video.
Squadron Leader Jack Steel and the Starblade
Jack continues to march on, we’re pleased to see that we’ve now had 30,000 downloads of Squadron Leader Jack Steel & The Starblade! Thank you to all of those who have taken the time to listen to the show and for all your great feedback. Head over to our Squadron Leader Jack Steel and the Starblade website to have a listen if you haven’t already done so.