As a fan of the movie “No Country for Old Men” (2007) I decided to dress like Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) the psychopathic killer for Halloween… and even made myself the gun from the movie as my prop. I was an instantly recognizable character.
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Below is a step-by-step guide on what I did…
I bought a toy gun:
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Cut out spacers from card board:
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Create an inner structure:
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Lay it down on thick poster board:
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Rolled it around the spacers:
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I began to prep the front:
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Taped up the inside for support:
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The back was closed up leaving a notch for the gun:
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I sealed up the front:
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The back is sealed up:
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I placed it one the gun for inspection:
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Covered the item with foil:
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The back and front holes/notch is cut out:
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I taped up the bottom:
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And the gun was complete:
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More images of this process can be seen here: [LINK media=”flickr_set” id=72157608492955118 old=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/brasscoestudios/sets/72157608492955118/” title=”2008-10-25 no country for old men gun” ] (including the party I used it at: [LINK media=”flickr_set” id=72157608493165594 old=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/brasscoestudios/sets/72157608493165594/” title=”2008-10-25 mareanne’s 9th annual halloween party” ]).
Various image used on the Tramstop Website:
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Added to the [LINK cat=74 ] section are two posts showcasing some of the numerous images used on both of my old websites: this Brasscoe site and Tramstop (our Disneyland Parking Lot Website).
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Various image used on the Brasscoe Website…
Co-President Chris:
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Both Co-Presidents Chris and Erick:
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An old Index image:
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Two different Main Leader image previously used:
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An old Pictures section Main Leader image:
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Various versions of the site over the years…
Some of our original websites were hosted for free on GeoCities and were created with Aol Press. Yes it was pretty simple and plain (2000-10-26):
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A while later I learned how to make a bit more clean and polished website (2002-07-21):
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As I got better at working with HTML I made the switch over to Adobe GoLive and changed up my website’s design (2005-02-01):
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This was the pictures page (2005-02-01):
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And the old Archive page (2005-02-01):
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To make the actual gallery pages I used a self-modified JAlbum program to create my image thumbnails and galleries while also still having it match my website’s design (2005-01-18):
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After getting comfortable with GoLive’s template features I was able to build my sites in pieces which would let me make one change and have that change appear on all pages. This new design followed the last which was a bit more streamlined in each section (2006-04-06):
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The archive page (2006-08-22):
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For some time I used a newly created website to showcase my artwork and paintings (2006-10-18):
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The pictures page evolved little over time: Screenshot 1 (2006-10-18):
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Screenshot 2 (006-11-27):
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Undergoing a whole new re-design I made all the updates display on the main page (2007-04-13):
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The about page (2007-04-13):
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I modified the site’s look again (2007-04-25):
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The main news and updates page (2007-04-25):
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About Brasscoe Studios (2007-04-19):
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Here are two movie pages created… One for a pending title (2007-06-08):
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And a quick short I did while in Newport Beach (2007-06-11):
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The index page changed a few times… The bloody one (2007-04-21):
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followed by a simpler one (2007-06-24):
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Once I made a simpler index page I modified the main page. One had me with my video camera (2007-06-11):
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While the other was a reflection (2007-06-24):
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I decided to change up the pictures page (2007-08-16).
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Yet another total redesign… The index page (2008-01-28):
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I made a test main page (2008-01-28):
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The main page finished (2008-03-13):
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The archive page (2008-01-28):
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The movies page (2008-03-13):
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And an individual movie page (2008-03-13).
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Around the time I was working at Disneyland (1998) I made a little website showcasing some of the pictures that were taken then. The image collection grew to include the original parking lot construction of California Adventure the day our Harbor Blvd Disneyland sign came down and a night the few of us walked the rides.
Below is one of my favorite digital images added to the gallery: [LINK cat=106 ] within the [LINK media=”flickr_set” id=72157629159411626 title=”Favorite Images 2010″ ] section.
Edit Note: The image above was added to this update after the post date.
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