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Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: SamPrainito on June 14, 2008, 01:52:56 AM

As I've mentioned here before, I host an annual TPIR show as a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.  The show is later this year, but I'm already preparing.

This year, in addition to everything else, I have to repaint all of my props and sets to resemble their new TV counterparts.

I wanted to share the results of this year's biggest project with everyone.

I have three theater flats that are 8ft tall by 4ft wide, and for the last four years, they've had the pink/light blue/dark blue turntable pattern on them.  Of course, they had to be repainted with purple hypercyloids on them! (I'm a perfectionist like that!)

So I went from this...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0311.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0311.jpg\")

To this...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0326.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0326.jpg\")

And finally to this...

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0398.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0398.jpg\")

If these things meet the approval of my fellow "game show geeks", then I know my audience will be impressed!  Any and all comments are welcome.  

Thanks!

-Sam

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: Adam Nedeff on June 14, 2008, 02:23:25 AM

PERFECT.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: William_S. on June 14, 2008, 05:56:46 AM

BRAVO!!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: Hastin on June 14, 2008, 06:03:41 AM

YOU DID A VERY NICE JOB.

//And the theme goes on...

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: clemon79 on June 14, 2008, 06:05:29 AM

those are acceptable.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: TheLastResort on June 14, 2008, 07:22:37 AM

You're missing one thing.  Got a few strings of Christmas tree lights hanging around?  :)

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: BrandonFG on June 14, 2008, 11:47:23 AM

Wow.

/And I mean that in a good way
//Bravo. Bravissimo.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: comicus on June 14, 2008, 02:36:13 PM

Decent!  Nice work.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: Gus on June 14, 2008, 03:49:58 PM

Beautious.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: chris319 on June 14, 2008, 04:18:51 PM

Man, you are ambitious! Very authentic.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: NickS on June 15, 2008, 10:53:09 AM

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'188228\' date=\'Jun 14 2008, 05:05 AM\']
those are acceptable.
[/quote]

Sam - please go on with the show now that Lemon's given his approval.

Honestly, though, nice job on them!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: Scrabbleship on June 15, 2008, 01:28:07 PM

Wow. Just wow. Bente Christensen would be proud and flattered!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: Fedya on June 15, 2008, 02:17:41 PM

Do you have authentic models to go with the sets?  :-)

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: DjohnsonCB on June 15, 2008, 05:49:45 PM

Hoo-boy, that look beautimus....I gar-on-tee!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: opimus on June 17, 2008, 02:00:13 PM

Would you kindly post a of the picture spelling bee board you have in the background? Great job!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: SamPrainito on June 23, 2008, 04:07:00 AM

First of all, thanks to everyone for your comments!  I really do appreciate it.

I wish I did have the ability to put lights around the theater flats, but they are a cloth material on a wooden frame.  I'm not sure how the material would hold up with Christmas lights attached.  Not only that, but if I burn down the venue, I seriously doubt they'd have us back next year!

Opimus, what you saw in the background was not Spelling Bee.  It was the back of one of the Showcase podiums.  But you did give me an idea for next year's show!

The show is now scheduled for Sunday, October 26th here in St. Louis.  I'll have more updates as the date gets closer.

All of my set pieces have now been updated.  Here's the last batch of pics:

Showcase Podiums
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0410.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0410.jpg\")
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0417.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0417.jpg\")

Contestant's Row (The lighting is a bit dark, but the colors are accurate.)
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/s...on/100_0411.jpg (http://\"http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee212/samprainito/Set%20Construction/100_0411.jpg\")

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: BrandonFG on June 23, 2008, 11:07:38 AM

So how much did you pay Bente to make all that for you? ;-)

Seriously, it looks great, and very clever with the eggcrate printouts!

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: GSRebich on June 24, 2008, 06:21:31 PM

How did you made the eggcrate print outs, I'd like make my own.

Title: Homemade Props and Sets
Post by: SamPrainito on June 25, 2008, 02:48:26 PM

The eggcrates are just the 5x7 matrix printed on five sheets of card stock and glued to a larger piece of black poster board.

The circles are filled in by a crew member backstage, and slid into the podiums before the results of the Showcase are revealed.