Thrown weapons with a professional
How were weapons used in the past? Discovering how weapons were used and what they can really do, not just what we are told they can do, is my passion. Especially missile weapons So I set about making a few films about javelins, pila, plumbata and of course rocks; with plenty more to come. But…
Read MoreQuestion and Answer Session
The Arrows vs Armour crew were asked to give a presentation at the Chalke Valley History Festival and so here it is. A short introduction film followed by an hour question and answer session including the classic from a young fellow, “Was there any point to your films?”
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Wolf Hall
Company Pictures/Playground Entertainment for BBC Nobody makes historical drama like the BBC; it is amazing and this series was amazing but I was emotionally invested in the program from the start because I was asked by three separate departments to be involved. Personally I re-enact 16thC social life, so of course it massively interested me…
Read MoreTaboo
Scott Free Productions Hardy Son & Baker for BBC Taboo is a visual spectacle that pulls you in to a dark world of violence, greed and survival around 1800 with Tom Hardy as a knife wielding hero/anti-hero. The brief for his knives and a whole host of others was exactly what I love; just enough…
Read MoreKilling Eve
Sid Gentle Films for BBC Killing Eve is one of those shows that you may love, hate or be indifferent to, but you cannot have missed its existence; I happen to love it. So when the call came to make some pieces for the last series I of course jumped at the chance. The brief…
Read MoreScrapheap Challenge
RDF Media for C4 Scrapheap Challenge was a UK institution; the mother of all ‘build’ TV shows and the most amazing place to learn and grow and I had the great pleasure to be involved with the show on and off from before its start (I actually auditioned and failed to take part in the…
Read MoreWitcher
Witcher 1,2 and Blood Origins – Netflix Without doubt the most fulfilling job making weapons for film and TV that I have had. It is a rare job when ‘all the stars align’, but this was it. Netflix are a great company to work for, production was easy and pleasant to work with, the feeling…
Read MoreAvA2 – Armour defeated!
Arrows vs Armour2 asked and answered many questions about just how the arrows from a full weight longbow could injure the knight wearing armour, but there were still some questions we wanted answered. Can the very thin arm armour resist hits or is it vulnerable? The mail aventail is really resistant to strikes, but even…
Read MoreTesting the longbow simulator
Tod uses a ‘longbow simulator’ and shoots it against Joe Gibbs with his 160lbs longbow. How do they compare? Are they interchangeable or is it a complete cheat? What do these arrows look like in slow motion, how fast do they go and how much energy and momentum do they have? How powerful are they…
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