ROD VASS @
Film Sets, Props, Sculpture and Armour Design,
Manufacture and Construction for Film and T.V. in the U.K. and Worldwide
PROJECTS
THE RESCUE
National Geographic Films
Design and construction of underwater sets, replicating sections of a cave network in Thailand.
Manufactured in polyurethane resin on fibreglass and steel frames.
Pinewood Underwater Stage.
INTERGALACTIC
Babieka, Moonage Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions.
Large 3D printed spaceship cockpit and technical set dressing elements,
Polyurethane resin and foam spaceship architectural elements and set dressing panels.
Alien world plant and rock elements.
Space Studios, Manchester and Locations.
CANWOOD GALLERY
Exhibition of large sculpted art pieces, in polyurethane resin and foam.
RED BULL
Trophies for several Red Bull events.
3D designed , 3D printed, hand finished and painted.
THE SECRET GARDEN
Heyday Films / Studio Canal
25 ft artificial stunt tree, designed for climbing in 3 x interlocking sections with detachable branches.
Very large freestanding rock pieces in polyurethane foam and hardcoat, designed to match real rock landscape.
Location at Puzzlewood, The Royal Forest of Dean.
SANDITON
Red Planet Pictures
An over lifesize golden sculpture of Neptune and the horses of the sea.
Partly 3D printed and hand sculpted in polyurethane foam and hardcoat.
A special effect ‘steam’ shower with ‘copper boiler ‘ and ‘coal fire’.
A detailed model of a Regency seaside town with sculpted terrain and 3D designed and printed architecture.
The Bottleyard Studios, Bristol.
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Mammoth Screen
A 20ft long moving astronomical telescope in timber and polyurethane.
Lifesize blasted trees.
Sefton Park, Liverpool.
47 METERS DOWN UNCAGED
The Fyzz Facility
Multiple underwater sets of caves, rock tunnels and ancient architecture, constructed in polyurethane resin on aluminium frames. Including collapsing and removable sections and freestanding boulders.
Pinewood Studios Underwater Stage and the Underwater Studio, Basildon.
TOLKIEN
Fox Searchlight Pictures
A large scale model of a WW1 trench battlefield, completely detailed and with 3D printed scale figures.
130 x dramatically posed lifesize ‘dead bodies’ in uniforms, each with individual facial features and injuries.
Battle damaged lifesize trees. Location in Tatton Park.
VICTORIA
Mammoth Screen
3 x large Scale Models of Victorian designs for the Crystal Palace at the Great Exhibition, in laser cut and CNC’d wood, complete with scale figures and trees.
3D designed and 3D printed miniature Frog Band,
Large brightly painted sculpture of Indian Goddess and cobra in hardcoated expanded poly.
MINDSET GARDEN
RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Sculpture in hardcoated expanded poly and steel of intricate ‘concrete city
Structure.
3D PRINTED BEES EXHIBITION
Bell House, Dulwich Village
3D sculpted giant bees
3D printed in vegetable based PLA plastic, hand finished and assembled
GIANT ATOMS SCULPTURES
Chester Zoo
Large Spheres in assorted sizes, sculpted from expanded poly , hardcoated , painted and mounted on steel stands.
ATO MONSTER MUSIC VIDEO
A 6ft high ‘black king’s’ head
Originated as a 3D sculpt , CNC’d from expanded poly and hand finished and hardcoated.
THE CRYSTAL MAZE
TV GAME SHOW, RDF TELEVISION
A large AZTEC TEMPLE set, AZTEC CARVINGS, MEDIEVAL CARVINGS, ROCKS AND CAVES and other SET DRESSING elements.
THE BOTTLEYARD, BRISTOL.
BEOWULF
ITV
ARCHITECTURAL SETS with elaborate ‘timber’ beams, exterior ROCKWORK ,CAVE SET, DECORATIVE and FIGHTING SHIELDS, LARGE SCALE SCULPTURES, SPFX.
STUDIO and LOCATION in NORTHUMBERLAND.
DRACULA UNTOLD
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Extensive CAVE and CLIFF sets, SKULLS, BONES, ARMOUR, LEAVESDEN STUDIOS.
CENTURION
CELADOR
ARCHITECTURAL SETS.
LOCATION in SURREY.
SHERLOCK HOLMES
WARNER BROS
SPFX and PROPS
SHERLOCK HOLMES: GAME OF SHADOWS
WARNER BROS.
SPFX and PROPS.
THE PRINCE OF PERSIA
WALT DISNEY
Extensive CAVES and ROCK SETS.
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
THE DESCENT
CELADOR
CAVE SETS and SPFX
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
THE DESCENT 2
CELADOR
CAVE and MINE SETS, SPFX
EALING STUDIOS
A KNIGHT’S TALE
COLUMBIA PICTURES
PRINCIPAL and STUNT ARMOURS in STEEL and POLYURETHANE
BARRANDOV STUDIOS, PRAGUE
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
FOX SEARCHLIGHT
Extensive CAVE and MINE SETS
OUARZAZATE, MOROCCO.
JAMES BOND, CASINO ROYALE
EON PRODUCTIONS
SPFX, SETS
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
JAMES BOND, DIE ANOTHER DAY
EON PRODUCTIONS
SPFX, SETS
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
WARNER BROS
FORBIDDEN FOREST
GIANT TREES
LEAVESDEN STUDIOS
HARRY POTTER AND THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
WARNER BROS
ARCHITECTURE,PROPS, SPFX
LEAVESDEN STUDIOS
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
WARNER BROS
ARCHITECTURAL AND NATURAL SETS, PROPS
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
BATMAN BEGINS
WARNER BROS
SPFX, SETS, PROPS, ACTION PROPS
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
WARNER BROS
CAVE SET, SCULPTURE
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
ALEXANDER
WARNER BROS,
ARCHITECTURE, PROPS, ARMOUR DESIGN
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
KING ARTHUR
TOUCHSTONE
ARCHITECTURE
ARDMORE STUDIOS, DUBLIN
TOMB RAIDER 2
PARAMOUNT PICTURES.
SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, PROPS, SPFX
PINEWOOD STUDIOS
GLADIATOR
DREAMWORKS
100 x STEEL ARMOURS, 553 x POLYURETHANE ARMOURS
SHEPPERTON STUDIOS
BAND OF BROTHERS
DREAMWORKS
PRINCIPAL and STUNT HELMETS
TROY
WARNER BROS
ARMOUR
REIGN OF FIRE
TOUCHSTONE PICTURES
Extensive CAVE and ARCHITECTURAL SETS.
ARDMORE STUDIOS, DUBLIN
SHANGHAI KNIGHTS
SPYGLASS PRODUCTIONS
COSTUME, ARMOUR, PROPS
BARRANDOV STUDIOS, PRAGUE.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
SPYGLASS PRODUCTIONS
ARMOUR and PROPS
THE ADVENTURER: THE CURSE OF THE MIDAS BOX
ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES
CAVE SET, ARCHITECTURAL SET, ARMOUR.
THE BOTTLEYARD, BRISTOL
KICKASS
LIONSGATE
SPFX.
ELSTREE STUDIOS
CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN
WORKING TITLE
PRINCIPAL AND STUNT HELMETS
THE TUDORS
HBO
JOUSTING ARMOUR and ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS.
ARDMORE STUDIOS, DUBLIN
MONUMENTS MEN
COLUMBIA PICTURES
PRINCIPAL HELMETS
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
STUNT HELMETS
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
HALLMARK
COSTUME, ARMOUR and PROPS
JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
HALLMARK
SHIELDS and PROPS
CELTIC LEPRECHAUNS
HALLMARK
COSTUME, ARMOUR and PROPS
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
HALLMARK
ARMOUR and COSTUME
JERICHO
ITV
CAVE and MINE SETS .
NORTHLIGHT STUDIO , HUDDERSFIELD
BBC NEW WORLD
ARCHITECTURAL SET
BEECHENHURST, FOREST OF DEAN.
BBC ATLANTIS
CAVE SETS
CHEPSTOW STUDIO.
BBC,
DOCTOR WHO
PROPS
BBC,
CASUALTY
CAVE SET, SPFX PROPS.
BBC,
MERLIN
ARMOUR. PROPS, CAVES and ROCKS
UK and FRANCE
BBC,
WIZARDS vs ALIENS
CAVE SET
CARDIFF.
BBC.
THE HOGFATHER
CAVE SET
RHS FLOWER SHOW
EXTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL SET
CHELSEA
RHS FLOWER SHOW
EXTERIOR ROCK FORMATION AND ARCHITECTURAL SET
CHELSEA
INCREDIBLE INDIA CIRCUS
LARGE SCULPTURES and SET elements.
GERMANY
BEN HUR LIVE
ARMOUR and PROPS.
THE O2 ARENA. LONDON
SPARTACUS
HONG KONG BALLET
ARMOUR
ROYAL ARMOURIES MUSEUM
Lightweight FRENCH REVOLUTION barricade set .
LEEDS.