My time at a naval school.

I attended The Royal Naval School Verdala , Malta from 1972- 1975, what has this to do with Bond? I here you ask, well the school was lead by none other than a real Commander, "Cdr.Bond", He even wore the uniform to prove it. This picture was taken in the winter time, in summer he wore it in white with shorts!! In a school report he wrote...."Neil is a difficult child who likes to be the centre of attention", I was 8 years old so i guess that makes me the norm then!!

1920 x 1080

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Animation Spec

Quantum of Solace ( Tribute ) is shot at 1920 x 1080 ,16:9 ratio, unfortunately I don't know any sites that will host the completed short at HD definition as the finished uncompressed .avi is big.

The new 1:6 th scale Heckler & Koch UMP9 arrived from the States, looking good with working safety catch!!, got to get some macro shots of this into the short.


Photo taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50 fitted with macro adapter.

Focus pull with Panasonic Lumix

I attempted a focus pull with the Panasonic Lunix DMC-FZ50 , I think it worked fine and has a very film look to it.

Real laser light

I was going to do the laser sight for the walther P99 handgun in post but thought it would work better and would be easier fitting a laser light to 1:6 scale gun. The light is not a fibre optic although that would work.

Shooting started

Finally started to shoot a couple of seconds of a cheeky kick , it's been a while since I last animated so the animation isn't as smooth as it can be but I'm happy with the shot as it turned out. I haven't removed the tie down bar or added blinking but here's a sneak peek anyway.

Some setup pics.