Post by hopeful on Sept 23, 2008 20:01:34 GMT -5
In Bill's own words, from the New Members Welcome Thread of Bigfoot Forums (BFF).
"... allow me to introduce myself. I'm the guy standing beside Gigantopithecus, the artist who designed and built it. I'm also a veteran movie "creature guy" who got started in 1967, studied under Mike Westmore, joined Universal's makeup staff in 1969, created the Blackenstein Monster in 1970, designed the suits for Swamp Thing (and wore the villian suit for the last half of the climactic fight and death scene in the swamps), created the BirdWarrior suits for Beastmaster, made an orang suit for a little man for the ABC-TV series "Probe", made five full ape suits for a 2001-Dawn of Man sequence commercial parody for AST computers, and put more real chimpanzees into gorilla suits than anybody else in Hollywood, for several projects and bids on projects.
I've done sophisticated theme park robotics and museum exhibit models depicting the evolution of humans by "fleshing out" all the major hominid fossil skulls (plus a full figure of "Lucy"). I now do computer graphics.
I've recently been looking through the various threads on this board, and saw the older ones with Chris Walas (dated 2004) which I found intriguing (lot of respect for Chris' excellent work over the years). And I've read through a multitude of posts arguing both sides of the suit issue for "Patty" as you like to call the figure in the PG film.
I have found far more detailed study of the suit controversy than I had expected, but as well found some misconceptions about suits and the technology of same which should be cleared up. I look forward to posting notes from my experience building and wearing suits, and contributing to the understanding of how this topic impacts on the whole "hoax or real" unending argument.
Bill"
Links to Bill's in depth analysis of Patty, the subject of the Patterson-Gimlin film:
Creature Suit Analysis Part 1 -Fur
Bill Munns notes on suit controversies
Creature Suits Analysis Part 2 - Under the Fur
Bill Munns notes on muscle suits and other anatomical parts
Creature Suit Analysis Part Three - The Mime inside
Bill Munns notes on the difficulties of wearing a suit
Creature Suit Analysis Part Four -Extra Hands
a look at helping hands, literally anf figuratively
Creature Suit Analysis Part Five -Building Patty
Bill Munns notes on building a Patty Replica
Creature Suit Analysis Part 6 - Comparative Anatomy
A study of a human figure intended to relicate the PG film figure
Creature Suit Analysis Part 7 - Neck seams
Bill Munns' study of fur suit neck seams and folds
Creature Suit Analysis Part 8 - Neck Hackles
Bill Munns study of neck shadows on the PG Film figure
Creature Suit Analysis Part 9 -Creature Suit Analysis Part 9 - A Study of Probability
Bill Munns notes on the probability the PG Film is hoaxed
Creature Suit Analysis Part 10 - Flab
Bill Munns study of soft tissue appearances in the PG Film
Creature Suit Analysis Part 11 - The next Step
Bill Munns notes on a PG Film image research study
Creature Suit Analysis Part 12 - Hip seams
Bill Munns notes on seams of a two piece fur suit
"... allow me to introduce myself. I'm the guy standing beside Gigantopithecus, the artist who designed and built it. I'm also a veteran movie "creature guy" who got started in 1967, studied under Mike Westmore, joined Universal's makeup staff in 1969, created the Blackenstein Monster in 1970, designed the suits for Swamp Thing (and wore the villian suit for the last half of the climactic fight and death scene in the swamps), created the BirdWarrior suits for Beastmaster, made an orang suit for a little man for the ABC-TV series "Probe", made five full ape suits for a 2001-Dawn of Man sequence commercial parody for AST computers, and put more real chimpanzees into gorilla suits than anybody else in Hollywood, for several projects and bids on projects.
I've done sophisticated theme park robotics and museum exhibit models depicting the evolution of humans by "fleshing out" all the major hominid fossil skulls (plus a full figure of "Lucy"). I now do computer graphics.
I've recently been looking through the various threads on this board, and saw the older ones with Chris Walas (dated 2004) which I found intriguing (lot of respect for Chris' excellent work over the years). And I've read through a multitude of posts arguing both sides of the suit issue for "Patty" as you like to call the figure in the PG film.
I have found far more detailed study of the suit controversy than I had expected, but as well found some misconceptions about suits and the technology of same which should be cleared up. I look forward to posting notes from my experience building and wearing suits, and contributing to the understanding of how this topic impacts on the whole "hoax or real" unending argument.
Bill"
Links to Bill's in depth analysis of Patty, the subject of the Patterson-Gimlin film:
Creature Suit Analysis Part 1 -Fur
Bill Munns notes on suit controversies
Creature Suits Analysis Part 2 - Under the Fur
Bill Munns notes on muscle suits and other anatomical parts
Creature Suit Analysis Part Three - The Mime inside
Bill Munns notes on the difficulties of wearing a suit
Creature Suit Analysis Part Four -Extra Hands
a look at helping hands, literally anf figuratively
Creature Suit Analysis Part Five -Building Patty
Bill Munns notes on building a Patty Replica
Creature Suit Analysis Part 6 - Comparative Anatomy
A study of a human figure intended to relicate the PG film figure
Creature Suit Analysis Part 7 - Neck seams
Bill Munns' study of fur suit neck seams and folds
Creature Suit Analysis Part 8 - Neck Hackles
Bill Munns study of neck shadows on the PG Film figure
Creature Suit Analysis Part 9 -Creature Suit Analysis Part 9 - A Study of Probability
Bill Munns notes on the probability the PG Film is hoaxed
Creature Suit Analysis Part 10 - Flab
Bill Munns study of soft tissue appearances in the PG Film
Creature Suit Analysis Part 11 - The next Step
Bill Munns notes on a PG Film image research study
Creature Suit Analysis Part 12 - Hip seams
Bill Munns notes on seams of a two piece fur suit
