BSP Squib Tutorial

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Thu May 20, 2004 2:55 am

If you want a full Tutorial then go to http://brokenstickproductions.com and click on Tutorials, but here is a link to the squib video.

http://brokenstickproductions.com/patri ... torial.wmv 2 MB

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Thu May 20, 2004 4:37 am

Pretty good. Get that detnated electrically and it might be a tad safer. A tad safer from your shirt going up into a flame.

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Thu May 20, 2004 9:05 pm

See, most people think that the shirt will catch on fire, but it has never caught on fire for us, but we also have igniter's that hook up to a 9 volt battery that we can use too, we are just lazy and don't feel like hooking all that up.

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Thu May 20, 2004 9:34 pm

Can you not be lazy for one day? Connect everything, record it being detonated, and put it on the web? I want to see it electrically detonated.

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:18 am

LOL, perhaps if I have time one of these days I might get around to doing that, but we will prolly end of doing that for the final movie, that was just a test.

Meade87 · Post by **Meade87** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:01 pm

I would really like to see that electrically detonated, but that was a very interesting and neat way to go about it. I am trying to figure out the best ways to go about this and I have limited resources also if you wanna do multiple shots in few second intervals it would be very difficult to light eachfuse and have them go off in a synchronized fashion. So if you ever have the time it would be real cool to see how you go about electrically detonating them.

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:02 am

You go to a grocery store, and get some rocket igniters (most stores have them) Then you get a rocket detonator(or a 9v battert), and just attach the end of the fuse to the igniters, and wallah, remote detonation, we tried it and I do have some footage but its lost somewhere in my pile of dv tapes, if I happen to find it I will post it.

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:06 am

I'm actullay gonna buy a model rocket at Wal-Mart for $16.00. It comes with The rocket, the engine, the control panel, and some igniters. I'm gonna launch the rocket once and just use the control panel for my squibs. Got some questions.

Do I just put the igniter in the firecracker? (Pull the wick out?)

How fast does it take to ignite? (I hope its instant.)

Using this method, I can only do one at a time, unless I have 2 control panels. But still, I'll probably just use them one at a time for when someone gets shot.

And lethelgirth87, find that footage ASAP!

bad_karma24 · Post by **bad_karma24** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:15 am

I really would stress against the use of fireworks. It's extremely dangerous, especially lighting them right next to your body.

A better route would be compressed air that Exposure features. Not only does it look better (sorry, but that squib doesn't look convincing at all).

pdj · Post by **pdj** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:49 am

A fella on here that goes by the name Ã¢â‚¬ËœSantiÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ had a great idea with regards to squibs. He suggested using the light bulb of a Christmas tree, carefully cracking off the glass and placing the exposed metal inside a cracker then connecting the 2 wires to a 6v...do a search on here or maybe he'll notice this post and explain it himself! BTW nice tut vid boys

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:03 am

PDJ you use the same method for simple pyro detonation

pdj · Post by **pdj** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:20 am

There you go...Grant's the man for pyro- direct your questions to him boys :yes:

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:18 pm

i have also seen the technique applied to household lightbulbs with gun powder, flamable liquids and sparkler dust lol. Some of the pyros in UDDS Armageddon were set off with car indicator globes

DaveP · Post by **DaveP** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:25 pm

imo, the safest (and best looking way) ive tried is to fill up a waterbaloon with your fake blood (use syringe) and then use CamClubs electric detonator to pop the baloon. U dont need to have half your chest explode for a nice looking effect

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 4:09 pm

I see one problem : You can see the carboard underneath his shirt

, otherwise it looks pretty good, but I dunno if I would use this for a gunshot..

pdj · Post by **pdj** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 10:49 pm

Yeah i too thought about the cardboard then remembered it was just a test...thats no biggie and can be fixed

lethelgirth87 · Post by **lethelgirth87** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:27 pm

Yeah, the whole cardboard thing was just for added saftey we didn't use that in any of our current projects, lol, that video we made was just the first time we ever did that. We used the firework method for our newest movie and the metal plate we used(with ducktape around it) worked great, I didn't even feel a thing, and this is how we plan to shoot all our guys, and when we did it for the movie the blast was so sweet it even put a hole in my shirt. I know fireworks aren't the best way to go, but hey, were young!

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:16 am

Yeah - saftey first, try and conceal the carboard anyway you can

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:53 pm

I just got a Estes Model Rocket Starter pack yesterday. I'm using the igniter and control panel tomorrow.

So, how fast does it take to ignite?

Should I take the wick out, then put in the igniter?

I'm gonna record it and put it up on the fourm. By the way lethelgirth87, did you find that footage yet?

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 11:31 pm

Well with the rocket engines it can take as long as two seconds from when the button is presed to when the ignitor goes off. And they're pretty expensive, so I don't know how well this will work.

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:02 am

UFProductions wrote:Well with the rocket engines it can take as long as two seconds from when the button is presed to when the ignitor goes off. And they're pretty expensive, so I don't know how well this will work.

But it will work?

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 4:44 am

It should, you probably won't even need the firecracker if your intent is just to pop the balloon. It won't be blasted out explosivly, but the ignitor should melt through the plastic no problem.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:32 am

Well, I use other methods for squibs then condoms, but whatever.

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:51 am

Yeah, I'm a compressed gas man myself, it honestly works better, its cheaper and it is a hell of a lot safer.

I3lade203 · Post by **I3lade203** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 3:05 pm

To each his own