Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were forced to move our cockpit set today. So, Aaron and I dismantled everything, loaded it all up in a cube van, and drove it out to his boss' FX shop in Langley.

Laura met us there, and the 3 of us offloaded it. If Aaron has some time off this week (he's been doing a lot of work on a super top secret movie that's filming here), then he's going to get to putting it back together, and along with his co-workers, get it all rigged up, and looking super awesome - very exciting stuff.

We were also able to see some of the cut together footage last weekend - and everyone's excited to get it all done and out there for everyone to see. Seems y'all have been waitin' a spell for it ;)

All right, so this past week, Aaron, Sean and I have been working our butts off, trying to finally get the cockpit set finished, so we can get in there and film the remaining scenes.

We're not finished, but we're starting to get really close - and it's pretty exciting!

Here's a few teaser photos - now keep in mind that these pieces are just roughed in, and EVERYTHING is going to end up getting painted and there will be lights, so pay no attention the colour anything is at the moment :)

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Well, it was suggested to me that you all might be interested in this.

I worked regularly on Battlestar Galactica all throughout season 4 playing an officer. I can usually be seen in the CIC, but I show up at numerous places around the ship. I never did get an actual speaking role on the show, but the week before last, in the episode titled The Oath, I had a nice little scene.

As Lee and Kara are going through the corridors, Lee turns a corner, and there I am, with a pistol in my hand. I signal I'm on their side, and I head on down the opposite direction.

It was quick, it was cool, and I got some nice coverage. Check out the pictures below :)

The lovely and talented Miranda Coombe turns a ripe ol' 20 years old today.

Happy Birthday Miranda!

A locally produced TV show is in the process of getting rid of all of their stuff now that the show has ended, so Aaron and I went down there today, and acquired a whole bunch of great stuff.

This is all going to be used in the completion of our cockpit. Things are really shaping up nicely!

Anyone know where we could get a couple of airplane yokes? :)

Yes it's true, the cameras were once again rolling this weekend.

Earlier in the week, Damien surprised me with a call telling me that he had set up a shoot for the weekend, in order to complete some of our remaining (non cockpit related) scenes.

So after a few days of furious planning and phone calls, we got the people arranged, and figured out the elements we needed. A quick plundering of a popular TV show's wardrobe lock-up provided the requisite costumes for our cast, as well as a little advice from the prop's department regarding an important element, and we were good to go.

A small group of us (Me, Miranda, Damien, Dennis and his son Jake) gathered at Damien's house Saturday morning, where we had the actors try on their costumes (yay, they fit perfectly!), and Miranda did their make-up. We then loaded up our people and stuff, and off to Aaron's!

Yes, it is actually happening. Last week, we spent a couple of days in Aaron's garage with power tools and bits of wood and stuff. We managed to use the power tools to fashion the bits of wood and stuff into a cockpit shaped thingy.

We got all of the walls framed and put up, we skinned them, and started attaching the vacuform panels to them. The drive controls are roughed in, but we still have to wire in the electronics. We also have to form and install the window panels, and paint everything. But some of the hardest stuff is behind us. It's great to see it finally coming together.

In case anyone out there is at Comic Con this year (say hi! if you see me), I put out some little trading cards at the California Browncoats booth. Be sure to stop by and pick some up! There is one for each cast member.

For those of you out in the black who aren't yet aware, Vancouver is hosting this year's "Can't Stop the Serenity" event on June 22nd, at the Norm Theatre at UBC. For anyone interested in attending, ticket information can be found at the link provided below. We hope to see lots of Browncoats in attendance! It promises to be a fun filled day, with filking, a silent auction, and a taped Q&A from Kaylee herself! There are also lots of door prizes available to be won. And who knows, there is usually always a surprise or two!

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Seems like we actually have some of that happening.

It appears as though there was a lot of miscommunication between our construction coordinator, and everyone else involved with the project. Poorly chosen words led us to believe something that apparently wasn't true.

So, that being said, the materials needed to start building our cockpit were purchased last week. Construction on said cockpit is slated to begin this week. We're also on the hunt for various bits and bobs to make blank walls and consoles look like they make things go whoosh. I have some leads, so hopefully they pan out.