Project: BULLET

Hey there boys and girls. Been awhile. Bueno here.

For the past year I've been workin' a **** ass job, puttin' up with **** from old foggies....but it looks like all that patience is finally gonna pay off......maybe.

Hopefully within the next two months, I'm going to start principal photography on what I hope to be the first ever low-to-no budget "Garage Hero" created by and starring.....me.


Me...in a suit.

And here's more of me...in a suit.









I'd type out a whole explanation about the road up till now, but it's just too much for me to write and I need to finish painting my suit. But just so that you know, the screenplay is writen by myself, Mike Dent, and Paul Sullivan (Igadevil). The first scene will be shot at Kokudou Station in Kawasaki, Japan. A train station which still has wear and tear dating back to World War II...



...until then, here's a bit of info in Mike Dent's blog.


Justice Ace - Project: BULLET

Sounds interesting! I look forward to it!

I'd actually like to check this out.

I'm not sure I understand the meaning of "Garage Hero," exactly. The blogpost kind of told me but could you elaborate a little more?

Daikamonohashi said:

I'm not sure I understand the meaning of "Garage Hero," exactly. The blogpost kind of told me but could you elaborate a little more?

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Well, it actually means a few things really.

All the professional guys who do all the mold making and such work do it in either a studio or an organized workshop of sorts. These facilites have proper ventilation and heating/cooling specifically for mold making. But as you can already tell, this kinda **** costs major mulah.

People who don't have that kind of money would only be able to make their superhero in their own garage since it's the only open area you can get messy or provide proper ventilation from any toxic fumes from your mold making and casting. Hence the term "Garage Hero".

Another meaning of it is actually taken from the term "Garage Rock" where in terms of quality, if you **** up your mold or cast or whatever, ya gotta just forgot the "rules" and work your way around your mistake. For example, I've messed up my molds by tearing them up and stuff and some people said to me...

"Geez, way to waste $500 bucks."

But is it really a waste? Do I really have to throw out a mold that I spent tons of time and money on? You'd have to be an idiot to do so, but there's people who toss this stuff to the trash without a second thought.

I just say that the dents and scratches on my helmet or armor is battle damage. It actually looks more cooler than if it was done correctly. Besides, I ain't no pro at this. And I ain't got the money to go back and do it all over again.

"My shoulders don't fit." Okay then, to hell with the shoulders. Throw a torn up cape on him to cover his shoulders. **** man, he looks as badass as Boba Fett. Thos most you need to worry about is the mask/helmet anyway.

Everytime you **** up, you can turn it around and make it rock. Ya just gotta have the imagination for it,

"Garage Rock" is rough and hard. So are "Garage Heroes".

So basically, its the bastard son of toku film making that everyone else will frown upon, but is not scared to do its own thing.

In short...Cheap, Rough, Unprofessional, Resourceful = Garage Hero

Actually, anybody can make a superhero, but it takes an immagination to make that superhero has appeal. To quote Dave Mustane:

"It's not how big the size of your pen is, but how you write your name."

Oh, okay. So I think Ultraman Sorta 1 and 2 pretty well qualifies for that definition.

I wish you all the best. We need all the toku shows we can get.

Sounds awesome.

I´m also very intrested in this kind of genre and would like to ask if you could answer a question of mine.

Whick kind of materials do you use for the suit of your hero?

I thought I could youse fiberglass and such but it could be too expensive. Do you know good alternatives?

DoubleRyuki555 said:

Sounds awesome.

I´m also very intrested in this kind of genre and would like to ask if you could answer a question of mine.

Whick kind of materials do you use for the suit of your hero?

I thought I could youse fiberglass and such but it could be too expensive. Do you know good alternatives?

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The materials I used for my suit are:

Sculpt -> Oil Clay (Re-usable)

Mold -> Silicone Rubber

Mother Mold -> Plaster

Helmet Cast -> Fibreglass Mat and Liquid Resin

Chest Armor Cast -> Foam Rubber

Its actually not expensive to make the helmet as it is the mold. The liquid silicone rubber that you use to make the mold for your helmet/torso/etc. would probably cost about 50 bucks a can. You need maybe 4 of em', so that's automatically about 200 bucks US right there. But ya gotta keep in mind that this is a MOLD of your sculpt which you could cast from over and over again, so the more casts do do from it starts to pay itself off. Ex. if you did a Rio-Trooper from Faiz you only need one mold to make 7 helmets whereas if you made Faiz, you're only making one helmet.

The actual plastic/resin/fibreglass mat used for the helmet is about 30-40 bucks US all together so I don't know where ya got your info from. But it might differ, depending on where ya live.

Daikamonohashi said:

Oh, okay. So I think Ultraman Sorta 1 and 2 pretty well qualifies for that definition.

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Well, the first two Ultramen may look pretty cheap when we look at them now, but it was groundbreaking at that time and was done professionally. Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai are basically like the great great grandfathers of Toku who fight for peace, justice, and equality.....while a Garage Hero fights to pay for his/her bills, booze, and record collection by mooching off of the great great grandfathers' names while freeloading off of them by living in their basement and playing their music too loud.

In short, a Garage Hero is the bum of Toku.