circa1964

Artist working in film/streaming. Making magic for 4 decades. From spaceships for movies to puppets for stop-mo animation.

[circa1964 @mpossert]

GFC Terrania from the tv show Lifepod. Lots of detail work. I did details, the wing forming & paint. The "port" side of the ship was never finished since it was not to be shot. Project at Stargate Studios, Burbank, CA in 1990s.

#stargate #lifepod #miniature #spaceship #vfx

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Roundup of a panel I moderated at 2026 SDCC on Rocketeer props we designed & made. I showed pics of artwork throughout the talk. Full 53 min. YouTube - circa1964. 200 people were there. Link: https://t.co/TIMHkYhpXm

[circa1964 @mpossert]

I just finished a client commission for two Ghostbuster traps. They are from Ghostbusters Afterlife in the Spengler Field scenes. I was to make them light up and be triggered by pedal kits I got from Sean @cworthdynamics. The traps are from Spirit Halloween. So, it was tricky.

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Official! I am heading up a panel at San Diego Comic Con 2026 about The Rocketeer movie & how the iconic props got made. It will be on Friday 24 at 11:00 am - Grand 10 rm of the Marriott Marquis. We'll talk about the fabrication process & show photos of the work. Please join us!

[circa1964 @mpossert]

@CorrectsYourBS Thanks!

[circa1964 @mpossert]

I am heading up a panel at this years San Diego Comic Con about The Rocketeer movie and how the iconic props got made. It will be on the Friday of that week - July 23 to 26. I talk with three other wonderful panelists. Details coming soon.
#therocketeer #davestevens #SDCC2026

[circa1964 @mpossert]

For the movie The Abyss, I worked on detailing the underwater suit Ed Harris's character wears when diving the abyss. I also made the small handheld device on his side. This puppet was 1/8 scale. Design Setters, 1988/89.
#theabyss #edharris #vfx #jamescameron #miniaturesrule

[circa1964 @mpossert]

I worked the last of Pillsbury Doughboy ads in stop-motion animation. 1992 at Apogee. Head & oven were replacement miniatures. I worked molds & casting, cleanup and paint, and placing the graphic Pillsbury logo.#pillsbury #doughboy #stopmotionanimation #pie

[circa1964 @mpossert]

From the movie Solar Crisis. Pics of the Helios spaceship with fiber optics and sent it to paint. I made the Helios that was used on the space station miniature & as the roadmap when we made the larger model. A Syd Mead design. Boss Films 1990.
#alansmithee #solarcrisis #vfx

[circa1964 @mpossert]

My prop display at the 35th anniversary screening of The Rocketeer at the Los Feliz Film Fest. April 2026. #therocketeer

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Bulldozer on the set of the stop-mo animation movie Wendell and Wild. I did the cab on top inside & out. We did 2 full dozers and top half of a third. The tracks, doors, windshield wipers, controls are all animatable. #wendellandwild #henrysellick #stopmotionanimation #puppets

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Bulldozer on the set of the stop-mo animation movie Wendell and Wild. I did the cab on top inside & out. We did 2 full dozers and top half of a third. The tracks, doors, windshield wipers, controls are all animatable. #wendellandwild #henrysellick #stopmotionanimation #puppets

[circa1964 @mpossert]

@CorrectsYourBS 🙌 Cheers!

[circa1964 @mpossert]

It's always fun visiting a commission I have done. Here is a rocket pack from the movie The Rocketeer I made a couple of years back. Such a nice display of knowhere.collection (Instagram). Cheers!
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#rocketeer #therocketeer #finhead #rocketpack

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Batman Returns at Boss Films. Mini of Michelle Pfeiffer falling through the awnings & birth of Catwoman. I worked the miniature awnings made of lead sheet covered in fabric. Pre cut & rigged to be opened by cables during moco filming. The fabric was lightly scored & weakened.

[circa1964 @mpossert]

A good turn out of crew mates for Halloween @housespecialpdx. Good times. Hope your Halloween went well. And happy Day of the Dead.
#halloween

[circa1964 @mpossert]

During Serenity, after making the Firefly shuttle, I made a bunch of stuff for the hanger bay. We had some general sketches, but it was mostly kit bashing with what we had laying around GMD.#serenity #firefly #miniaturesrule

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Bulldozer for the stop-motion animation movie Wendell and Wild. I did most of the cab on top inside and out. The tracks,  doors, windshield wipers,  controls, shovel and more were all animatable.
#wendellandwild #henrysellick #stopmotionanimation

[circa1964 @mpossert]

I worked on this miniature Sphinx for the movie Megiddo: Omega Code 2.  A cheesy movie with some fun miniature effects. #omegacode #god #sphinx

[circa1964 @mpossert]

Buildings for the alien planet city miniature for the Coneheads movie. I made a bunch of buildings, both big and small for the cityscape. The designs were loosely based on Lebbeus Woods designs. I had a lot of freedom to design and build what I wanted. #miniatures #coneheads #wip