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VA rented out and sold many pieces to Stratford Theater, Canada, for productions such as 'King Richard',and 'Man of La Mancha'.
In Calgary, Jean-Pierre (JP) Fournier, teaches fencing at Mount Royal College, and orders from us lots of swords for students and for productions. Through him, we also work with 'Paddy Crean Workshops', 'Fight Directors of Canada', and 'International Order of the Pen and Sword'. (Early 2005) Rented some armour to
American Repitory Theater
for their Dido, Queen of Carthage.
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(Fall 2001). This teen adventure series was filmed around Calgary. Among the guest stars for the episode 'Sir Caradoc at the Round Table' that we worked on, were Scott Hylands (as Arthur) , Anthony De Longis (as Lancelot) , and Canada's own F. Braun McAsh (as King Maleager). VA rented lots of armour, and set dec for the feasting hall. We also supplied some special-skilled extras : swordfighters able to be killed and die well. That's Mich, Sean, Rob, and Doug as Maleager's men :) It was a treat for ua at VA to work with two great swordmasters Tony (Queen of swords), and Braun (Highlander TV series).
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HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS ~ TV series |
(1999). VA made or rented several items for this TV series shot in Calgary, thanks to Doug Blackie and the Gizmo prop shop.
We rented a full suit of armour for at least one episode, and were asked to be knights in a time-warp episode. The swordfighters for this were Mich, Rob, Doug, and Robin. We all had fun working against a giant green screen, dressing up as various warriors, and then attacking each other in various ways (...safely of course).
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OTHER TV, THEATRICAL, & VARIOUS |
'Stargate SG-1' (2005) has bought lots of our aluminum stage wweapons and rented a complete suit of transitional armour custom-sized for a character in an episode.
'Shaw TV' (2004) commercial where a 'Knight in shining armour' delivers flowers to a lady.
For a gamer tradeshow, we made some character armour 'Jena' (2004).
VA rented lots of armour for set dec for 'As the World Turns' (2002), for a castle wedding scene.
In 1999, we created 7 full suits of high-polished armour to be displayed in the new arena for
'Tournament of Kings' at Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas.
They were about $3500 USD each, and Mich Shire and Randall Graham
flew to Las Vegas to set up the suits. 'Design Toscano' Catalog armour 1995-1999 which we made over 50 suits for during that time. The buffalo helmet was for a Manitoba TV commercial (2003).
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