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• Mice, Beware!

  22Mar
  Categories: Miniatures, Scenic Comments: 1

  Shotgun toting feline on the loose. What does this have to do with NK-1 Class Soybeans by Syngenta?  Click the image below for the full ad.
  

  

  Photography by Rick Dublin, agency is Campbell Mithun. Product is NK-1 Class Soybeans from Syngenta.

  

  We fabricated a corner of an old farm house room as a small set piece with hand aged flooring and custom trim with man made mouse hole. mnfx also produced the cat sized shotgun for the image by hand carving a walnut stock, adding a few custom laser cut parts and a couple of pvc tubes. It’s a fun ad that also won first place in the Region lll Best of NAMA for Single Page Ad.

  Tags: best of, campbell mithun, cat, cat shotgun, farm house, feline, first place, mouse hole, nama, National Agri-Marketing Association, nk soybean, nk-1 soybean, region 3, rick dublin, shotgun, syngenta

• Try The Idea Helmet On For Size

  22Mar
  Categories: Portfolio, Table Top Props, Tradeshow Comments: 0

  On this campaign for Print It, A Navitor company, we fabricated the Idea Helmet. Initial design of  the helmet and campaign was developed by Hunt Adkins. The final image photography by Curtis Johnson.

  

  Below is the where it all started. After receiving the initial layout from Hunt Adkins. mnfx did the following basic rendering before starting any construction.

  

  After the drawing was approved. We started fabricating the basic shape and components of the helmet. Here the major parts are primed before getting painted. Then some of the finer detail components are added and test fit along with guitar cables, electrical wiring and circuit boards.

  

  

  Once all the parts were produced and test fit. We pulled out the spray gun equipment and paint. The shell of the helmet has a black lacquer finish. While the gold parts had a 5-step paint system applied.

  
  

  

  All the components painted, fastened together and ready for a trip to the photo studio. Rub down graphics were applied for additional detail. A construction helmet was embedded for fitting the Idea Helmet onto the model. The Idea Helmet was then put on display at various tradeshows.

  

  

  Tags: curtis johnson, design aids, graphic artists aid, hunt adkins, idea helmet, mnfx, Navitor company, print it, print it center