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  FX for Hire!        "Have Kit will Travel!" 
Fantasy Creations FX   Effects Created , Rental Gear & Equipment

Letter from FCFX owner - Mike Strain Jr.;
   Thank you for giving us the opportunity to work with you in creating something magical, or should I say creating something of a fantastic nature. Creating special effects is an art form, not to mention a legal one. Alot of people start out tinkering with special effects, but not everyone can truely create special effects.  
   We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live function. Contact us to find out more!
   We can create or have worked with these & many other Special effects, Make-up & Pyrotechnics, Wind , Rain, Snow, Fog & Snow, Fire, Miniatures, Rigging, Stunts, Flying, Cars, Body Burns, Puppets, Creatures, Props, Safety & many, many more!

      Looking forward to working with you Reel soon!
                                                                               FXMike

* Full Resume is on our Demo Video Page!


   --- Make-up FX ---  
Prosthetic Make-ups  (Character & creature appliances, small scratches to full head make-up’s )
Beauty & Corrective Make-up  (For weddings, photo shoots or just going out on the town)
Masks & Gloves  (Custom & in stock fill head masks, gloves & feet “shoe covers”)
Beards, Mustaches & Wigs  (Custom made to hand laid on the set hair pieces)
Blood & Gore FX  (Almost anything you can Imagine, we can create it)
Life Casting  (From a finger to a full body, child to elderly & )
Sculpting & Molding  (Custom FX to prototypes to inanimate objects)
Some Generic Masks & Make-ups available  (contact us for a list of pre-made make-ups)


   --- Miniature Effects ---
Sets  (Full city / town sets to a single backdrop in Miniature)
Models  (Cars, buildings, trees you name it & we can create it)
Puppets & Characters; (Stop motion, claymation to hand or rod puppets & more)
Props  (Anything else needed on a set “paint brush to a cannon & beyond)

   --- Air Mortars & Pneumatics ---                 
Air Mortars  (for simulating explosions & throwing debrit “Non-Pyro”)
Confetti Cannon  (for launching confetti, T-shirts & more “Non-Pyro)
1 hit "bullet hit" system (Non-Pyro)
20 hit "bullet hit" system (Non-Pyro)
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Zirc "spark" Hits (requires Pyro License & hazmat shipping)
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Dust Hits  (choice of dust colors)
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Marble Hits  (used to break glass)
Head Splatter rig  (Non-Pyro, shoots 5’ to 40’)
Splatter gun  (Non-Pyro, shoots pea’s to 10” splatters)
  

   --- Wind & Air---      
Air / Wind Movers (small - Large)
Tube of death (create the low lying fog effect)


   --- Fog, Smoke, Steam & Bubble's---                   
Fog machine  (small – Large)
Dry Ice fog machine  (Creeping fog FX)
Car radiator boiling over  (set-up)
Firelog "Fire/Smoke bars"  (used for residual fire, after the explosion)
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Dust Hits  (choice of colors)
Dust gun (for dusting people & objects, filled variety of dusts & colors)


   --- Rain & Water FX ---     
Rain Bars, Drip bars, Rain Towers & Rain heads  (Hoses, Nozzles & Ends, Manifolds, Y's / Splitters, Valves, Pumps, Water Tanks, Waterfall set-ups, Dump tanks, Hudson Sprayer, Wrenches & a lot more!


   --- Pyrotechnics --- (Requires a Licensed Pyrotech & Hazmat shipping fee on all Pyro FX) 
Bullet Hits
Spark Hits "Pyro"  (many variations of size & duration “hard wired”)
Car Bullet hits  
Creamora Explosions
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Zirc "spark" Hits   (requires a Licenses Pyrotechnician & hazmat shipping)
Exploding / Flying Barrel  (50' - 100' high)
Trunion gun  (single – Multi shots)
Glass Poppers  (Sweaney Sm- Lg & FCFX XL) 
Explosions  (vehicle, building / house or ground Explosions)
Mortars
Sparks machines                                                                       
Powder Magazine  (Day box)
Flash Paper  (call for current price)
Propane Popper
* Proximate Pyrotechnics  (“Call for full list & prices”)
Gerb, Water fall , Sparks, Concussion Mortar, Flash Powder, Saxxon, Flame Ejectors, Line Rocket, Fountains, Lances, Set Pieces, Comets & a lot more!
 
"Pyro" Firing Devices
Single squib hit , 6 shot "personal" wireless shots , 12 – 300 hit nail board , 12 -24 hit remote fire system

   --- Fire ---                                                                      
Torches
Propane Burper  (5' - 20' fireballs)
Camp fires & fire places  (Sm - Lg Set-Ups)
Bum Barrels
Flame bars  (12" – 8’)  (Longer flame bars available, call for price)
Flame Ring  (6’ – 48” & larger)
Fire Pan  (6” – 48” & larger)
Propane Cannon (5' - 75' fire balls)
Extinguishers
LPG Hoses
Propane Tanks
Spuds


   --- Glass & Glass Breakers---    
Fake / Rubber Glass  (Shaved Ice (Fine), Shattered Glass (Tempered), Glass Shards (Angles)
Trunion guns  (single - Multi shots)
Glass Popper  (Sweaney Sm - Lg) 
Glass Popper  (FCFX XL)
C0 2 "Pnuematic" Marble Hits
Tempered (Real Glass)
Breakaway glass
Candy Glass
Break Away Bottles  (For additional breakaways see below)


   --- Snow FX ---
Fake snow (sm – lg flakes)
Fake snow (large flakes)
Icicle (sm, med, & lg singles )
Icicle (sm - lg Multi - points)
Snow Shaker
Hanging "mechanical" Snow machine
Snow Blankets (& more cover)


   --- Break away's ---                                                        
Bottles  (various sizes & styles)
Cups & Dishes  (various sizes & styles)
Glass Windows  (Many styles & sizes available “call”)
Furniture  (Call for quote)
Icicles
Stunt & Safety Props
Custom Breakaway’s (Call for quote)


   --- Wire Rigging & Flying ---                     
Flying
Flying Harness
Jerk vests
Hanging Harness
Ankle & wrist harness
Safety Harness
Desender Rig
35' Fly Crane
Teeter Rig
Shives "pulleys"
Cable
Safety/Lead rope
Chain


--- Dummies & Props ---                                         
1/2 torso dummies (All sexes & ages)
full dummy  
Anitomical Skeleton  
Skeleton Corpse (All sexes & ages & "Infant/baby")
Rubber Chicken, Bass Fish
Rocks & Custom Rocks (call for price)
Trees & bushes
Chain
Police light bar (for car)
Dynamite "Dummy"
Weapons (Non-Firing)
Guns, Knives, Swords, Axes, Hammers, Pipe wrenches, Screw drivers
Weapons / bleeding rig
Surgical Gear
Custom props
 

   --- 1 of a kind & Custom Costuming ---         
One of a kind Costumes
Mechanical Costume
Light FX costumes
Custom built Costume FX


   --- Custom & Misc. FX ---                                             
Body Armour
Retractable & injectable syringes
Retractable knives
Safety & Furniture Pads
Fullers Earth
Cobweb Gun  
Sets & Set Pieces (Signage, furniture etc)
Generator(S) (5000 watts)
Trip Releases, Drop Box / Tarp
Custom Rigging for FX & Stunt Gags
Arrow "shoot" rig, Knife "throw" rig & Spear "throw" rig
Creature & Character Puppeteering


   --- FireWorks "Displays" Class B & C---  (((Call for more Info)))
(Class B= is the City displays & Class C= Consumer fireworks display timed & choreographed.) 
   * "Requires few days "on-site" prep before show" as well as Preplanning, site plan & 30 Day Pre-applying for permits!




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( If you do not see the FX you need, give us a call. We can create almost any Effect "within reason"! )
FCFX - Preperation & Time Requirements "Quick Guide"
* Make-up FX
   SHOP time & prep is required, depending on the make-ups design & complexity      
Some FX Requires a FCFX Licensed FX Artist "on set"!   (From idea to fabrication) 

* Physical Special Effects (ie wind, rain, snow)

   Usually only 1 week prep is required. (FX requiring hazmat shipping may take a little longer!) Require some "on-site" Preplanning! (Some FX Require a FCFX Licensed - Pyrotech "on set")!

* Pyrotechnics & Fire FX

   Usually 1 week prep required, with a 1 time "Hazmat" Transportation / shipping fee!   
                 (((FX requiring hazmat shipping may take a little longer!)))
(((ALL PYRO FX Requires a FCFX Licensed FX - Pyrotechnician "on set")))
   Explosions - "Usually require a few days "on-site" prep before shooting, as well as Pre-planning, a site plan & Pre-applying for permits (if needed)!

   Proximate Pyrotechnics
- "Usually require a few days "on-site" prep before shooting" as well as Pre-planning, a site plan & Pre-applying for permits (30 days prior)!


* Wire Rigging & Flying, Break Away’s

   Usually only 1 week prep is required.  (All FX Requires a FCFX Licensed FX Artist "on set") "WILL require a few days "on-site" Preplanning, a site plan & prep before shooting" for Rigging, Testing & SAFETY !

* Custom & Misc. FX

   Usually a few weeks prep is required on Custon FX, depending on project.
(Some on site prep may be required!) (FX requiring hazmat shipping may take a little longer!)
 


("Warning");
 Almost all FX we create will "Bite you"
   * Meaning they can make you sick, hurt or even kill you, if not taken seriously or done without the years of experience & knowledge needed!                                                                                                                                                   
                As explained by another FX Artist & "friend" - Andy of OSE

SPFX, props & all work built by FCFX;
   All Spfx & props built by FCFX becomes the property of FCFX after the production wraps. Unless otherwise specified by the production company during the FX breakdown & bid faze of the preproduction.


     We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next
  motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live event
  or function.
                    
       Full Resume & Demo video @ FX Demo videos "On demo page"    

            Missouri State & Federally Licensed Pyrotechnician               


Please call for quote and equipment inquires.

Mike Strain Jr.

Office: (417) 619-1138

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My Internet Movie Database Page; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833158/

* Federally licensed high explosives Pyrotechnician 
* Missouri State Proximate Pyro Licensed Shooter
* Missouri State Fireworks Pyro Licensed Shooter

Magazines we have been in!
         


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Guest Apperances;
"Available for Conventions, Film Festivals, Career days & more"
Norlock Tv Show (Guest FX artist) - (MO) 1989
Springfield Scene (Guest Make-up artist) - (MO) 1990
Robberson Elementary (Career Assembly) - (MO) 1990
Mike Malibu "Halloween Special" (Guest FX artist) - (MO) 1991
Branson Highschool (Career Day) - (MO) 1996
HHS "TV show" - (MO) 1997
RaCon - "Guest Make-up Artist" - (Kansas) 2000
Springfield News Leader (Halloween Fav. movie pics)-(MO) 2005
VisionCon - "SPFX Guest" - (MO) 2003-current


           "Demo DVD or VHS Video  & References 
                        available apon Requests!"

"Talent will win out in the field of Spfx", Sally Fields

"Remember it's called Show business not Show Art", Lilly Tomlin

We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next   motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live event   or function.                 
We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next   motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live event   or function.                 
We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next   motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live event   or function.                 
We can create almost anything (within reason) for your next   motion picture or video production, Halloween party or live event   or function.                 
 
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