WHEN I GOT THE CALL FROM MISSING PIECES TO DESIGN WWII CRATES AND PLAQUES TO HOLD DECOMPOSING ZOMBIE HEADS FOR A CALL OF DUTY CAMPAIGN I THOUGHT…SURE WHY NOT?! THIS PROJECT WAS FASCINATING AS I DUG IN ON RESEARCHING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF WWII CRATES. MY OBJECTIVE WAS TO HAVE THE CRATES FEEL AS AUTHENTIC AS POSSIBLE…LIKE WE HAD DISCOVERED THEM IN AN OLD BUNKER. I MATCHED MY DESIGN AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO CRATES OF THAT ERA AND WENT AS FAR AS FINDING ORIGINAL HARDWARE FROM WWII. THE MAIN CHALLENGE OF THIS JOB WAS THAT THE CRATE NEEDED TO SERVE AS A WAY TO DISPLAY THE ZOMBIE HEAD PLAQUE. I CREATED A TWOFOLD DESIGN WHERE THE RECEIVER HAD MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO DISPLAY THE PLAQUE. OPTION 1: THE SIDE PANEL OF THE CRATE COULD DETACH AND BE USED TO DISPLAY ON ANY SURFACE (SEE VIDEO BELOW). OPTION 2: BY FLIPPING THE CRATE VERTICALLY ONE COULD USE THE CRATE ITSELF AS A PEDESTAL BY WEDGING THE PLAQUE INTO THE HANDLE GROOVE OF THE SIDE PANEL. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS PROJECT WAS A LOT OF FUN AS I ENJOY RESEARCHING, GETTING INTO THE NITTY GRITYY WITH DETAILS AND MOST OF ALL PROBLEM SOLVING THROUGH CREATIVE DESIGN. DURING THE CRATE BUILD, THE CLIENT DECIDED THEY WANTED TO INSTALL AN ANIMATRONIC ZOMBIE HEAD WALL AT AN EVENT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. THE WALL HAD TO FIT INTO A VERY SPECIFIC LOCATION AND BE ABLE TO CONCEAL THE ZOMBIE HEAD OPERATORS DURING THE EVENT. I DESIGNED A WALL THAT WORKED WITHIN THE VARIOUS PARAMETERS AND DISPLAYED THE AMAZING HEADS CREATED BY TINSLEY STUDIO.