Inside a seemingly unremarkable garage in Hamilton, starship captains and swashbuckling adventurers take shape.
The studio of British-born artist Paul Shipper is a wonderland for film buffs and science fiction fans.
Stacks of posters – mostly created by Shipper himself – lie on the tables and adorn easels. Working scale models of the lightsabers from the Star Wars movies hang from the ceiling and eerie futuristic music pervades the room from his computer’s sound system.
Shipper, who specialises in both traditional and digital art, is exhibiting his works at this weekend’s Armageddon Expo at the Claudelands Arena.
Although a new experience for the 36-year-old, he will not be out of his element. Since he was a boy he has collected film posters of his favourite films and shows, like the Indiana Jones series,
