The art of miniatures: new issue of befores & afters magazine now out!

August 29, 2025

How models were used in ‘Bullet Train Explosion’, ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘Megalopolis’, ‘Alien: Romulus’, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, and more.

Issue #37 of befores & afters magazine is now out! It’s a deep dive into the latest miniature effects work, plus some old-school model effects.

It covers:

  • The miniature cloudscapes of The Phoenician Scheme with FX WRX
  • The strange, surreal world of Megalopolis and its use of miniatures with Christopher Warren
  • Orchestrating Bullet Train Explosion with models
  • Making the Corbelan IV from Alien: Romulus with Pro Machina and Ian Hunter
  • How ILM brought back miniatures for several Star Wars series
  • A look back at the models in Band of Brothers with Mattes and Miniatures
  • The demolition robot from I, Robot with Dave Asling

You can grab the issue in PRINT from Amazon (that’s the US store, make sure you try your local Amazon store, too), or as a DIGITAL EDITION on Patreon.

Remember, you can also subscribe to the DIGITAL MAGAZINE as a tier on the Patreon and get a new issue every time one is released.

Hope you enjoy the latest issue!

Here’s the links to various Amazon stores:

USA: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Germany: https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

France: https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Spain: https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Italy: https://www.amazon.it/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Japan: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Sweden: https://www.amazon.se/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Poland: https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

Netherlands: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0FP2YVDKY

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