The Wretched Hive Show

Many of you know that Matt is a podcaster, previously he did "Mormoncast" which at this time the momentum of that has kind of fizzled. But, he has come up with another one, "The Wretched Hive Show." For you Star Wars fans out there, this is how Obi Wan described the Mos Eisley spaceport to Luke Skywalker (when they go to get a pilot to take them to Alderaan). The podcast will be a scene from inside the cantina in Mos Eisley, specifically in the booth where Han Solo and Greedo have their faceoff (Han shot first). The concept behind the podcast is going to be pretty funny, but to protect the show while it is in its early stages I will hold off on sharing the details, but I wanted to show you the set for the podcast.
Originally Matt was going to keep things pretty simple, but as you will be able to see from the photos, it became quite extensive.

This is Matt's original concept artwork...

This is an artist's interpretation of Matt's concept art:

This is the early version of the set, yes, the set is in my house

The walls of the new set go up

They poured boiling hot water on a long board in order to get it to curve like a ramp, I boiled the water...that was my contribution to the project

They used (I think) drywall to cover the entire thing

This is what they accomplished on day #1

Matt painting. The big orb in the upper left hand side of the picture is a huge Chinese lantern that Matt bought to add the correct "mood" lighting to the cantina when the other lights are off.

The final project...for now. It think they are going to be making a few more changes. Please note the burn mark on the wall from where Greedo tried to shoot Han Solo.

The scene from the movie, not too bad!