Liew's attention to detail allows him to make some of the most realistic-looking props, be they weapons, helmets or gadgets. Photos: Gary Liew
Gary Liew desperately and hurriedly attempts to spray paint a helmet placed on the floor of a five-foot way, popular as a paint workbench. Meanwhile, younger brother Tim waits for him in the “getaway car”, mum’s conspicuous yellow Hyundai Getz. After all, homes are rarely equipped for industrial-type work.
So, like a scene straight out of a comedic movie, the brothers then flee, the scent of paint wafting through the car, the twosome seeming more like a Terence Hill/Bud Spencer combo than a Paul Newman/Robert Redford tag team. And that’s exactly how the older Liew has approached life and its challenges– necessity is the mother of invention.
