Last minute adjustment of tubes, lights and circuit boards in The Vataber Machine. Actor Doug Jones is also in this photo

The Vataber Machine is supposed to have a retro, spare parts, slapped together look as befits a post-apocalyptic future.

Stuffing the bloody foam "meat" into a leg.

This white foam rubber I'm stuffing into this leg will soon look like bloody meat that our zombie will tear out with her teeth.

Photos by Luz McMullen