Sky Fortress Studio was founded by Maggie McFee (they/them), a life-long maker and taker-apart-er.

The real breakthrough for me as a maker came as a child when, after taking things apart to see how they worked, I also learned to put things back together. My parents were very thankful for this. Except for that one clock that never did work right again.

My primary focus is prop and prop replica building, an area that requires many skills that I am varyingly proficient at: 2D and 3D graphics, solid modeling, 3D printing, scratch-building, kit-bashing, finishing, music, electronics, and robotics, to name a few. It also involves a lot of superglue and sanding. So much sanding… But that doesn’t sound cool, does it. So let’s not mention the sanding.

By day I work in the High Performance Research Computing field for a major university. Mad science happens on nights and weekends. I am non-binary, Ace, and tend to curse a lot much to the consternation of my mother. Oh, and I used to podcast on Ruining It For Everyone with my friend Christopher and SciFi Idols by myself.