After graduating Armstrong went on to travel, spending time in the UK, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and America.
Upon his return to Australia in 1998 he completed a post graduate diploma in Multimedia Studies from Swinburne University.
Never having had any formal film school training, Armstrong credits his expertise to on-the-job experience.
Combining all aspects of his favourite movie genres Armstrong coined the term "Neo-Pulp" describing it as "lovingly embracing the most extreme, cliche, and supercilious elements of pop culture and pulp literature and putting them in a human context... It’s not a spoof, it’s not horror, it’s not action, it’s not sci-fi, it’s not drama.
From Parts Unknown was actually filmed before MurderDrome but was not released until later due to what Armstrong quoted as "post-production issues".