 |
 |
|
 |
|
| Author |
Message |
Staar
Community Member
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 757
Location: AUSTRALIA
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:29 am Post subject: Indiana Jones - Prop Store Collection Idol |
 |
|
For something completely different, I thought I may as well own up to wanting to do something completely different with the Fertility Idol from Raiders...
As people who have seen my other work know, for me any movie prop is a prop first and foremost and I've never regarded the idol as anything other than a "made for movies" item. Like my BR blaster, my feelings towards the idol are firmly rooted in the real world, so I made the decision to try and make it reflect the prop as we saw it presented in the Prop Store collection photo's published a while back.
Since the general opinion out there appears to be that the Idols are generally not 100% accurate (not that I care), I chose to concentrate on replicating the prop in its sorry pre-restoration state as opposed to trying to make it 'accurate' and in its boring solid GOLD finish.
As always, the photographs don't do the finish justice because the surface texture is not at all as pronounced as it seems from these pictures. I hope that these are of some mild interest and that the pictures give you a reasonable idea of how it turned out.
_________________
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
propsjonnyb
Community Member
Joined: 16 Jul 2009
Posts: 476
Location: Helmdon, Northamptonshire UK
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
Excellent work Starr , very very nice,
I happen to own one of the original Raiders Idols, in partiucular the one that was thrown across the gap and caught by Alfred Molina and I've always thought it would have been painted by the natives , rather than polished gold !!
I thinkyou've got it just right ! as you've guessed, I'm also a big Indy fan too ! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
joberg
Community Member
.jpg)
Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Posts: 9463
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Oh yes! I prefer your treatment of the idol...I think the paint job is A+ (as usual, you're a magician with paint/pastel/pencil, etc)  ...saw it on the RPF this morning also. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Gaff87
Community Member
Joined: 05 Oct 2008
Posts: 1727
Location: United Kingdom
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Commented on this on the RPF.
Really love it.
You've done a mans job, sir. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Mr Webber
Community Member
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
Posts: 1824
Location: Terra Australis
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Congratulations Staar, thats an incredible reproduction
_________________
Formerly offworld66 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
Staar
Community Member
Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 757
Location: AUSTRALIA
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| propsjonnyb wrote: | Excellent work Starr , very very nice,
I happen to own one of the original Raiders Idols, in partiucular the one that was thrown across the gap and caught by Alfred Molina and I've always thought it would have been painted by the natives , rather than polished gold !!
I thinkyou've got it just right ! as you've guessed, I'm also a big Indy fan too ! |
Thanks everyone, your kind comments are as always, warmly appreciated.
Mate, I'm intrigued to hear you have that prop. Have you posted pictures of it anywhere? I might have seen them but I'm not sure..
_________________
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author |
Message |
SKIN JOB 66
Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
Posts: 2724
Location: FRANCE
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
WOW, just noticed this topic a minute ago...
EXCELLENT work and idea Staar, far better than the original version they used in the film, this one looks really "genuine" !!!
Fred
_________________
THE FUTURE IS A THING OF THE PAST |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
