Indiana Jones Raiders Fertility Idol Stand

First post! Woohoo! First off, this forum is HUGE and full of just incredible talent. I can't believe I haven't signed up years ago and now I'm proud of being a part of this enormous community of fellow movie prop fans.

I figured I'd like to share my first resin casting nightmare... er, project here, a scaled-down replica (though still large) of the top section of the Idol pedestal.

Here is the master pattern in the works. It's made of foam with carved details, later coated with an air-drying modeling compound. Once dry it's hard as a rock.


Beginning stage. The pillar segment is two round cut pieces of foam. The top and bottom surfaces are 1/2" foam core board.


After tracing on a template of the side pattern, the carving begins.


Added air-hardening compound.


Top portion completed. Tooled in some stone-like texture and cracks.


Bottom portion complete.


Sculpting the side pattern.


A completed section of the side pattern with added textures.


Completed master pattern. Ready for moulding.





This project's been a nightmare to finish and it's claimed our breakfast table for over a month... but I got it done! The molding process was a near disaster, but in the end, after some ingenuity, and some online help from an expert model-making friend of mine I was able to rescue it. This casting is semi-solid resin. Basically about an inch thick outer layer of resin and a solid foam interior. It's still super heavy though at about 20 pounds or so.







-AL

welcome AL! WOO HOO!

I already gave you a much deserved "pat on the back" here. =)

http://www.therpf.com/showpost.php?p...0&postcount=59

All Hail the Holy Orange!

These stands are fabulous for anyone who's interested!

Extremely Nice - Well done!!

Beautiful! Perfect paint job, too!

Hey, Thomas! Fancy meeting you here! lol. Thanks for the feedback guys. These are the kinds of enthusiastic responses that recharges my batteries to keep on creating! Thanks again guys.

-AL

nice work.. respect...

Funny I was just on COW lookin at this, then came here to see this thread.

Great work Al

Show these guys your Headpiece stand. that one is great too.

wayyy coolll

Welcome to the forum!

Untalented guys like me love seeing more talented guys like you to buy stuff from!

That idol stand is sweet!

brad

Very very awesome!

that looks incredible ive hardly seen a stand attempted, and its a really great job.
my only gripe is this:

while im absolutely perplexed how your idol is such a beautiful gold(ive had mine for 6 years now unpainted because i cant figure a good way to do it), the eyes stick out, because they're supposed to appear like eyes, and not painted gold.

this is a picture of the real idol, with the gold all flaked off from age. i found a few of it from the film but they were too small.


its not just your idol with gold eyes, its pretty much every replica idol ive ever seen.

This IS a brilliant job..

Well done mate and cheers for sharing the process.

Regards

MARK

themanwoaname said:

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that looks incredible ive hardly seen a stand attempted, and its a really great job.
my only gripe is this:

while im absolutely perplexed how your idol is such a beautiful gold(ive had mine for 6 years now unpainted because i cant figure a good way to do it), the eyes stick out, because they're supposed to appear like eyes, and not painted gold.

this is a picture of the real idol, with the gold all flaked off from age. i found a few of it from the film but they were too small.


its not just your idol with gold eyes, its pretty much every replica idol ive ever seen.

To set the record straight here, I only made the stand. The idol replica sitting on my stand is the replica by Sideshow Collectibles, based on one of the supposed "stunt" idols, none of which were known to have glass eyes. Only the hero prop with motorized eyes, and the "fixed-eyes" version you posted above had glass eyes. Once Indy pulls it off the pedestal and runs away with it, it's a fully plated idol with gold eyes (either painted pupils, or drilled... there's still controversy on the subject, but most evidence points toward it having simply painted dark dots for pupils).

But I hear ya. I also wish there was a glass-eyes replica out there but I only know of ONE studio who made them (and no longer sell them), and one other guy in Spain who's working on one that's looking absolutely spectacular.

-AL

Fantastic!!! That stand looks amazing....great job!!!

Hi Al, as I said looks great, glad to give ya a little insight on the project as she progressed....bravo man....what's next???

Will

Hey Will! Yeah, finally signed up. Thanks for curing my heart attack when I thought the mold was shot. Still a problematic mold from hell, but it works.
-AL

Very nice work. Bravo.
B.

Glad to see this wonderful item make its way over from COW!
Really impressive piece - keep up the great work!

TallDarkandDisfigured said:

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Funny I was just on COW lookin at this, then came here to see this thread.

Great work Al

Show these guys your Headpiece stand. that one is great too.

lol, here ya go... Nothing terribly special, but I like it: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php...02#post1219502

-AL

Kick ass!!!

H

www.howardsstudios.com

Freaking amazing!

Man, when I got super-pros like Will and Howard giving me high praises it's enough to make me blush to all sorts of colors..... now I've gone plaid. Thanks so much guys.

-AL

Very well done. Bravo.

A pedistal like this is on my long term list of things to do. Any chance you'd be willing to write a how-to thread? Or at least share dimensions and brands/colors of paints used?

Congrats on a great piece.

Junkyard.........run?