Constantine: Holy Shotgun Shells, WIP
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neosporing
Sr Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
arrrrg, i sold my shotgun ...
i can't wait for the shells!!
arrrrg, i sold my shotgun ...
i can't wait for the shells!!
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
Use a spray-on etch resist and engrave through it to the brass using a laser engraver with a rotary attachment. Then do your acid etch.
Just got done doing some pieces this way for an upcoming film. :love
Wow, quite the response
The first guesses were correct. These are for the holy shotgun shells from "Constantine". Will need to have some stuff lathed for them and practice applying the etchresist laminate as it is faaaaar more challenging to get it on round objects than flat objects like the lighter pieces.
I finished the graphics in my last run of nightshifts, so i might do some test etching in the coming weeks when i have more time and my finger hurts less.
Use a spray-on etch resist and engrave through it to the brass using a laser engraver with a rotary attachment. Then do your acid etch.
Just got done doing some pieces this way for an upcoming film. :love
LeMarchand
Sr Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
If the foil turns out to be too difficult, i'll probably just have them cnc engraved by my machinist. Downside is that it is really expensive to have it done.
If the foil turns out to be too difficult, i'll probably just have them cnc engraved by my machinist. Downside is that it is really expensive to have it done.
LeMarchand
Sr Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
yes, brass 12 gauge CBC shells, same as the ones in the movie. Pretty difficult to find on this side of the water
yes, brass 12 gauge CBC shells, same as the ones in the movie. Pretty difficult to find on this side of the water
LeMarchand
Sr Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
although i probably can't resist and do it at some stage (all brass if possible) the amount of time and money involved will be insane.
although i probably can't resist and do it at some stage (all brass if possible) the amount of time and money involved will be insane.
LeMarchand
Sr Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
Did some testing on getting the photoresist film on the shell and developing it. I think this will work. It takes way more time than doing this on a flat surface, but the endresult is what counts. exposure was done by rolling the bullet on the UV light flat bad for slightly longer than usual. I will strip the foil and redo it as i didn't aligne top and bottom right and graphics need a slight tweak. When redone, the rest can masked with tape and nailpolish and a test-etch will be done.
Did some testing on getting the photoresist film on the shell and developing it. I think this will work. It takes way more time than doing this on a flat surface, but the endresult is what counts. exposure was done by rolling the bullet on the UV light flat bad for slightly longer than usual. I will strip the foil and redo it as i didn't aligne top and bottom right and graphics need a slight tweak. When redone, the rest can masked with tape and nailpolish and a test-etch will be done.
LeMarchand
Sr Member
Did a test etch with the tweaked graphics.....ow man....these are gonna be so awesome 
If that's the 'test', I can't wait to see the 'finish'. It looks great.
Noeland
Master Member
Re: Lemarchand's first propproject for 2012, can you guess what it is?
They're more common than most folks realize, even gun folks. They use them a lot in cowboy action shooting, as that was their origins. The shells used on VERA's stock are full brass 12 guage, which is an interesting carry over from it's use in Showtime, where the blanks used were full brass.
I have a few boxes of them, they're very cool IMHO. :cool
Back on topic, DAMN, that looks really cool. I'll have to throw the film in, but didn't they have some that showed the tip, and the slug was made of silver?
They're more common than most folks realize, even gun folks. They use them a lot in cowboy action shooting, as that was their origins. The shells used on VERA's stock are full brass 12 guage, which is an interesting carry over from it's use in Showtime, where the blanks used were full brass.
I have a few boxes of them, they're very cool IMHO. :cool
Back on topic, DAMN, that looks really cool. I'll have to throw the film in, but didn't they have some that showed the tip, and the slug was made of silver?
LeMarchand
Sr Member
They are a B$#CH to properly etch, but making nice progress on the set of 14 i am doing.
drew up patterns for the slug and primer, which i need to have lathed.
drew up patterns for the slug and primer, which i need to have lathed.
