jimmydellamorte
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Being the new guy on the block, I have to say that finding this site is truly a godsend. With Halloween coming up, I wanted to look for some Hellraiser props, and I was thinking. I went into an Egyptian type of shop, that was selling items made in Egypt, and one of the items that caught my attention was a 3 inch square box, totally made of some sort of metal, with small 1/4 inch squares in various places, no specific design at all, but the squares were gold and dark silver, and it looked almost as if someone had sanded the surface down, so they would all fit together, or perhaps these were pieces of resin, colored like that, and then sanded to make the surface flat. All at once, I saw the possibility of making a Hellraiser cube like this, and the good thing about this was that the cube was really heavy, like it was real metal. Wish I had bought that cube, just to keep it as a guide. Does anyone know what material that could have been made from, and would some sort of resin be used for that?
Bob
I never had any idea that the boxes were black on some of the sides, I don't know how I never noticed that.
Either way great work on the boxes, definitely going to try and pick one up as Christmas gets nearer.
Which is correct as far as the movies are concerned?
One picture that I found clearly shows circles, and yet another clearly shows black oblong boxes. And a third clearly shows black boxes with gold smaller squares inside of each box.
I haven't seen one completely out of metal. I've seen them out of etched cubes of acrylic, but not solid metal. There's a guy who makes Hellraiser cube tables. They're a few feet tall and cost $2500 or so dollars. He's on Ebay.
The spike is called the Leviathan Configuration. 20 years ago or so NECA made a plastic Leviathan Configuration that has lights in the middle. Those can still be found on Ebay.
There's a guy on Ebay that sells a different design of Leviathan for $75 - $150. I'm not sure what they're made of. I've been working on making these for a while. I haven't been able to get the patina I want on the brass, so if you want one soon, he's probably the way to go.
Hello, everyone. The one thing that I noticed was the detailing on the Hellraiser box, on the outside edges, and down towards the center disc on side A. There appears to be either boxes or circles lining the side stripes. One picture that I found clearly shows circles, and yet another clearly shows black oblong boxes. And a third clearly shows black boxes with gold smaller squares inside of each box. Which is correct as far as the movies are concerned?
I'm confused.
I wish I could find one of these babies for $100, everywhere I look the movie quality versions are all over 150 bucks. Not saying that's overpriced but it does hurt the wallet lol.
Lots of things to comment on.
First is that while the original one was cool and highly impressive, the spacing leaves much to be desired. The theory being that Pinhead is sort of a uber manager of the highest laws of order in hell. That perfection sort of demands that the spacing be better on the boxes. The designer of the box (in the movie mythology) was a toymaker and a maker of singing birds. That's not a small thing. Singing birds are highly accurate pieces of machinery that were developed in the late 1700's. Someone who made one of these would've had better spacing in their design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPKFT_t2rL0
Any current maker of boxes uses even spacing and has cleaned up the design a bunch (that includes puzzleboxmaker, Pyramid Gallery, myself and others). There is no such thing as a screen accurate Hellraiser box unless you buy a screen used one. If I were to buy a brand new box that looked like the one in the opening credits of Hellraiser 1, I'd be pissed, and so would most people. Not to start a war - it is impressive, but with any current photo editing software, it has been made to look much better. Maybe - screen inspired - although not screen accurate.
Second - I'm 99% sure that puzzleboxmaker has spoken to Simaon Sayce and might be able to chime in on this. I seem to remember reading at some point that in the original design, the ovals were supposed to be chains. I'm not sure I'm remembering that right, but someone here might.
I sell fully etched boxes on Ebay and Etsy for $100 (see my links) that includes a stand and has free shipping in the US. They are 3 inch square and I etch all the metal myself. The ones that you're referring to are likely from puzzleboxmaker. They are well worth the price and come with other goodies that I don't offer.
Happy Hellraising!
WOW, Thanks for all the info. From your screengrabs from the first film, I can see that they are just holes drilled in at odd places, seemingly no rhyme or reason for the placement. I think that all of the boxes you guys make look really great.
Just my two cents.
I have a box from The Puzzle Box Maker and can attest to the quality of it. Its easily my favorite prop replica. I've had a couple puzzle boxes over the years and his is the only one that i haven't had to worry about peeling. The process he uses really locks down the brass without sacrificing appearance.