Normally, once I complete a replica I can move on to other projects without *too* much regret over what hindsight will ultimately reveal to be (hopefully) only minor errors in accuracy. But once in a while you hit the mother load of reference that proves just how completely wrong you got it the first time.
Case in point, the Police blaster replica from the 5th ELEMENT.
First, the comparison between the new version (in color.) and the original master...
Yikes.
I may have only had screen grabs to work from, but I really wasn't even in the ballpark. The first one is about 14 inches in length, while the new one is over 17 inches.
Here are both sides with accurate engraved type and serial numbers.....
It also really helped to have an original shoulder armor piece from the actual film to help nail the width.
And here's one with the magazine that was not on the foam stunt versions which were actually worn on the shoulder. Instead, a magnet was inserted into the port with it's opposite attached to the underside of the shoulder armor to hold it in place...
I guess if at first you don't succeed...
Case in point, the Police blaster replica from the 5th ELEMENT.
First, the comparison between the new version (in color.) and the original master...
Yikes.
I may have only had screen grabs to work from, but I really wasn't even in the ballpark. The first one is about 14 inches in length, while the new one is over 17 inches.
Here are both sides with accurate engraved type and serial numbers.....
It also really helped to have an original shoulder armor piece from the actual film to help nail the width.
And here's one with the magazine that was not on the foam stunt versions which were actually worn on the shoulder. Instead, a magnet was inserted into the port with it's opposite attached to the underside of the shoulder armor to hold it in place...
I guess if at first you don't succeed...
