autoprops713
Sr Member
Some more pics of the ICONS Hero. I think these were from the Ebay auction.
Dave
Dave
Profiles auction of the black painted hero pulse rifle.
Dave
Yeah, the old green versus brown debate. The black painted hero no doubt has green underneath it. Back in LA I've heard two stories concerning this.
1. The hero was painted green to differentiate it from the stunt pulse rifles on the Aliens set. Don't want to confuse the two.
2. It was painted green after Aliens wrapped but before it was sprayed black for Alien 3.
Maybe Harry shed some light here? I think these pics might be his, I'll take them down if you want. I still find it hard to believe that the ICONS guys saw brown, but decided to paint their stunt rifles and this one green.
Dave
I never intended to start a debate, infact I supported the 'brown bess as the origional colour' idea. Which is why I asked, why they Profiles auction was calling the green paint 'origional'.
If the rumor/theory is true that James Cameron owns the original hero with the light-up counter then that would be the only one of original color. As Willie mentioned, they were all repainted black for Alien3 and then re-re-painted after the fact, so those that aren't black aren't the original color, either. They're a "close-enough" that Bapty had lying around 7+ years after the original ones were made. And if you think they had the "green vs. brown" debate there, you're kidding yourselves. Hell, most of them were actually DISASSEMBLED by Bapty and then put together again for sale.
The color was brown. As Willie said, we know this and have for a long time. Geeks only have this debate because color is being judged based on what is seen on-screen not on-set. Brown is set accurate.