bogeyphobia99
Well-Known Member
Definitely goin' to be worth the wait!
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight linked belt project *NEW DIRECTION AND PICS PAGE 3*
- Thread starter coofunkcurly
- Start date
Buckle's looking great.
coofunkcurly
Sr Member
No it will not, sorry. Even if I had the molds today I couldn't be ready to ship by then. Gonna make a great Christmas gift for loved ones though. 
nightwing58
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Impressive, most impressivethumbsup
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Endoskeleton
Well-Known Member
Guys, sorry for the lack of updates. Just been real busy and tired to work on stuff. I do have the molds just about finished and where I want them. With the next update, you guys will see the finished belt.
coofunkcurly
Sr Member
I promise I will start a Junkyard thread as soon as we're ready. This is a project we only want to do once. So as such we want it to be perfect right out of the gates. No upgrading of parts after the fact.
Thanks for hanging in there and let's not post sales related questions in this thread. Not the venue for it and too early for me to answer them anyway.
Thanks for hanging in there and let's not post sales related questions in this thread. Not the venue for it and too early for me to answer them anyway.
Endoskeleton
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Thanks Kev! And guys, I am on this. Have tried casting with 3 different powders and none turned out the way I want. So I have not shown any pics and tossed them. More powders coming next week.
Also, I was a bit concerned that some may object to the arms and buckle being one piece. I'm glad to see some positive reinforcement about it.
Also, I was a bit concerned that some may object to the arms and buckle being one piece. I'm glad to see some positive reinforcement about it.
CrimsonCoscrafts
Active Member
Damn this looks amazing guys! Well done for having the motivation to carry this on and make it the PERFECT piece! I will be interested to find out the price when ready. Good luck guys awesome!
GiovanniDekkers
Active Member
Great attention to detail, please take your time to get this right , keep up the good work!
Looking forward to the outcome.
Looking forward to the outcome.
Endoskeleton
Well-Known Member
I'm making belts for Kev and Rich and wanted to finish first to make it a bit of a surprise... Kev likes surprises :lol But I do think an update is overdue.
With any project, I always have a vision of the end result. Same goes for this one... and the whole idea from the beginning was to replicate the belt as accurate to the movie belt as possible. That means the finish and how it looks at the end is very important to me. It was really tough trying to find the color but I think I've come pretty close. As we know, the movie belt was metal and how we see it differs onscreen and from pic to pic because the tones shift depending on lighting. It's virtually impossible to duplicate this effect with regular paint because paint naturally produces a solid finish... even metallic ones. I ran a test piece recently and you guys can see the results so far and compare them to the promo pics of the actual prop. Keep in mind that the rang and belt were made and finished the same way... again, just how light falls on them makes them look a different color. The finish on the test piece is still very rough and requires a bit more of polishing... just like real metal when it's not prepped. Once polished, it then needs to be stressed to get the matte finish like the movie belt. There's a lot more involved with this process and it's all very nasty stuff I have to deal with, which I'm not set up to do at home. Weather condition is a huge factor as well.
I know some people have been curious about where this projects stands and sorry for the lack of updates and delays. I think the color is pretty close and it'll look very nice once it's matted. Would love to hear what you guys think
With any project, I always have a vision of the end result. Same goes for this one... and the whole idea from the beginning was to replicate the belt as accurate to the movie belt as possible. That means the finish and how it looks at the end is very important to me. It was really tough trying to find the color but I think I've come pretty close. As we know, the movie belt was metal and how we see it differs onscreen and from pic to pic because the tones shift depending on lighting. It's virtually impossible to duplicate this effect with regular paint because paint naturally produces a solid finish... even metallic ones. I ran a test piece recently and you guys can see the results so far and compare them to the promo pics of the actual prop. Keep in mind that the rang and belt were made and finished the same way... again, just how light falls on them makes them look a different color. The finish on the test piece is still very rough and requires a bit more of polishing... just like real metal when it's not prepped. Once polished, it then needs to be stressed to get the matte finish like the movie belt. There's a lot more involved with this process and it's all very nasty stuff I have to deal with, which I'm not set up to do at home. Weather condition is a huge factor as well.
I know some people have been curious about where this projects stands and sorry for the lack of updates and delays. I think the color is pretty close and it'll look very nice once it's matted. Would love to hear what you guys think
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