I finally caved in and added the dots to my Belloq.
Best Raiders Fertility Idol.. Questions!
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TheOldProfessor
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Being new to RFP, I've been looking through the Indiana Jones related threads. Came across this one discussing the ROTLA Idol. Very informative, especially the series of pictures by Indy Magnoli (image and titles of each). The first idol that I bought was back in August 2009. (Diamond Select Toys Indiana Jones Idol Replica Bank, $19.99.) I was cash strapped at the time but just "had" to have this "artifact". Figured it would be good enough. Wow, was I wrong! What I received looked NOTHING like the picture. And I gave it to my one grandson who was crazy about Indy. Should have just saved my money up to get a better one. Lessons learned.
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JoshuaV
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Reviving this thread, because well, Indy is on the mind again haha. I was going to ask didnt the Bank they sold at Disneyland claim to have been casted from the prop in some (granted far removed) fashion? I remember it was brought up in another thread but I couldnt find it. Even with all my archaeological prowess lol.
JoshuaV
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Also to appease the Hovitos here's some work I did on my 3rd gen casted stunt idol. Been playing around with some paint options as I noticed the reason why so many stunts have their details blown out is actually the use of chrome paint, as it needs to pool to smooth out a surface to create a metallic shine. I didnt want to blow out the details on this casting as its a pretty good cast with alot of detail, so I tried more hand painted techniques. Happy with it.
I went over details of this cast and others I've had the honor of holding or seeing and the details are very good. Its definitely an older mold casting of the stunt, you can even see where the mold has begun to delaminate in certain areas which are details I left in because it is kind of an artifact to itself. Helps me keep track of lineage. This one was purchased from a retired prop maker from NorCal, close to the ranch. they claim to have begun production of castings back in the 80's. I've compared it with the other stunts (Including one that was cast from Paramount Studios) details hold up.
I went over details of this cast and others I've had the honor of holding or seeing and the details are very good. Its definitely an older mold casting of the stunt, you can even see where the mold has begun to delaminate in certain areas which are details I left in because it is kind of an artifact to itself. Helps me keep track of lineage. This one was purchased from a retired prop maker from NorCal, close to the ranch. they claim to have begun production of castings back in the 80's. I've compared it with the other stunts (Including one that was cast from Paramount Studios) details hold up.
stevecru
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Does any one know about the quality of the idol from Mind Magic Studio?
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Never seen that one before... it's definitely a unique sculpt, not a recast. Not the most accurate though...
Nice. I just did something similar to my Belloq idol, which had the very shiny chrome paint which muted a lot of detailing. I hit it with gold leaf and some very light shadowing. Here is before…
And after…
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JoshuaV
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Nice!
I was curious how the gold leaf would take or if it would leave too much texture on the surface but it looks really good! You can definitely see more of the sculpt details as well. There's something about a prop like this having too much of a chrome or mirror shine surface texture that people dont realize the sculpt gets lost because they focus on making it look like metal. Love what you did.
Couldn’t agree more. Thanks man.
I hit it with some fullers earth (pics attached) but I think I’m going to go back to the pristine look.
I mean I think it looks fine and works, but after seeing it dusty, I think there’s something about that prop, maybe because of the iconic pedestal scene, that in my mind just looks mystical. The dust I think maybe takes away from that.
