scarf man
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I very much enjoyed that Trooper_trent !
Blade Runner Inspired Office Build: Deckard's Apartment
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Thanks, man! That means a lot. It's been a really fun project and I'm still enjoying it every day.
I have another couple of pieces coming over the next several days that I'm excited to add to the room. I'll post updates when I get them in.
Happy weekend everyone!
I thought I'd make a post showing some of the random pieces that haven't been covered, and some small updates.
As for updates, there's not much. I re-potted the Bonsai with a rectangular pot that's a bit more accurate in shape and not so cheap looking as the one that it came with.
and I repainted my smoke detector to be silver with a black base... because, well, the plain white one was an eyesore, and I noticed this little guy all over his apartment.
Close enough! haha
As for decor items!
First off is this Bank Teller fan from the 1920's. It's cast iron and bronze and has a variable speed motor. The fan was designed to blow air up and out, but not down, so as not to disturb papers or currency bills. This fan can be seen in a few places in Deckard's apartment, including the entry way, front room/office, and his bedroom.
Next, in this shot is you can see a mid-century lighted champagne glass with scissors and mechanical pencil inside. Super random, but there it is! The eagle eyes on the Prop Summit even identified the correct pair of scissors! Next to it, a couple of Buddha heads, and to the left behind the vidphone, is a Braun HL70 desk fan. You can also see the bank teller fan and the bronze Mortar sculpture from a previous post in the background.
rickhoward has even identified several of the books stacked up underneath the brief case. I've been able to find two of them so far. Promenades en France, and Five and Ten. The famous Johnnie Walker bottle makes an appearance here as well.
Next are these beautifully recreated 'Asian Man' and Geisha mask ceramic statues made by the amazing userd1402. The Asian Man can be seen in Deckard's living room next to the BeoScreen and also in his bedroom. The mask is on a shelf in the dining room behind the piano. David did an AMAZING job on both of these items.
You can see the Geisha mask here
Also seen on the piano (above) is the famous Saturn Lamp from the 1939 New York World's Fair, and an antique Seth Thomas metronome in a dark wood finish.
On the piano lid is a 1940's Anchor Hocking ashtray with a folding bamboo tray lying on top. I believe the eagle-eyed rickhoward also identified these, if I'm not mistaken.
My blaster is a 2019 Tomenosuke. I upgraded it with a steel barrel, real bulldog cylinder (special thanks to scottjua), real weaver knob, and real binding post. I stripped the original dull finish, blued, and weathered it.
This hundreds of years old opium weight in the shape of a duck can be seen on the music stand of the piano next to a group of random photos. The photos were expertly recreated by kurtyboy
This little magnifier by Ideal-Tek is also shown on the music tray next to the photos
Lighting the music and photos is a 1960's Dazor "flying saucer" lamp (also seen above) in light brown, with the saucer turned upside down.
Then of course, the Johnnie Walker bottle and real Cibi glass from Arnolfo di Cambio.
That's about it for now!
I thought I'd make a post showing some of the random pieces that haven't been covered, and some small updates.
As for updates, there's not much. I re-potted the Bonsai with a rectangular pot that's a bit more accurate in shape and not so cheap looking as the one that it came with.
and I repainted my smoke detector to be silver with a black base... because, well, the plain white one was an eyesore, and I noticed this little guy all over his apartment.
Close enough! haha
As for decor items!
First off is this Bank Teller fan from the 1920's. It's cast iron and bronze and has a variable speed motor. The fan was designed to blow air up and out, but not down, so as not to disturb papers or currency bills. This fan can be seen in a few places in Deckard's apartment, including the entry way, front room/office, and his bedroom.
Next, in this shot is you can see a mid-century lighted champagne glass with scissors and mechanical pencil inside. Super random, but there it is! The eagle eyes on the Prop Summit even identified the correct pair of scissors! Next to it, a couple of Buddha heads, and to the left behind the vidphone, is a Braun HL70 desk fan. You can also see the bank teller fan and the bronze Mortar sculpture from a previous post in the background.
rickhoward has even identified several of the books stacked up underneath the brief case. I've been able to find two of them so far. Promenades en France, and Five and Ten. The famous Johnnie Walker bottle makes an appearance here as well.
Next are these beautifully recreated 'Asian Man' and Geisha mask ceramic statues made by the amazing userd1402. The Asian Man can be seen in Deckard's living room next to the BeoScreen and also in his bedroom. The mask is on a shelf in the dining room behind the piano. David did an AMAZING job on both of these items.
You can see the Geisha mask here
Also seen on the piano (above) is the famous Saturn Lamp from the 1939 New York World's Fair, and an antique Seth Thomas metronome in a dark wood finish.
On the piano lid is a 1940's Anchor Hocking ashtray with a folding bamboo tray lying on top. I believe the eagle-eyed rickhoward also identified these, if I'm not mistaken.
My blaster is a 2019 Tomenosuke. I upgraded it with a steel barrel, real bulldog cylinder (special thanks to scottjua), real weaver knob, and real binding post. I stripped the original dull finish, blued, and weathered it.
This hundreds of years old opium weight in the shape of a duck can be seen on the music stand of the piano next to a group of random photos. The photos were expertly recreated by kurtyboy
This little magnifier by Ideal-Tek is also shown on the music tray next to the photos
Lighting the music and photos is a 1960's Dazor "flying saucer" lamp (also seen above) in light brown, with the saucer turned upside down.
Then of course, the Johnnie Walker bottle and real Cibi glass from Arnolfo di Cambio.
That's about it for now!
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The Anchor Manhattan ashtray, oshibori bamboo tray, and Ideal-Tek magnifier are "mine."
I rediscovered the books for myself, but others (over on Propsummit) had identified them before, and unbeknownst, to me. A fun, but unnecessary, research exercise. :-D
I rediscovered the books for myself, but others (over on Propsummit) had identified them before, and unbeknownst, to me. A fun, but unnecessary, research exercise. :-D
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Thanks for clarifying. The countless hours you and others have poured into finding these rare and obscure items is greatly appreciated.
Today I have a new piece arriving, for which I have been searching for many months. When I first joined the Blade Runner prop group, it was one of my very first posts, asking if this odd looking background piece had ever been identified, and since then I was constantly looking for it. Alas, I was not the one who eventually identified it, despite countless hours of image searches and AI assistance. And of course when it was finally (recently) identified by David Hood on the Propsummit facebook group, it was immediately apparent that it was yet again, another SUPER RARE item. WHY is it always such obscure, hard-to-find pieces when it comes to Blade Runner? I swear the set designers had an unlimited budget when it came to set decoration, or at least a good eye on what things were the most rare when borrowing items from prop shops. Deckard must've had a huge pension, or his ex-wife was the money maker because almost everything in that apartment is very rare or very expensive.
I complain, but hunting for these elusive items is the most enjoyable part of the hobby.
Until it arrives, I wanted to play a little guessing game with you guys.
If you already know what it is, please don't spoil it!
but for the rest of you, throw out your best guesses on what this item might be. I cannot even begin to tell you how many different things I incorrectly THOUGHT it was until it was identified, and while I got close, I didn't get it exact. It's this tall clear cylindrical object next to the "BeoScreen" in Deckard's bedroom.
So let's hear it! What do you think it is?
I complain, but hunting for these elusive items is the most enjoyable part of the hobby.
Until it arrives, I wanted to play a little guessing game with you guys.
If you already know what it is, please don't spoil it!
but for the rest of you, throw out your best guesses on what this item might be. I cannot even begin to tell you how many different things I incorrectly THOUGHT it was until it was identified, and while I got close, I didn't get it exact. It's this tall clear cylindrical object next to the "BeoScreen" in Deckard's bedroom.
So let's hear it! What do you think it is?
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Hmmm....
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division 6
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Kinda reminds me of a fish tank filtering system.
it DOES!
Anyone else? hehe
Anyone else? hehe
Yep, all great guesses!
I thought it was some kind of Newton Thermometer or some kind of spinning jewelry display. Lab equipment as well. Some kind of gauge or meter, or even some kind of sediment filter or something.
I thought it was some kind of Newton Thermometer or some kind of spinning jewelry display. Lab equipment as well. Some kind of gauge or meter, or even some kind of sediment filter or something.
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It arrived! So what the hell is it? It's a CLOCK!
It's called the Helix Clock, designed by Steve Diskin and produced by Kirsch Hamilton in 1979 in a limited edition. One of the things that threw everyone off the scent is that it's not supposed to stand vertically like this. It's meant to lay down horizontally.
This unique design features three sections in the shape of a helix that rotate according to seconds, minutes, and hours. The gears are exactly the same as a normal clock but instead of hands going around a disc once a minute, hour, or 12 hours, they rotate around this tube. The ends are painted white, which line up with a strip of numbers, telling you what time it is.
The crazy part is that once it was identified, it was also quickly noticed that the clock is also seen laying in its proper horizontal position on Deckard's coffee table in his living room!
It's called the Helix Clock, designed by Steve Diskin and produced by Kirsch Hamilton in 1979 in a limited edition. One of the things that threw everyone off the scent is that it's not supposed to stand vertically like this. It's meant to lay down horizontally.
This unique design features three sections in the shape of a helix that rotate according to seconds, minutes, and hours. The gears are exactly the same as a normal clock but instead of hands going around a disc once a minute, hour, or 12 hours, they rotate around this tube. The ends are painted white, which line up with a strip of numbers, telling you what time it is.
The crazy part is that once it was identified, it was also quickly noticed that the clock is also seen laying in its proper horizontal position on Deckard's coffee table in his living room!
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