Blade Runner Prop Replicas

[franz bolo]

I'm not sure about the thickness of the Amberlith. I found a small piece.

It could also be the laminate. I think this is 10 Mil. Pretty thick and hard. A thinner laminate might adhere tighter plus I'm not sure what they had in 1981.

Look at the huge gap around the ID I made. The one Karl posted is real tight around the ID. I don't know anything about laminates so if someone is more knowledgeable, they might be able to give some hints.

It would probably be a whole lot easier to print the X and the photo with all the other graphics but this was really a fun project.

FB

 

[juno]

That absolutely rocks. Amberlith and rubylith have a thickness range of 1.1 - 1.2 mils.

But I also know from my own *cough* lamination projects, that the heat of the laminator has a lot to do with the edge seal -- as does the thickness. Also, using a material that has a higher lamination adhesion (and is thinner than paper) -- like teslin -- would help.

 

[franz bolo]

Yeah, I used my Dye Sublimation printer on postcard paper.

I had to print the front and the back separate and put them together so the thickness of the ID was pretty fat to start with.

That, along with thick laminate, (and probably low heat on the machine) caused the air gaps.

FB

 

[juno]

Oh yeah, and that mustache has got to go.

 

[temponaut]

Nice work, FB. :thumbsup

I was just looking at some sites that sell hot and cold laminators as well as laminate rolls and pouches. Currently, standard available thicknesses of laminates seem to be 3, 5, 7, and 10 mm. I'm not sure what was available back in 1981.

 

[franz bolo]

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Oh yeah, and that mustache has got to go.
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Ha.. That's funny you saw that. I actually had a thick red gotee growing today and I shaved it just for the photo.. I was thinking that all the cops I've ever had a run in with have all had mustaches and the few photos I took with the gotee looked like I was a skater or something. . . seriously... I did shave the mustache off right after the photo...

Tomorrow, I'm going to make a clip on one for my son with his photo on it.

Temponaut, thanks for the info.


FB

 

[Noeland]

Very nicely done. :thumbsup

The rubylith I used to use was paper thin once peeled off the clear backing. The clear plastic backing it's on is very thick though.

Njc------------

 

[exoray]

As far as laminators going cheap results in poor quality, high quality lamination pouch and a high quality laminator will yield better results... Also test runs on the pouches, just turning the dial up to X mil doesn't always yield the best results...

I had a bunch of cheaper hot laminators and while doing a big run of all access backstage passes in 10 mil I broke down and puchased a $300 laminator and have never looked back...

 

[franz bolo]

If the contents of the wallet are original, here is what the wallet currency was made from.

It's a China Peoples Republic 1980 1 Jiao Bill.

It's smaller than the one featured in the wallet so it must have been enlarged at some point.
It measures 4 1/2 by 2 inches. A U.S. Dollar bill measures 6 1/4 by 2 1/2 inches.

They can be found for as low as .25 Cents.
FB

 

[Mike J.]

According to Phil's original description:

"The hardest component of the Chinese money was the recreation of the special stamps applied on each note. Additionally, one of the notes has handwritten Chinese characters on it (which will be recreated on the reproduction). Each banknote is unique, with markings that differentiate one from the others."

Also, there's supposed to be a few fives in the wallet.


-Mike

 

[franz bolo]

Thanks for the info.

From the photo, I can only tell that the 3 closest bills are the ones I posted above. The red stamp is on all of them but I can't tell exactly what it is.

I'm wondering why, if at all, the art department would go into detail about stuff that isn't seen. Putting small details on money seems like a waste of time to me.

FB

 

[juno]

Would you pay $1000 for leather or soft corinthian leather?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEJa9lGvLo...related&search=

 

[Mike J.]

It shows that they love their job.

Wouldn't you love their job?

Let me say this: The money in V for Vendetta gets less than a second of screen time, but is clearly not a quickie job.

Or perhaps Mr. Scott made certain specific requests.

Good eye regarding the money.

I'm looking at the visible border of the money in the back, and I can't match that up to either the 1, 2 or 5 from the same series. It's got a thin, two-line border with some white space inside it — that doesn't seem to match anything I've seen so far.


-Mike

 

[Darkknight0667]

It's the 5 jiao. I have a copy on the desk in front of me right now (don't ask where it came from, I was sworn to secrecy, and not by the BRM). There is a double line about 1/8" in from the edge and then another 1/8" in from that is where the actual 5 jiao bill begins. I think that was added to make the 5 larger than the 1.

 

[Miniaturizer Ray]

Well I've been looking around for a suitable photo of Harrison Ford to put on a BR ID, and I came to the conclusion that his head must have been tipped back to make his hairline look the way it does in the screencaps.

Harrison Ford never tips his head back when he's having his picture taken. :unsure

Then I came across the picture in the middle of the "Force" badge, and decided that that was a good one. So I'm trying to clean it up and I think to myself, maybe Karl has a clearer photo of this. So I PM him and ask him, and he says he does, but it's not Harrison Ford.

I dunno. I can see where he's coming from, but I think it is him. Am I nuts?

 

[Nexus6]

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Are you asking for opinions as to whether or not ^this^ picture is of Harrison Ford, with his head tilted back?

If so, then no, it is not Harrison Ford. Nothing is the same; hair, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, nothing.

No way, no how.

 

[franz bolo]

Karl posted the back of the Ploice badge and it had one of the actors name who played that police officer.

I don't know if that's his photo, but I would think it might be.

That photo is deffinitely not the one used on Deckards ID. I shrunk it, blurred it, flipped it etc. and it never looked correct.

FB

 

[Miniaturizer Ray]

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Are you asking for opinions as to whether or not ^this^ picture is of Harrison Ford, with his head tilted back?

If so, then no, it is not Harrison Ford. Nothing is the same; hair, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, nothing.

No way, no how.
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I'm thinking it's an older picture, rather than one taken at the time of production. From Ford's driver's license, passport, Union card, whatever, or maybe just some old snap taken in front of a white wall.

To me, the biggest obstacle to it being Ford is the eyebrows. Most of the other features are like his: slightly cleft chin a little lower on his right, upper lip a little higher on his right, nose crooked off to his right, and that funny little crook in his lower left eyelid.

None of which is really saying much; a lot of guys have features like that. I'd say I'm sort of 60/40 on whether it's him or not. When Ford parts his hair on the side, it's usually on his left, but he does appear to have worn his hair parted on the right when he was younger:

If it isn't him, maybe it's a picture of a younger guy, that's supposed to be a younger Deckard, when he joined the LAPD.

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Karl posted the back of the Ploice badge and it had one of the actors name who played that police officer.

I don't know if that's his photo, but I would think it might be.[/b]

Can anybody shed any light? If the guy in the picture is in the movie, then that pretty much kills this idea.

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That photo is deffinitely not the one used on Deckards ID. I shrunk it, blurred it, flipped it etc. and it never looked correct.[/b]

I couldn't really get it to match, but then I couldn't get the "8" to match, either, and I'm fairly sure that the one on Deckard's ID is the same as the Worldcon one that I've copied for my version of the ID.

Here's what I managed:

Using this:

 

[franz bolo]

The actor that the badge belonged to was Robert Reiter.

He's listed as a Policeman on IMDB

His name was taped to the back of the badge, so that's who I assume it is a photo of.

The ID you made looks pretty good though..

FB

 

[franz bolo]

Holy smokes, look at this:

http://www.propstore.com/showimage.php?pid=8661&iid=31772

Wow, I hope no one buys it..


A Japanese replica Deckard police ID card as seen in the Ridley Scott masterpiece Blade Runner. This very well made replica ID has “Police, Replicant Detective” printed on it with a photo of Deckard. It measures 8cm x 6cm (3" x 2.5"). Some details in the photos have been scrambled so as to avoid replication.

Price $299

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