Conan closeups?
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darthinvictus
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good stuff here
http://conancompletist.forumactif.com/forum.htm
http://conancompletist.forumactif.com/forum.htm
And just to let you know, Viking Gear sells a Conan headband for $75 here:
http://www.viking-gear.com/vikinggifts.htm
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VonMagnum
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Are there any other headbands made out there that are more accurate? This one on eBay is more accurate looking than the ones on the Viking site, but still has the wrong number of rivets or whatever those buttons are on there.
I'm not sure why it's so difficult for the makers of these products to use the correct number when the photos are all out there from the movie to look at, especially when they use the name Conan in the product description like the Viking one that isn't even close.
Are there any other headbands made out there that are more accurate? This one on eBay is more accurate looking than the ones on the Viking site, but still has the wrong number of rivets or whatever those buttons are on there.
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I'm not sure why it's so difficult for the makers of these products to use the correct number when the photos are all out there from the movie to look at, especially when they use the name Conan in the product description like the Viking one that isn't even close.
I've seen several offerings on Etsy, including fantasyfuzion from Ebay that aren't exact, but close, West leather craft has a nice one, perhaps you could contact them and make a custom order for a more accurate "screen used" movie version.
VonMagnum
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I've contacted West Leather Craft to see if they can make me a more accurate headband (it actually appears to have two layers of leather on the part that goes between the eyes with one layer sewn into the other and rivets put around it. But even if I got that part accurate, his decorative pieces around the headband aren't accurate either (similar shapes, but the details aren't right as they have added bits on the circles, etc. which are more basic on the screen one; you'd think it'd have more details not less, but I'm guessing that's the closest they could find). I get the feeling I'll just have to live with something similar if I want to display a headband.
VonMagnum
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I've placed a custom order with West Leather Craft. It still won't be exact (he's not sure how they did the rolled edges, for example), but it should at least have the two layers of leather for the nose piece and the correct number of rivets (as long as it looks good from a few feet away it'll do for the display, I think).
, be sure to post pics when you get it.
VonMagnum
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I just watched Conan the Destroyer and noticed even more stitching on the headband than I saw in the still images I looked through. I think the rolled over band is probably also stitched in place. It'll be interesting to see how this custom one turns out, but the perfectionist in me probably won't be terribly happy either way since obvious visual flaws bug me (If I don't/can't notice them, they don't bother me like my cheaper Indy hat), but here either way it's going to be hard to find a more accurate one without learning how to make all the bits myself (i.e. hard to convince a commercial place to spend a lot of time on it as that would also drive the price up). I probably should have just gone for the plain black headband he wears in Destroyer during the middle segments.
Meanwhile, I noticed something else odd in the movie. In the early scenes, Conan's Atlantean sword clearly has no 'darkened' runes on it. It's just the stainless steel prop as it was formed and how must prop swords ship. Later, in the movie (when Conan is fighting the royal guard come to ambush them), the runes are suddenly darker like someone took a Sharpie to them and outlined them. I seem to recall they were dark in the Barbarian movie so I can't help but wonder if some of the swords used had them darkened and some did not? I think it makes sense they might have had a different sword model for sparring than just posing, but that's just a guess. Maybe someone here knows more. I suppose it could just be the lighting somehow changing its appearance? (see comparison snapshots below)
I actually tried outlining the runes on my own Conan The Barbarian version of the Atlantean sword on one side with a Sharpie; it worked surprisingly well (as long as you have a steady hand). You can always try again by buffing it a bit and no permanent damage is done if you want it back to clean as the ink doesn't really stick that hard to stainless steel, assuming you have that style prop and not a real steel sword version, of which I don't know how it would react.
The Destroyer sword seems a brighter shade on the hilt as well (more gold toned than the darker bronze shade of the Barbarian movie).
I know it's probably heresy, but I always liked Destroyer better than Barbarian. I started playing D&D around 8-9 years old and Destroyer always felt more like playing the game in terms of a quest, magic items, etc. and it's a lighter movie overall than Barbarian, which is far more serious for better or worse. Destroyer is more fun and I always had a crush on Oliva D'abo growing up. She was gorgeous in Greedy years later.
Meanwhile, I noticed something else odd in the movie. In the early scenes, Conan's Atlantean sword clearly has no 'darkened' runes on it. It's just the stainless steel prop as it was formed and how must prop swords ship. Later, in the movie (when Conan is fighting the royal guard come to ambush them), the runes are suddenly darker like someone took a Sharpie to them and outlined them. I seem to recall they were dark in the Barbarian movie so I can't help but wonder if some of the swords used had them darkened and some did not? I think it makes sense they might have had a different sword model for sparring than just posing, but that's just a guess. Maybe someone here knows more. I suppose it could just be the lighting somehow changing its appearance? (see comparison snapshots below)
I actually tried outlining the runes on my own Conan The Barbarian version of the Atlantean sword on one side with a Sharpie; it worked surprisingly well (as long as you have a steady hand). You can always try again by buffing it a bit and no permanent damage is done if you want it back to clean as the ink doesn't really stick that hard to stainless steel, assuming you have that style prop and not a real steel sword version, of which I don't know how it would react.
The Destroyer sword seems a brighter shade on the hilt as well (more gold toned than the darker bronze shade of the Barbarian movie).
I know it's probably heresy, but I always liked Destroyer better than Barbarian. I started playing D&D around 8-9 years old and Destroyer always felt more like playing the game in terms of a quest, magic items, etc. and it's a lighter movie overall than Barbarian, which is far more serious for better or worse. Destroyer is more fun and I always had a crush on Oliva D'abo growing up. She was gorgeous in Greedy years later.
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You're right, liking CtD better than CtB IS heresy.
Having said that, I saw Destroyer in theaters 4 times. It was fun, & I was trying to commit D'Abo's "waking from a nightmare" scene to memory as solidly as I could. The one MAJOR difference in the Atlantean from one film to the next, is that, in CtB, except for some FX models, the swords were steel. In CtD, it's my understanding that ALL of them were fiberglass mock-ups. They got damaged constantly, so there were likely dozens of them. That would explain how it seemed to look different from one scene to the next.
VonMagnum
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Nope. I made a custom order with WestLeatherCraft before the viral outbreak started and this was as close as he could get it (nose guard is much improved over the previous version compared to the actual one, but he did not have the correct decorative rivets available (I think someone could probably make those, however, and either make their own or send it to him to use), but he also had no confidence in attempting the "rolled over" effects on the top and bottom of the band (apparently having no idea how they achieved that effect) or at least that's what was conveyed to me.
I think it's still an improvement over the previous versions I've seen and given it didn't cost much more than the standard model, I'm happy with it for now (it's hanging up and looks good from a distance at least).
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portland182
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have a look here for screen caps like the one attached
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Jim
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VonMagnum
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have a look here for screen caps like the one attached
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Yeah, we know what the original looked like. It's a question of finding someone who can make it for us in an accurate manner. Good luck as I haven't found one yet and what I posted above is as close as I could get it.
