Constantine Brass Knuckles

Originally posted by Durasteel Corporation@Jan 22 2006, 08:57 AM
I can do these in bronze guys....interested?
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Definitely interested.

To echo TimDrakeRobin, what do you think the cost might be?
 
Originally posted by franz bolo@Jan 22 2006, 02:37 AM
Here is the vector version of the Floral Pattern.

The right side of the original prop had a cleaner pattern than the left.

I idealized the design and cleaned it up like I think it should have looked.

I really didn't want to duplicate the bad casting they had.

The outside border isn't correct. I'll fix up once I get a good outline for the Knucles. I'll have to scale it to whatever Brass Knuckle pattern we use.

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I agree with idealizing the project. The one from all the screencaps is a rubber version, so the brass hero was likely cleaner anyway.

Looking great.
 
The one from all the screencaps is a rubber version, so the brass hero was likely cleaner anyway.
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:confused Uh, guys... where do you think the mold for the rubber stunt version came from? They molded the hero to produce the stunt castings.

You'd be surprised at how rough a lot of "hero" props actually are...
 
Originally posted by D48thRonin@Jan 22 2006, 12:23 PM
:confused Uh, guys... where do you think the mold for the rubber stunt version came from?
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It could have come from a peanut butter master, not brass.

Another question: the hero exists somewhere. Who has it and isn't speaking up? :confused
 
It could have come from a peanut butter master, not brass.
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Sigh... well, I guess you've got it all figured out, don't you?

Franz - you've done a very nice job so far. I have a casting out of the stunt mold (which was actually taken from the hero) and the text isn't exactly perfect - it runs off the edges in some places. There is some variation as well - not only in the size of some words from one side to the other, but a couple of the lines of text are compressed vertically as well... the two sides are not identical. I dunno if all that matters to you, since you're doing a cleaned up, idealized reproduction.

If you like, I can get you an outline tracing of the knuckles for sizing purposes. I can also get you sizing and depth for the crosses on the face of the knuckles, too.

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Sigh... well, I guess you've got it all figured out, don't you?
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:p joke... you know, peanut butter.... ahem.

Very nice cast. Given the size variations, are the letters "found" so far correct?
 
kool, if both sides are not the same...what is on the other side?
could we get some nice detail shots from you? It would be greatly appriciated.
 
I didn't say the two sides weren't the same, I said they weren't *identical* - there are some subtle differences (which are moot, if you're going to do an idealized version).

And yes, the lettering is spot on - "Papyrus" font and all. As for the tiny lettering on the crosspiece down by the floral insets, I believe it *is* supposed to be ET CONTANTINUUM SPORATIS On the side that is seen in the screencaps that have been posted here, it does say SPORAT... but look at the faint, crude I and S that appear to have been scratched in by hand after that. On the flip side, the lettering has *really* been compressed, and starts to run off the edge, but it definitely appears to say SPORATIS I'll try to take some macro pics of another casting I have here to show the differences...

Oh, and I'll try to get on the tracing ASAP too...
 
Damn, I haven't even seen the film and I'm interested in this prop.

Danged California weapons laws may be a hastle though...
 
Kool, thats awesome. Sorry, i mis-understood. Sporatis makes alot more sense.

Originally posted by D48thRonin@Jan 23 2006, 03:21 AM
I didn't say the two sides weren't the same, I said they weren't *identical* - there are some subtle differences (which are moot, if you're going to do an idealized version).

And yes, the lettering is spot on - "Papyrus" font and all. As for the tiny lettering on the crosspiece down by the floral insets, I believe it *is* supposed to be ET CONTANTINUUM SPORATIS  On the side that is seen in the screencaps that have been posted here, it does say SPORAT... but look at the faint, crude I and S that appear to have been scratched in by hand after that. On the flip side, the lettering has *really* been compressed, and starts to run off the edge, but it definitely appears to say SPORATIS  I'll try to take some macro pics of another casting I have here to show the differences...

Oh, and I'll try to get on the tracing ASAP too...
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Now that i look back at the hi-res clean image i posted on page 3, i can actually see that what I thought to be scratches, are actually the "I" and the "S"
 
no idea what "ET CONTANTINUUM SPORATIS" means

but Holy Spiritus means "Holy Breath"
"Demon" means to prove, to indicate, show, describe, explain
 
Okay, here's the tiny text - you can see how squished it is on the backside:

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And here you can see some of the text size differences on each side - note that in the upper pic ESPIRITUS and DEMON are the same size, and are roughly the same size as the FIAT IUSTITIA ET PIRIAT MUNDUS along the bottom. On the flip side ESPIRITUS is smaller than DEMON and FIAT IUSTITIA ET PIRIAT MUNDUS is much larger.

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