Jm419
Sr Member
Here's my current low budget project; the three Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter.
The Invisibility Cloak and the Elder Wand are both doable; I've gotten some silvery cloth for the Cloak which I'll use for backing in a small shadow box, (doing the book version, not the hideous movie prop), and I'll be getting one of HeirofOlivander's excellent wooden wands. That leaves the Resurrection Stone, probably the one out of the bunch that there doesn't seem to be a good version of.
The movie prop doesn't seem to have much reference (which will change then the DVD comes out, but for now...), so I'm going for the feel of the piece rather than the perfect accurate prop. So, for now, this is what I've got:
A gem known as smoky quartz; this particular specimen is a square cut stone which measures 20mm by 20mm by 12mm, and weighs in at some 32.53 carats. It's a big, beautiful stone, and though it's a bit big to have in a ring, the shot which I liked the stone in best was the scene in the forest where Harry drops this on the ground; and it looked big. So, I'm getting a bigger one, with the intention to get the feel of the prop right. It'll also look better in the display.
What's kind of interesting about this specimen is that it changes colors. In the photos above, it appears brownish, but against backing, it looks almost grey or black. Look at this, here:
That's a quarter, for scale.
Now I need to figure out how to do the symbol. Any ideas?
The Invisibility Cloak and the Elder Wand are both doable; I've gotten some silvery cloth for the Cloak which I'll use for backing in a small shadow box, (doing the book version, not the hideous movie prop), and I'll be getting one of HeirofOlivander's excellent wooden wands. That leaves the Resurrection Stone, probably the one out of the bunch that there doesn't seem to be a good version of.
The movie prop doesn't seem to have much reference (which will change then the DVD comes out, but for now...), so I'm going for the feel of the piece rather than the perfect accurate prop. So, for now, this is what I've got:
A gem known as smoky quartz; this particular specimen is a square cut stone which measures 20mm by 20mm by 12mm, and weighs in at some 32.53 carats. It's a big, beautiful stone, and though it's a bit big to have in a ring, the shot which I liked the stone in best was the scene in the forest where Harry drops this on the ground; and it looked big. So, I'm getting a bigger one, with the intention to get the feel of the prop right. It'll also look better in the display.
What's kind of interesting about this specimen is that it changes colors. In the photos above, it appears brownish, but against backing, it looks almost grey or black. Look at this, here:
That's a quarter, for scale.
Now I need to figure out how to do the symbol. Any ideas?
Last edited:
