Hellboy (Comics): Amulets, Charms, Medallions, Talismans, Etc!

[Mike J.]

A week or so ago, D48thRonin mentioned that he'd wanted to attempt to replicate all the charms shown as a background in an image made by Mike Mignola for the Hellboy 1 DVD special features.

Coincidentally, I'd been staring at that same image, but with an eye to ID'ing anything that might have been based on an actual item; and I think I have found a few.

I'd like this thread to be a one-stop-shop for any Hellboy comic 'amulet' prop that hasn't already been covered elsewhere. All are invited to contribute info and to join in replicating anything they may like. Consider this a hybrid of the 'active project / group build' threads of old and a research / ID thread.

To start with, here's a screen capture of the DVD image mentioned above.

 

[Jintosh]

I'd be willing to donate some of my time to model some items. I can put them in my Free for Personal use STL section.
I just need some good pictures. I haven't read the comics.

 

[Mike J.]

How generous, and exciting! Thank you!

Below is what I was staring at a few days ago; an enlarged / retouched version of the DVD menu screencap. It's a lot easier to make out the thingamajigs, and the eagle-eyed among you will find the Lemurian charm from the Batman-Hellboy-Starman crossover comic. This design was replicated in 3D by D48thRonin some years ago, and one of his replicas was used for the Ivan 'resurrection' amulet in the first Hellboy movie.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

A week or so ago, D48thRonin mentioned that he'd wanted to attempt to replicate all the charms shown...

Yeah, but my "to do" list is already ridiculously long, plus who's got that kind of time? Maybe in an alternate reality where we all don't have to actually work for a living.

Maybe I'll spool up the old external storage drive and dig out some of the other pieces that I've fantasized about creating...

 

[Jintosh]

Here's one of the charms that just happens to be in my STL section already.

Prop Replica STL files Section - Free Personal Use

 

[Mike J.]

Well, maybe you won't have to make them all...

This one appears to be an Athenian Dekadrachm coin (compared to a modern repro):

 

[The 48th Ronin]

This one appears to be an Athenian Dekadrachm coin (compared to a modern repro):

Wow - that's pretty cool

 

[Jintosh]

Here's a quickie I did.
Added Bishop Zriny's silver button to my free STL section.
Prop Replica STL files Section - Free Personal Use

 

[Mike J.]

The DVD menu screen that this all started with will show the viewer 10 different items from Hellboy's belt, including the externally visible crucifix and horseshoe. Doing some Google image searching a while ago, I came across an image of what appear to be Mike Mignola's drawings for the other items in the belt. I've enlarged and enhanced this image, and am attaching it here. Note that the text Mike wrote for the items sometimes differs slightly from the text shown on the DVD.

 

[Jintosh]

Here's another.
Edel mischrasse charm from Hellboy comics.
Prop Replica STL files Section - Free Personal Use

 

[Mike J.]

Here's another one that appears to be a found object: a silver shekel coin.

Shown below is a real one; the repros on eBay look to be slightly different in their lettering.

 

[Jintosh]

Here's another one that appears to be a found object: a silver shekel coin.

Shown below is a real one; the repros on eBay look to be slightly different in their lettering.

Yes, you'll need to get anything that's actual MONEY from an official source. If I make a duplicate, then I'd be counterfeiting.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Doing some Google image searching a while ago, I came across an image of what appear to be Mike Mignola's drawings for the other items in the belt.

This is very cool. I wonder if this might have been one of the pieces that Katie put on eBay.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

So that makes this another shekel here, plus another possible real world coin down on the lower left.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Here's one that I never got around to - the Saint Dunstan amulet from "Box Full of Evil." I seem to recall a bit of discussion about it on the old Hellboy forum - if I remember correctly it would have been clay that was hand pressed into a shallow open-face mold and then fired (hence the broken pieces).

 

[Jintosh]

Another Hellboy charm.
Prop Replica STL files Section - Free Personal Use

 

[Jintosh]

Prop Replica STL files Section - Free Personal Use
There's not much detail in the St. Christopher medal in the comic picture. I did this one, unless an actual medal can be found.

 

[The Schlitzie]

This one kinda looks like a widow's mite coin from the first century. I'm seeing a pattern here.

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Nice!

 

[The Schlitzie]

That is the hebrew consonent "Y" most likely referring to the tetragrammaton "YHWH".