Holy Grail Paint Tutorial?
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PHArchivist
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I used rust-o-leum red oxide primer, a grey tone pain, and gold leaf.
looking at your profile, I'm wondering was it YOU who had the original vid up for it?
You just look really familair. Thanks though! That's along what I was thinking after looking at PHOTOS (cuz can't find that vid! - it was a really good vid)
PHArchivist
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No I don't think I ever posted a video
It might have been Indy Magnoli or Alan Castillo? For some reason I thought I recall one of them doing a tutorial.
Well hopefully they can chime in!
I've seen them with gold leaf, and with painted, and the gold leaf looks better for sure.
But even as I'm google searching, I'm coming up with all replicas and almost no good reference. A LOT of bad paint jobs, ha.
Do you have pics up anywhere? I'd like to see a gold leaf version... the painted ones I'm seeing aren't great.
DeLano80
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Here is what I did with Rustoleum and gold leaf not nearly as good as Magnoli but doable for regular people such as myself.
Indiana Jones Holy Grail attempt two and three
Indiana Jones Holy Grail attempt two and three
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Nope, wasn't me I'm afraid. That's one tutorial I regret not making at the time. I never got round to it
. I did do the IJ the Voodoo Doll & Pin tutorial though
KramStaar
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With the finish on the grail it's important to remember that unless you are going for a specific version (as seen in a specific scene), there are many slightly different finishes to choose from. I have seen about 10 or 12 of them in the Archives, in the Main House, at LDAC and one in private hands - and the finish is different on each of them. The gold interior is standard but some of them as Magnoli pointed out have their Gold Leaf cracked exposing the terracotta. The gold flecks on the outside of the cup is very busy on some Grails and more sparse on others. The white and grey oxidisation applied also varies - light on some and heavy on others...
The one thing that is pretty standard is that the line created by the top of the gold leaf interior dressing is not straight, its ragged and some of the grails are slightly chipped on the lip as well.
As long as your Grail itself is accurate, terracotta in color and that you use similar Gold Leaf and oxidisation techniques, then I'm sure you will be more than satisfied with the result...
The one thing that is pretty standard is that the line created by the top of the gold leaf interior dressing is not straight, its ragged and some of the grails are slightly chipped on the lip as well.
As long as your Grail itself is accurate, terracotta in color and that you use similar Gold Leaf and oxidisation techniques, then I'm sure you will be more than satisfied with the result...
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PHArchivist
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For my own, I followed the grail featured in the old From Star Wars To Indiana Jones book...
PHArchivist
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Looks like you nailed it! The look matches very well.
KramStaar is right, there were a lot of grails made for the film. ILM made a bunch of them for the scene when the ground splits open when the grail lands on the floor. It took so many attempts to get it to land on the exact spot so it would fall in when the ground splits, that model shop and stage folks took turns throwing the cups to try to get it to land just right. (Otherwise it would stay on one side or the other.) You need a lot of spares for all the potential breakage from the failed attempts.
GREAT.. exactly what I was looking for.
May log my attempts in this thread to hit that reference... in case someone down the line wants to do one.
I got one off Teecrooz... Seems to be pretty accurate... may be a casting off a screen used? generational? Not sure. I'll post a pic shortly.
This should help: https://images.propstore.com/307579.jpg
