Sure thing. I’ll list it soon with the price on eBay or Etsy.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
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Sure thing. I’ll list it soon with the price on eBay or Etsy.
A member will hopefully be offering a kit of the dial here shortly, most of the legwork has been completed design-wise for those interested. A lot of moving parts, and functional compass key to boot.
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Nice work. (whomevers this is) I started this thread during just the trailers, and people have moved beyond my original simple prototype. It looks awesome with all the engravings.
Wonderful! Those central gears always eluded my beginner skills, wonderful detail touches on how the two halves come together and the constellations on the back - just fantastic.A member will hopefully be offering a kit of the dial here shortly, most of the legwork has been completed design-wise for those interested. A lot of moving parts, and functional compass key to boot.
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I'm working this up on commission now, I don't want to speak for the client but I believe he is planning to offer kits (and is a member here)
The references I was sent are very, very good, otherwise I wouldn't have touched this thing; just too much going on. And yeah as you can imagine, I had to model the alphabets and rune engraves from scratch; the original prop-maker put some serious work into this between the mechanicals and the corresponding engraved rings
Thank you! This thing is complicated for being so 'relatively' small, a lot of time has gone into keeping functional wheels and rings in each half that then can still work together and rotate when the halves are joined (30+ parts).
OasisSupernova
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This is so going to be out of my budget. oh well. Maybe one day.I'm working this up on commission now, I don't want to speak for the client but I believe he is planning to offer kits (and is a member here)
The references I was sent are very, very good, otherwise I wouldn't have touched this thing; just too much going on. And yeah as you can imagine, I had to model the alphabets and rune engraves from scratch; the original prop-maker put some serious work into this between the mechanicals and the corresponding engraved rings
Thank you! This thing is complicated for being so 'relatively' small, a lot of time has gone into keeping functional wheels and rings in each half that then can still work together and rotate when the halves are joined (30+ parts).
Hopefully not too expensive.
OasisSupernova
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What's not too expensive? Lol
I'm on a freeze so it's pretty low right now. Some of these are selling for 500. I'd have to tap out
OasisSupernova
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Yeah I can't justify that.
LOL yeah, my workaround for those alphabets was incredibly janky. (SVG Paths export from Circular Line-Guided Text in Photoshop)I'm working this up on commission now, I don't want to speak for the client but I believe he is planning to offer kits (and is a member here)
The references I was sent are very, very good, otherwise I wouldn't have touched this thing; just too much going on. And yeah as you can imagine, I had to model the alphabets and rune engraves from scratch; the original prop-maker put some serious work into this between the mechanicals and the corresponding engraved rings
Thank you! This thing is complicated for being so 'relatively' small, a lot of time has gone into keeping functional wheels and rings in each half that then can still work together and rotate when the halves are joined (30+ parts).
Just using the tools I had, in which hand drawn talent wasn't one of them.
It gave me a really solid appreciation for Ben Wilkinson's work on the extra details of this prop and by extension anyone who puts the time in to do it the not-janky way and get the spacing and placement nailed by hand.
Do you have any indication on the materials that will be used in those kits when they come out? (Metals vs Plastics or Combination materials)
No I'm just doing the modeling and kit design/engineering. I can say that due to the size and detail, a kit would benefit from high-end printed parts (a few could be laser cut). The dial isn't even 8 inches tall, So it's not big parts, just a lot of small detailed ones. Also, I believe I'll be modeling the worn/weathered version as well, but i have no specifics beyond that. Things should be moving ahead pretty soon though, my heavy lifting is done.
(WIP render of the articulated parts set to put things into perspective)
Right on - Thanks for sharing, will definitely keep me eyes out for further announcements on it.
Really cool idea with the spring-loaded / twist lock approach. one thing I've noticed is that once you put those compass into the mount, they are a booger to remove. I don't really have a good solution for that aside from leaving just enough lip to get your fingers around the compass to twist and pull it out. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Anybody working on the compass might like this. Full disclosure I still haven't seen the movie (this happens a lot more than I care to admit
You mentioned the 8"width scale basis above. I assume that was based on the Disney World prop? Do you think the film props were also that small? The promo video that was shared awhile back, it seemed larger than the Disney World prop to my eyes but I only have that and the "behind the glass" premiere prop photos to go by.
Thanks for the input!
Pretty confident on the scale from my own references, but I am open to confirmation on a different scale
Right on. Well, the good thing about the slightly smaller size it, it will certainly feel dense and substantial when handling it!Thanks for the input!
Pretty confident on the scale from my own references, but I am open to confirmation on a different scale
Post 136 on this same thread has a measuring tape on it. Just under 8 inchesThanks for the input!
Pretty confident on the scale from my own references, but I am open to confirmation on a different scale
