Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

[Cable23]

I have some pictures of what i think is the actual prop. Maybe you guys have it but if not this are good references for 3d modelers. This are from a FB group.

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Awesome pics!

 

[graffitilogic]

You are my hero - that looks fantastic.. I can't believe I got the number of sides wrong, lol (Hits forehead over and over) - stupid human!
(I'd read somewhere the prop would be 8 sided.)
It is a fantastic looking prop, though.

 

[Jintosh]

I have some pictures of what i think is the actual prop. Maybe you guys have it but if not this are good references for 3d modelers. This are from a FB group.

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Absolutely floored. Awesome pics. I might resume this project with the new pics.

 

[kalkamel]

Anyone else underwhelmed by the finish on that prop? I expected it to look like antique brass, but it looks more than a fan painted repro instead.

 

[13doctorwho]

kalkamel Thank you for being the first to say it. It looks like it was 3d printed with an intern paint job. The movie cost $300 million to make... they didn't spend it on the prop, that's for sure.

 

[graffitilogic]

My first thought about the stone flat appearance was that it would make sense for a surviving artifact to be at least partially made of stone and my second thought was that if that is the real McCoy then the lighting and post departments are really doing the heavy lifting to make it look more interesting with that golden light we see in the trailers.

After assaulting my forehead for mis-counting the sides of the box from numerous screenshots, it occurs to me that you'd think an iron-age artifact contemporary to Archimedes would, like you say, be more antique brass or gold than stone. I don't hate it but I'd prefer it was some sort of metal object than stone, personally. Always possible that production made many prototypes or that they wanted the flat appearance to aide CGI overlays. I could see making production models that are matte to reduce the editing overhead of a light catching a gloss top coat in the wrong way.

 

[JCR726]

I have some pictures of what i think is the actual prop. Maybe you guys have it but if not this are good references for 3d modelers. This are from a FB group.

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Awesome pictures showing the details! Does anyone have images of all the sides and bottom? Actual dimensions and thickness?

 

[kalkamel]

kalkamel Thank you for being the first to say it. It looks like it was 3d printed with an intern paint job. The movie cost $300 million to make... they didn't spend it on the prop, that's for sure.

I think they spent the majority of that budget either to deage Harrison Ford or to buy overpriced cheese sandwiches and lattes for Phoebe Waller Bridge.

 

[graffitilogic]

Ah, I see. They reopened the small store outside of the Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular at Hollywood Studios.
Where these images came from I guess.
PHOTOS: Indiana Jones: Den of Destiny Opens at Disney's Hollywood Studios - WDW News Today

 

[graffitilogic]

Found it here: IJ Adventure Outpost- here are the sides.

Trying to estimate the width. By relation, do you think those are 4" common board slats on the crate? I'm thinking at least 2" thick, maybe more? Hopefully someone will smuggle a tape measure into the park.

and concerning the inscriptions...
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As you know our Exhibition is not only a simple Indiana Jones Prop one, but also one that tell the true story behind each artifacts. In the last 24 hours appear detailed pictures of the Dial of Destiny or "Antikythera" IF we want give this prop this name. With help of Archaeology Experts and Scientist from Italy and Greece we was able to decipher the different signs and symbols on it
On the small inner gold cirle is the greek alphabet
On the in green marked circle are names of greek gods and planets: ΑΦΡΟΔΙΤΗ Venus (Aphrodite) ΗΛΙΟΣ Sun (Helios) ΑΡΗΣ Mars (Ares) ΔΗΑΣ (ΔΙΑΣ is the correct) Zeus ΚΡΟΝΟΣ Saturn (Cronos).
On the in viola marked circle the horoscop signs ΚΡΙΟΣ - Aries ΤΑΧΡΟΣ (correct is ΤΑΥΡΟΣ) - Taurus ΔΙΔΥΜΟΙ - Gemini ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΣ - Cancer ΛΕΩΝ - Lion ΠΑΡΘΕΝΟΣ - Virgo ΧΗΑΑ - no meaning at all… next sigh should be ΖΥΓΟΣ - Libra ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ - Scorpion ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ - Sagittarius ΑΙΓΟΚΣΡ (another errors, should be ΑΙΓΩΚΕΡΟΣ) - Capricorn ΤΔΡΟΧΟΟΞ (they just can’t copy, hahaha, should be ΥΔΡΟΧΟΟΣ - Aquarius ΙΧΘΥΕΣ - Pisces
On the in red marked circle greek letter but together like words without sense
On the big gold outer edge just letters and I; II; III copied from latin
We still analyze with our experts the Artifacts and as soon as find more out we will let you know

 

[The 48th Ronin]

Anyone else underwhelmed by the finish on that prop? I expected it to look like antique brass, but it looks more than a fan painted repro instead.

kalkamel Thank you for being the first to say it. It looks like it was 3d printed with an intern paint job. The movie cost $300 million to make... they didn't spend it on the prop, that's for sure.

It's not from the film - it's a replica made for the Disney parks by RPF member Ozymandius - see here:

Ark of the Covenant kit

 

[Captain Dunsel]

It somewhat reminds me of a larger version of a much more compact dial-based Time Machine that we have seen before…

 

[Jintosh]

The sides that are OPEN, with the "teeth" in two rows....they don't look flat. I think the large teeth seen through the openings are to ROTATE with your hands. I'm assuming this is how you SET where or when the dial is to affect.

 

[13doctorwho]

Sorry, I didn't realize it was a replica for the parks. To be fair, a lot of props aren't as impressive in person in a well lit cabinet. My bad.

 

[graffitilogic]

The sides that are OPEN, with the "teeth" in two rows....they don't look flat. I think the large teeth seen through the openings are to ROTATE with your hands. I'm assuming this is how you SET where or when the dial is to affect.

Yea! (Or they get rotated by whatever semi-magical element that is present as part of the plot once activated)

An idea for an approach to build those gears, I was thinking build the ring then draw a perpendicular cylinder that represents the tooth engagement depth. Then copy / rotate it by some evenly distributed angle until complete and use those cylinders as a cutout. Something like what's pictured here, though all of these dimensions are still just guesses.

 

[mhariush]

here are a couple of photos from a premiere that Ordinary Adventures just attended

 

[Cable23]

here are a couple of photos from a premiere that Ordinary Adventures just attended

I kind of thought there were multiple layers to the prop. I think in the film Indy is searching for separate pieces to put the maguffin together. It’s gonna be a difficult and intricate build.

 

[graffitilogic]

here are a couple of photos from a premiere that Ordinary Adventures just attended

Nice - there's the more clockwork vibes we were expecting. cool!

 

[graffitilogic]

Some awesome soul over at IG got some measurements from that park model. I know there are differences between the park model and the premier model but I think it is safe to assume that the park model was an informed build. I'd like to find some better shots from the inner layers on that Premier model but haven't had a ton of time in the last few days to hunt it down.

 

[Prop Collector]

Why doesn't it look like this?