My alternative Temple of Doom display

I wanted to do something a bit different for The UK Prop Party at the NEC. So I pushed ahead with a project I've had in mind for some time. We keep a a large collection of invertebrates, including several species that were used in the secret passage scene in ToD. My plan was to create a display showcasing those insects, as well as the statue that hides the hidden entrance.

I carved stone panels to go inside a glass vivarium from insulation foam, including one with the wedge-shaped hole that accesses the key to the 'spikes' room. I coated them with PVA and painted them with acrylics.

I sculpted the statue in WED clay on a curved plywood structure, made a silicone mould and cast it in fibreglass. It was pretty tight - I finished the paint job about two hours before I had to pack it into the car to leave for the show! There are more details and pictures here if you're interested: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Statue Replica

Here's the clay sculpt:

This is the remains of the sculpt, the cast fibreglass piece and the silicone mould:


Here's the finished piece on display at the Prop Party:




Dr Jones on hand to try out the statue...


A look inside the insect display. In real life, insects need to eat, so I had to hide a lot of my stone-work behind leaves for them.


The real stars. Incidentally, despite the sequence being set in India, these guys are from actually Australia, New Guinea and Madagascar.

 

Awesome... Thats exactly the stuff I want to see. Stuff that no-one has tried before...

Great job... :thumbsup

 

Very nice! and the insects..very screen accurate!

 

Oh man, that statue is PERFECT. What a neat idea man, really great. As OP said, it's always fun to see something that hasn't been done before.

 

Nicely done and very original.

 

Those are some crazy looking bugs!

The statue is great!

 

Very nice indeed. The sculpture look great, well done!!

 

Some all round greatness there, congratulations.:cool

 

Thanks guys!

 

Very nice!

JY thead coming soon? ;-)

 

Awesome! After seeing your pictures, I suggested to my wife that maybe we should try to incorporate a statue like yours as a possible ''secret entrance'' to our future home theater! She said no. (I really liked it though!) :thumbsup

 

Now that is something different and awesome. Kudos sir, to you and your bugs.

 

Thanks, but I don't know if there'd be much interest? It's a large and fairly obscure item. Probably wouldn't be cheap either as the fibreglassing takes a long time. I'll give it some thought though.

 

Brilliant orginal idea flawlessly executed!

Well done!!! :thumbsup

 

Fantastic, would love one for my home, but I know my wife would never go for it.

 

Too cool! Your sculpt is exquisite!!