My latest weathered Nine Gates replica

[Jintosh]

That would be me, that commissioned the book. I am very much looking forward to receiving it.

Here is the proper incantation from the Movie.

To travel in Silence
By a long and circuitous route
To brave the arrows of misfortune
And fear neither noose or fire
To play the greatest of games and win
Forgoing no expense
Is to mock the vicissitudes of Fate
And gain at last, the Key
That will unlock the Ninth Gate.

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This is a description of a long and dangerous journey that refers to the Ninth Gate.
And Dante's Inferno is a long and dangerous journey through the NINE levels of Hell.

Dante's Inferno clearly lines up with the Nine Gates book, and is a wonderful text to put with the woodcuts.
If Dante's Inferno is indeed a journey through Hell, then that would be when the nine woodcuts signed by Lucifer would have been obtained, and maybe even EARNED. Fictionally speaking, of course.

 

[kalkamel]

I made a chart for that incantation, which I incorporated into one of my earlier custom works. Maybe I should turn it into a poster.

 

[terryhimself]

I have always admired the workmanship you have shown in this project.
it is good to see that so many of the members here recognize your
devotion to the art.

 

[Brigandia36]

Haven't updated this thread in a while so I thought I'd post pics of a recent commission I just completed for a fellow RPFer. This is a custom Nine Gates with the English translation of Dante's Inferno instead of the usual Nine Gates Latin text. There are 34 cantos in Inferno and as per the client's instruction, I split them into 9 chapters in the style of the Nine Gates, with the LCF woodcuts interspersed between them. The pages were printed on 180gsm thick textured ivory art paper and were weathered, sewn and bound with black lambskin leather. The cover is stamped with the regular Nine Gates markings. As per the client's instruction, I left the cover pristine and only aged the page edges to accentuate the book's look. I'm really proud of this book and I hope the client likes it.
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Good job !

 

[kalkamel]

Good job !

Thank you!

 

[kalkamel]

The Ceniza Bros would probably have a nosebleed when they see this.

 

[Jintosh]

I got mine, with the Dante's Inferno Text inside. Flawless. Exactly what I requested. Gorgeous.

 

[kalkamel]

This is a cool slideshow video of one of my Deluxe Weathered Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows Balkan Edition by Hugo Felix.

 

[Brigandia36]

This is a cool slideshow video of one of my Deluxe Weathered Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows Balkan Edition by Hugo Felix.

Nice ! Original book not so redish.

Yes, it's me with my HERO prop book.

 

[Triin]

Very nice !!!! Would love to own an actual version.
I have one by kalkamal.
kalkamel ’s 9 gates is still one of my favorite props in my collection. It is the best version anyone can find outside of the actual prop. Even the pages are kosher lol

 

[Brigandia36]

Very nice !!!! Would love to own an actual version.
I have one by kalkamal.
kalkamel ’s 9 gates is still one of my favorite props in my collection. It is the best version anyone can find outside of the actual prop. Even the pages are kosher lol

Yes it's almost the best replica. The actual prop book (only 1 survive) is not like this replica. We didn't gave all the informations. Some original pages in the HERO prop are missing in the replica (What did you expect ?)

 

[Triin]

Lol !! I would expect them to be in Corso’s pockets in hell!!

 

[Triin]

But really.. without examining the hero prop, I would expect any replica not to match exactly.

 

[kalkamel]

Thanks for the kind words, guys! And yes, I'm sure my replica isn't 100% accurate to the Hero Prop, but I'm pretty happy with it so far. It has evolved so much throughout the years and I've made one or two tweaks from the original material that Mike Haspil gave me.

Brigandia36, the reddishness is probably due to the lighting in that video. In person its more dark brown actually.

But man, the weathering on that Hero Prop cover is gorgeous! I'm so envious!

 

[Brigandia36]

Mike Haspil... It's a long time I never heard about him. All he knows is from me or Olliver. I sold my book to Olliver and there is some pages I didn't give to Olliver. Nobody have a real complete book.

 

[Brigandia36]

You need one like this to complete your collection.