spinner 44
Sr Member
In this picture, that is perfect as reference because you have general ambient light, no hard shadows or contrast as in most of Blade Runner, you can see easily the gun colors. Polished gun metal for Steyr parts, gloss black for revolver covers and plastic Steyr ammo box. That gun metal is very simmilar as the one seen in the Worldcon photos, minus the pitting and oxide.
Blade Runner photography is very dark, contrasted and used many spot and neon lights, to give that feeling or hard life in a uber-city, and to add the "film noir" spirit to it. That is why even with the blu ray captures is hard to tell what color and finishes the props had. Best source is try to find pictures with a lot of ambient light, that goes for vehicles, props, clothes. It's surprising how can the photography setting can alter the color of a particular prop.
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. I love studying the prop down to minute details so I can make a very precise replica but. I would like to make 2 blasters: one that resembles as much as possible the one used in the film and a "factory new" one, with blued parts.
