I posted this in a related thread about the Gozer Temple doors. I got a casting off of the miniature Temple from a co-worker who was a former BOSS model shop guy. Not sure if they were out of the same molds or a generation removed, but I do know that they came from BOSS. I made the frame around the doors to emulate the feel of the rest of the set -
Ironically, I finished that right before we uncrated the real Gozer Temple miniature and restored it prior to the auction -
Notice that the doors on the miniature are definitely a gold color, while the full size set pieces (on which my "interpretation" was based) are bronze colored. Can't really explain the difference, except to say that the miniature Gozer Temple was repaired post-GB and displayed in a number of venues. The thinking is that the doors were replaced and the color changed at one point.
As for the Terror Dog armature, I discovered that the armature had a breathing mechanism in place. By adjusting the socket screw on top of the chest -
- the botom part of the chest moved up and down and the arms caused the side pieces to move in and out -
Not sure if this subtle effect is seen on the stop-mo scenes. The mechanism still works fine. (In fact, all the joints do. This thing could be filmed today with virtually no repair work needed.)
While I'm what most would only consider a "moderate" fan of GB (as opposed to Star Wars, Trek, CE3K) the armature is one prop I really love. It represents a technical prowess, as well as a creative one, that isn't seen these days. I mean, a breathing mechanism on a stop-mo puppet that was only going to be used in a few quick, running scenes. Crazy overkill, but that's VFX.
Gene
