Romeo + Juliet /Wanted Pistol Project - Completed!
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Organic Mechanic
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Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
Well, it looks like a Helvetica Heavy Italic that borrowed the 'G' from Arial Heavy Italic, or the Ariel borrowed the Helvetica's 'R'.
I'm sure it's a font somewhere, but if you're just making a template using the above will get you there.
Well, it looks like a Helvetica Heavy Italic that borrowed the 'G' from Arial Heavy Italic, or the Ariel borrowed the Helvetica's 'R'.
I'm sure it's a font somewhere, but if you're just making a template using the above will get you there.
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
Eurostile bold oblique ('9mm' is Eurostile bold regular)
Eurostile bold oblique ('9mm' is Eurostile bold regular)
•Jackisback™•
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Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
I watched this today. Are you planning on making a replica of that gun?
I watched this today. Are you planning on making a replica of that gun?
•Jackisback™•
Active Member
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
That's awesome, Birdie. I can't wait to see them.
That's awesome, Birdie. I can't wait to see them.
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
That's awesome! I can't wait to see what you come up with, always been a huge fan of the guns from the movie, esp Romeo's Para Ordnance!
That's awesome! I can't wait to see what you come up with, always been a huge fan of the guns from the movie, esp Romeo's Para Ordnance!
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger 9mm Font?
So here's what I've been up to
I decided to tackle the blingtastic pistols from Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet. Kinda all of them, which is just stupid really. Particularly living in the UK.
Anyway, love this movie, love the guns, always wanted them, so here goes :nuke:
The plan I formulated was converting cheap airsoft springers into convincing replicas of the Montague and Capulet guns. All airsofts in the UK (unless you are a member of an airsoft skirmish site) have to be funky colours or transparent, and models available are considerably less varied than in the US.
Most of the sidearms in the movie are Taurus PT99 clones of the Beretta 92FZ. Quick glance, much the same. Except the Taurus has the safety mounted on the gripframe, rather than the slide, along
with some other furniture details and different grips to accomodate the safety.
Anyway, here are the guns from the movie, followed by my unaltered stand-ins:
Romeo's Para-ordnance P-13 with plated gold furniture and pearl butt-plate bearing the Montague Crest:
Base: HFC HA102 1
Mercutio's Dagger 9mm (Taurus PT99 with custom compensator)
Base: Taurus Transparent PT-92 Springer
Benvolio's Sword 9mm Series S (Taurus PT99 with extended barrel and slide)
Base: HFC HA 118EL Beretta
Tybalt's Twin Rapier 9mm Series R (Taurus PT-99 with custom compensator, one with C-more scope)
Base: Cyma Full Metal Beretta 92 FS
Juliet's Pearl Handled Walther P5C
Base: Galaxy G-3
At some pointt in the research for this project, I also decided to do Fox and Wesleys guns from Wanted, so these were added to the list:
Fox's Safari Arms Matchmaker with Bushing Compensator
Base: Galaxy G-6 Metal
Wesley's 92FS with Carved Grips & Compensator
Base: Another Cyma Metal Beretta.
Next post, the work starts....
So here's what I've been up to
I decided to tackle the blingtastic pistols from Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet. Kinda all of them, which is just stupid really. Particularly living in the UK.
Anyway, love this movie, love the guns, always wanted them, so here goes :nuke:
The plan I formulated was converting cheap airsoft springers into convincing replicas of the Montague and Capulet guns. All airsofts in the UK (unless you are a member of an airsoft skirmish site) have to be funky colours or transparent, and models available are considerably less varied than in the US.
Most of the sidearms in the movie are Taurus PT99 clones of the Beretta 92FZ. Quick glance, much the same. Except the Taurus has the safety mounted on the gripframe, rather than the slide, along
with some other furniture details and different grips to accomodate the safety.
Anyway, here are the guns from the movie, followed by my unaltered stand-ins:
Romeo's Para-ordnance P-13 with plated gold furniture and pearl butt-plate bearing the Montague Crest:
Base: HFC HA102 1
Mercutio's Dagger 9mm (Taurus PT99 with custom compensator)
Base: Taurus Transparent PT-92 Springer
Benvolio's Sword 9mm Series S (Taurus PT99 with extended barrel and slide)
Base: HFC HA 118EL Beretta
Tybalt's Twin Rapier 9mm Series R (Taurus PT-99 with custom compensator, one with C-more scope)
Base: Cyma Full Metal Beretta 92 FS
Juliet's Pearl Handled Walther P5C
Base: Galaxy G-3
At some pointt in the research for this project, I also decided to do Fox and Wesleys guns from Wanted, so these were added to the list:
Fox's Safari Arms Matchmaker with Bushing Compensator
Base: Galaxy G-6 Metal
Wesley's 92FS with Carved Grips & Compensator
Base: Another Cyma Metal Beretta.
Next post, the work starts....
keysersoze30
Sr Member
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger/Wanted Pistol Project
very interested to see the finished guns and more awesome as you are in the uk :cool
very interested to see the finished guns and more awesome as you are in the uk :cool
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger/Wanted Pistol Project
Paint comes off niceley with Nitro-Mors, then you can polish it up nice and shiny with steel wool...so I'm told :angel
Cyma P.818 Heavy weight full metal BB Pistol in orange - BBguns 4 Lesscan I ask where you got your Cyma Full Metal Beretta 92 FS?
cheers
Paint comes off niceley with Nitro-Mors, then you can polish it up nice and shiny with steel wool...so I'm told :angel
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger/Wanted Pistol Project
The next bit:
I could have gone with the transparent PT92 for the base gun for all the Taurus pistols, but it's all plastic, has the wrong 'grip' style on the rear of the slide and is £10 more expensive than the metal Berettas I'm converting for the other guns. I bought one PT92 to use as the base for Mercutio's gun, and have removed and molded the 'furniture' (frame locks, safeties etc) to convert the Berettas into Taurus look-alikes.
The second part of this conversion is to remodel all of the slides by drawing up add-on plates in Illustrator, with all the necessary engravings, and having them laser cut. I also had magplates for the crests cut in white acrylic, along with the grips for Wesley's Wanted Beretta:
And completed laser cut acrylic parts, ready for moulding:
The crests for the magplates and the Virgin Mary graphic were recreated in Illustrator and printed onto adhesive vinyl
The next bit:
I could have gone with the transparent PT92 for the base gun for all the Taurus pistols, but it's all plastic, has the wrong 'grip' style on the rear of the slide and is £10 more expensive than the metal Berettas I'm converting for the other guns. I bought one PT92 to use as the base for Mercutio's gun, and have removed and molded the 'furniture' (frame locks, safeties etc) to convert the Berettas into Taurus look-alikes.
The second part of this conversion is to remodel all of the slides by drawing up add-on plates in Illustrator, with all the necessary engravings, and having them laser cut. I also had magplates for the crests cut in white acrylic, along with the grips for Wesley's Wanted Beretta:
And completed laser cut acrylic parts, ready for moulding:
The crests for the magplates and the Virgin Mary graphic were recreated in Illustrator and printed onto adhesive vinyl
Re: Romeo + Juliet Dagger/Wanted Pistol Project
The Tybalt Rapier compensator is also done and moulded. Will put up some more WIP pics and photos of the completed Romeo gun tomorrow.
Never say never
The Tybalt Rapier compensator is also done and moulded. Will put up some more WIP pics and photos of the completed Romeo gun tomorrow.