serenity pulse beacon
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Don Jarr
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Hi m8
I was going to make one to sit alongside the grenade I am making, but can only find one picture in the Serenity film book, which doesn't look too much like the one in the film. I took a few sceen caps but its to quick and to dark, and not enough detail can be seen to be sure of acurate detail.
If you want a scan of the picture in the book, I can post here or e-mail me and i will send it.
Don
I was going to make one to sit alongside the grenade I am making, but can only find one picture in the Serenity film book, which doesn't look too much like the one in the film. I took a few sceen caps but its to quick and to dark, and not enough detail can be seen to be sure of acurate detail.
If you want a scan of the picture in the book, I can post here or e-mail me and i will send it.
Don
Too Much Garlic
Master Member
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Gigatron @ Dec 4 2006, 03:25 PM) [snapback]1371088[/snapback]</div>
No, the pulse beacon is that little gadget Mal throws to the operative at Inara's place...
Don Jarr
Active Member
Hi m8
Picture as promised. There are two in the book, one very sleak looking, and this one. the caption reads the film used one was based on the pictured one, although the one in the film looked smaller and more box like.
if you come across any proper pictures please post, as it would be good to see what it really looked like.
Don
Picture as promised. There are two in the book, one very sleak looking, and this one. the caption reads the film used one was based on the pictured one, although the one in the film looked smaller and more box like.
if you come across any proper pictures please post, as it would be good to see what it really looked like.
Don
whitefall
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They made a practical prop of the version pictured above (it was a prototype, and they ended up using a different one for filming) - I own the actual metal one (got it from propstore). There's a screw at the bottom that activates the pulsing red light. Very cool. I actually liked it better than the boxy one in the film, which is why I picked it up. Plus, it looks almost identical to the drawing in the Serenity companion.
I'll try to get some pics up.
I'll try to get some pics up.
whitefall
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OK, I don't have any large photos of it where I am at the moment, but I did take a shot of it and use it in the Serenity ship's papers that I did. I used it as part of a repair receipt. You can see how close the physical prop is to the illustration in the book:
The actual prop is very cool. I think it may be my favorite Firefly / Serenity prop that I own.
The actual prop is very cool. I think it may be my favorite Firefly / Serenity prop that I own.
Guardian Devil
Sr Member
I have all the pics from when propstore sold the original. Assuming its okay to post them, I'll get them up tomorrow on my lunch-break
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Post away. The Propstore is a public site and the photos were posted there for all to see and they are watermarked.
Post away. The Propstore is a public site and the photos were posted there for all to see and they are watermarked.
Guardian Devil
Sr Member
Ah okay, well here we go, here's all the pics they had of it. Some with the light on, some with it off and some nice shots of the back and underside there aswell:
Yes, thank you gentlemen. Sorry I couldn't find it. :confused
Umm.. the big blue part says "return" on it -- what are the chances it's a control box from a piece of industrial equipment? Like a big ol' mill or saw or something?
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Umm.. the big blue part says "return" on it -- what are the chances it's a control box from a piece of industrial equipment? Like a big ol' mill or saw or something?
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GrenadeKing
Sr Member
I want to say that its an electical connection on a machine of some sort. It deffinanlty looks like a peice from a machine of some type and its got the black and sliver warning label/spec sheet thingy riveted on to it. Thats a dead give away that its either electrical or mechanical. It almost looks like a part of a fuse box of something of the sort. I would not at all be surprised if they just pulled it from something, wires and all, and stuck a light bulb in it to make it glow.
whitefall
Well-Known Member
I know about half the parts on the "prototype" one I have are standard electrical components. I'm betting if you took the picture to a hardware store and browsed the electrical isle, you'd find some of it.
On the one I own, about half the stuff is machined specifically for the part.
The light (which I'm assuming was the same on the prototype as on the screen-used one) actually pulses on its own. It slowly gows brighter over about a second, goes dark, and starts the cycle over. The switch is a small plastic button that is depressed when you screw in an end cap. I'm assuming the screen used one works exactly the same; you see the screw switch on the upper left of the first photo above.
On the one I own, about half the stuff is machined specifically for the part.
The light (which I'm assuming was the same on the prototype as on the screen-used one) actually pulses on its own. It slowly gows brighter over about a second, goes dark, and starts the cycle over. The switch is a small plastic button that is depressed when you screw in an end cap. I'm assuming the screen used one works exactly the same; you see the screw switch on the upper left of the first photo above.
Fetts.Sobriquet
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All I have are screen grabs.
