The Dark Knight Rises: Bat Darts....

benhs1898

benhs1898

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Hello,

I was wondering what people thought of the tiny, elongated batarangs from the film. I would love to see someone produce some.

(This is not a thread to discuss what you thought of the film, that is in the movie discussion forum. Let's keep it civil.)
 
Well I thought that the film...just kidding! I was wondering when the bat dart thread was going to pop up. I think the darts would make great olive skewers in martinis lol

We never got a look at what they came out of. Gun or Bat Blowgun?
 
I am definitely going to make some, I just haven't decided out of what. They are pretty simple. I was thinking of cutting them out of aluminum, but that's a lot of work. More likely I will make one out of aluminum and make a mold to make them out of resin.

I haven't really decided yet. I have a Batman prop obsession, I have made props from all the movies and some from the games and comics. I like to try to do things non generic batarang because I like the other more interesting gadgets.
 
Here is a rough prototype out of ABS plastic. It is approximately 2.875 inches by 0.375. Working that small is very difficult. I am thinking of increasing the size for practicality.

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I worked on this some more today. I decided to double the size of the first one because it felt way too small. The new ones are 5 inches by 0.75 inches. They feel like the right size for throwing.

I made another plastic one and it definitely came out better, but the increase in size made making an aluminum one possible. It's a lot of work to make these so I will probably make a mold of the "hero" one and make a bunch of resin "stunt" ones for my display. The aluminum one has not been painted black yet. I kind of like the look of the raw aluminum.

Here's a picture, take a look...

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while it may be easier to make the larger version, i think the scale you had for the original one was correct, i saw the movie last night and they really are tiny :p itd probably be more practical to get it 3d printed, wouldnt cost much as its so small anyways :)
 
I keep messing with this trying to get the carving (for lack of a better word) "right". Here is the latest attempt. I scaled it down to 4 inches by 0.5 inches. The piece definitely looks a lot better carving wise.

I'm going to wait a day and see if I still like it, then I'll make a mold. I think it looks pretty good. I really can't make it any smaller without sacrificing the quality of the bat shape.

Here is a picture of it with a ruler and with me holding it to give some size perspective.

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By the way... If you really want a throw-able version I think it would have to be surgical stainless steel. Aluminum is too light. Being so small you need something like stainless to give it some weight for throwing. I say surgical stainless because you want it to be safe if you cut your self (the make needles and scalpels out of it).
 
I still keep messing with this. I made a small one in aluminum... actually I made two. The first one wasn't very good, but the second one is pretty good.

This one is 0.375 inches by 3.0 inches. At this point it is unpainted aluminum

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This one is just too small to make many of them. It's also too small to make a decent mold and produce them. I have one that is slightly bigger that I may mold (0.5 inches by 3.75 inches).
 
here you go:

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