The Holy Grail

[Contec]

Hello there
This being my first topic here on RPF, I wanted to show my latest scratch build. This is my second Indiana jones indiana jones prop i made,
The first being the Golden idol

Check out here for more pictures and how-to
http://propreplicas.yuku.com/topic/14839

Well, back to the grail
I made it a few days ago during a few hours.
It consist of one half sphere (those big toys containers)
One piece of plastic pipe for the handle
Two piece of styrene plastic for the bottom


First i glues it all together with super glue and sanded it, then i added the shape with bondo.


More sanding


Painted it with primer then matt black


Mixed humbrol gold with gold powder and other colors to get the mix looking right.
I masked with Maskol (latex typ masking )
According to the book the real one is 11x11x15 cm mine is just 9x9x12cm

/Conny

I have today painted the inside with clear satin cote mixed with Gold powder and it looks much better than this last picture.

 

[Mr_Creepy]

Very cool! Nice to see something like that done from scratch :thumbsup

 

[Kerr Avon]

Nice! Pick up some gold leafing and glue at a hobby store and gold leaf the inside of the cup. You may even want to redo the outside with a nice rust/clay spraypaint and put leafing over it as well!

 

[Nexus6]

That's cool as heck. I love it when I see a prop, & would have NO CLUE what it began as, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes... :thumbsup

 

[vitacura]

Wow! That's awesome!

 

[Hecubus114]

beautiful for the time and effort! Near perfect!

 

[TallDarkandDisfigured]

Looks great! You should be proud..
Might have to try it myself.. just wish I had a local hobby store so I could get some sculpy or something without driving 2 hours to get to Michaels and 2 hours home again..

 

[TazVader]

Well done mate

Regards
TAZ