Thereallawgiver
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Hi everybody
Well I don't really know where to start so I'll keep it brief as I expect this thread to go on for a while.
I was the lawgiver Fabricator for the Dredd 3D movie and was involved in all of the final production of the lawgiver.
The Lawgivers for Dredd 3D were made by overlaying custom prop parts onto a Glock 17.
Several versions of the lawgiver prop were used in the film:
There were standard semi-auto blank-firing versions, Glock 17's with sears for full-auto firing, airsoft semi-auto blowback versions, a remote controlled silencer extending version, versions with electronics for light up displays, and solid rubber guns for stunt and background.
The front mag originally was meant to have a mechanism that would rotate out the (fake) specialized ammo, but this was ultimately not used in the film. The front mags used in the film were empty and the silver rounds that you see in the front mag are actually just 2D printed pictures of the specialist bullet heads and the mechanism that was built (but not used).
The lawgivers were spray painted a matte/satin black with silver weathering.
The above comments from a different part of the forum are entirely correct and all in all we had 12 functioning lawgivers on set.
Now along the process I took numerous production and workflow pictures but some where along the journey home the pictures were lost/corrupted. :facepalm
But I did manage to retain enough of the custom parts to complete two more lawgivers and purpose of this thread is to take you along the journey of rebuilding them, in all their glory.
The attached pictures are just a quick peek of the parts I pulled out my dusty lawgiver set box, but throughout the weeks here I hope to showcase the build in as much detail as possible.
I still have a very busy day job and apologise if I can't get to everyone's questions.
So here we go.
Well I don't really know where to start so I'll keep it brief as I expect this thread to go on for a while.
I was the lawgiver Fabricator for the Dredd 3D movie and was involved in all of the final production of the lawgiver.
The Lawgivers for Dredd 3D were made by overlaying custom prop parts onto a Glock 17.
Several versions of the lawgiver prop were used in the film:
There were standard semi-auto blank-firing versions, Glock 17's with sears for full-auto firing, airsoft semi-auto blowback versions, a remote controlled silencer extending version, versions with electronics for light up displays, and solid rubber guns for stunt and background.
The front mag originally was meant to have a mechanism that would rotate out the (fake) specialized ammo, but this was ultimately not used in the film. The front mags used in the film were empty and the silver rounds that you see in the front mag are actually just 2D printed pictures of the specialist bullet heads and the mechanism that was built (but not used).
The lawgivers were spray painted a matte/satin black with silver weathering.
The above comments from a different part of the forum are entirely correct and all in all we had 12 functioning lawgivers on set.
Now along the process I took numerous production and workflow pictures but some where along the journey home the pictures were lost/corrupted. :facepalm
But I did manage to retain enough of the custom parts to complete two more lawgivers and purpose of this thread is to take you along the journey of rebuilding them, in all their glory.
The attached pictures are just a quick peek of the parts I pulled out my dusty lawgiver set box, but throughout the weeks here I hope to showcase the build in as much detail as possible.
I still have a very busy day job and apologise if I can't get to everyone's questions.
So here we go.
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