Wicker Man, The
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whitehammer
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He would have I believe belonged to the Northern Police force if he was investigating somewhere in the summer isles as there is no real 'summerisle' but of course he could have been sent from another force, Im going to watch it later to find out 
whitehammer
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As luck would have it, at the beginning of the film there is a letter delivered that gives his full name and police force:
I beleive that in those days (1973) photographs were not included on warrant cards
(See life on mars, UK version, you can see it clearly in episode one) Officers were issued a white card giving name rank and number and the other side of the wallet had a silver/white metal queen's police badge Scottish ones were the same as the English issue then.
Here are screen grabs from life on mars, warrant card circa 1973 (Same year as The Wicker Man came out, I believe at the bottom there is just a line giving the warrant card Number, but you can't see it all:
Hope this helps You
I beleive that in those days (1973) photographs were not included on warrant cards
(See life on mars, UK version, you can see it clearly in episode one) Officers were issued a white card giving name rank and number and the other side of the wallet had a silver/white metal queen's police badge
Scottish ones were the same as the English issue then.Here are screen grabs from life on mars, warrant card circa 1973 (Same year as The Wicker Man came out, I believe at the bottom there is just a line giving the warrant card Number, but you can't see it all:
Hope this helps You
Kennyd
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Ah, that's fantastic, thanks whitehammer :thumbsup
That's a fictitious police force, used no doubt for legal reasons, so as Spock might have suggested i'll 'indulge myself', but base it on some old Scottish cards I have scans of.
Nothing fancy though, as you say in those days warrant cards were very simple. I should just say though that every UK force did have it's own design in those days (as they still do now). Some also had photographs (Glasgow for example).
The wallet with badge is also more from the late 1980-90s onward, it's use in Life on Mars is something of a anachronism
I didn't mean to disagree to much or sound like a smart ****, I'm just a sad warrant card geek
Your very clear screen grabs have solved a problem for anyone making the Life on Mars prop, it clearly shows they used a painted Metropolitan Police cap badge for the prop :thumbsup
That's a fictitious police force, used no doubt for legal reasons, so as Spock might have suggested i'll 'indulge myself', but base it on some old Scottish cards I have scans of.
Nothing fancy though, as you say in those days warrant cards were very simple. I should just say though that every UK force did have it's own design in those days (as they still do now). Some also had photographs (Glasgow for example).
The wallet with badge is also more from the late 1980-90s onward, it's use in Life on Mars is something of a anachronism
I didn't mean to disagree to much or sound like a smart ****, I'm just a sad warrant card geek
Your very clear screen grabs have solved a problem for anyone making the Life on Mars prop, it clearly shows they used a painted Metropolitan Police cap badge for the prop :thumbsup
whitehammer
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I'll bow to your experience in warrant cards as they arn't really my forte I'm hoping you will post the finished card so we can all see how you went on
I'm hoping you will post the finished card so we can all see how you went on
Kennyd
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Here's the result of a couple of hours work. If there's interest i'll post the template.
I've kept it a very simple folded card and in keeping with a warrant card of the type used in the early 70s, which would in many cases have been little changed from the 1950s 60's.
However tempting leather wallets & metal badges are they just aren't right for this era.
I've loosely based it on Glasgow cards of that era, and it contains elements which are more particular to Scottish warrant cards than English ones, such as the use of Reg (Register) number instead of warrant number and the Enrolment & Affirmation date.
The badge logo is the Scottish Police badge which was (slowly) taken into use by almost every Scottish police force. By the early 70s there were only a tiny handful which didn't use it.
The photo is separately applied and is fine for that era as photos were being used more and more by various forces.
Just add one of these and you're all set :lol
I've kept it a very simple folded card and in keeping with a warrant card of the type used in the early 70s, which would in many cases have been little changed from the 1950s 60's.
However tempting leather wallets & metal badges are they just aren't right for this era.
I've loosely based it on Glasgow cards of that era, and it contains elements which are more particular to Scottish warrant cards than English ones, such as the use of Reg (Register) number instead of warrant number and the Enrolment & Affirmation date.
The badge logo is the Scottish Police badge which was (slowly) taken into use by almost every Scottish police force. By the early 70s there were only a tiny handful which didn't use it.
The photo is separately applied and is fine for that era as photos were being used more and more by various forces.
Just add one of these and you're all set :lol
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whitehammer
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I'd love the template! I never thought of doing this prop! what sort of card did you use? Also the stamp on the photo is very nice indeed, a really nice detailed addition
Kennyd
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Thanks whitehammer I'll post the template later today (i'm posting from work at the mo). If you like seeing as you supplied the info I'll send you a completed one.
The card is an off white ivory, it doesn't look as dark in person as in the photo. Two layers glued together with PVA. The outside pale blue is just the ivory card printed. It would save ink of course to use an already coloured card.
I'll post the template later today (i'm posting from work at the mo). If you like seeing as you supplied the info I'll send you a completed one.The card is an off white ivory, it doesn't look as dark in person as in the photo. Two layers glued together with PVA. The outside pale blue is just the ivory card printed. It would save ink of course to use an already coloured card.
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Nice one Kenny, your nailing these warrant card props mate! Def interested in the template. Great attention to detail too.
DivineHeresy
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Awesome work Kenny!
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Kennyd
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Gahhhh :cry
A friend has just sent me a screen cap of a scene with Howie showing his prop warrant card. I didn't remember that scene.
It's an old Metropolitan horizonal style, in fact to my eye it looks as if they've actually reused an old Met card for the film.
Dang, and I enjoyed making my card Where's my gun ?
A friend has just sent me a screen cap of a scene with Howie showing his prop warrant card. I didn't remember that scene.
It's an old Metropolitan horizonal style, in fact to my eye it looks as if they've actually reused an old Met card for the film.
Dang, and I enjoyed making my card
Where's my gun ?
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Kennyd
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Sure, here it is
It's the first time i've used the upload feature here so I hope it's worked ok.
Chop out the photo (including a small border) before printing onto off white card, then print the photo onto photograph paper and apply.
The cover is the same size as the inside but has no grey waste border to allow for a bit of adjustment.
The finished size of the card is 13cm wide when opened out.
It's the first time i've used the upload feature here so I hope it's worked ok.
Chop out the photo (including a small border) before printing onto off white card, then print the photo onto photograph paper and apply.
The cover is the same size as the inside but has no grey waste border to allow for a bit of adjustment.
The finished size of the card is 13cm wide when opened out.
Nice share Kenny :thumbsup
