Your Indiana Jones Displays - Lets see 'em
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I received a sample pack from Thomas which had a variety of felt and ribbon colours. The ones I opted for were the "Sable" felt colour with what he'd labelled as "R2" ribbon. "R1" in the samples was too red and "LN" (which I think is the standard that he uses on his hats) was just a tad darker than R2 and a bit too much of a contrast with the felt colour.
I chose not to have a lining in mine as the original Fedora auctioned by Propstore of London recently did not have a lining. I believe that they probably took it out due to uncomfortable hot weather conditions. Thomas actually mentioned that he doesn't put a lining in his personal Fedoras that he's going to wear in the Summer.
He did put the gold "I J" lettering on the sweatband on mine too to match the photos of the original that were seen when Propstore had the Fedora on display prior to the auction.
I've attached a photo of the original with the faded Harrison Ford signature (which you can see doesn't have a lining) and a photo of the Advintage version that he did for me.
I chose not to have a lining in mine as the original Fedora auctioned by Propstore of London recently did not have a lining. I believe that they probably took it out due to uncomfortable hot weather conditions. Thomas actually mentioned that he doesn't put a lining in his personal Fedoras that he's going to wear in the Summer.
He did put the gold "I J" lettering on the sweatband on mine too to match the photos of the original that were seen when Propstore had the Fedora on display prior to the auction.
I've attached a photo of the original with the faded Harrison Ford signature (which you can see doesn't have a lining) and a photo of the Advintage version that he did for me.
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VonMagnum
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I just watched The Temple of Doom. Did anyone else notice those were ALLIGATORS in the river, not Crocodiles? Alligators are only indigenous to North America so....
I don't remember Indy having a mustache the last time I saw it. Damn, he almost looks like Thomas Magnum!
I don't remember Indy having a mustache the last time I saw it. Damn, he almost looks like Thomas Magnum!
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CT1138
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That has bugged me since I was a kid.
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Well, the Thuggee god must have mutated the crocodiles to LOOK like alligators…..
Well, the Thuggee god must have mutated the crocodiles to LOOK like alligators…..
My shiny hero idol from Relicmaker just arrived and as expected, it's a stunner. It's not as heavy as my Hand Schaub was but it still has a good weight to it. Very happy with it.
Here it is in the context of the shelf it's on. Those are all Relicmaker headpieces as well.
Here it is in the context of the shelf it's on. Those are all Relicmaker headpieces as well.
VonMagnum
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It's a great piece either way, but somehow the idols with the eyes open (any of the ones I've seen) never look quite right to me, for whatever reason. I think it's because the view in the movie where you could see it, the eyes almost looked "glazed over" like they had cataracts or something (probably the bright movie lighting from above? They also looked vertically "cross-eyed" ever so slightly.) It was probably just the lighting, but it looked darn creepy (and I think would have been even creepier if they showed its eyes move, even for a "Did they just move?" type of moment. But somehow, with clear glass eyes, they look like a doll's eyes or something (i.e. not creepy enough).
That's just my take. I'm waiting for a version that changes my mind, but I have yet to see one. Perhaps in darker/controlled lighting, it might look more like the movie shot? I've got a dark bookshelf with fake candle lighting, but I'm not going to buy one with eyes on a "maybe". I'd be curious to see how it looks with dimmed lighting lit by a candle or similar lower lighting to see how it appears.
Given the choice between eyes shut or open (via the stunt idol), that one looks more or less spot on to me by comparison. The "aged" version out there doesn't look quite right to me either (I think that's the right choice to go clean as you could always experiment "dirtying" the surface or whatever), as the one in the movie looked more "dirty" to me than "oxidized" (Pure gold would never oxidize anyway so I'd just assume it was dampness, etc. drying water spots or dirt on it or whatever over the years. In other words, it's too smooth or even in the "aging" process. It'd be hard to make it exact from that camera angle shot, I think to match the "look" it'd take for me to buy an eyes open version (unless it was extra creepy like actual moving eyes triggered by a proximity switch behind the eyes or something). I think the pupils were smaller in the movie version as well.
I think I'd experiment perhaps with something like some soapy water applied with a squirt bottle left to dry on it and see how that looked. It might work on the eyes too for that "glazed over" look and should be easy to remove if it doesn't work out right. But that's just me being picky. The idol quality itself looks great in the picture. I wonder what the used to "age" it in the movie version exactly. I'm sure it was probably applied afterwards.
That's not just my imagination the original's eyes aren't facing the same in the vertical plane (maybe slightly off in the horizontal too?) I guess since they were "robotically" controlled, they just didn't center them precisely?)
That's just my take. I'm waiting for a version that changes my mind, but I have yet to see one. Perhaps in darker/controlled lighting, it might look more like the movie shot? I've got a dark bookshelf with fake candle lighting, but I'm not going to buy one with eyes on a "maybe". I'd be curious to see how it looks with dimmed lighting lit by a candle or similar lower lighting to see how it appears.
Given the choice between eyes shut or open (via the stunt idol), that one looks more or less spot on to me by comparison. The "aged" version out there doesn't look quite right to me either (I think that's the right choice to go clean as you could always experiment "dirtying" the surface or whatever), as the one in the movie looked more "dirty" to me than "oxidized" (Pure gold would never oxidize anyway so I'd just assume it was dampness, etc. drying water spots or dirt on it or whatever over the years. In other words, it's too smooth or even in the "aging" process. It'd be hard to make it exact from that camera angle shot, I think to match the "look" it'd take for me to buy an eyes open version (unless it was extra creepy like actual moving eyes triggered by a proximity switch behind the eyes or something). I think the pupils were smaller in the movie version as well.
I think I'd experiment perhaps with something like some soapy water applied with a squirt bottle left to dry on it and see how that looked. It might work on the eyes too for that "glazed over" look and should be easy to remove if it doesn't work out right. But that's just me being picky. The idol quality itself looks great in the picture. I wonder what the used to "age" it in the movie version exactly. I'm sure it was probably applied afterwards.
That's not just my imagination the original's eyes aren't facing the same in the vertical plane (maybe slightly off in the horizontal too?) I guess since they were "robotically" controlled, they just didn't center them precisely?)
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MCINTOSH275
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