Percival Grave's wand from Fantastic Beasts

ATL Kenobi

ATL Kenobi

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My wife is currently sewing on a Percival Grave's outfit/costume, hopefully to be done by LeakyCon LA 2016. I plan to bring the suitcase I've been working on but I'd like to also have a reasonable wand. (BTW- Pierre Bohanna and Laurent Guinci are going to attend)

These are the 3 images I've found so far:
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I dragged the first image into AutoCad, scaled it the best I could and came up with this drawing:
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I started by turning a 1/2" hardwood dowel into a long taper:
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I plan to make it illuminated so there'll be an LED in the end. I'm using a broken laser pointer case as a battery holder. The nickel plated bit for the end isn't exactly right, but it's the closest thing I could find. It does thread on so if I find something more accurate later, I possibly can add it. It's considered Art Deco which was a popular style at the time.
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Keep in mind that all the dimensions are my own and I could be way off. I suspect Nobel will be offering their version soon.

ATL
 

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another marvellous job! again!

btw i fall in love with Seraphina's wand among those wands. cant wait to see it closer.
 
My wand is part of a Percival cosplay which we hope to have done by LeakyCon LA 2016. I'm putting fringe on a basket weave scarf, but also pictured is my wand in front of a reference image:
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A close up of that image:
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And I finished putting the LED in the end:
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My finger is depressing a tiny switch.

ATL
 

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Here's another good image of Percival's wand, plus a bunch of others:

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ATL
 

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As mentioned, I know the pommel I'm using is not correct, but I did add a row of beads to it to make it somewhat closer:
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I ordered the Noble Collection wand and it arrived very quickly. Here's the wand and it's box next to my replica.
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The wand came in a very nice box, and obviously I didn't scale mine quite right. It's about 11% too small.

The Noble wand has all the fine quality and craftsmanship we've come to expect from items made in China.
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Did I mention it comes in a nice box?
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I also ordered the Seraphina Picquery wand. It's on back-order from Noble Collection, but I understand it might already be available from Barnes and Noble.

ATL
 

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ATL Kenobi said:
I ordered the Noble Collection wand and it arrived very quickly. Here's the wand and it's box next to my replica.
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The wand came in a very nice box, and obviously I didn't scale mine quite right. It's about 11% too small.

ATL
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Well now that you own the Noble Collection one, I'll help you clear up some space your original may be taking up. You know just to help you out, You can go ahead and mail me the one you created. Should I PM you my address or just post it in this thread? Just looking out for you.

-Ash
 
Ash said:
Well now that you own the Noble Collection one, I'll help you clear up some space your original may be taking up. You know just to help you out, You can go ahead and mail me the one you created. Should I PM you my address or just post it in this thread? Just looking out for you.

-Ash
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Ash thanks for thinking about me, I'll ah... get back to you on your suggestion. :)

lynx0099 said:
Am i the only who thinks that yours is better Kenobi. Noble one looks like a toy comparing to yours haha. I love it!!!
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Thanks lynx!!

ATL
 
I've just recently made a light up wand as well and I was curious how you ran the wiring to the LED in the tip using a real wooden shaft, it looks very clean
 
harrisonp said:
I've just recently made a light up wand as well and I was curious how you ran the wiring to the LED in the tip using a real wooden shaft, it looks very clean
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I've made 3 illuminated wands; Snape, McGonagall, and Graves and fortunately all are painted black. Paint will cover a multitude of sins. :) For these wands, I simply drill an LED sized hole in the end (before I turn it on the lathe) and then cut a groove down the side with a Dremel.
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After I place the wires in the groove, I'll mostly fill the groove and around the LED with 2-part epoxy and let that dry. I then fill the rest of the way with a wood filler, then sand and prime until it's smooth enough. Then I paint it.

I have tried several times to drill a long hole with an extra long drill bit in a wooden dowel, but inevitably it comes out the side. :(

For Hagrid's umbrella, I used the same technique, but the umbrella covers the groove for the most part and there is reasonably good oak wood filler.
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If I were to make a non-painted wand, I would cut a small groove using a veining bit in 2 small rectangular pieces of hardwood. I'd then glue the two rectangles together to form a square, and then turn that on the lathe. Instant hole!

ATL
 

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awesome! I appreciate the detailed response. I approached mine differently, unable to think of as elegant a design as yours :lol. I will probably make a thread for it eventually, but now I want to go make one in your style!
 
Interesting - According to the harrypotter.wikia site, Percivals wand is "inlaid with mother-of-pearl". :eek From the pictures, I can't tell that this is the case. If the pommel is actually mother-of-pearl, then it could be turned from a pen blank.

Hopefully someone will see the actual prop at an exhibition, and take some good pictures. Please feel free to post them here.

Sort of a moot point since Percival won't be returning to the sequel.
 :(

ATL
 
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