Sorry to bump an old thread but I loves me some video game props.
There are some pretty good Bob-Omb (from Mario) replicas out there at Hot Topic, Toys R Us and some Dollar stores (not sure which one). They're what I'd assume to be 1:1 and filled with powder candy. A friend found a box of them, as well as a box of red mushrooms, for $1 each at a local dollar store. They're about $4-ish at Hot Topic and Toys R Us.
My girlfriend got me the Ezio vambrace from Assassins Creed II / Brotherhood for X-Mas. She ordered it from Museum Replicas and it should be in a few days after Christmas. I'll post a quick review once I get it. I'm pretty excited.
It has had me wanting some additional Assassins Creed props. Does anyone have any good ideas? There are several weapons out there, but does anyone know of any non-weapon replicas?
Here's a good quality version of the Wanted Poster you have to rip down throughout the game:
Wanted posters - The Assassin's Creed Wiki - Assassins Creed, Assassins Creed 2, walkthroughs, and more
For mine, I used 2 pieces of parchment paper and dyed them slightly with tea, then printed the image across both pages and glued them together. I went back over it with a pen to get rid of the pixelation and it gave it a bolder, sharper and more freshly printed quality. I rolled up one end, curled the top 2 corners and hung it on my bedroom door. I'm eventually going to have an arrow sticking out of it like the game.
I also have plans to recreate the feathers from the first game. Altair would kill his target then stain a white feather with the blood as a trophy and proof of the assassination. I plan to use some white feathers from Hobby Lobby and red paint or this particular high quality fake blood I got for Halloween.
I am also working on the Codex pages from Assassins Creed II, but they are more difficult than I imagined. It seems the pages from part II are perfectly square but are about the same length as a regular sheet of paper, but I had created a graphic that would fit a regular sheet.
I used images from this page:
Codex - The Assassin's Creed Wiki - Assassins Creed, Assassins Creed 2, walkthroughs, and more
I altered the color with photoshop and tried to get rid of the Animus-style lines that are through the picture. I also attempted to recreate the page borders by taking photos of the pages from the inventory screen. The result (cell phone pictures taken off a plasma tv) is underwhelming, but a good start. I printed the images on parchment paper then put them in the oven for a bit until they turned brown. I used a razor blade to weather the pages and used colored pencils and ink to sharpen the borders and actual artwork.
There's also a problem with the layout of some of the pages. Some of them have text, but also have a large graphic. The image of the actual page doesn't have text, but it must be there somewhere. My solution was to put it on the back, but I don't know if that's the best place. I also opted to translate the text to Arabic instead of Italian, though it actually looks like parts are Arabic and parts are Latin.
I eventually plan to recreate the hidden map on the pages with UV ink and arrange them in the correct order on a wall in the house.
