12-14-2008, 06:09 AM
Not sure how many of you are fans of the Blair Witch Project. I really liked this movie when it came out and have been wanting to make a Burkittsville sign for a while. The entire sign is hand painted. It's hard to see in the pic but the outer edges are routered too. I'm not crazy about the purple color but I did model this after the real Burkittsville sign. This might be a little smaller than the actual sign. Here is the one I made. It's about 15" x 24". What do you guys think?<img src=\"http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/CrypticCreations_pics/Cryptic%20props/tn_41.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />I used this pic for reference, I believe this is the actual sign from the village of Burkittsville Maryland.<img src=\"http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/CrypticCreations_pics/Cryptic%20props/purpleburkittsville.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />Here is a screencap with the sign. Notice the 1824 is closer to the word Burkittsville on this sign than the sign in the picture above.<img src=\"http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/CrypticCreations_pics/Cryptic%20props/Blair20Witch20Project20The202.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />Of course when I was all finished I found this pic on the web of the sign in a green color. I think this is an actual sign from Burkittsville as well. I might make one like this now that I found it. I heard that after the blair witch movie came out, the Burkittsville village signs kept getting stolen. The village replaced them for a while so I guess I'm not surprised to see a different variation with the signs color. I believe the village decided not to replace them anymore since they would just continue to be stolen. Plus the cost to replace them kept adding up so I don't think they even have signs up now. I could be wrong. <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":unsure:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"unsure.gif\" /> If anyone knows otherwise please correct me.<img src=\"http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa278/CrypticCreations_pics/Cryptic%20props/burkittsville431.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />