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Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - travsall - 09-16-2008
This is a piece that's been eluding me for a while, ever since I first saw Raiders I've wanted the idol, and the versions out there were either outta my price range, too hard to come by, or didn't strike me right. Until this one! Made by Bluefive on the RPF it's a hollow cast resin one piece kit and VERY close to the screen used piece. The hollow aspect was really a big selling point to me, a little known fact about the screen used idol, it had glass eyes. The original intent was the eyes would be radio controlled and servo powered, as Indy came closer, the idol would be watching him. The gag never really worked, so it wasn't filmed but the eyes can still be seen in the final cut of the movie. Since most idols are solid, it made adding the eyes impossible, this one though made that very possible! The only downside, being it was hollow, it ruined the illusion as soon as you touched it, or picked it up, to fix that I filled the inside with a cement compound, adding a GOOD 5 pounds to it LOL I could not freakin be any happier with how it came out, I really wanted the finish to be something different, have it look like an old gold artifact, but one that was made for a movie set, so not perfect at all LOL I got that effect by doing a 2 part finish, a base coat of brushed on gloss black, and then a powdered gold buffing compound ontop. With that, here are the pics! First, as I got it raw and unfinished<img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol1.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />then primed, and with the eyes and a back panel cut out<img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol6.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />and finally, finished!<img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol8.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol9.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol11.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol10.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" /><img src=\"http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/travsall/idol12.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"linked-image\" />
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - andrew santagato - 09-16-2008
UN-FREAKIN-REAL!! <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" /> <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" /> <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":thumbsup:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"thumbsup.gif\" />
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - Rahl - 09-16-2008
Wow, very cool. I never knew about the eyes. Very neat.Great job on it. The gold looks really good.
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - JOEY - 09-16-2008
How cool is that! Wow.. yeah definately a great job man.Speaking of the RPF, everytime I try to register, I'm unable to. Are there select times when they take on newcomers?
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - Cory - 09-16-2008
That's friggin' awesome man! I love the idol...awesome work Trav!
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - dougie - 09-17-2008
Awesome!! Nice job.
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - travsall - 09-17-2008
Thanks alot guys, appreaciate it! Was a lotta fun to see this one come together! Joey, yeah registration is closed for the most part, I think they open it maybe once or twice a year to let a couple new people in, but that's about it
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - monteburns - 09-17-2008
That piece looks amazing.Congrats on scoring one of your favorite pieces.Indy is the man!
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - puckface - 09-17-2008
not a huge indie fan, but that looks great! actually looks like pure gold!great job travman!
Attention Indiana Jones Fans! - Castle Warlock - 09-17-2008
Hell yea man that is bad ass! Great job on the finishing work, it looks top notch!How did you get the glass eyes to stay in place? Sealing them in with the concrete compound?