|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks for the positive feedback! What you're seeing is part of the clamp Ash is using to hold the digit of the face-hugger...btw; I should have that clamp in a few weeks also |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
Mark Sheppard Community Member
Joined: 18 Apr 2009 Posts: 951 Location: In my office playing golf, pouring drinks, making deals.
|
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
Wow, joberg... you never fail to amaze me.... these pieces are just incredible....and I am still in amazement at your idea to do the airlock where Kane was ejected from... that is real class and and a hell of a great idea...!!!!! _________________ ______________________________________
"Did you really destroy the ENTIRE shipment?"
www.alienthemovie.blogspot.com |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks JTP...more to come in the future |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
SKIN JOB 66 Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 2724 Location: FRANCE
|
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
Next PIH auction... (I can see evidence of a missing Weylan-Yutani wings sticker on top of the prop)
I guess JB is dancing in the streets right now !
Fred _________________ THE FUTURE IS A THING OF THE PAST |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:34 am Post subject: |
|
|
TFS Fred...you bet Now that I'm seeing the handle on top and the pizza cutting blade they used for the "saw" part.
Since it's an air powered tool I should've known about the handle(gave the tool away to Mark if my memory serves me well (he's going to be the one to transform it).
P.S. I guess my source was right when he said that they used a pizza cutting blade for the prop |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
8th_Passenger Community Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2009 Posts: 443 Location: Hertfordshire, UK
|
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Interesting! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
SKIN JOB 66 Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 2724 Location: FRANCE
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 6:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
TFS Fred...it's in my file now |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
SKIN JOB 66 Community Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 2724 Location: FRANCE
|
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 2:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Great news JB ! (too bad the dimensions aren't shared by the seller, even if I can understand that)
_________________ THE FUTURE IS A THING OF THE PAST |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
Vader Community Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2011 Posts: 267 Location: Sweden
|
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:10 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hmm ... interesting. A pneumatic angle grinder. Could it be Chicago Pneumatic brand ... or Astro? Could be Silverline, of course; they're British, after all...
Heavily greeblied up, obviously; the cowling over the bend section of course, but probably the entire exterior from the valve section forward (including the cylindrical grip section below the actuator handle, and the shiny bit) consists of added-on bits and pieces.
Also, the tube behind the actuator valve section seems to be an add-on; probably a fabricated adapter for what appears to be a scuba air hose...
Thing to keep in mind with these air angle grinders when looking to identify the actual tool: one can usually turn which direction the axle points in in relation to the actuator valve without much difficulty; either by turning the actuator valve section in relation to the grip, or the axle bend in relation to the grip, depending on the design.
Once more, the hunt is on, it seems! _________________ 26354 |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The hunt is always on Vader ...I don't think this was a working prop and here's my theory: first, even when the pizza blade turns it wouldn't show on the screen. You should have some kind of design on the blade to have a visual cue showing that the blade is actually moving (dots, or squares would've done the trick).
The handle on top is, as Vader said, typical of an air tool...but the way that handle is placed, it's not going to do anything soon (too close from the surface of the main tube) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
Vader Community Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2011 Posts: 267 Location: Sweden
|
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 8:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
Quite so -- even if the grip's outer surface were something like a Neoprene sleeve, pressing the actuator handle down on it would require more force than Holm's grip on the tool would seem to allow. The facts that (a) it seems to be hard, and (b) the white paint on it isn't in any way marred by the actuator handle, very strongly suggest that the actuator handle isn't part of the prop's operation.
Also, the way the scene is shot, it does not require a practical prop, merely a visual one. In fact, trying to use a practical prop in that scene would be highly im-practical, with risk of damage to the Facehugger prop, debris from the cutting action, and what have you.
However, that being said -- it is still quite possible that there is a complete tool hidden underneath the greeblies.
Looking at some of those images, it seems that the prop isn't really ... straight. It seems a bit ... wonky. This might indicate that everything from the valve section forward is built, or that the tool is just loosely screwed together so that its sections do not align fully, or that the tool underneath is so much smaller than the bits stuck onto it, that the bits don't quite align. The last theory seems to me the most likely.
But one thing makes me curious: if the prop is merely visual, and not intended to have any practical function ... why bother with an actual air hose, complete with a real connector at the end? _________________ 26354 |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 6:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
'Cause it looks more real ...and another thing I don't understand is the hole at the back of the head (where the alu ring starts); this part is completely open. Now, if I was a surgeon, I wouldn't operate that stuff without fear of spreading some kind of bacteria to my patient (that tool must be a bitch to clean-up ) |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
Vader Community Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2011 Posts: 267 Location: Sweden
|
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 2:25 am Post subject: |
|
|
'Cause it would be a bitch to make the part to cover it, most likely -- it was probably "good enough" even with the hole.
Y'know ... for the longest time, I assumed this prop was supposed to be a laser cutter, with the bevel in the head that conveniently follows the surface Ash is cutting. It was only a few years ago I realised there actually is a circular blade on the far side... That realisation left me a bit disappointed; I thought the laser cutter was much more in keeping with the tech level of the setting. A physical saw blade just seems so low-tech... _________________ 26354 |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author |
Message |
joberg Community Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 9447
|
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 6:41 am Post subject: |
|
|
True that, even in terms of visuals, the light from the laser would've had a better effect than this shot...we should ask Ridley about that one |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|