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Post by Eric Bergeron on Sept 11, 2022 17:08:04 GMT
I've been a fan of the knives Tauriel carries in the Hobbit Desolation of Smaug and after watching a behind the scenes talk about them from the guys at Weta they said they designed her knives on the Kukri knife which to me is my absolute all time favorite weapon I had to have a pair made. I contacted Wes about doing them and he said no problem and so here we go with some in progress of the blades.   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2022 17:23:50 GMT
They look terrific so far. I've been wanting to see a good reproduction of these. Is Wes going to attempt to execute the lattice work with the negative space? I think they're really impractical to make.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Sept 11, 2022 18:53:02 GMT
They look terrific so far. I've been wanting to see a good reproduction of these. Is Wes going to attempt to execute the lattice work with the negative space? I think they're really impractical to make. No unfortunately not, we need to make it similar but not too similar to avoid copyright etc.. so we are just doing the blade shape and not doing the lattice work side on top of the blade, so it'll be enough of a difference to not draw attention but you'll see enough to say hey that's Tauriel's knives. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2022 19:19:18 GMT
They look terrific so far. I've been wanting to see a good reproduction of these. Is Wes going to attempt to execute the lattice work with the negative space? I think they're really impractical to make. No unfortunately not, we need to make it similar but not too similar to avoid copyright etc.. so we are just doing the blade shape and not doing the lattice work side on top of the blade, so it'll be enough of a difference to not draw attention but you'll see enough to say hey that's Tauriel's knives. Even if copyright issues were not a concern, the lattice work just seems to me to be a pure fantasy elements and not a practical design feature. One could get the same effect with etching or inlay, but I think it's best left out. So good call there. |
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Post by loneken on Sept 11, 2022 20:24:22 GMT
Looks amazing. Really looking forward to seeing the final product.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Sept 18, 2022 20:55:05 GMT
Here we have the finished pieces, all that is left to complete is the scabbards for them. I'll get stats on them from Wes shortly.   |
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Post by pellius on Sept 26, 2022 23:42:15 GMT
Oh, wow.
Those look elegantly vicious.
Very nice.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2022 14:31:18 GMT
These turned out so well! They look nice and light too. I'd very much like to see some specs on these when you get them.
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Post by Eric Bergeron on Oct 6, 2022 15:34:03 GMT
These turned out so well! They look nice and light too. I'd very much like to see some specs on these when you get them. You got it buddy, I am waiting on the leather sheaths to be finished, hopefully this week and then I'll do some pictures and stats of them. |
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