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Created from two near frames of a camera pan.
I found this 8x10 photograph in a box at the goodwill several years ago. I have never seen this still before. It seems to be an actual photo from a negative. Does anyone know anything about this? Obviously it's from the original Ghostbusters. I'm just curious as to who may have taken it or where it came from.
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Too many names in the whole lore for this thing. It's the "gun" as far as I'm concerned. Slightly OTT weathering, perhaps, and still a good few missing details. The gun body was a lovely cast by Eric Boyer.
Polar Plunge Chicago 2017
North Avenue Beach
Chicago, IL
March 5th, 2017
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Final weathering of main pack body, minus a few details like stickers. Natural dust adds a lot to the look.
Detail shots of the Proton Gun replica I made. It featured working lights and switches, and was made from plastics, metals, wood and resin fittings. This is one of several made under commission.
This is the sound system I intend to install in the proton pack prop I've been working on. It consists of a T-amp (battery powered amp), two old car speakers from my Toyota, and a USB flashdrive-type mp3 player loaded with the startup sound of the pack from the movies. It's decently loud, but I'm still wondering how best to rig it so I can play the sound at will without actually holding the mp3 player in plain sight to trigger it.
Cuando Louis Tully y pegajoso dañan la unidad contenedora empiezan los problemas para los cazafantasmas.
Louis Tully and Slimer damaged the ghost container, now all the ghosts get out but that isn't the main problem, the major deal is the liberation of Samhain and some others bad ghosts like the boogieman, the sandman and Mr. Stay Puff. Samhain starts to summon others ghosts for a monster party, since he wants that the night will be forever. The ghostbusters has a big mision, Peter Vekman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore have the help of their faithfull secretary Janine Meltniz and Louis Tully. The hunting begins. Slimer is just around eating but he isn't aware that he is gonna meet his nemesis.
Various buildups of the Ghostbusters props, with the most complete at the right. The ones on the left and the middle are currently on eBay
Custom-made rub down transfers match the originals.
I would guess that on the originals, at least some of these transfers were maybe silkscreened on, although some years ago I did find Letraset that matched (when overlaid) the markings under the toggle switches. The circular layout next to the bargraph, to me, looks like it might have come from a small film camera, as I have a couple of Super 16MM cameras with very similar displays next to the internal light meter/f-stop controls. if it's familiar to anyone, get in touch!
Janine Melnitz and Egon Spengler, without their fellow Ghostbusters, take a more casual approach to looking for something strange in your neighbourhood at ConVergence in Bloomington, Minnesota.
Lighting detail (long exposure hides motion). Actual incandescent bulbs were used here, as per the original prop. These days, LEDs (which are much more economical) would be used.
On the originals, the bulbs would overexpose on film, creating the sense of a powerful glow. In reality, the lights were plainly visible, tacked behind a thin sheet of lighting gel.
Most of the weathering was from a Tamyia dry powder kit, or Plastikote silver paint applied with a screwdriver.
Final weathering of main pack body. Many of these labels were originally taken from inustrial machinery - this in particular would be a kind of bench saw going by the power ratings.
Lighting detail (long exposure hides motion)
To weather the aluminium, I simply dabbed on loads of Plastikote satin black (the same colour as the pack body) and then used a coarse sandpaper to remove it again. It's suprisingly effective.
This is THE Eliza Dushku wearing my Proton Pack during an autograph session. The only photo taken by me in this album.
Detail shots of the Proton Gun replica I made. It featured working lights and switches, and was made from plastics, metals, wood and resin fittings. This is one of several made under commission. Built by Matt Clark
Final weathering of main pack body.
All the silver edging was done by covering my fingertip in the silver powder and just rubbing it on. Many, many times.
The bargraph sequences up and down with a different mode when "firing". The switches to the left of it control the lights in the pack and the gun.
The basic shape is there, I just need to make a few more minor pieces...then sand and paint it all before I can bolt it to the motherboard. Then comes the fun stuff: installing the electronics. When I'm done, this thing should have accurate lights and a nice loud startup sound when switched on.
Two types of detailing; the top is a label printed on metallic foil from an inkjet printer, which is then sprayed - deliberately badly - with a satin clearcoat to take off some of the sheen, as well as add some texture. The label below it is a rubdown transfer.
Various buildups of the Ghostbusters props, with the most complete at the right. The ones on the left and the middle are currently on eBay.
I've lost the vast majority of my hi-res photos of the pack, but I found these two after the thing was mostly built, but before I'd decided to weather it - I spent an achingly long time getting a perfect finish on all the pieces to create a deep, thick coating (too much time, too many fumes). It was supposed to be a pristine piece before I decided that they looked better used. It's an interesting contrast to how it ended up looking. Some details, like rust bubbles and scratches, etc, were deliberate, because they'd be made from reclaimed metal.
I'm looking forward to doing a few more of these to experiment with making realistic looking metal finishes.
Note the difference in decor between this and the finished pictures, would be stalkers - I'm a man off all trades.
Construction highlights:
synchronous generator, gearbox, gun mount, power cell, booster box, ion arm mount, and spacers made from polystyrene (I used "For Rent" signs I purchased at Staples)
Booster frame scratch-built using MDF for the frame, pencils for the hex bars, and very thin strips of polystyrene for the heat sink fins.
Tube connecting sync generator and gearbox is black rubber washing machine hose. The connector on the sync generator side is the spigot off a garden sprayer.
Ion arm rectangle is MDF spray-painted silver.
Bumper is scratch-built from polystyrene, balsa strips, and lots of wall spackling to smooth things out.