From the first time I saw it, I loved this prop. So, spending a few days slaving away in Illustrator and Photoshop, combing through screenshots and reference photos, I recreated the label and sleeve exactly (many thanks to Dave for getting me info on some of the fonts!). I then spent some time in Audacity mixing down individual tracks from the soundtrack of the episode with a full recording of the song--Reaper Man by Martin Yarbrough--to recreate the appearance of the Devil on the record, along with some of Willie Cole's terrified screams (which get quieter as he moves away from the mic in his terror). |
Check out this thing actually playing. No trickery here, the sound is directly from the turntable running through my stereo:
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Right now, I'm hard at work on my Blade Runner Blaster kit from Tomenosuke in Japan. As a purchased kit, it's not typically much of a prop build. In this case, however, the kit has a major failing that I just can't look past: Due to Japanese law, the gun barrel can't be made of metal. So the barrel (as well as the main gun frame and cylinder) are ABS plastic. The cylinder I can just about look past because it's pretty much always hidden inside. The frame is also mostly hidden away, so I may need to figure something out for the bits that show, but the barrel is a deal breaker. It and the frame are one molded piece of black ABS plastic and the barrel has a plug like half an inch inside... very visible. Not at all what I want in a replica.
The Ace of WinchestersAlso from "The Devil's Vinyl," the Ace of Winchesters is a rifle that can kill demons. Wielded in the episode by Papa Midnight, it is an 1873 lever-action Winchester Rifle, often called "the gun that won the west." This particular rifle is engraved with all manner of occult imagery, just about none of it identifiable by me. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say there's some Enochian on there, and someone told me that some of the symbols are actually demon names, which makes sense, as there is power in names. Naming a demon can help you kill it.
The Acetate a.k.a. The Devil's VinylThis time around, I'm going to be discussing a one-off prop that is almost certainly never going to be seen again. My interests usually lie in props of the more iconic variety, pieces integral to a show or movie. So the fact that I am so enamored with this one-time-only piece of Constantine speaks pretty well for it, I think.
This prop was, in a way, the title character of Episode 3: "The Devil's Vinyl" |
About the AuthorMy name is Shawn McBee and I am a replica prop fabricator and collector located in Atlanta, GA. The name "The Propsmith" is more of an aspiration than a declaration at this point, but I am a perfectionist and apply my keen eye for detail to recreating props to an exacting degree. Categories
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