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Laszlo

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Great idea! Did you make it with the official map, made for the movie?
Now you should do an interactive Skeksis Castle... :wink:
Yes, I am that Laszlo. I hope you like the shard. It really is the best and most accurate collectible I ever saw.
 

Johnny Wilson

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Hi Laszlo, I was very impressed with the shard prop, I compared it to every picture I had of the actual prop and every facet and angle is spot on. I remember reading that you used an actual screen used shard to make the mold, is that correct? Do you know someone who worked on the film? A buddy of mine is friends with Lyle Conway but I have not gotten to meet him yet. He was in the thick of it on The Dark Crystal and I would love to ask him to recall some of his experiences. Thanks for making such a great shard by the way! I didn't use the actual map from the movie, I scanned the map from "The World of The Dark Crystal" and painted out all the lines and anything that wasn't just terrain. Aughra's observatory is based only on what I could see in the film, I can find no picture of it anywhere and even in the film I can barely make it out. It's mostly modeled from the image that emerges from Ursu's magic bowl of stew or whatever that was.
 

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Glad to hear you like it!

I can confirm that it is casted from a real prop, as I do own an original as well.
It was produced by a toy manufacturer as a promo item.
I am very glad that this beautiful piece has now been preserved, and has been made available for all normal mortals :smile: . Not everyone can afford a USD 5000.- original. Let alone if you can find one at all! Almost impossible.
I bought the original from a former employee. Unfortunately, At the moment I do not have direct contact to crew members.
Maybe you can ask your buddy if he can get some props. Im always very interested...
 

Laszlo

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Above is a very cool production used map.
Aughra's observatory can be seen in the distance when Jen climbs the mountain. Best way for a good screenshot would be the Blu-Ray. Can you make screenshots?
 

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Hi Lazlo, sorry for the delay, I just saw your post. That map is what I used to place all the landmarks in the 3D map along with the Froud map. Originally I wanted to make a realistic map with trees and photo real mountains just to see what Thra would look like in real life and I was using the above map more than the other one but it ended up being too processor intense and taking too much time. I wonder where that map is now.
 

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Just looked at your gallery, is that all your art work? If s then WOW! Nice work! And where the heck did you get that Skesis castle model? I can't find one anywhere. Did you make that?
 

Laszlo

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Hi Johnny,
yes thats all my work. Thank you for the kind words!
I did the Skeksis Castle myself. It seems a lot of people want one...
 
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