Tuesday, December 30, 2014

For Those Who Hunt the Night

Hex Mortis is an Atlanta-based design and fabrication company working on the "Constantine" television series.  While the show is struggling in the ratings it's certainly not because of the props.  There's some beautiful work on display in their gallery, both from "Constantine" and their private commission work.

Here's the "Sword of Night":


The "Ace of Winchesters" rifle for battling occult creatures.  There's something strangely familiar about that concept.  Heh.


The "Amulet of Pazuzu".  I knew prop houses provided multiple hero and stunt copies, but I never realized just how many they cranked out.  








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3 comments:

  1. CoastConFanDecember 30, 2014 at 9:53 AM

    Winchester produced some pretty fancy items on occasion as well as a number of engravers and carvers who the enhanced guns later. This occult variation is not as strange or as lavish as it may seem. BTW the “saddle ring” on the side is a vestige of attempted military contacts on their carbine length guns. It’s a hold over from the muzzle loading period where cavalry carbines sported rings to attach to the rider so the gun wouldn’t be lost in battle or by accident.

    Very nice engraved Winchesters:
    http://merzantiques.com/item/extraordinary-one-of-a-kind-relief-engraved-winchester-model-1866
    http://www.texasranger.org/benefactors/Palmer_hartley.htm
    http://levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16639
    http://www.rockislandauction.com/viewitem/aid/57/lid/1028
    http://www.rockislandauction.com/viewitem/aid/57/lid/3020

    Fancy engraved stocks:
    http://www.engraverscafe.com/content.php?875-Winchester-Gun-Stock-Carving&s=cc2b119a8719a0346c47fcf8a7c60730
    http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13173748
    http://www.rockislandauction.com/PRI/uploads/public/images/Prices%20Realized%2049/Jpeg/3026.jpg
    http://lastoftheplainsmen.freeforums.org/unique-winchester-rifle-t3913.html

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  2. CoastConFanDecember 31, 2014 at 4:24 AM

    Post Scriptum The Pazuzu amulet is interesting as well. Wikipedia has an original bronze amulet that is similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazuzu

    Most people remember Pazuzu from the Exorcist movies (1971 & 1977). It has also graced Propnomicon posts: http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2011/03/pazuzu-amulet.html and http://propnomicon.blogspot.com/2012/01/lord-of-wind.html

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  3. UnknownJanuary 25, 2018 at 4:15 PM

    the Ace of Winchesters originally comes from Hellblazer

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