Indy and the Turin Shroud

Kambei · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:06 am

Not an actual figure custom, but an artifact that fits in nicely with the Indiana Jones figure range.

AdrienVeidt wrote:

I'd like to get a gold laurel wreath like what the Romans used. Perhaps even the Wreath of Caesar?
The Shroud of Turn would be stupid-cool to get as a real cloth item, but I highly doubt Hasbro would have the balls to do that.

Thanks for the inspiration. I tried doing one using some fine cotton and inkjet t-shirt transfer paper. Came out too glossy. The stuff I was using is more of a plastic film than the older type of paper. So I ordered a couple of sheets of inkjet printable cotton. Found a really nice pic of the shroud and resized it to 1:18 scale.

The inkjet cotton arrived this morning. There is no time like the present, so it went straight into the printer. This is the result:

Prints out really nice on that medium, and the cotton itself is nice and soft and pliable.

Viper · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:13 am

Very cool Kambei. Would you be able to make another one? :shifty:

Keenan · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:37 am

That's a really neat idea. Looks good too.

nova · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:05 am

Looks good...Where'd you find the fabric?

How well does it fold up, and are you going to make a case for it?

Might be cool to actualy take a match or such and burn the corners once's it's folded...just to give it a bit more detail.

DarkJedi · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:34 am

Part of me was kinda hoping to see Big Brawler's face in the fabric... :shifty:

Anyway, neat idea!

Kambei · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:08 pm

Viper wrote:

Very cool Kambei. Would you be able to make another one? :shifty:

This could well be possible. I have had other enquiries and might be doing a short production run.

nova wrote:

Looks good...Where'd you find the fabric?

From a specialist computer paper firm over here in England:

http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/

They also do waterslide and dry rub-on transfer decal sheets.

AdrienVeidt · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Like I said over on GTG, too frickin' sweet! *VERY* nicely done.

xhairs · **Posted:** Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:01 pm

thats very cool.

notpicard · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

I like a good custom that needs no improvement. And now you have me wondering what other artifacts may be printable. And what others may be worth making.

DavAnthony · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:19 am

Nice work, really cool idea too. That would of made a neat pre-movie to a main movie. Someone stole the shroud , the church keeps it all hush hush, and Indy has to get it back -then he goes on his big adventure.
I'm amazed at the quality that it seems to of printed out with.

Keenan · **Posted:** Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:04 am

I finally decided to look the artifact up. I'd no idea what it was- by name.

Kambei · **Posted:** Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:34 am

If memory serves, the pic from the Fortean Picture Library is a negative in order to bring out the image in sharp focus.

I have had a few requests for shrouds. I will be doing a small run of them. If anyone is interested, it would be $5 via Paypal including postage to anywhere in the world.

If anyone is interested in one, please let me know by 09:00 GMT Monday morning so I can place an order for the cotton sheets. I am placing an order for some other specialist paper then, so I will combine the order.