Raiders Docs

[dbcooper]

Here are some documents from Raiders to fill in some of the back story to the beginning of the movie. I am trying to find things to put in Indy's notebook, the one he has with him in the Maproom. I know most of you call this the Ark Diary/Journal. I wanted something new, different.

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First is the Chachapoyan Map. I took the coloration from the front and added it to the back as well. The paper is brown craft paper, wrinkled and then ironed. Ironing really gives paper that crisp old feel. Then a nice easy rip job on the edges and some black marker and sparcely applied burning on the fringes.

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How did Indy get the map? How did he know about it? I am going to make a letter from the archeologist that the character was based on telling Jonesy about it, Roy Andrews Chapman. He sent these lost journal pages from anthropologist Adolph F. Bandelier, along with only one piece of the map, telling of his rediscovery of the Chachapoyan Temple. Chapman also warns Indy about Forrestal.

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Indy would have done his homework on this guy. A page ripped out of his encyclopedia on Bandelier. (made up)

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And of course the all famous Communique and Dutch Bible.

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I finished the backside of the Dutch Bible page to make it more real. That side was much easier.

[IndyBlues]

This is some really nice work. You put alot of work into this, and it shows.

However, you may want to think about adding this to a different journal or diary, maybe the Young Indy Diary. The notebook you see Indy using in the map room is supposed to belong to Abner Ravenwood, that he aquired from Marion after The Raven bar gets burned to the ground.

Abner wouldn't have any reason to have any of the Idol info in his journal, and Indy wouldn't waste time putting the info in there AFTER the fact.

Just a suggestion, and that is really nice work.
'Blues

[dbcooper]

Was that stated someplace? Was it info from the novel or a deleted scene? I just thought people were making that part up about it being Abner's Diary. I just didn't want to start something new with a continous story line. I wanted it to be more thoughts and info, facts, collected clues and research; to be written down later at length. Just a book to look through and say "Oh yeah, I remember that."

Thanks for the input.

[IndyBlues]

Well, the most popular version of the prop, that was offered by the late Prop Replicator( God rest his soul), had tons of info and inserts from Abner, and TO Abner. It seemed to make sense, but I don't think it is considered canon.
'Blues

[jsilk7]

Great looking props!
I'm new to this whole thing, Where do you find the stuff to makeup these great props? I would like to give it a try.
thanks Joe

[nickhorror]

Really good looking stuff, DB. I love the journal pages. I am curious, did you write those freehand or use a font, because I love that script.

[dbcooper]

Thanks for the compliments.

jsilk7 - I just look stuff up in history books or follow leads found in the story and expound upon them. With these I followed the story in reverse adding clues instead of finding them. The pics and info was found on the INTERNET (wikipedia, Ebay, google searches, etc.)

nickhorror - the font is Fountain Pen Frenzy. Nothing I do is free hand. I hate my penmanship.

Thanks again.

[nickhorror]

May 1, 2008 22:34:19 GMT -5 dbcooper said:

nickhorror - the font is Fountain Pen Frenzy.

Ah! I should have recognized it; I used that for one of the signatures on my Miskatonic diploma.

[dbcooper]

I tried to find the sloppiest handwriting font I could. Bandelier's original notes in his own hand were very messy. They were hard to read until his second wife took them over. I thought it would add some realism.