Screenshot for reference

This is a screenshot from the movie, showing the knife I'm working on. The scene is at the end of Paul Atreides' fight with a Fremen

Reference

Photo of the original props, the one to the left is my actual project. I found this on a fan page, it's one of the few images I could use for reference to make my version.

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Before - After

Just to show what I started out with for this knife. Yeah, hard to see, I know. To make it easier, the top is the start-point ;-)

Metal hilt detail

Crysknife Dune 2021, detail shot of the rather unusual hilt. I like the concept of having a blade carved from bone/ivory and a hilt made partly from metal. Usually it's the other way around. But to clear things up, this piece contains neither bone, nor ivory, nor metal...

Crysknife in correct location

Usually I shoot my props at home, often on some red background (because it seems to work well). This time I decided to take it out. Since this is a prop from the new Dune movie, I took it to a proper location, some real dunes just down the beach. Materials used: Pinewood board, some polymer for the fake metal and some 25 layers of paint and varnish!

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Crysknife prototype

This one is made from wood. I made a second generation so far, which is translucent like the original prop

Crysknife

This one is made from wood. I made a second generation so far, which is translucent like the original prop