I have a slew of resin grenades from Spat, and I have 1 aluminum grenade from SD Studios.
The resin ones cost me about $7 each, plus a lot of labor and the aluminum one from SD Studios was $25 plus shipping.
The SD Studios one is neat since the plunger moves and is spring loaded.
What I would really like, is a screen-accurate grenade, made out of aluminum so that it looks great up close - but also with the price as low as possible, so that I can fill bandoleers, armor, harnesses, or boxes, at a reasonable price. For instance, the Grenade Box fits 25 rounds. If a box was filled with 25 rounds from SD Studios, that'd be $750 plus shipping. Which is a bit much. Similarly filling a "Ripley Grenade Harness" with 16 rounds will cost over $400.
Furthermore, both of these grenades are a bit of an artistic interpretation, as far as I can tell, since they vary from the references that I have.
All of the original prop grenades used in the movie were hand made on a lathe, some out of wood. So there will be some variation between them.
I reverse engineered a grenade in AutoCAD, from a Screen-Used prop, for the most screen-accurate grenades as possible.
The goal here is to have the most accurate prop possible, while keeping unit cost as low as possible - So there will be no moving parts on these. They will be a solid piece of aluminum. I'm also going to press a spent primer in the base, rather than have a custom piece of brass machined.
I'm working with a new machineshop, I talked with them today, and they can fit these in before the end of the year.
We're aiming for a unit price of $10 each. Shipping may be extra.
I want at least 50 for myself, and I've already sold 40 on Instagram... So we might be aiming to have 250 or more made.
Send me a message for the quantity that you want, and for payment info.
The resin ones cost me about $7 each, plus a lot of labor and the aluminum one from SD Studios was $25 plus shipping.
The SD Studios one is neat since the plunger moves and is spring loaded.
What I would really like, is a screen-accurate grenade, made out of aluminum so that it looks great up close - but also with the price as low as possible, so that I can fill bandoleers, armor, harnesses, or boxes, at a reasonable price. For instance, the Grenade Box fits 25 rounds. If a box was filled with 25 rounds from SD Studios, that'd be $750 plus shipping. Which is a bit much. Similarly filling a "Ripley Grenade Harness" with 16 rounds will cost over $400.
Furthermore, both of these grenades are a bit of an artistic interpretation, as far as I can tell, since they vary from the references that I have.
All of the original prop grenades used in the movie were hand made on a lathe, some out of wood. So there will be some variation between them.
I reverse engineered a grenade in AutoCAD, from a Screen-Used prop, for the most screen-accurate grenades as possible.
The goal here is to have the most accurate prop possible, while keeping unit cost as low as possible - So there will be no moving parts on these. They will be a solid piece of aluminum. I'm also going to press a spent primer in the base, rather than have a custom piece of brass machined.
I'm working with a new machineshop, I talked with them today, and they can fit these in before the end of the year.
We're aiming for a unit price of $10 each. Shipping may be extra.
I want at least 50 for myself, and I've already sold 40 on Instagram... So we might be aiming to have 250 or more made.
Send me a message for the quantity that you want, and for payment info.
