Starship Polaris wrote:
This is true. I guess I'm thinking, rightly or wrongly, that the design dilemma for fan films is different from that for a big Hollywood movie in that a big percentage of our audience may be afficianadoes and other low-budget filmmakers and hobbyists - many of whom become aware of us while we're creating our movies - who pay attention to and hopefully admire the details of props and costumes etc. A lot of them are the same folks or same kind of folks who know that the Jedi communicator in "The Phantom Menace" is a Lady Schick razor but they only represent a tiny fraction of one percent of the people who go to see "Star Wars."
Not many folks beyond the regulars on the Replica Props Forum will recognize a peppermill in "Star Trek."
Or maybe that's not so. I'll give it some more thought.
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Sometimes, when it comes to base objects, simpler can be better. If the original item has fewer really unique features, it can be easier to disguise. I think part of the problem with the inhaler is that it's just so darn specific looking.
Compare that with, say, Wah Chang's use of a pencil case for the TOS comms: add a flipgrid and buttons, and it's unrecognizable.
I don't know what this gizmo is going to be, but I'm assuming you need small, hand sized and round, with some kind of ribbing or fillagree? Might I suggest this:
