Disney Store Compass

[spaarksUKsparrow]

[b] Hi there friends :O) I am new, i'm from the UK and i am near completion of my jack sparrow costume here, waiting on a wig from yordreems and other bits for it, I am having trouble nailing a disney store compass though :0( so that can modifiy, or one already made/ modified that i can buy.. hint hint lol... there is on one ebay but its bid only starting at 170$ (.

Im not looking to fork out then much for a modified toy compass.. any suggestions on who has either one to buy from? :oD

[spaarksUKsparrow]

My Disney Twizzle compass arrived today. :O)

[spaarksUKsparrow]

So I now have cut the disney twizzle compass down to size i sliced off about 6mm from the bottom trim of it and alot of cuting out the inside and re assmembly its back together again.

[Banditxx1]

...what about pictures ...savvy?

[spaarksUKsparrow]

[Banditxx1]

I have the same compass and I´m also thinking about slicing it down to the correct size.

Do you have more information, hints, tips and photos from your "tuning-work"?


How can I open the compass?

[Banditxx1]

Ok...now I did some weathering and distressing on the zizzle-toy-compass ... and this is my result:

Before:



And after my "treatment"...:

[Mojo Turbo]

ive never seen that model look better

[Banditxx1]

Thank you.... that's very kind of you.

I sliced the button on the right side, which is used for spinning the compass.

The inner part is also converted. I used paper for imitating the leather inside around the dome with the stars; the paper is painted with black colour. I spray-painted over the dial and the compass-parts for "distressed-look". With an Edding-Pen I tried to imitate the broken parts and the little damages at the edges.

But to get it in really screen-acurate-shape, I would have to slice it down and make it thinner ... but up to now, I´m a bit too afraid of using the dremel-tool on this compass. Right now, I think, I did a good job and converted the formerly plastic-toy into a useful compass for my costume, which looks quite well from a few meters distance...

(Please don´t mention the stars on the inside ... I know, they are rubbish and failed... but I´m not going to open the compass for a closely examination)

[Bilge Rat]

Here are some pics of my zizzle conversion did along time ago, cut down to correct size, brass ring added on back, front latch sanded off and replaced with a more Screen accurate one, inside " metal dial " swapped out for a more Screen Accurate look. I really like that the zizzle has the trim of the compass slightly raised like the real one, instead of just painted on like the disney store one had.

[Mojo Turbo]

all good props in my eye

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