Apothecary hand bag prop

Directly from New Zealand, it came this awesome apothecary hand bag used in the production of XWP or HTLJ. This huge leather bag has different compartments full of tools, medicinal herbs, an awl, brushes, metal ornaments, a rare quartz stone and other things. Sadly, I still didn’t screen match it.

The bag is made of soft brown leather and has plenty compartments divided by leather interlocks. It is very well preserved due it has almost 25 years of history behind. The medicinal herbs combines real herbs with some plastic ones, there are a few black feathers inside even a metal spider too. The frame of each part is made of bamboo wood with interwoven leather straps and each corner is made of real copper.

Closed bag.

Opened - part 1.

Opened - part 1 & 2.

Opened - part 3 & 4.

Xena & Hercules displays

 Xena and Hercules costumes displayed together in my room. What a wonderful views.

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Hercules Photoshoot

Today I bring you a photo shoot of the Hercules costume that I own that it is almost completed, just missing a pair of boots. Probably one of my favorites costumes, that includes a screenused leather vest and undershirt worn by Kevin Sorbo himself, screenused belt worn by stunt double, leather pants and Limited Edition Hercules gauntlets made by the company Todds Costumes.

General views.

 

Close-ups front and back.

The Hercules costume is displayed in the mannequin with Xena and Gabrielle costumes together.

Screenused Hercules Hero vest & undershirt

Latest acquisition here, this is a screenused vest and undershirt worn by Hercules played by Kevin Sorbo in the episode “Tramps & Thieves” from season 6. The vest is easily screen matched because it has a “L” cut in the right side of the front done by Luscious Deluxe with her sword. I have sewn by hand the L cut to avoid damage. The vest is very detailed and the under shirt is a simple piece but looks awesome together. Both are in mint condition.

Front

Back

The costume comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from The Prop Store of London that certifies the 

legitimacy that this costume was worn by Kevin Sorbo himself.

COA from Prop Store London.

Hercules Screen-Accurate Gauntlets replica

Today I receive this pair of Hercules gauntlets made by Todd Coyle from toddscostumes.com. These are an early replica made by this company, this company had got a pair of screenused gauntlets and decided to reproduce them in a highly screen-accurate way, each detail is just like the ones seen on screen. I must say I was very surprised in the level of detail and the high quality of materials used in them. The metal cuffs on them are authentic sterling silver. 

Each gauntlet is different, I could not choose only one of them. Soon a few photos with the Hercules vest and belt.

Screenused Serena corset

New arrival! This is a screenused corset used by Serena played by Sam Jenkins, Kevin Sorbo actual wife, stunt double, Kate Lobb in the episode “My Best Girl's Wedding” from season 5. The corset is made of garnet suede leather with boning to enhance the silhouette, it comes with Turners auction receipt. The skirt is a screenused leather brown unidentified piece.

I have mixed feelings with Hercules series, well, Hercules is the origin of Xena, Xena is an spin off from HTLJ. In my opinion, the earlier episodes were funny and devoid of emotion but the golden hind episodes from season 3 are the best ones of the whole series in my opinion.

 

But, the latest seasons became sad and had noteworthy absences but the golden hind. Do you know that Serena was played by Sam Jenkins in most of her appearances and by Kara Zediker in "The End of the Beginning", including the "present day" scenes. But Sam Jenkins declined to return to the role because she disliked the Golden Hind makeup, hence the recasting with Zediker. Jenkins returned to the role when transformation wasn't required, and when playing "Sin".

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