http://www.battlestarprops.com The Official Site of the Sci Fi Channel Battlestar Galactica Prop & Costume Auctions Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:28:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Battlestar Galactica Auction Catalog is now available for download.  You can download it here. Please note that we will have even more information and photos available at www.auctionnetwork.com when they put up the whole catalog for the Internet bidding portion of the auction later this week. Printed versions of the catalog ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/battlestar-galactica-auction-catalog-available-for-download/ Yesterday, I wrote a post about the nice, sleek and clean signage from Pegasus's hangar bay from "Razor." As one would expect, Galactica also has its own signage, although considerably more older and weathered. These pieces measure 21" x 14" and there are two lots (Lot 686 and 689) that are ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/galactica-hangar-bay-signs/ For the first time in Battlestar Galactica, we get to see the inside of Pegasus's hangar bay—which looks conspicuously similar to Galactica's own hangar bay—in "Razor". (Obviously, that's because it is the same set, just redressed differently and a lot cleaner.) A few simple changes were made to that set to ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/pegasus-hangar-bay-signage/ Above the arches leading to the two major doorways of Galactica's CIC are circular wall ornaments that show the ship's name and Battlestar Group number, in this case "BSG-75". [caption id="attachment_671" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="One of the ornaments on an arch in front of the venerable CIC glass doors."][/caption] These ornaments, of which ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/galactica-cic-wall-ornament/ In Season 3's "Taking a Break From All Your Worries"—after Gaius Frakking Baltar unceremoniously returns from the algae planet in a body bag—he is given a welcome home celebration of interrogation, drugs, threats of being airlocked... and stabbed with a pen by his previous aide de camp, Felix Gatea. [caption id="attachment_661" ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/gaetas-butterfingers-pen/ One of Colonel Saul Tigh's well-known vices is alcohol, which he falls back upon in tough situations—such as taking command of the Fleet after Commander Adama is shot twice by Cylon agent Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, or losing the fleet. Originally, Colonel Tigh poured alcohol in a metal cup, as seen in ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/colonel-tighs-flask/ In the construction of the various large-scale or complicated sets for the series, the art department for the production created various foam core models as a visual aid for how a set would appear visually. One such model is that of the Demetrius, the sewage recycling ship Admiral William Adama gives ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/demetrius-foam-core-model/ The Colonial rocket launcher, also known as the rocket-propelled grenade launcher, is seen only once during the show's run. It is seen during Season 3's "Exodus, Part I" when a Colonial Marine fires it into two Centurions who ambush a meeting between Colonial Military personnel and the New Caprica Resistance ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/colonial-rocket-launcher/ The first costume that Number Six is seen wearing in the series is a two-piece, custom made red velvet jacket and skirt with orange iridescence. This costume is first seen at the beginning of the Miniseries as worn by the Six who boards the Armistice Station, much to the Armistice Officer's ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/sixs-first-miniseries-costume/ As part of the first auction, we will be selling off one of the venerable consoles from Pegasus's CIC. This console is one of the one-manned standing stations in front of the tactical plots, and consoles of its kind have been manned by Colonel Jack Fisk in "Razor", Mei "Freaker" ... http://www.battlestarprops.com/pegasus-cic-console/