Harry Potter Game of Wands - Astrolabe

Part of my "Harry Potter - Game of Wands" Game of Thrones intro parody video.

Main video: https://youtu.be/iJjaJyHD5yY

Full post: https://polysthetic.com/harry-potter-game-of-wands/

So much of the magic and wonder in Harry Potter happens in moon light, so a heliocentric astrolabe wouldn’t match the atmosphere of the series. Thus I made it “Seleniocentric” (?)… whatever, the moon’s in the middle.

The rotating orbits are now made of parchment, not metal! All the textures are hand drawn by me, based on the Marauder’s map. I found it is quicker to draw something yourself than to spend time looking for something free that works well enough.

The three events depicted on the astrolabe are references to the book sequence:

• An owl dropping a letter (Philosopher’s Stone)

• Tom Riddle’s diary stabbed with a basilisk fang (Chamber of Secrets)

• Harry’s stag Patronus charm (Prisoner of Azkaban)

• The Goblet of Fire (Goblet of Fire… duh)

• The crystal balls in the Ministry of Magic (Order of the Phoenix) *

• A cauldron referring to the potions classes (Half-Blood Prince)

• The sign of the Deathly Hallows (Deathly Hallows)