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Post by Jason on Jun 29, 2014 16:37:09 GMT
In the small dungeon I am filling with stuff, there is a room where the wizard's scribes would work. I think the word for this is scribtorium, but I may be mistaken. Regardless, I needed some scribe desks. I looked around for a while searching google for medieval scribe desks and found this... I loved the design and the functionality of the desk. I tried to think of ways to transfer this design into my dungeon. Because the scribtorium is underground, there would be a light source needed to work. I thought of using a globe with a continual light spell on it for the scribes to have lights for illuminations and such. Anyways, this is what I came up with. It still needs to be cleaned up and time to dry, but I wanted to show it off. Very proud of this piece.
Here are two desks finished Wife wanted me to add cushions for the scribes. I did so under protest. The paint job, could have been better, but I wanted to move on to other projects. Anyways, here they are.
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Post by adamantinedragon on Jun 29, 2014 16:38:30 GMT
Excellent design and execution Jason. Looks like another great idea to "borrow."
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Post by dragon722 on Jun 29, 2014 17:04:39 GMT
Excellence as usual Craft Master
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Post by gnomezrule on Jun 29, 2014 18:59:31 GMT
wow. . .
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Post by curufin on Jun 29, 2014 19:06:13 GMT
Very cool and creative. I love the design. The wood stain just adds to the quality. Now I want to see a thread that is a collection of all the different popsicle stick furniture that can be made.
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Post by darkslayer on Jun 29, 2014 20:40:11 GMT
Great job Jason, Love your design, you seem to share the same love for attention to detail that i am cursed with
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Post by gnomezrule on Jun 29, 2014 20:51:16 GMT
Is that just Popsicle sticks I would love to know what tools you used because I noted clean edges and no hot glue messiness that sometimes lingers.
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Post by Jason on Jun 29, 2014 21:35:40 GMT
Is that just Popsicle sticks I would love to know what tools you used because I noted clean edges and no hot glue messiness that sometimes lingers. Here is what I used. 1 1/2 inch x 1 1/2 inch piece of non corrugated card stock A ton of popsicle sticks 2 matchsticks Sand Paper and Wood Glue A small pair of pruning shears The picture of what I wanted to build That is pretty much it.
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Post by beerfrog on Jun 29, 2014 21:54:05 GMT
That looks awesome. Gonna have to develop a scibitorium of my own just to make one of those!
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Post by darkslayer on Jun 29, 2014 21:57:44 GMT
How long does it typically take the wood glue to dry? never used the stuff, i mainly use super glue.
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Post by thedmg on Jun 29, 2014 22:19:19 GMT
I would never have thought of a scribtorium. GREAT stuff
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Post by adamantinedragon on Jun 29, 2014 22:49:39 GMT
How long does it typically take the wood glue to dry? never used the stuff, i mainly use super glue. There are so many different types of glue that you can use for this sort of thing that it's impossible to give a single answer. You can find glue that starts tacky and dries in minutes, or you can find glue that takes hours to dry. I tend to use either Aileen's tacky glue, Elmers white glue or Elmer's wood glue on these sorts of projects. The wood glue tends to work best when you end up staining it. Most of the glues you use will take less than half an hour to dry.
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Post by dmagamus on Jun 29, 2014 23:05:21 GMT
Very nice. It makes me want to go out and get some wood stain to try out.
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Post by blackrosebronwen on Jun 30, 2014 0:30:24 GMT
Lovely!
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 2:35:31 GMT
How long does it typically take the wood glue to dry? never used the stuff, i mainly use super glue. There are so many different types of glue that you can use for this sort of thing that it's impossible to give a single answer. You can find glue that starts tacky and dries in minutes, or you can find glue that takes hours to dry. I tend to use either Aileen's tacky glue, Elmers white glue or Elmer's wood glue on these sorts of projects. The wood glue tends to work best when you end up staining it. Most of the glues you use will take less than half an hour to dry. Dead on. It takes to the count of 10 for it to get tacky enough to let it sit by itself and dry. but it takes about 30 minutes to be completely dry. I use elmer's woodglue. I tend to, both, build two pieces, and I also build the item I am crafting in sections. For example, I built the bottom piece in one section the piece where the books lay in another and the tall piece in the center finally. I still use hot glue for everything but wood. I use the stainable wood glue. it can still be seen if you leave a large gob to dry, however if sanded, you can't even tell it is there. There are places I couldn't get to sanded on this piece.
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 2:39:14 GMT
Thanks everyone! I will post a pic of the completed and dried pieces in action.
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 2:42:36 GMT
Very nice. It makes me want to go out and get some wood stain to try out. Thanks!! If you do, get a darker stain. This, the mahogany stain that I used, came out more red than I imagined. I had a thread where it was discussed, and it was correctly stated the lighter stains do not look as good as dark stains. At least in the opinion of myself and the person who posted.
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Post by bloodchoke on Jun 30, 2014 3:20:51 GMT
Awesome man, I love this. I'm a bit of a bibliophile and have been fascinated by how books were preserved from antiquity for a while. Scribes held important roles in Medieval society, sort of exalted and oppressed at the same time, so I think its a good thing to include in games.
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 3:48:56 GMT
Awesome man, I love this. I'm a bit of a bibliophile and have been fascinated by how books were preserved from antiquity for a while. Scribes held important roles in Medieval society, sort of exalted and oppressed at the same time, so I think its a good thing to include in games. My obsession is history. Ancient history specifically, but pretty much anything before gunpowder interests me. So ridiculously mundane things appear in my games on occasion.
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Post by bloodchoke on Jun 30, 2014 15:49:48 GMT
I'm a history major also, though my focus is primarily on post-WWII, as well as African history. I studied Medieval books for a semester though, and pulled lots of ideas from that for my games (books as treasure, book curses, clay tablets inadvertently preserved by flames of war p.) There's a really cool book called The Swirv: How the World Became Modern about Renaissance book hunters that every history and D&D nerd should check out. Very provocative thesis, but it's full of great information. Definitely worth a read if you haven't read it before.
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