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Post by bloodchoke on Jun 30, 2014 15:59:11 GMT
A couple more things, since you got me started...
The globe was a great idea. In the real world, scribes rarely worked at night because it was considered too dangerous to bring a candle into a scriptorium. I always made the mage in my game take his spellbook to a scribe to be updated, and as payment, he would re-charge the magical, flame-less light source used in the shop.
Another cool thing that I haven't had the chance to implement yet is palimpsests. Ancient books were written on parchment made from animal skin, and since it was quite expensive, scribes would often scrape the words off old books in order to have space for copying others (a lot of this was pagan literature covered with copies of scripture). Anyway, a lot of these books have been recovered behind the new copy, and in some cases, this was the only way a book survived. It could be cool to have the PCs searching for a book, only to learn that it was hidden under another book that they had already found.
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Post by dungeonmistress on Jun 30, 2014 16:16:17 GMT
Great scribe desk, Jason! I'm going to have build an adventure where these desks are necessary... I've got it! That haunted monastery I've been thinking about for awhile. Hmmm. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 16:39:30 GMT
A couple more things, since you got me started... The globe was a great idea. In the real world, scribes rarely worked at night because it was considered too dangerous to bring a candle into a scriptorium. I always made the mage in my game take his spellbook to a scribe to be updated, and as payment, he would re-charge the magical, flame-less light source used in the shop. Another cool thing that I haven't had the chance to implement yet is palimpsests. Ancient books were written on parchment made from animal skin, and since it was quite expensive, scribes would often scrape the words off old books in order to have space for copying others (a lot of this was pagan literature covered with copies of scripture). Anyway, a lot of these books have been recovered behind the new copy, and in some cases, this was the only way a book survived. It could be cool to have the PCs searching for a book, only to learn that it was hidden under another book that they had already found. I absolutely love that idea.
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Post by Jason on Jun 30, 2014 16:42:42 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. I have a degree in psych and starting my history degree in the fall. Well Classics rather. Gotta brush up on my latin. Plan to have a masters in Classics.
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Post by skunkape on Jul 1, 2014 19:36:01 GMT
Nice looking furniture you've got there!
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Post by Jason on Jul 2, 2014 14:16:59 GMT
Updated First Post with finished pictures.
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Post by darkslayer on Jul 2, 2014 20:48:09 GMT
What are the globes made of? looks kinda like resin?
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Jul 2, 2014 21:43:11 GMT
Great idea! The model has some really nice lines to it!
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Post by Jason on Jul 2, 2014 22:31:59 GMT
What are the globes made of? looks kinda like resin? Beads. Same type of bead my Roper's eyes have, just yellow.
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Post by darkslayer on Jul 3, 2014 1:16:57 GMT
What are the globes made of? looks kinda like resin? Beads. Same type of bead my Roper's eyes have, just yellow. Thats awesome, good use of a bead! i need some beads, dont have any and i want to make some potions and baubles.
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Post by darkslayer on Jul 3, 2014 6:24:54 GMT
Oh and by the way jason, since i noticed you like to use that wood glue, if you ever have trouble with getting into small areas for detail work, i recommend you get a normal elmers glue bottle with a fine tip and fill it with the wood glue. its a nice way to increase your accuracy since most wood glue containers come in bottles with big tips. Just be sure to empty the pva out first!
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Post by bloodchoke on Jul 4, 2014 2:38:34 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. I have a degree in psych and starting my history degree in the fall. Well Classics rather. Gotta brush up on my latin. Plan to have a masters in Classics. Awesome man, good luck! I'm just about finished with my masters in History and Education, but I think I'm gonna have to take a semester or so off. Learning Latin is way beyond me, though. I do know one phrase I remembered from my book research though: Ars longa, vita brevis.
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Post by bloodchoke on Jul 4, 2014 2:42:25 GMT
Man, those look even better with books and on a tile. Superb work.
By the way, if you're interested PM and I'll send you the bibliography for this paper. There are some really fascinating reads, many that I would not have found without the help of the professor (A fluent Latin speaker who specializes in the classics himself).
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Post by Jason on Jul 4, 2014 3:49:24 GMT
Man, those look even better with books and on a tile. Superb work. By the way, if you're interested PM and I'll send you the bibliography for this paper. There are some really fascinating reads, many that I would not have found without the help of the professor (A fluent Latin speaker who specializes in the classics himself). Please do. Thanks btw.. I rushed finishing them. I got antsy, but all in all they turned out ok.
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Post by Muze on Jul 4, 2014 6:25:19 GMT
Nice grasp of the subject... thanks for the share gona have to try this.
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Post by grym247 on Jul 4, 2014 8:42:46 GMT
Extremely Cool Dude
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Post by Cyan Wisp on Jul 5, 2014 20:31:42 GMT
Little pieces like this just ooze character. What a delight to go into a (2.5d) room and have furniture that instantly tells a story. Great work!
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