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Post by muadmouse on Feb 17, 2015 12:11:39 GMT
I was making some 2.5D corridors the other day when I noticed that some of the cut-offs looked like open books, and this is pretty much what happened: All that needed doing was to reinforce it a little with PVA glue and paint. I primed the books with black, then applied a mix of grey and burnt umber for a base coat, and then proceeded to highlight it an unnecessary number of times with increasing amounts of Naples yellow and titanium white added to the mix. Here's what the covers look like: I must say I like the one on the left: it looks like its leather bindings are about to burst from all the notes that have been crammed between its pages! I also did a few closed book by squishing down a left over piece of double ply and hot gluing a spine onto it: Unfortunately I forgot to take photos of the closed books I've already finished. I'll be sure to post some when I get home next week.
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Post by quinntheviking on Feb 17, 2015 13:54:58 GMT
Not a bad idea. Definitely a fast way to fill that empty shelf in the wizards house. Thanks!
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Post by voodoo on Feb 17, 2015 15:48:13 GMT
quick and simple (and basically free)
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Post by tauster on Feb 17, 2015 16:28:33 GMT
genius!
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Post by DMScotty on Feb 17, 2015 16:51:18 GMT
Love it!
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Post by rane on Feb 17, 2015 20:17:19 GMT
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Post by DnDPaladin on Feb 17, 2015 21:21:39 GMT
so many ways to make books ! i like this one for the randomity of it. when you want to make something seem ransacked this is a great way of doing it.
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Feb 17, 2015 23:55:23 GMT
Now that is cool! Exalt Button!
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Post by EverFrost on Feb 18, 2015 23:02:19 GMT
Great idea...could be used as some kind of counters for a magic character.
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Post by muadmouse on Feb 18, 2015 23:10:44 GMT
Great idea...could be used as some kind of counters for a magic character. Ooh... I like that! I'm glad you guys appreciate these so much! And all I was going for was something to fiddle around with while the glue was drying on a bigger project...
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Post by vestrivan on Feb 19, 2015 6:54:17 GMT
A nice one!
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argiope
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Post by argiope on Feb 22, 2015 23:40:33 GMT
I was looking to make books and found this excellent tip from Maudmouse. Having attempted it myself I have a couple of observations/tips. 1. Make a long strip about 1" thick. Use a pizza cutter to score down the middle and then hot glue it shut. 2. Take the long strip and paint it flat black then paint it with some colors. I started with red then blended yellow and finished with blue. The blue blends with the yellow to make green binds. The smattering and rough blending adds to the look. 2. Once it is dry you can cut the books from the strip and trim them down to the proper width. I did not paint the pages white but you can do that if you feel so inclined. 4. I made a indoor spray booth in my basement using an inexpensive bathroom exhaust fan to vent out the fumes. The simple filter is stapled to the back wall and rotated when it gets clogged. In these cold winters it is nice to still be able to paint with rattle cans. Album
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Post by muadmouse on Feb 23, 2015 1:55:25 GMT
I was looking to make books and found this excellent tip from Maudmouse. Having attempted it myself I have a couple of observations/tips. 1. Make a long strip about 1" thick. Use a pizza cutter to score down the middle and then hot glue it shut. 2. Take the long strip and paint it flat black then paint it with some colors. I started with red then blended yellow and finished with blue. The blue blends with the yellow to make green binds. The smattering and rough blending adds to the look. 2. Once it is dry you can cut the books from the strip and trim them down to the proper width. I did not paint the pages white but you can do that if you feel so inclined. 4. I made a indoor spray booth in my basement using an inexpensive bathroom exhaust fan to vent out the fumes. The simple filter is stapled to the back wall and rotated when it gets clogged. In these cold winters it is nice to still be able to paint with rattle cans. AlbumNice! I especially like the idea of blending the colors along the strip; as you can see below, mine are considerably more monotonous. I did an experiment on mass producing books: In the background you can see the kind of strip of cardboard I used. I glued printer paper with PVA around it to serve as the covers and pressed it down. I cut the strip into book-sized pieces - half before the glue was fully dry, the rest once the glue had set. Here you can see the two varieties (blue ones cut while wet, red ones cut once dry): As was to be expected, the blue ones ended up looking a bit thinner and a lot messier, like they're journals thrown into a pile. The red ones turned out very nice and regular, with neat, flat spines, and look stackable. Although it doesn't show in these photos, by happy accident I managed to get some extra detail onto the covers. The paper I used was from a misprinted D&D character sheet, and I happened to glue it on facing outward. This gave the covers some intriguing touches, such as scrollwork, bits of words (that look like cryptic acronyms), and even a dragon's head! I tried to keep the paint thin enough to let the print show through, but, as I often do, I got carried away with highlighting and weathering, and managed to cover pretty much all of that random awesomeness. Not to complain, though, I'm very happy with the results!
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Post by vestrivan on Feb 23, 2015 6:14:48 GMT
I glued colored wrapping paper on the cardboard strip and just cut out the strip in to pieces to make a lot of books.
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Post by skunkape on Mar 12, 2015 17:57:59 GMT
Great idea!
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