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Post by jennifer on Mar 4, 2016 22:26:01 GMT
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Post by adamsouza on Mar 4, 2016 22:36:23 GMT
All we need now are little 3D printable books to fill the shelves with
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Post by jennifer on Mar 4, 2016 22:43:09 GMT
All we need now are little 3D printable books to fill the shelves with But curufin's Speed Reading method is superior and very fast! And for thick books you can use two popsicle sticks or use my Thick Book variant of curufin's Speed Reading method. Plus you can buy 1 sheet each of nice colored/textured pieces of card stock from your local craft store .. so you don't have to be concerned with paint or texture.. they just look good You can for example buy a piece of stock that has a leather texture and say in black.. then another with linen texture in grey, and so forth. (At this point, I just need to give thanks and credit to TheDMGInfo, who inspired us all with the popsicle stick shelves & books.)
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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 14:01:58 GMT
The Flip Side of my two Scroll ShelvesI have two shelves glued together back-to-back. I've never showed the other side in all these photos, because they were unpopulated. However, I just populated the two flip sides of the scroll shelves. Here they are flipped: The center one on the backside is still empty. 5 shelves down, 31 to go! oh my lol Most of them will be glued back to back to form aisles in a grand library Like rows of them in the center of a 2 foot by 2 foot area. Surrounded by library desks , book piles etc.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 14:30:40 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 15:54:06 GMT
Okay, so turns out I happened to buy some Sculpey (Original) yesterday. An hour or so ago, I figured I'd make good use of it for the first time and make some "clay tablets" for the library. Never sculpted plastic ever before-- just some clay a couple times. Here's my first attempt. After sculpting I baked the clay in the oven at 275F for like 13 minutes. I am going to repaint the tablets as they didn't come out the color I wanted -- I am going to make them more grey vs brown. As is, they kind of look like loaves of bread, lol. (Hey! Now I know how I'll sculpey sculpt and paint loaves of bread if I ever need them! ) I'll detail the tablets better .. I just whipped them out really fast just for proof of concept. Black and White Closeup:
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Post by margaret on Mar 5, 2016 16:18:55 GMT
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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 16:52:38 GMT
Repainted the Clay Tablets Like them better now.
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Post by jennifer on Mar 5, 2016 17:04:38 GMT
I think they are faster to make than books & scrolls. I'll make like 3 or 4 shelves with clay tablets. And a couple with bones. The scapula looks like a paper towel mache project? It's too thin for sculpey right? EDIT: Hrmmm.. there is a scapula on thingiverse.. maybe I could print one? www.thingiverse.com/thing:456351
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Post by margaret on Mar 6, 2016 0:45:20 GMT
I am guessing it's probably a human scapula, not a sheep scapula, but at the size you would be printing, who cares about the difference. Going to be pretty small, even though you will probably want it oversized in order to be able to write any interesting symbols on it. Can you print that small on your printer and have it come out well?
You would want to print in a way that keeps the flattest side pretty flat, and I can't see that side in the image on Thingiverse [the left side]
I think you should be able to model a small scapula in Sculpey. Just bake it for the minimum time for a 1/4-inch thick item, even if it's thinner. Probably easier than trying to manage the shape in TP papier mache.
Here's a webpage with more info on baking polymer clays, although it doesn't address the question of extra thin or tiny items.
thebluebottletree.com/bake-polymer-clay-how-tips-tricks/
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 6, 2016 2:59:01 GMT
Just an FYI on baking Polyforma clays... They come out of the oven soft, and malleable -- they only harden after they cool! Be careful in handling them fresh out of the oven... Also, the thinner the pieces, the shorter the baking time, as thin pieces can easily be burned. Experimentation is key.
Also, for smaller lettering, on clay tablets, you may want to sculpt thin layers of clay, bake them, then print 4 pt. letters on your printer, and Mod Podge them onto the surface of the cured clay. Most printers will go down to 4 pt. size, which is pretty small. Experiment with fonts, because as they shrink in size, they tend to get thicker/heavier in appearance; italicizing the font might make it thinner/lighter appearing, as well. Cheers!
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Post by jennifer on Mar 6, 2016 4:23:56 GMT
Clay Tablets -- Take TwoLoving this sculpey! This 1.75lb block is gonna last me forever! I love how it bakes into flexible plastic.. light and relatively durable compared to hydrostone. Etched the clay with a razor sharp knife and a jeweler's awl. What do you think of the colors, texture and shapes? Should I glue them in? OR should I wait and design a new style of shelf in blender that say has 5 shelves instead of three? (The tablets don't take up much vertical room.)
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Post by margaret on Mar 6, 2016 5:38:07 GMT
I think your current shelves work fine for the clay tablets. Gives the reader some room to shift them in and out without chipping them.
And they look great!
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Post by Sleepy Hollow Mike on Mar 6, 2016 19:09:05 GMT
All these books and scrolls I am crafting I could easily make a construct with them, for Frostgrave. e.g. Book Golem by Black Cat Bases (unlike this photo, I'd probably use the ends of two scrolls for the eyes!) That book golem (or construct) is awesome! The books I make are a tad too large for it but these are perfect!
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Post by sgtslag on Mar 7, 2016 2:05:27 GMT
I would think that a Book Golem could give Mages nightmares... Imagining his spell books, or his research library came alive, and then it attacked him! He might become paranoid about doing spell research. [Shudder!...] Cheers!
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Post by adamsouza on Mar 7, 2016 14:26:43 GMT
A Book Golem, what every Wizard's library needs
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Post by margaret on Mar 7, 2016 14:46:47 GMT
Nice use of scrolls for eyes! Love it!
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Post by jennifer on Mar 7, 2016 16:43:23 GMT
Nice use of scrolls for eyes! Love it! Cool I was going to do the same thing with the eyes:)
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Post by DnDPaladin on Mar 7, 2016 18:43:29 GMT
seriously... i really must be doing a wizard with a sentient spellbook ! i'd so be down to accept a small book golem as a familliar !
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Post by jennifer on Mar 8, 2016 0:33:31 GMT
I'd like to make a book golem with all the DnD manuals
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