Alright guys, the old thread for this got a bit unwieldy so I'm starting a new one that condenses everything. It is my sincere hope that I can dedicate some time to this EVERY DAY until it's completed. It's a project that I've been working on and off on for over four years now.
Here's the details from the other thread:
I'm creating the "definitive" Tobin's Spirit Guide. A lot of people have the RPG version of the book but I always found it disappointing. For starters it's full of RPG stuff which takes away from the feel of a real reference text. My biggest problem with it though is that it's clearly written for kids. By that I mean that the writing is cute and light hearted. Not nearly what the true volume from the films would have been or was meant to be.
I'm no stranger to printed props. In past I've done the Grail Diary, Rasputin's Spell Book, and countless other smaller items including hundreds of reproduction military documents from the 1700's through the Vietnam era.
I'm creating it do be organized in a similar fashion to how the RPG Tobin's is laid out. It will have 13 sections:
1-THE COMMON TYPES OF SPIRITS
2-CLASSIFYING A SPIRIT
3-EGYPT AND THE DARK CONTINENT
4-THE MIDDLE EAST
5-THE BRITISH ISLES
6-WESTERN EUROPE
7-EASTERN EUROPE
8-FORMER RUSSIAN EMPIRE
9-SOUTH ASIA
10-NORTH AMERICA
11-SOUTH AMERICA
12-FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE OTHERWORLDLY
13-INDEX OF SPIRITS
The book will have a publishing year of 1929 so the hope is to write it as a text of that era would be written with all the predjudices of the age (hence the "Dark Continent" instead of Africa and "Former Russian Empire" instead of the Soviet Union). The idea is to include every pre-1929 ghost/spirit from all the different Ghostbusters films, games, and cartoons. For filler I'll be adding famous ghosts from other sources, both real and imagined.
I already have had some help on this from members. dbalschi and ahuntley most notably with research and articles written. This help has been EXTREMELY valuable! I almost have 100 articles written, however there is much more work to be done.
For the presentation I have a large collection of books from that era (WW1 is one of my favourite history topics and so I have a lot of first hand accounts from 1912-1922) so I think I'll be able to make this look very accurate to what it should be. The book itself will have ivory coloured pages (to help it look older) and will be bound in black leather with a large gothic "T" embossed in gold on the cover to be similar to the RGB book.
For illustrations I'm thinking of sticking with B&W ink drawings/etchings that are copyright free. Some drawings will be commissioned for bigger articles.
When I do finish I will be getting these professionally printed and will be using edition numbers to mark my runs. First Edition, second edition, etc. That way those who get them early can still have the feeling of exclusivity. I would LOVE to get one of these puppies signed by all three remaining Ghostbusters!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PLEASE SEND ME A PM AND/OR POST HERE.
I have a list of ghosts/unearthly creatures that I still need info on. If you'd like to contribute let me know and I will send you a few sample articles so that you know what I'm looking for. I'm also looking for artists that can create imagery that would be appropriate for a book of this time period. If you think your work might cut it show me some samples of past work and we can talk.
At the moment I'm compensating those who contribute a lot with a copy of the end product, however if there's a need for higher compensation I'm open to that as well based on what's provided. I really want this to be the best it can be. Here's a pic of the page layout I'm using:
Here's the details from the other thread:
I'm creating the "definitive" Tobin's Spirit Guide. A lot of people have the RPG version of the book but I always found it disappointing. For starters it's full of RPG stuff which takes away from the feel of a real reference text. My biggest problem with it though is that it's clearly written for kids. By that I mean that the writing is cute and light hearted. Not nearly what the true volume from the films would have been or was meant to be.
I'm no stranger to printed props. In past I've done the Grail Diary, Rasputin's Spell Book, and countless other smaller items including hundreds of reproduction military documents from the 1700's through the Vietnam era.
I'm creating it do be organized in a similar fashion to how the RPG Tobin's is laid out. It will have 13 sections:
1-THE COMMON TYPES OF SPIRITS
2-CLASSIFYING A SPIRIT
3-EGYPT AND THE DARK CONTINENT
4-THE MIDDLE EAST
5-THE BRITISH ISLES
6-WESTERN EUROPE
7-EASTERN EUROPE
8-FORMER RUSSIAN EMPIRE
9-SOUTH ASIA
10-NORTH AMERICA
11-SOUTH AMERICA
12-FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE OTHERWORLDLY
13-INDEX OF SPIRITS
The book will have a publishing year of 1929 so the hope is to write it as a text of that era would be written with all the predjudices of the age (hence the "Dark Continent" instead of Africa and "Former Russian Empire" instead of the Soviet Union). The idea is to include every pre-1929 ghost/spirit from all the different Ghostbusters films, games, and cartoons. For filler I'll be adding famous ghosts from other sources, both real and imagined.
I already have had some help on this from members. dbalschi and ahuntley most notably with research and articles written. This help has been EXTREMELY valuable! I almost have 100 articles written, however there is much more work to be done.
For the presentation I have a large collection of books from that era (WW1 is one of my favourite history topics and so I have a lot of first hand accounts from 1912-1922) so I think I'll be able to make this look very accurate to what it should be. The book itself will have ivory coloured pages (to help it look older) and will be bound in black leather with a large gothic "T" embossed in gold on the cover to be similar to the RGB book.
For illustrations I'm thinking of sticking with B&W ink drawings/etchings that are copyright free. Some drawings will be commissioned for bigger articles.
When I do finish I will be getting these professionally printed and will be using edition numbers to mark my runs. First Edition, second edition, etc. That way those who get them early can still have the feeling of exclusivity. I would LOVE to get one of these puppies signed by all three remaining Ghostbusters!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP PLEASE SEND ME A PM AND/OR POST HERE.
I have a list of ghosts/unearthly creatures that I still need info on. If you'd like to contribute let me know and I will send you a few sample articles so that you know what I'm looking for. I'm also looking for artists that can create imagery that would be appropriate for a book of this time period. If you think your work might cut it show me some samples of past work and we can talk.
At the moment I'm compensating those who contribute a lot with a copy of the end product, however if there's a need for higher compensation I'm open to that as well based on what's provided. I really want this to be the best it can be. Here's a pic of the page layout I'm using:
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PM tonight!
