Skyler101
Sr Member
Hey guys...
Firstly, I was not sure where to put this post, so if it is in the wrong area, Admins, please place it where you feel appropriate.
Anyone who builds a replica usually (of course, I don't need to, and my work shows for it!) starts with a set of plans or blueprints. In years gone by, I used to sit an a photocopier and try sizing up plans, but now in the digital age, we have different vector applications that allow you to size up and measure work, before printing it out.
Amazing stuff. About 6 months ago, I was watching Matt Munson's video series on making a Bat Grapple gun, and the very first video showed Matt using Illustrator to size up and make a set of basic shapes to use as a guide for the gun.
If you have not seen the video, it can be found here :
1 - Batman Arkham City / Arkham Asylum Grapple Gun Prop Build - YouTube
This kinda blew my mind, and I have been trying to learn the basics of Illustrator for a while now. My first task has been to resize and print out a set of blueprints for a studio scale model of Thunderbird 3. I thought this would be very simple to do. Scan the photo of the plans I have from a japanese text, scale up, measure and print.
Except... As I have a A4 printer, I found that I could not print all of the art board, and ended up just writing down measurements off the screen. As I was hoping to turn the body on a wood lathe (in fact, I turned some of it from square pieces of MDF) I would love to print the plans out so I can make a form to check the shape as I go along.
So, I know there are wizards in vector software here, and I realised that they may be a few people also in the same boat as I am. So I hope that this thread could be a place for members to share tricks and tips, as well as becoming a sounding board for techniques and issues making blueprints and plans for your props and models.
So I'll start the ball rolling. As mentioned above, I am having trouble printing out artwork thats bigger than my print size. Does anyone have a technique for printing multiple pages and having them line up correctly? As I work through this, I will post steps and pictures.
Looking forward to hearing from you, RPF...
-Skyler101
Firstly, I was not sure where to put this post, so if it is in the wrong area, Admins, please place it where you feel appropriate.
Anyone who builds a replica usually (of course, I don't need to, and my work shows for it!) starts with a set of plans or blueprints. In years gone by, I used to sit an a photocopier and try sizing up plans, but now in the digital age, we have different vector applications that allow you to size up and measure work, before printing it out.
Amazing stuff. About 6 months ago, I was watching Matt Munson's video series on making a Bat Grapple gun, and the very first video showed Matt using Illustrator to size up and make a set of basic shapes to use as a guide for the gun.
If you have not seen the video, it can be found here :
1 - Batman Arkham City / Arkham Asylum Grapple Gun Prop Build - YouTube
This kinda blew my mind, and I have been trying to learn the basics of Illustrator for a while now. My first task has been to resize and print out a set of blueprints for a studio scale model of Thunderbird 3. I thought this would be very simple to do. Scan the photo of the plans I have from a japanese text, scale up, measure and print.
Except... As I have a A4 printer, I found that I could not print all of the art board, and ended up just writing down measurements off the screen. As I was hoping to turn the body on a wood lathe (in fact, I turned some of it from square pieces of MDF) I would love to print the plans out so I can make a form to check the shape as I go along.
So, I know there are wizards in vector software here, and I realised that they may be a few people also in the same boat as I am. So I hope that this thread could be a place for members to share tricks and tips, as well as becoming a sounding board for techniques and issues making blueprints and plans for your props and models.
So I'll start the ball rolling. As mentioned above, I am having trouble printing out artwork thats bigger than my print size. Does anyone have a technique for printing multiple pages and having them line up correctly? As I work through this, I will post steps and pictures.
Looking forward to hearing from you, RPF...
-Skyler101
