I got some great responses to my plaque collection build - and thought I'd share an upcoming build - Boba Fett
I've got to finish a princess crown for a niece in Okinawa and will then start on Boba Fett for my 10 year old nephew here in Arkansas. A quick side note - My nephew's favorite Star Wars character is General Grievous. I started down this path and was set to place an order with a taxidermist for some alligator eyes when the wife and I decided that this would just be too darn scary. Not to my nephew, but probably to his parents and little sister. So this changed to Boba instead. Once again, I keep all plaques in the same medium - layered plywood, and I keep in mind the age levels of the recipients (3-10). The usual mission of each plaque is to make a 3D looking object from a 2d medium.
I start by doing what seems best by searching out photos online for inspiration. Obviously, I peruse the rpf for this a lot. thedentedhelmet.com was also invaluable for this project. As I plan to go another step further like I try to do on all, I will try to add battle damage where I can.
Once I have my image (in this case a forward shot of Boba) I import it to Photoshop and get hacking on it. At this point, I resize the image to best fit the size of plaque that I want to make. I do this now so that I' then drawing to the scale that I want. In most case I have to enlarge the photo which makes it pixel, but that doesn't have any effect on the final product.
I've blued the photo out so as not to publish anybody's work.
Then, I start blocking out the main color areas of the photo to start deciding on how to layer plywood for best effect.
I then usually try to best figure out other materials to go on the plaque. In this case, the visor will be black mirrored vinyl bought on Ebay for $5.98. The sighting peice is yet to be decided on material and build.
Okay.. I then make each layer white with a black border. I then make pdfs of each layer needing cut. I don't move the separate layer around so that they line up nicely under each other on paper. I the pdf is too large to print (which is most of the time), I flatten the image and crop into 2 pdfs. Just make sure that the printer settings remain the same throughout the entire printing process.
Next will be to transfer these to the wood. Once I get to that point, I'll start taking photos. Thanks to all!
I've got to finish a princess crown for a niece in Okinawa and will then start on Boba Fett for my 10 year old nephew here in Arkansas. A quick side note - My nephew's favorite Star Wars character is General Grievous. I started down this path and was set to place an order with a taxidermist for some alligator eyes when the wife and I decided that this would just be too darn scary. Not to my nephew, but probably to his parents and little sister. So this changed to Boba instead. Once again, I keep all plaques in the same medium - layered plywood, and I keep in mind the age levels of the recipients (3-10). The usual mission of each plaque is to make a 3D looking object from a 2d medium.
I start by doing what seems best by searching out photos online for inspiration. Obviously, I peruse the rpf for this a lot. thedentedhelmet.com was also invaluable for this project. As I plan to go another step further like I try to do on all, I will try to add battle damage where I can.
Once I have my image (in this case a forward shot of Boba) I import it to Photoshop and get hacking on it. At this point, I resize the image to best fit the size of plaque that I want to make. I do this now so that I' then drawing to the scale that I want. In most case I have to enlarge the photo which makes it pixel, but that doesn't have any effect on the final product.
I've blued the photo out so as not to publish anybody's work.
Then, I start blocking out the main color areas of the photo to start deciding on how to layer plywood for best effect.
I then usually try to best figure out other materials to go on the plaque. In this case, the visor will be black mirrored vinyl bought on Ebay for $5.98. The sighting peice is yet to be decided on material and build.
Okay.. I then make each layer white with a black border. I then make pdfs of each layer needing cut. I don't move the separate layer around so that they line up nicely under each other on paper. I the pdf is too large to print (which is most of the time), I flatten the image and crop into 2 pdfs. Just make sure that the printer settings remain the same throughout the entire printing process.
Next will be to transfer these to the wood. Once I get to that point, I'll start taking photos. Thanks to all!
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